New 32G Biocube

[Bob Weigant]

Hope you enjoy your Cube. I just got the 32. Keeping it easy

 

[Katrina71]

I see you have been introduced to Katrina a real sweetheart. Arguing about buying anything from her is a lost cause. ;Joyful

Thank you! Lol

 

[LaraLouM]

Hope you enjoy your Cube. I just got the 32. Keeping it easy

Awesome, are you doing a build thread for yours?

 

[Bleigh]

I implore you to please get one of these gap guards. I knew about the guard, and just never got around to getting one. And because I didn't, a few weeks ago my beloved first fish, a snowflake clown, jumped into the back compartment and was dead by the time I found her. Please don't let that happen to you.

https://intankaquatics.com/coralife-biocube-29-and-32-fish-saver-guard/

I didn't know this was a thing either.

 

[AngryMike2016]

I did, but I never got around to buying one until it was too late.

 

[AngryMike2016]

The clown that is still alive didn't eat for several days after his mate passed.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Awesome, are you doing a build thread for yours?

Yeah I can get one going. Just did one on my local reef club site. Honestly not much to my Cube yet. Mostly working on my bigger reef

 

[LaraLouM]

The clown that is still alive didn't eat for several days after his mate passed.

I just ordered one yesterday. It will be a while before we have fish, but I want to get some of the smaller Blenny so this is probably a really good idea.

 

[AngryMike2016]

Good call!

 

[LaraLouM]

Making progress on the Biocube! It came already set up with cycled water and sand. We added rock today and some fresh stag-alive sand. We had been feeding so at the keep the beneficial bacteria going since there was no livestock.

We checked the water and were looking at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, about 5 ppm nitrate, and 8.0-8.2 ph.

We put in a couple crabs with the rock and are going to keep watching the water numbers to make sure we don’t get a mini cycle before we start adding fish.

What are your thoughts on this aquascape? The sand is still settling some. It has 3 places for small fish to swim through and a couple cave places. Does it have enough height?

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Making progress on the Biocube! It came already set up with cycled water and sand. We added rock today and some fresh stag-alive sand. We had been feeding so at the keep the beneficial bacteria going since there was no livestock.

We checked the water and were looking at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, about 5 ppm nitrate, and 8.0-8.2 ph.

We put in a couple crabs with the rock and are going to keep watching the water numbers to make sure we don’t get a mini cycle before we start adding fish.

What are your thoughts on this aquascape? The sand is still settling some. It has 3 places for small fish to swim through and a couple cave places. Does it have enough height?

It looks good to me! We have about the same height, caves and ledge's are definitely a pro imo.

 

[LaraLouM]

It looks good to me! We have about the same height, caves and ledge's are definitely a pro imo.

Do you think I need more negative space? I like the tanks with negative space but I was having a really hard time arranging the rocks that way.

 

[AngryMike2016]

Looks good to me.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I think the height is perfect. The single structure is very interesting with caves and protrusions. Over time coral growth will add to the look.

 

[Katrina71]

That looks great! I agree, that will look awesome with coral!

 

[Katrina71]

I'll hook ya up with something to give you enough flow with your structure. No worries.

 

[LaraLouM]

Thanks for the voteS of confidence! I always second guess myself. Here is a pic from the side with the dust settled further.

 

[Katrina71]

That's beautiful.

 

[LaraLouM]

Don’t mind the evil chalice that was attacking everything in our smaller tank... he got banished to the corner but hopefully he will be able

That's beautiful.

thanks!

Don’t mind the evil chalice that was attacking everything in our smaller tank... he got banished to the corner but hopefully he will be able to spread his tentacles here and get healthy again.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

I should have let you do the scape on my big tank, your a natural! Looks great!