My Rimless 14G Biocube SPS Reef

[ReeferMadness80G]

My mistakes never turn out pretty like that. Oh wait. I did have pink looking cyano.

lol I'm glad you think it's pretty, I can't stand to look at it, it looks unhealthy to me bc I know it's supposed to be a deep blood red

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

 

[Scurvy]

Everything reall does looks great considering some have seen a crash or two. Can i ask what your running for filtration?

Edit: ill go back through to see id youve already said.... Thats right, i had forgotten the sump. I ask as i think some of my corals dislike Chemipure though it seems most w/ BIocubes use it.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Everything reall does looks great considering some have seen a crash or two. Can i ask what your running for filtration?

Edit: ill go back through to see id youve already said.... Thats right, i had forgotten the sump. I ask as i think some of my corals dislike Chemipure though it seems most w/ BIocubes use it.

I really haven't had a problem using chemiupure, even back in my mixed Reef days. I haven't used chemipure in a while, ever since I found out I needed more nutrients in my water column. The water basically enters the Sump and goes through a chamber with LR and chaeto and then enters into the skimmer chamber where there is almost no flow, with chaeto LR and a sand bed. Goes through a couple more empty chambers of ups and downs and then returns to the cube and lastly passes through filter media like filter floss just to stop microbubbles.
I took some pics of my Sump to show you.
Chamber one LR some chaeto

Chamber 2 LR/SB/Chaeto

Chamber 3 LR(was empty, just recently added the LR)

 

[Scurvy]

Thank you for that! Decisions decisions....

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

RA Mutant Blood. The mother colony looked very orange passionish, except blue polyps instead of orange.

Vivid's Rainbow Acropora ( hopefully it colors up, I know these usually go thru stages of brown before coloring up.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Well, I'm not exactly sure when it happened but one of my clowns jumped into the return chamber and got sucked into the return pump. RIP buddy, I'm sure you're laying in that big anemone in the sky! You're contributions to this reef are appreciated by many.

 

[Scurvy]

Poor little dude

 

[brett_schn]

Sorry man. I hate losing fish or any pet. It always sucks especially if u get attached to them.

 

[Katrina71]

I'm so sorry

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Look at this PE! I'm happy when they're happy [emoji4]

 

[Scurvy]

They sure do look pleased! Well done!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Man, how did I miss this update? That's a great idea to convert it into a frag tank but I would be equally stressed taking an established nano and moving everything around.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Man, how did I miss this update? That's a great idea to convert it into a frag tank but I would be equally stressed taking an established nano and moving everything around.

Oh dude, stressful isn't the word! and I've been messing with stuff everyday bc hermits would knock stuff into other stuff, I've finally got the egg crate in there and am happy with everything so I can leave it alone. I haven't had any losses but some things are definitely browning due to stress, hopefully it stops soon. Just bought some more acropower after running out a week ago. And I'm also using Fauna Marin Reef Bacto Balls to help with nutrient export. We'll see how that goes. Look out for Fauna Marin, I feel like we'll be seeing more and more talk about them soon.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

How do you like the acropower? Is that a liquid food? I just ran out of my red sea reef energy...

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Well, I've been using acropower for a while with nothing to compare it to. I use it and Aqua vitro fuel, it's always done good. If you dose too much it will cause algae and stuff tho

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Well, I've been using acropower for a while with nothing to compare it to. I use it and Aqua vitro fuel, it's always done good. If you dose too much it will cause algae and stuff tho

Yea the reef energy will grow algae too. I think I'm going to stick with it. I have something else coming Monday to help with my lack of PO4.

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

The first frag of RA Orange Julius!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Got some new acros!
Blue Hoeksemai this thing is a bright blue from a top down shot, hopefully it'll color up more but it's still nice

Next is a blue green micromussa lord pictured here at the bottom middle, sorry the glass has algae on it. lol I don't plan on cleaning it bc this is no longer a DT but more of a frag tank

I got this teal colored acropora with red polyps, it's beautiful, can't wait for this no name to color up! Btw, it's sitting right behind my red monti cap!

I also got another frag of Mutant Blood from Reef Addicted, the mother colony of this was so beautiful that I had to have two! I didn't take a picture of it, if you wanna see it lmk and I'll snap one real quick. However I do have an update on the RA Orange Julius frag, it's doing amazing, don't believe me? Look at this PE!

it's almost got the PE of a chestefieldensis but I promise it's a Millepora! Very similar to a sunset millepora! I can't wait to have a big enough colony to share with everyone!