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Holy_makerel
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Christmas night i dropped a large pair of SS tweezers into the back return compartment of my biocube. it started leaking. i freaked and took all electrical stuff offline and evaluated my situation.
I actually wasnt sure it was leaking for about 24 hours as it was a very slow leak.
Anyway, i am lucky enough to have a great local community of reefers here and someone in the group had a biocube collecting dust in their garage. 2 days later i drove to pick it up and bring it home.
In an attempt to make the tank idiot resistant i purchased a thin plexiglass sheet and cut it out and sanded all edges to fit into all compartments in this new tank.
I installed the plexiglass after giving the new tank a fairly thorough cleaning and transferred everything into the new one.
I cleaned the sand as best as i could before putting it into the new tank and added several pieces of uncured liverock that had been sitting in a freshwater bath fot two weeks prior. i used more rock because i wanted the majority of my rock to be up off the sandbed for ease of maintenance and flow throughout. it has created numerous more hiding places for the fish which in turn has made them more secure and come out into the open more which i'm excited about.
I'm expecting a small cycle to run its course in the new tank but it should be manageable with several WC, running carbon, and using some prime to safeguard against any ammonia.
I have a small bioload so it shouldn't cause too much of an issue.
Anyway, all is well now and stuff is slowly settling back in.
First pick is the original scape
Second is new, and third is my attempt to clean up cords and make my electrical safer. and i love having the pump controllers on the wall next to the tank.
I actually wasnt sure it was leaking for about 24 hours as it was a very slow leak.
Anyway, i am lucky enough to have a great local community of reefers here and someone in the group had a biocube collecting dust in their garage. 2 days later i drove to pick it up and bring it home.
In an attempt to make the tank idiot resistant i purchased a thin plexiglass sheet and cut it out and sanded all edges to fit into all compartments in this new tank.
I installed the plexiglass after giving the new tank a fairly thorough cleaning and transferred everything into the new one.
I cleaned the sand as best as i could before putting it into the new tank and added several pieces of uncured liverock that had been sitting in a freshwater bath fot two weeks prior. i used more rock because i wanted the majority of my rock to be up off the sandbed for ease of maintenance and flow throughout. it has created numerous more hiding places for the fish which in turn has made them more secure and come out into the open more which i'm excited about.
I'm expecting a small cycle to run its course in the new tank but it should be manageable with several WC, running carbon, and using some prime to safeguard against any ammonia.
I have a small bioload so it shouldn't cause too much of an issue.
Anyway, all is well now and stuff is slowly settling back in.
First pick is the original scape
Second is new, and third is my attempt to clean up cords and make my electrical safer. and i love having the pump controllers on the wall next to the tank.
so glad all turned out well. New tank is looking great. Can't wait to see some upclose pictures of your corals like the ones you took before. 
