32G biocube: Coral suggestions

[N11morales]

Here is a current pic...still have a bit of coral mounting to do. Cheers!

N11morales - Is that a BTA in your tank? How is that working out? Is it on the move? Do you have stock lights?

yes its a rose bubble tip anemone. Its going well it seems very happy. It actually hasnt moved i have had it for over a month. Guess it liked the spot i put it in. I didn't get any new lighting its just the lights the biocube 32G comes with.

 

[N11morales]

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Here is a current pic...still have a bit of coral mounting to do. Cheers!

N11morales - Is that a BTA in your tank? How is that working out? Is it on the move? Do you have stock lights?

lso the picture that i have on here doesnt look very good. Its a lot brighter red in person.

 

[Parent_usmc]

My 5 m/o biocube!

 

[N11morales]

My 5 m/o biocube!

looks really good! I wish i worked more on my aquascape before i put stuff in

 

[Parent_usmc]

looks really good! I wish i worked more on my aquascape before i put stuff in

Its not to late. I did some adjustments after it was up and running. Just placed all corals in a small buck . Very few are actually glued down

 

[N11morales]

Its not to late. I did some adjustments after it was up and running. Just placed all corals in a small buck . Very few are actually glued down

oh good idea i didnt think about that. maybe ill do that next water change put the corals into the water i take out. while i move some rocks around.

 

[Parent_usmc]

oh good idea i didnt think about that. maybe ill do that next water change put the corals into the water i take out. while i move some rocks around.

Let me know how it turns out.. also I had one rock that just was so big and didn't look right to me so I grabbed a hammer and just lightly broke it up, and used it for small island rocks

 

[N11morales]

Let me know how it turns out.. also I had one rock that just was so big and didn't look right to me so I grabbed a hammer and just lightly broke it up, and used it for small island rocks

alright ill try to get something looking better i dont really have a lot of smaller rocks

 

[N11morales]

I have a wide variety of corals growing well in my 32g BioCube. Some of my favorites:

- Trumpet (Candy Cane) coral
- Acans
- Hammer coral
- Toadstool
- Blastos
- Favia
- Mushrooms
- Goniopora (I suggest an ORA one - Easier to grow)
- Duncan
- Rock Anemone
- Paly/Zoa

Random thoughts:

Frogspawns are great, but be careful of the sweepers. They can be long. The sweepers on the hammers are generally shorter.

The toadstool and hammer create great movement, but they get REALLY big. Be prepared to cut them back/frag.

Think carefully about zoa/paly placements, I have a colony of orange hornets, which are nice looking, taking over an entire rock. Dito, with the mushrooms.

If I had to do it over again, I would get more acans and less zoa/palys.

By the way, the above are all growing with stock lights.

Have fun!

Wow awesome thanks for the ideas! Also I have been thinking about maybe getting some acans instead of more zoas. I have a zoa rock of 4 different types. But I think acans are very pretty and something different in the tank.

 

[PacoPetty]

My 4 1/2 month old Bio Cube 32.

 

[N11morales]

This is what my biocube looks like now.
I want to get at least one more piece and put it up higher. Any suggestions? Nothing green lol

 

[PacoPetty]

Found a great LFS in Indian Trail North Carolina and went a little bit crazy buying coral! Out of all of my tanks my bio cube 32 is my favorite! I think will be five months old Saturday.

 

[N11morales]

Found a great LFS in Indian Trail North Carolina and went a little bit crazy buying coral! Out of all of my tanks my bio cube 32 is my favorite! I think will be five months old Saturday.

wow very nice tank! I need some more colors in my tank. I basically got greens/purples lol

 

[PacoPetty]

Oh, I forgot the sweet little orange and blue ricordia I picked up in Greensboro last week. I also put a couple of really nice pieces of Tonga branch rock in the tank for the ricordia to cover.

 

[PacoPetty]

wow very nice tank! I need some more colors in my tank. I basically got greens/purples lol

I swear I have been in 75 to 100 saltwater fish stores in all my years in this hobby and Nemo’s Reef in Indian Trail North Carolina is by far the cleanest and nicest store I have ever been in. They also have great prices! nemosreef.us is their website and they have a booming online business. All of my car all except for two pieces came from there WYSIWYG section.

 

[N11morales]

Oh, I forgot the sweet little orange and blue ricordia I picked up in Greensboro last week. I also put a couple of really nice pieces of Tonga branch rock in the tank for the ricordia to cover.

very nice ur tank is look good.

 

[PacoPetty]

very nice ur tank is look good.

Thank you! It is definitely a labor of love and once you by your first coral you are addicted!

 

[N11morales]

Thank you! It is definitely a labor of love and once you by your first coral you are addicted!

that is very true! i want more corals now lol

 

[PacoPetty]

The smartest thing my LFS owner ever did was to give me my first piece of coral and the worst decision I have ever made was to accept it!

 

[N11morales]

The smartest thing my LFS owner ever did was to give me my first piece of coral and the worst decision I have ever made was to accept it!

my lfs gave me a solid deal on some hammers and after that i have been addicted.