My wife asked why we didn't have a build thread for her 32 Bio-cube and I really didn't have a good answer since this one was set-up before joining R2R. I have included pics on my 144 thread but this one deserves it's own thread so we have history and can track it's progress. The progression picks will be spotty since we really didn't take allot of this one along the way.
The tank was set up around February 2017 with the goal of a small mixed reef. All stock with no bells and whistles. The first pair of fish introduced was a pair of Beautiful Picasso clowns, a hammer, torch and some easy mushrooms. The stock light actually done well. But then we decided to take things to the next level and knew the stock lights had to go. After doing a little research we decided to go with the Steve's LED's as an up grade. We joked about the light upgrade costing as much as the tank. We have seen several folks on the forum commenting on not being able to justify spending money on lights that cost more than their tanks. But it is an easy decision when you think about how much money you will have tied up in corals. IMO lighting is the most important part of your reefing investment.
After the Steve's LED's mod we went a little crazy as you can see.
As the tank matured we ran across 2 RBTA's at the LFS. They were sump rescues and got them for a VERY good deal and introduced them to the tank. The Picasso's instantly fell in love and before no time at all the nems began hosting. From that moment my wife fell in love with the nems and changed direction and decided she wanted this to be a nem tank. So we sold and re-homed the corals. We knew the tank was to small to safely house all the corals and nems. My 144 wasn't in the picture at this time or they would have been reloacated.
I will post the current upgrade, stocking and future plans for this tank later this evening. We are considering going back to a mixed reef. If you made it this far I want to thank you for looking!
The tank was set up around February 2017 with the goal of a small mixed reef. All stock with no bells and whistles. The first pair of fish introduced was a pair of Beautiful Picasso clowns, a hammer, torch and some easy mushrooms. The stock light actually done well. But then we decided to take things to the next level and knew the stock lights had to go. After doing a little research we decided to go with the Steve's LED's as an up grade. We joked about the light upgrade costing as much as the tank. We have seen several folks on the forum commenting on not being able to justify spending money on lights that cost more than their tanks. But it is an easy decision when you think about how much money you will have tied up in corals. IMO lighting is the most important part of your reefing investment.
After the Steve's LED's mod we went a little crazy as you can see.
As the tank matured we ran across 2 RBTA's at the LFS. They were sump rescues and got them for a VERY good deal and introduced them to the tank. The Picasso's instantly fell in love and before no time at all the nems began hosting. From that moment my wife fell in love with the nems and changed direction and decided she wanted this to be a nem tank. So we sold and re-homed the corals. We knew the tank was to small to safely house all the corals and nems. My 144 wasn't in the picture at this time or they would have been reloacated.
I will post the current upgrade, stocking and future plans for this tank later this evening. We are considering going back to a mixed reef. If you made it this far I want to thank you for looking!
