From biocube to a 65 G with underwater sculptures

Lots of name to it, Bullet Goby, hence the name, but also called, sleeper banded goby, Brownbarred Goby , he's a workaholic he moves the sand everywhere, i like it it churns the sand and he eats algae and microfauna, omnivore.

 

i also have one.. its one of my favorite fish. i like how they take a bite of the sand and then eject it through their gills

 

Yes he also nip at some macro algae i have in the tank so he keeps that in check as well very useful fish IMO.

 

I just want to say congrats on the awesome upgrade! going from a 29g biocube to that is amazing. I really like your rockwork structure. My rock is just stacked, im terrified of the tumble that could possibly happen. K+ on your rockwork. Just a question. Do you have no fear of the stalatict coming loose and falling? I would love to do something like this, but fear in years to come the zip ties, support, or rock itself would fail and crash into the bottom of my tank

 

Those are good questions indeed. Let me just say thats for the zip ties, they where the black heavy duty one hard to cut and they are UV resistant, they are also covered with foam for the most part so no UV and they support small rocks so if some where to loosen up the foam would keep them in place because the foam is incredibly strong and rigid. And if by chance a rock where to fall of place they are small rocks so no real crash and no damage really. When you apply the foam you'll see , you'll wonder just that how its going to hold but when dry the hole structure become very sturdy and become one big piece. As for the stalactite even if it fall it floats so i'll see it top side rather LOL. The foam make its boyant and its actually hard to keep it underwater LOL. If you have any other concern please ask.

 

This project was amazing. I would like to do something similar for my 155g when I set it up. Probably not as in depth as this amazing build.

Do you have all of your corals in the tank yet? took down the cube by now I assume.

 

Yes the cube was sold last month. I also sold my cardinal and my firefish. And i exchanged alot of my LPS for future sps. No i still have lots of sps to put in there, just the funds aren't there yet. And i rather start small, than with big pieces since i'm new with dosing and all, still a newby in fact for sps . Plus i got to rig this thing to accomodate my life style, gone 45 days at a time ; Sailor and see if the system can take it. So i rather not spend too much money on coral just in case its wasted. Small and baby step LOL. By the way when you start something like that it kina take a life of its own and yes its gona be big like that lol trust me it takes your entire life and time and you'll have fun doing it so yes you'll go all the way.

 

45 days is asking a lot. Better have at least a 50 gallon RO reserve.....at least. Also, test your sump to make sure it doesn't overflow if the return dies while your sailing.

 

I've got my RO/DI tank on a unit with an auto shut-OFF and ATO for the fuge the sump as already been tested yes. And i got my controllers i can acces via the pc onboard the ship, when i'm gone. The controllers take care of the light, pump, dosing and powerheads.

 

Wow, talk about an inspiration! For our upgrade (Christmas present to ourselves), I'd love to incorporate some of your ideas. Well done!

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