Alright everyone, it's been about 8 months now and I figured I'd post an update to my original build thread.
Here is my original thread:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-to-the-hobby.273155/
The BioCube is doing absolutely incredible, and I know my dad would be proud to see what I've built from his little tank we bought him for Christmas 4 years ago. For those who didn't know, I inherited this tank from my dad who we lost to cancer almost a year ago. He used to love looking at his tank. It was in horrible condition as he could no longer take care of it, and it was basically a green swamp when I decided to start it from scratch as kind of a grieving process and to help me with the loss of my father. I spend hours and hours scrubbing it with vinegar, and I took the two somehow surviving snails to the LFS. I researched and researched and dove in head first. I kept his little house that he had bought for the tank as a small memorial to him.
I've gotten new stock BioCube bulbs, what a difference. The old ones were almost three years old, and until I changed them, I didn't realize just how bad they had gotten.
I stopped using the carbon media filter and started putting filter floss in its place.
I run a bag of carbon before the return pump in place of the stock sponge.
All I have ever dosed is calcium one time to get up to the 420 mark. The tank has pretty much sustained that number for months and months now.
Inhabitants:
-Fire fish
-2 clownfish
-Diamond Goby
-Two emerald crabs
-12~ various snails
-12~ hermit crabs
-Pistol shrimp
-Fire shrimp
Corals:
-Zoas
-Hammer
-Yellow polyps
-Hollywood stunner chalice
-Hydnophora exesa
-GSP
A few pics. I'll start from where it began! Thanks to everyone who has helped me on this journey and who continues to help me. I love this tank so much and am proud of what I've built, and I know my dad is proud.
Here is my original thread:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-to-the-hobby.273155/
The BioCube is doing absolutely incredible, and I know my dad would be proud to see what I've built from his little tank we bought him for Christmas 4 years ago. For those who didn't know, I inherited this tank from my dad who we lost to cancer almost a year ago. He used to love looking at his tank. It was in horrible condition as he could no longer take care of it, and it was basically a green swamp when I decided to start it from scratch as kind of a grieving process and to help me with the loss of my father. I spend hours and hours scrubbing it with vinegar, and I took the two somehow surviving snails to the LFS. I researched and researched and dove in head first. I kept his little house that he had bought for the tank as a small memorial to him.
I've gotten new stock BioCube bulbs, what a difference. The old ones were almost three years old, and until I changed them, I didn't realize just how bad they had gotten.
I stopped using the carbon media filter and started putting filter floss in its place.
I run a bag of carbon before the return pump in place of the stock sponge.
All I have ever dosed is calcium one time to get up to the 420 mark. The tank has pretty much sustained that number for months and months now.
Inhabitants:
-Fire fish
-2 clownfish
-Diamond Goby
-Two emerald crabs
-12~ various snails
-12~ hermit crabs
-Pistol shrimp
-Fire shrimp
Corals:
-Zoas
-Hammer
-Yellow polyps
-Hollywood stunner chalice
-Hydnophora exesa
-GSP
A few pics. I'll start from where it began! Thanks to everyone who has helped me on this journey and who continues to help me. I love this tank so much and am proud of what I've built, and I know my dad is proud.
