my bocube 29 with a leak..! :)

here's my tank only two month old same time i have in the hobby ,

after first month everything was fine, i paid $125 for this biocube with (oceanic skimmer )(to much) no stand, in my first month i bought the stand $130 on amazon them drill the light fixture to adapt two pc fans ($50) cause the heat. no work and ended buying a light fixture Aquatic Life T5 $240 ok everything was fine i end my cycle bought some fish coral and them ....... found a leak at this point with the money invested and all the problems m thinkin to quit this hobby
.................. but no I'm so fascinated with have my reef tank i dnt give up i go to craiglist n found a 65 gal with stand skimmer sump fixture for $160 i think is a good deal since all the bad bussines with the biocube ... now m thinking to upgrade to the 65 tomorrow still dnt have much experience but here i am lets see what happen...... any help will be appreciated...

my live stock
3 green crhomis
1 yellow tang
1 clean crew
3 frag coral ricordias and duncan

ps:english is not my first language//////...

 

the leak

 

Maxter, did you buy the tank at a petco or on line in the US, because they should replace it? Over all they are a good tanks but BioCubes do seem to have more leak issues than any other all in one tank I have seen. I have heard of people getting replacement tanks secondary to leaks on several occasions.

Make sure you get any tank you get off craigs list is solid. Moved glass tanks are more prone to leaks.

You need to empty that tank as soon as you possibly can. The leak might be jeopardizing the integrity of the stand and it's an electrical hazard.

 

I bought the biocube used on a local forum anyways i think is too late for regreds m going to sell this tank for reptile tank or something and about empty the cube i cant i have livestock in the tank but i already have the other tank with me tomorrow m going to do a leak test and put all together to see how work ... M thinking to give the new tank a couple of days to do a mini cycle with that bottle u saw in the pic what do u think

 

I would rehome the tang because chances are good it will become symptomatic with Marine Ich after the transfer. You probably will have a mini cycle or even a true cycle so have fresh saltwater made up, get some prime for ammonia spikes and test every day.

Using the Start Smart Complete should help.

 

:/ where i can put the tang i only have a quarantine tank (10 gal ) with a simple filter and one live rock and what do you recommend for the ammonia spikes ?

 

Prime or Amquel, these products only bind up the toxic forms of ammonia. You still need to do water changes. Tangs are poor choices for small tanks. They swim great distances in the wild and are not aqua cultured. Confining them to small tanks often leads to disease and behavioral issues, such as swimming in circles repeatedly, aggression....

 

So 65 its not enough ?

 

Nope not for yellow tang, maybe a Bristletooth. Look at the link below it gives generalizations regrading tank size for Tanges.

Surgeonfish: Tang Fish, Yellow Tangs and other Surgeons

 

ok got new problem micro bubbles heres the pics of the tank