Phelipe’s Reefing Journey

Phelipe's Ocean · May 20, 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to my system! My name is Phelipe and I am located in the Bay Area (in case you wanted to know so you can shower me with fuzzy sticks[emoji854]). 2 weeks ago on May 6th I was lucky enough to come across a BioCube from someone who was moving and had to leave it behind. The Plan is for an SPS dominated system with that WOW factor I see all over Reef2Reef. Okay so now some backround info, I had Pico Reef’s before but only LPS and a few larger FOWLR systems. About a month ago I decided to take down all my other marine systems (hardest thing I ever did in life[emoji51]) and aim all my focus and equipment towards the BioCube. It is an Oceanic BioCube 29 and is now all modified, the only equipment I would still like to add is a wave maker and a hang on protein skimmer.

Equipment list:
Ai Prime HD
Tunze ATO unit
Phosban Reactor
InTank media basket
300 gph return pump
150 gph powerhead
Aqueon 50w heater

Filtration:
50 micron filter pads
Kent Marine Carbon
GFO

Water Parameters:

PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0.05
Calcium: 460
Magnesium:1340
Alkalinity: 8

LiveStock currently:
Picasso Clownfish
2 unknown snails
Cleaner wrasse

Alright enough gibberish time for a photo

Had to remove the Cherub Pair they were too nippy nippy I need to find them a home. The system arrived with all this Gsp im slowly removing all of it out of the tank. All tips, tricks, comments, and ideas welcome! I hope you follow along with my journey and enjoy it as much as I do[emoji16].

hdsoftail1065 · May 20, 2018

Nice setup, thanks for sharing!

Phelipe's Ocean · May 20, 2018

Some Frags I just picked up, Pacman Acro has been on my favorite list forever!

Phelipe's Ocean · May 20, 2018

hdsoftail1065 said:
Nice setup, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for stopping by!

hdsoftail1065 · May 20, 2018

Nice looking frags!

Phelipe's Ocean · May 20, 2018

hdsoftail1065 said:
Nice looking frags!

Thanks, im hoping I got lucky with this mushroom they don’t tend to like my systems for some reason.

hdsoftail1065 · May 20, 2018

I have been struggling with a few myself. I think I bumped my lights a little to quick. Live and learn right?

Phelipe's Ocean · May 20, 2018

hdsoftail1065 said:
I have been struggling with a few myself. I think I bumped my lights a little to quick. Live and learn right?

Exactly

Phelipe's Ocean · May 21, 2018

Goodmorning reefers!

Tje22 · May 22, 2018

Good looking system you got there, very nice!

Phelipe's Ocean · May 22, 2018

Tje22 said:
Good looking system you got there, very nice!

Thankyou! Im hoping it will come along in the following weeks, its only been up for about 2 1/2 weeks.

Phelipe's Ocean · May 22, 2018

Started dosing AquaVitro fuel and am having some serious algae problems... all corals are closed up as well.

Phelipe's Ocean · May 23, 2018

Can anyone identify these zoas?

Phelipe's Ocean · Jun 17, 2018

Hi everyone it has been a while since an update! New scape, trying out some new products and a coral haul! Have not figured out how to use my Nikon yet so the phone will have to do for now, heres a list:
Setosa
Bicolor Acan
Gsp
Cali Tort
Gold Maul Zoa
Candy apple Zoa
Umpa loompa Zoa
Dragon Eye zoas
God of war zoas
Mayan sunset
Sunny d
Utter chaos
And radioactive dragon zoas
Strawberry Shortcake acro
Tyree sunset monti
Reverse sunset monti
Superman monti
Jedi Mindtrick monti
Rainbow Monti
Beach bum monti
Ponape birds nest
Electric lime birds nest
Orange bam bams
Red star Cyphastrea
Rainbow stylo
ORA Red planet
Jacko lepto
Red/Green war coral
War paint acan?chalice? Not sure
Large PacMan Acro
Unknown colony can anyone ID?
Anyways heres some pics! Sorry for the bad quality hopefully I can learn to use my camera soon