Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Adam113]

So glad we got a hammer coral in anticipation of getting our little special clown! The algae scrubber is hosting him nicely.

I loveeeee my hammer. I'm going to have to get either a hammer or a torch in my 10g now. Thinking about added a torch to this biocube as well.

This is 4 months of growth with no extra effort on my end. You can also see the insane yellow polyp growth. Second picture was a time of sick polyps though. Got them all yellow and healthy again.

 

[Katrina71]

I Target fed the hammer yesterday. It was kinda cool. The little tentacles ( please correct me if that is not the right name) carried the food to the mouth. I was wondering if both heads need to be fed or does the entire coral benefit?

 

[Adam113]

How's your tank doing? I see your posts every now and then but don't recall a recent picture. You were battling some algae recently, right?

 

[Katrina71]

How's your tank doing? I see your posts every now and then but don't recall a recent picture. You were battling some algae recently, right?

Yes. Some lovely cyano and minor gha. I have some pros coming today to get rid of it and move some things around to make the tank easier to clean and maybe get rid of dead stag horn.

 

[Katrina71]

I have no idea what I'm doing yet. I'm such a rookie. I was afraid I might kill my son's fish if I did it. I still get a little nervous doing water changes.

 

[Adam113]

Gotcha! I had a nasty outbreak of Cyano about a month or two ago. I blew it all off the rocks, sucked it up, and it'd come back within 24 hours. It was really pretty impressive. I cut down my light schedule from about 12 hours to 7, and algae is pretty much non existent. Both cyano and green algae on the glass. I used to have to scrub the glass every day, now I do it maybe once every 3 or 4 days.

I've made my water changes very simple now. I have a mark in my bucket for 10% change. I siphon out to that mark, and then refill with fresh saltwater and just fill the tank from the bucket. I'm always putting back exactly what I took out. On days I do my water change, I clean out the chambers and change any filtration. I really am not having to do much to my tank besides testing and water changes.

 

[Adam113]

Also, if somebody tells you BioCubes can't grow SPS, take a look at my Hollywood Stunner Chalice can't believe how pretty this thing has gotten, and noticeable growth weekly.

 

[Katrina71]

I haven't killed anything in the tank yet. It may be a while before I'd try an SPS. Note I said YET.

 

[Katrina71]

I'd love to have a little clam, but I'm pretty sure our tank is way too small.

 

[Katrina71]

BTW, your post some time back saved some serious panic with my son. Our clown swims like he is sick in the morning too. I appreciate the prior knowledge.

 

[Adam113]

I haven't killed anything in the tank yet. It may be a while before I'd try an SPS. Note I said YET.

All I've lost is a few shrimp, and I'm 99% sure I tracked down the reason for that. I was using a metal turkey baster without even thinking anything of it, and discovered it was rusting!! I used it almost daily to hit my sand and blow off the rocks. I used it in my new 10g to top off water, and within 6 hours my little peppermint was dead that's when it all clicked in my head. I threw it away and I've had a little pistol shrimp and a beautiful fire shrimp in my biocube for a few weeks now and they're doing great. Shrimp were dying within days before.

 

[Katrina71]

Yep. Learned from that too. Made sure ours was plastic. We don't have shrimp. I've read several things about them eating sleeping fish and others that eat coral. I like watching them, but I'm afraid to risk it.

 

[Katrina71]

I would like to try an acro if I ever do get that brave.

 

[Katrina71]

Well the tank got redone. Looks so much better! As it turns out our circulator fan was ( as the previous owner's) on the wrong side. Our filter has been pretty much useless until now. So glad I called a pro to correct my mistakes and teach me hands on! As for the little clown, yes he is seriously flawed. He fits right in!

 

[cameronh]

Well the tank got redone. Looks so much better! As it turns out our circulator fan was ( as the previous owner's) on the wrong side. Our filter has been pretty much useless until now. So glad I called a pro to correct my mistakes and teach me hands on! As for the little clown, yes he is seriously flawed. He fits right in!

Let's see a photo

 

[Katrina71]

Let's see a photo

My tank is lights out until tomorrow. I promise to update with a pic. Much nicer than my scaping for sure.

 

[Katrina71]

Does anyone know if hammers give the finger? I'm pretty sure mine just did for disturbing his spot. That's it. His name is Sheldon.

 

[cameronh]

Does anyone know if hammers give the finger? I'm pretty sure mine just did for disturbing his spot. That's it. His name is Sheldon.

Lol

 

[Katrina71]

We also are getting another 8 gallon cube. Parrot had one and asked if we might want it. Yes! The jic tank that we already have equipment for. These are hard to find. We'd be in a bind if we were to have an "incident"

 

[Katrina71]

Well everything is alive and well this morning. I see the big hermit (Jenny Craig) has been pulling some stuff over...I may have to glue Derby's favorite barnacles to a rock.