Biocube 8 Update!!

hello reefers! its been a minute since i updated so here we go! tank running since 10/10/09.

FTS with stand (and Micheal Jackson switchplate lol)



FTS



inside stand



back chambers



50w daylight Fuge light



Fuge light again



fuge at night



fuge hole (purigen under bioball catcher)



Fish!

i think these are teardrop clowns (back me up here 3reef)





BLENNY!




Corals

my watermelon zoas with some kinda encrusting coral i think



GSP



Frogspawn



Torch



Hammer



Xenia



Bubble coral happy



Bubble coral deflated (is this brown jelly? i sure hope not)



other livestock not pictured

2 blue leg hermits
1 red leg hermit
1 pom pom crab
2 cerith snails
2 turbo snails

thanks for all the help 3 reef! none of this would have been possible without all the hours ive spent digging through your forums! give me some feedback!

 

pardon water clarity (purpleup clouds water a little)

 

Looks very nice! Yours corals look amazing.

 

Looks awesome, great set up. I like the diy fuge and light.



luna

 

Michael Jackson switch plate - you cant "beat it" IMO

Tank looks really well
and the organisation thats gone into the undertank cabinet puts me to shame, its very tidy

the bubble, it looks healthy enough when fully open, but it has receded somewhat as those oval plates normally would have skin on them, but the presence of green on there (Algae) indicated the flesh has receded

from the FTS to the individual pictures, some of the corals have been moved, including the bubble, one thing to remember with LPS corals like bubbles, is dont touch them with bare hands and dont move them while they are still inflated , so either wait until after dark and they close up for coral arranging or, waft something over them until they deflate and then move them. oils in the skin can affect these LPS corals

water changes, top offs, make sure you dont add any new water to close to them, rapid chemisty changes, can also cause the demise of LPS corals

the hammer and torch are looking excellent Jesus, so hopefully the bubble will bounce back to former glory

Steve

 

why are you using purple up? arent those kent bottles a 2 part system? nice work on the wiring looks very clean. i had a bc29 berfore i got the rsm130, oceanic makes a nice product IMO. the xenia may overgrow the zoas however

 

the bubble picture for the happy one is an older pic because i took the new pics when he was deflated. if you look closely i think he might have brown jelly coming out. i do target feed him mysis 2x week, but i dont know how the digestive system works on coral >.< i have been moving him around because i upgraded my pump and it was too much flow and im trying to find him a new place, tho i am not sure that having that big bristle worm living under him could be a problem! i try to take them out of it with tweezers but i cant catch him. i am very carefull, i have some long tweezers and i use aquarium gloves.

i had purple up before i got the 2 part system. i read great reviews and i wanted purple! lol (call it good marketing?)

thanks for the feedback!

 

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Really nice tank Jesus! Your unknown encrusting coral looks like some type of favia, does the flesh ever poof up at all?

 

yes the coral does poof up a little, when i got the frag, it was starting to turn white and the only thing i could see was like a deep red center, it wasnt lookin good for a week or so then out of no where the green started to fill in. soon it was almost filled back in! ( thats when i finally purchased my calcium dosing 2 part kit). at night it puts out little tenticles, it likes flow. i have it in the highest part of my tank because i figured it would like the lights. i'll try to grab a pic of my pom pom crab