my 14 g biocube with upgrades!

here is my 14 gallon biocube, when it was first set up last month. it had stock lighting, stock filters, bioballs, etc.

12lbs of like rock total

stock pump

powerhead

high water temps

a few potential issues down the rd.

 

Here is the the cube with a few more lbs of live rock, and an auto top-off.

i also replaced the bioballs with LR

 

Here is the newest shot....

I upgraded the lighting with an AI Nano and controller... It is AWESOME! Very bright8)

I only have the light set at about 30~%....

its a fantastic purchase...very happy with it.



I will never go without an ATO every again. That has been such a big help!

 

Sweet upgrades!

That is a great scape, so hard to do a decent one on a nano.

I have seen some great tanks with nice nice corals under those AI Nanos.

 

I'm very intrigued about the AI nano, it looks really nice! What flow is your powerhead?

 

Thank you! I feel like i can never be happy with the current scape. I always see something better!

So far everything looks great under the light. Im looking forward to growing some SPS down the rd. Especially looking forward to a clam!

 

I think the powerhead is only a 240gph. I was thinking about possibly adding a chiller, which would require a stronger pump..my water temp is in the low 82-86... i would like it around 78..which i dont think will happen with the way my house is.

Yea, I was going to buy those ecoxotic pro modules, but decided to go hoodless and with the nano. Looking back, I would have preffered to buy the sol and just dial it down with the controller. With the sol I would have the abilility to upgrade my tank size. However, I dont see myself going above a 30g cube anytime soon, So i think the Nano will do just fine.
I love the ability to control the intensities with a specific time schedule. I guess for people who are into simulating daylight down to the minute, it works well. Not to mention they dont look half bad!

 

looks really, really nice! Love the look with the new lights - very impressive. I'm confused on your ATO though, do you have it hooked up to go into the tank?

 

Yes, my ato fills the tank directly. The feed tube is dropped into the far left chamber. In that chamber is a fill switch, and a cut off switch incase the fill switch fails. There is a 5 gallon RODI reservoir under the tank that houses the pump.

So far it work really well.

Does that make sense?

 

yes, it does