Cycling a new Biocube 32

[brandon429]

hey can you post a full tank shot with slightly less blue lets see the overall


cuz I was going to take pic #1 and its date, and post it right next to this upcoming FTS and date, and show the exact timeframe this maturation takes.

 

[Daniel266jz]

hey can you post a full tank shot with slightly less blue lets see the overall


cuz I was going to take pic #1 and its date, and post it right next to this upcoming FTS and date, and show the exact timeframe this maturation takes.

I will take one in a bit right now!

 

[Daniel266jz]

Here is the late FTS, bit of algea on glass because I’m feeding phyto for my pods.

 

[brandon429]

Very clean scape and corals look electric neon it's progressing nicely!

Feb 4 2020 first pic compare

 

[Daniel266jz]

Update: Tank is doing well, it’s super clear, all my corals look great and my rainbow bubble tip anemone is really putting on some size. I have yet again lost another dragonet, I cannot seem to find a good store to buy these from, all of them look so malnourished that it was a gamble. Will no longer buy dragonets for the time being. I am planning on getting a yasha goby and shrimp pair later on. I still got my refugium going and lots of pods with another order I had on the way now so on the bright side I should have A LOT of pods.

 

[Daniel266jz]

Update: Everything is doing great and my pods are going crazy along with my chaeto. I have a video of the pods I took at night and I will try to update later. My blasto which just grew three heads now has 2 more coming along and my acan has about 6 all showing at once. I also have a rainbow bubble too that is getting big very fast I got it at about 3” from a LFS split.

 

[brandon429]

Ok great its the good feed doing all that new mass, nice

 

[Daniel266jz]

Update: Corals and fish are doing well. Still seeing crazy coral growth. My chaeto is looking very healthy and it has been a very different experience keeping it now to before when it died on me, any ideas why? Pods are booming and i am still trying to get a video on here of them. I also got very great news, I have gotten my job back! The tank upgrades are now continuing and I have already ordered the next one, Sicce Syncra 1.5 is arriving this morning. I also had some bad luck in the case of all my dragonets dying even though I have abundant pods and I hatched baby brine daily for them, its still a mystery to me and I hope I can have another later on. Since I had some space and of course since im celebrating getting my job back i went ahead and got myself a six line wrasse, he is very active and constantly grazing, he should love the pod population lol. Water is now clear, it seems i did add a little too much Phyto Feast lol, how much and how many times a week do you guys add phyto?

 

[brandon429]

Daniel I’m so so happy for your job so thankful this stresser was short duration, reef on! Watching for recommends on phyto feast I haven’t used it before, but would try it

 

[Daniel266jz]

Daniel I’m so so happy for your job so thankful this stresser was short duration, reef on! Watching for recommends on phyto feast I haven’t used it before, but would try it

Thank you! Any info on how my new six line wrasse would do with my two clowns, skunk cleaner shrimp, and firefish? I think the clownfish will be okay as they seem more than happy to attack my fingers lol. Also would it be safe to add a goby and pistol pair with him around? Thanks for any answers.

 

[brandon429]

not aware of those behavior interactions someone w chime in

but we're far past the two clowns phase /called it lol and if I had a tank that weighs more than 8 pounds all up, Id have some fish too

 

[hotashes]

Six line can be a gamble, for this reason I went for a pink streak wrasse. Looks exactly the same, just more community friendly. Congrats on getting back to work.

 

[Daniel266jz]

Six line can be a gamble, for this reason I went for a pink streak wrasse. Looks exactly the same, just more community friendly. Congrats on getting back to work.

Thank you. I will just have to wait and see how he does then. So far hes being doing well and my firefish has many hiding spots. Some have said to tape a small mirror to the corner of the tank if he starts getting aggressive he'll concentrate more on his reflection than the other fish.

 

[Daniel266jz]

So I got myself an early Father’s Day gift. A new AIO Aquatop Pisces 5-Gallon for some future dwarf seahorses. I also installed my new Sicce Pump and it’s awesome. Let’s Reef!

 

[brandon429]

Yes great ! very good setup

 

[PacoPetty]

I love a good Bio Cube! Mine is 5 months old.

 

[Daniel266jz]

I love a good Bio Cube! Mine is 5 months old.

Looking great man! Biocube unite hhahahah

 

[PacoPetty]

I upgraded my return pump to a Sicce Syncra 2.0 and attached it to two 6” Loc line sections with random flow generators. One is pointed up for surface agitation and one is pointed down behind the big rock so that I do not have a dead spot in the tank.

 

[Daniel266jz]

So I started a new bound thread for my seahorse nano tank. Here is the link! And of course I will still be following @brandon429 pico reef methods on this one.

Nano Build - Aquatop Pisces 5 Gallon Build

Hello all, I have been part of the forums since the beginning of the year and I also have a Biocube 32. I purchased my Aquatop Pisces 5 Gallon for a future dwarf seahorse pair. I have just started my cycle today, for my cycle I will do a fishless cycle using ammonia. I used live sand and dry...

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[Daniel266jz]

So here I am again with eternal cloudy water. It’s really starting to bother me and no matter how many water changes I do it’s still cloudy. Chaeto is fine and there’s no dead animals. I do not know what to do