First saltwater tank. Coralife BC 29

[eliramos]

looking great best of luck!!

 

[peter505]

Just ordered the media basket, fuge basket, chemipure, and purigen from them last week. Hope to get it this week and change out the dreaded bioballs. I was thinking of just leaving chaeto in the fuge basket, and the chemipure/purigen/filter floss in the media basket since i have 25lbs of live rock in the dt. Thoughts?

Yeah that sounds great. I run the exact same thing. Works great. floss in top tray, purigen in middle, chemipure in bottom. I had chaeto in the fuge but the light died. so judt rock in mine now. cant wait to get that back up and running! I think you took a great step on that filtration! All looks good.

 

[Genesis Corals]

Off to a great start. Watch the salinity at the lower levels you will have a harder time keeping your inverts alive for a long time.

 

[djsuperman]

Off to a great start. Watch the salinity at the lower levels you will have a harder time keeping your inverts alive for a long time.

I get my water from my lfs. Should i be adding more salt before my wc?

 

[cota472]

I would check it, coral and reef tanks should be right around 1.025. When I get premixed SW, it is 1.020, so I need to add salt to mine to keep the SG where I want it. Nice looking tank, I have had a 14g biocube and now a 29g biocube. They are a nice AIO and with a few upgrades they can be very good tanks. The InTank baskets are great additions, I didn't see if you had upgraded the main pump but you might replace it with a MJ1200, if you order online you can get one for about $20, my LFS carries them for $35. You will get better flow and it seems to put out less heat than the stock pump.

 

[djsuperman]

I would check it, coral and reef tanks should be right around 1.025. When I get premixed SW, it is 1.020, so I need to add salt to mine to keep the SG where I want it. Nice looking tank, I have had a 14g biocube and now a 29g biocube. They are a nice AIO and with a few upgrades they can be very good tanks. The InTank baskets are great additions, I didn't see if you had upgraded the main pump but you might replace it with a MJ1200, if you order online you can get one for about $20, my LFS carries them for $35. You will get better flow and it seems to put out less heat than the stock pump.

Where did you find it for $20?

 

[cota472]

Sent PM

 

[djsuperman]

Next weeks task is to get salinity up to 1.026. Currently at 1.023. I plan on having coral in here

 

[djsuperman]

Parameters are pretty good. Salinity is up to 1.025. Added a bit of 1.026 saltwater in my tank from lfs and it helped. My clownfish seem to be doing great on their diet of copepods and frozen mysis every other day. Added a small zoa to the tank and started dosing tank with Kent marine chromaplex

and reef solution

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i also added chaeto to my fuge basket and made a nifty light for it.

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[djsuperman]

Nifty light is not so nifty. Going to shop for an led alternative. Temps are getting up to 82.

 

[fernb]

Nifty light is not so nifty. Going to shop for an led alternative. Temps are getting up to 82.

High temperatures are one of the problems with the BioCube. I finally removed my top and hung an LED fixture above. Have not had to look at temperature since.

 

[cota472]

Nifty light is not so nifty. Going to shop for an led alternative. Temps are getting up to 82.

I made my own fuge light with a plastic gang box, a light socket, a poser cord and a Cree LED bulb all from HD at a total cost of about $18

High temperatures are one of the problems with the BioCube. I finally removed my top and hung an LED fixture above. Have not had to look at temperature since.

I kept my hood but got a LED retrofit kit and temps have not been an issue

 

[jkef2010]

I would check it, coral and reef tanks should be right around 1.025. When I get premixed SW, it is 1.020, so I need to add salt to mine to keep the SG where I want it. Nice looking tank, I have had a 14g biocube and now a 29g biocube. They are a nice AIO and with a few upgrades they can be very good tanks. The InTank baskets are great additions, I didn't see if you had upgraded the main pump but you might replace it with a MJ1200, if you order online you can get one for about $20, my LFS carries them for $35. You will get better flow and it seems to put out less heat than the stock pump.

Where did you find it for $20. I have a BC29 as well and need this upgraded.

 

[djsuperman]

Woke up this morning and one of my clownfish has gone missing. Ive looked everywhere and cant find it. I find it hard to believe the cleaner shrimp has eaten it. Ill be monitoring my water levels for ammonia or until it pops up. Checked my parameters this morning and theyre good.

Ph-8.0
Ammonia- 0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-15-20
Salinity-1.025
Temp- 79.5

 

[mallorieGgator]

Tank is looking good. Sorry to hear about the clown.

 

[djsuperman]

Alkalinity is high. Replaced clownfish and added a ywg with a pistol shrimp.

 

[djsuperman]

Marlon and coral-clownfish
Frank-goby
Jacques- cleaner shrimp
Pete- pistol shrimp

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Looking good!!