ShawnsbudgetBiocube 32

[Baylott224]

The system is 10 yeas old 2 year ago I had to move so when I moved everything except the fish died and a few hardy coral and the rocks sand and coralline algea survived then it sat 2 years with some water changes but not many, the the last 2 clown fish pair about ten years old passed so. I decided to clean and revive the whole thing this is one month ago I will try to get pics of the system in theold house before moving. It was full of hammers

 

[Baylott224]

Tank Inhabitants

* 1 sand sifting diamond Goby "it has a lot of sand and I add live food for it
* 1falcos hawkfish
*1 false perc/true perc clown pair
*1 valintini puffer fish
*1scarlet cleaner shrimp
*1 tiger pistol shrimp" I know it doesn't pair with my goby.
*1 halloween hermit crab
* 1green emerald crab
*1strawberry conch aka tiger conch
*5 little Mexican red legs
*2 nano red hermets
*1 2 blue knuckle hermits
*2red scarlet hermit crabs
*1 blue eyed hermet
*60 dwarf cerths
*20 dwarf planaxix "mostly reside in overflow area"
*5 bumble bee snails
*3 Tongan nassiurius snails
*3 banded trochus snails
*3 regular trochus snails
*2Astrea snails
*1 fuzzy chiton
*3 mexican cerths 3 Florida cerths
*2 stocky cerths snails
*1carribian feather duster

1 green/red long tennicle plate coral
1 neon green toadstool leather
1green ricordia
A few plain red mushrooms
1birdsnest coral Frag
1orange somthing bounce mushroom
2 unnamed zooantids
1neon green star polyp frah

 

[Baylott224]

Lighting is nicrew hyperreef 150 gen 2 very good light. Return pump MLmaxi jet 1200.circulayton is hygger controllable DC up to 1700g per hour but it's on lowest. I have matrix and substituted the bio cube cartridge with 1coarse blue filter pad and 2 dual density filter pads with rox. 0.8 in between them and a lot of matrix in there like 2 /3rds of the filter caddy has seachem matrix. And a custom biocube lid from kraken reefs "very nice work" first I tried brs DIY net lid it was a Disaster I couldn't get it to stay together

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Great looking tank! In the future, what are your plans for your tank?

 

[Baylott224]

This is 2020 before I moved

 

[Baylott224]

here is 2019 before I moved houses but all the rocks and sand and bio filter all still the same and were kept alive during move so no pause in microfauna/bacteria these are oldest Pics I have I don't have pics of setup as I did it all in one day no planning just woke up one day and said "I want a bigger tank" but I'll find more.

This is 2020 before I moved

 

[Baylott224]

Future plans are just add one a few more shrooms and bottem placement coral. The nem is already stinging the stylophora coral so I can't put anything even remotely close to the BTA. It expands a lot in the day and no more fish but a always add new inverts for reef cleaners love those Halloween hermits and blue knuckle hermits they have some ninja star astrea snails in too right now

 

[Baylott224]

Tank update

 

[kevgib67]

Very nice, fellow Biocube 32g here.

 

[kingranch2003]

Tank update

Great looking corals my friend. I have a similar plate. It's encrusting a dome rock so I guess it's more of a bowl.

 

[Baylott224]

Same exact one

 

[Baylott224]

I took mine off the frag and just let it sit straight on the sNd it did much better after that

 

[Baylott224]

I don't thing they are a encrusting coral there more of a fleshy coral with a skellaton think that the plate as a whole makes a skeleton you should be able to. Get that off the frag then it will grow flatter

 

[kyreefville]

What only 2 years of neglect and you left the lights and power on I got you sooo beat. Welcome back to the journey!

 

[Baylott224]

I checked out your thread pretty cool

 

[Sickness69]

Lighting is nicrew hyperreef 150 gen 2 very good light. Return pump MLmaxi jet 1200.circulayton is hygger controllable DC up to 1700g per hour but it's on lowest. I have matrix and substituted the bio cube cartridge with 1coarse blue filter pad and 2 dual density filter pads with rox. 0.8 in between them and a lot of matrix in there like 2 /3rds of the filter caddy has seachem matrix. And a custom biocube lid from kraken reefs "very nice work" first I tried brs DIY net lid it was a Disaster I couldn't get it to stay together

Curious how you have that return pump setup. One of my tanks is a biocube 32 and I want to replace the stock one with something more quiet because of how loud it is.

 

[Baylott224]

https://a.co/d/aWfklr0.
In regular pump Mode is 295 gallons per hour Little bit stronger than the biocube one. I've been using it for years very quiet make sure u leave the suction cups on the bottem but don't push them Just use them as little feet that helps with sound or you could get a DC controllable. One this fits but it's expensive
https://a.co/d/1IeJaCr
or this one fits if you want to use a app but the first the the one I use is only 20 on Amazon now

 

[Baylott224]

If you don't need any control the first link is really good for the money lasted me years and years just got a new one after 8 years

 

[Baylott224]

Ditch the biocube filter cartridges and cut your own https://a.co/d/718SrX8 with a small bag of carbon the water flow. Will increase Lot if you do this

 

[Sickness69]

If you don't need any control the first link is really good for the money lasted me years and years just got a new one after 8 years

Ahh I don't think the first one will work with the UV sterilizer I have by the looks of it.