Biocube 32 #2 Anemone Tank

[MichaelB]

So, made more progress on this tank today. I've been motivated after getting permission from the queen of our house, to keep two tanks in the living room as long as I move one of them out.

My main biocube32 is in the bed room.

Living room has the 65gallon, the biocube 29 grow out temp tank, and this other biocube32 that will be a dedicated frag tank that's been sitting empty.

Plan is to remove the biocube29 and give it away.

Today I received the light bars and a controller from 21 led that i ordered last week. So i can modifiy the lights on this tank similar to how I have on my main tank.

Current main tank light modification.
It has 6 12inch actinic light bars, one shorted out so only 5 functional ones. Each bar is capable of adding 30 par at 18 inches deep mounted 2 inches above the crushed coral.

So for the most part these actinic bars are my primary lights i run them 10/12 hours a day.

The stock lid has 3 other light channels, whites, moonlight, and a full spectrum channel.

I only running the whites 2 hours a day for the sps. The other two channels i run for 8-10 hours (neither of those channels except the whites put out a fraction of par the bars do.) Only the bars give me 250 par at sps level, add whites gets me up to 280-380 at sps level.

Test fittings

Glued down and wires secured

Final test of all light channels.

I also made a cut out for the protein skimmer same as in my main tank.

Next steps finish the frag racks, and decide what rocks to keep in the frag tank verse shifting to the 65gallon tank. (I've been thinking of pulling a rock structure from the 65 gallon and swaping it with tbe main structure in the 29cube)

This rock is older more pourose and probably will help stablize the 65gallon better.

 

[MichaelB]

Meh the biocube number 3 that wasn’t suppose to be set up, but needed a place to hold fishnand the Snowflake nems.

 

[MichaelB]

So this tank has become a dedicated nem tank.

Fish:
1. My favorite large maroon clowns
2.) scarlet pin stripe wrasse
3.) 1 Pajama Cardinal.

Inverts:
2 xl zebra turbo snails
3 turbo snails
1 Halloween hermit crab
1 scarlet hermit crab
1 rock urchin

Current anemones:
1.) 2 Rainbow bubble
2.) 2 Nexus joker nems
3.)10-15 Snowflake bubble tips
4.) 1 Black window nem
5.) 1 XL chicago sunburst
6.) 2 rock flower nems.

Future plans are to possibly add new lid I have and possibly a kessil 360we once I find a method to mount it.

These are slightly older picutures before I added the nems from my other tank that was broken down.

 

[MichaelB]

So update on nem tank. Added sand a few weeks ago for the two wrasses in this tank. Larger wrasse is destined for.the 210 once it's going.

Nems are happy and getting bigger.

 

[MichaelB]

This tank is looking great. So thought I would share fresh pictures.

My approach to this tank has been a 5 gallon water change once a month or so using water taken from a water change on my 40gallon sps tank.

The nems seem happier with higher nutrient water.

One change I'm considering is removing the lid using a clear cover and using a kessil 360x with a reflector. Or maybe a black box xr30 clone.

The full picture most of the time,he makes a bed out of the lid when I don't pay him enough atention. And turns the stock white leds off. So it’s a constant struggle reaching under him to turn them back on.

 

[Darkxerox]

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Fish police!
That wrasse needs more swimming space

 

[MichaelB]

Fish police!
That wrasse needs more swimming space

He's destined for the 210gallon

 

[MichaelB]

How's the Chicago and Black Widow holding up?

The chicago is doing well. Tbe black widow is as well, however it’s staying the same size for the most part. The only one I will intentionally target feed is the chicago with hopes it may produce more.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

He's destined for the 210gallon

He tells me to tell you to hurry up with that!

 

[MichaelB]

He tells me to tell you to hurry up with that!

Master tank plumbers are welcome to come help speed things along.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Master tank plumbers are welcome to come help speed things along.

@Srt4eric
Yo E, you’re up!

 

[MolaMola]

Tank looks good!
Some equipment questions for you @MichaelB …Tried to find it in your older posts but couldn’t.
You ran a Sicce 1.5 in a Biocube? How was it? I think I see a RFG, too. What skimmer do you use? Is it in first chamber, then InTank media rack in second?
I have a BTA/clownfish BC and the water level is too high but I haven’t had time to fix the issue. Sicce 1.0 was too weak, 1.5 too strong, got rid of in-tank powerhead after nem accident plus looks way better without it. I have a little Jebao or something with RFG. Maybe skimmer blocks the drain slots too much?

 

[MichaelB]

Tank looks good!
Some equipment questions for you @MichaelB …Tried to find it in your older posts but couldn’t.
You ran a Sicce 1.5 in a Biocube? How was it? I think I see a RFG, too. What skimmer do you use? Is it in first chamber, then InTank media rack in second?
I have a BTA/clownfish BC and the water level is too high but I haven’t had time to fix the issue. Sicce 1.0 was too weak, 1.5 too strong, got rid of in-tank powerhead after nem accident plus looks way better without it. I have a little Jebao or something with RFG. Maybe skimmer blocks the drain slots too much?

I have used the 1.5 Sicce. I used the aquatic life 115 skimmer. Media tower in the second chamber. Either one you mentioned should be more than capable of being the return pump for a biocube. The only difference is overall turn over rate and flow created by the the return into display area.

If post share pictures of how you have your filtration set up and the skimmer you have etc. Than I can give better advice. How much water is in the tank is determined by the media tower and making sure water line is just below the first layers of media rack so that the fillter pad or floss is outnthe water forcing all the water in the system to past through the filter pad. If your filter pad is packed too tightly it could cause flow restrictions.


If you wanna to see the full scope of my build look at ny tank journal on the tank titled 40gallon sps tank. That was my main tank that was a biocube32. With all the above mentioned filtration. You may have to back track before I swapped tanks to the 40gallon cube.

Oceanic 40gallon Sps tank.

Ive included a few pictures of my current biocube29, newest picture is the one with the torch. I will be swaping tanks form the 29 to a biocube 32. I'm hoping that with the different design I will better ba able to maintain Nutrient levels. All in all I've have this set up close to 3 years now...

www.bareefers.org

Before page 8 ɔr so on the journal.

This nem tank was a second biocube32 that mostly followed the main biocube32. The journal I linked would be much more detailed I think.

I also had a split return nozle going into the display. One head was a random flow generator angled towards center of the tank, the other a flat spade angled at the surface to break surface tension of the water.

 

[MolaMola]

I have used the 1.5 Sicce. I used the aquatic life 115 skimmer. Media tower in the second chamber. Either one you mentioned should be more than capable of being the return pump for a biocube. The only difference is overall turn over rate and flow created by the the return into display area.

If post share pictures of how you have your filtration set up and the skimmer you have etc. Than I can give better advice. How much water is in the tank is determined by the media tower and making sure water line is just below the first layers of media rack so that the fillter pad or floss is outnthe water forcing all the water in the system to past through the filter pad. If your filter pad is packed too tightly it could cause flow restrictions.


If you wanna to see the full scope of my build look at ny tank journal on the tank titled 40gallon sps tank. That was my main tank that was a biocube32. With all the above mentioned filtration. You may have to back track before I swapped tanks to the 40gallon cube.

Oceanic 40gallon Sps tank.

Ive included a few pictures of my current biocube29, newest picture is the one with the torch. I will be swaping tanks form the 29 to a biocube 32. I'm hoping that with the different design I will better ba able to maintain Nutrient levels. All in all I've have this set up close to 3 years now...

www.bareefers.org

Before page 8 ɔr so on the journal.

This nem tank was a second biocube32 that mostly followed the main biocube32. The journal I linked would be much more detailed I think.

I also had a split return nozle going into the display. One head was a random flow generator angled towards center of the tank, the other a flat spade angled at the surface to break surface tension of the water.

Thanks a lot for the info - I will check out that journal! Everything you said is what I have and I had also tried that Y-return locline and adjusting ATO sensor. I now suspect the (neglected) media rack needs my attention. Ooh.

 

[MichaelB]

Thanks a lot for the info - I will check out that journal! Everything you said is what I have and I had also tried that Y-return locline and adjusting ATO sensor. I now suspect the (neglected) media rack needs my attention. Ooh.

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That's whatni use. I get a roll cut them into squares. Than use one square white side up, swap the pad roughly every 3 days. Floss can work but very easy to get clogged or use to much and restrict flow. I find the pads the easiest to use with the media tower. It takes longer getting out the precut pads than it does to swap them out.