Photos coming soon... here's some of my inspiration 
14g biocube reef build!
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UPDATE: Tank build will be starting next week!
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Here is the finished product! i can't seem to find a before picture, but ill post it if it comes up
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Made my own media basket, these were the tools i used to cut my eggcrate. tin snips and wire cutters.
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The kessil tuna blue a80
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Looking good
thanks!
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i have a bit of an idea:
pair of Wyoming clowns
1 acan (any kind)
1 torch (any kind)
1 monti cap
1 favia
and anything else that i impulse buy [emoji23]
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Done! now the cycle will begin! (shrimp is in between the rocks) thanks for tagging along
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Nitrite is showing up! (6 days in)
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Just wondering how this is coming along. I am a new saltwater tanker and I have just recently purchased a 14 biocube and in the cycling process. Finally added my live rocks today. How long until you added corals, and have you added your fish yet? If so, how are they doing?
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First off, Welcome to the hobby!
and currently i am 15 days in and my levels are reading Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0.25 Nitrate 10. My cycle is just about done, i recommend adding corals around the 2 month mark, patience is key and you want your water parameters stable and you dKH and calc to be just right. Tomorrow I am adding my cleanup crew, for algae, excess nutrients etc. I will surely keep you posted, if u have any further questions im here all day! 
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Awesome, thanks for tip! I just bought test strips yesterday so I will be testing around Sunday once my live rock and conditioner has had time to settle and cycle. I am only a week into this and have really had to learn patience. So I noticed that you have a shrimp, when did you add it and why?
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Well, I decided to go the old fashion way because it was the simplest lol! I added it in my tank on day 1, with my rock, let it sit for 3 days (i have been testing everyday) take it out, and let the cycle do its thing. (i have live sand so thats how my cycle started). Test strips are not very accurate unfortunately
so i use the API test kit, but you can buy them in single bottles
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My LFS guy (known as the fish guy of my town) has walked me through it so he suggested I got my water to 1.026 until I added rock. I used black Hawaiian live sand with sea pure and some of his ro water to get the specific gravity he suggested, then I added some live rock he had with algae growth on it and a live rock with no growth. So hope that I am going in the right direction. I know the water hasn't settled yet, but this is sort of what I got going on, I think I'm going to add a Belize branch in right corner.
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My LFS guy (known as the fish guy of my town) has walked me through it so he suggested I got my water to 1.026 until I added rock. I used black Hawaiian live sand with sea pure and some of his ro water to get the specific gravity he suggested, then I added some live rock he had with algae growth on it and a live rock with no growth. So hope that I am going in the right direction. I know the water hasn't settled yet, but this is sort of what I got going on, I think I'm going to add a Belize branch in right corner.
It looks good! One tip that is a must during cycling is: Don't mess around with water parameters! meaning don't add kalkwasser or ph additives, just do your tests and let it be
