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Chefbill
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I think my 29g BioCube has turned out nicely. I guess you'd call it a mixed
reef. It has stock lighting, with the edition of 3 more LED lunar bars. I did
add an addition PH for more erratic and powerful flow.
When I first
started the tank, I used the middle chamber as a refugium with chaeto and live
rock rubble. After using algaefix for a hair algae problem, most of the chaeto
died off, so I removed what remained and the rubble. Replaced all this chemipure
elite, ceramic rings and a nitrate reducing pad and purigen. Also added a
Corallife skimmer to chamber 1.
Here's what's happening:
Zoas and
palys grow very fast. Mushrooms split rapidly, in fact, just sold the last
mushroom out of my tank last night, finally. I have a yuma that doubled in size,
but hasn't split. I had a devil's hand that looked like a SPS frag when I got
it, 8 months later it was 7 inches across and 8 high. Rics always detatch and
get lost in my tank, only softy that hasn't taken off in the tank.
I have
frogspawns and hammers putting out heads, but a torch was going gangbusters for
6 months, then dies from brown jelly in 3 days. Duncans grow like weeds, as do
candy canes. Cyphastrea and favias have noticeable growth. Lobos on the bed have
amazing color, but I've not had them long enough to notice any growth, other
than amount of 'puffyness'. Acans don't do well, nor have plates, but all other
LPS have done well.
Ponape and green polyp birdsnest are doing great,
green slimer has put out 2 nubs/stalks in 3 weeks, monti caps and a monti setosa
growing well. ORA mint pavona and a cactus coral sending out plates constantly.
These are the only SPS I've tried to keep, but all have done well.
And
amazingly, the stock lights are great for NPS, I have a chili coral that looks
amazing, bright red with starck white polyps. My sun coral isn't looking great,
but to be honest, I probably need to target feed it more.
Also, when I
had an issue, ELEVEN MONTHS after purchase, Corallife went above and beyond
fixing the problem, to the extent of sending me an entire new hood, as well as
an extra set of cooling fans. This was knowing that most people would never buy
a 2nd biocube, as everyone wants bigger and more LOL. Still, I received a few
hundred dollars worth of freebies, not by being 'that guy', just being polite
and honest. Their customer service is top notch.
IME and IMO, these AIOs
are doing exactly what they say they will, just accept the inherent limitations
of stock. The nice thing is they are also easily customizable, rimless, LED,
seperate sumps, media racks, anything can be changed.
Stock list
rainfordii goby
pink spot watchman
gold strip maroon clown
mis-bar occ clown
chalk basslet
bittle star
emerald crab
coral banded shrimp
nessarius snails
trochus snails
astrea snails
tiger tail cucumber
maxi mini anemone
softies:
green polyp toadstool
devil's hand
green star polyps
xenia
green yuma
Z and P:
magicians
red people eaters
blue hornets
rastas
bam bams
radioactive dragon eyes
grandis
eagle eyes
purple rings
pink rings
Green Bay Packers
Hawaiian ding dangs
several un-named
LPS:
2 different frogspawns
blue candy canes
green candy canes
4 color lobo
3 color lobo
dragon soul favia
fox coral
duncans
favia
3 color platy
SPS:
cyphastria
cactus coral
ORA mint pavona
ponape bird's nest
grren polyp bird's nest
red monti cap
bright green monti setosa
green slimer
NPS:
chili coral
sun coral
I run a skimmer in chamber 1 and occationally a phos ban reactor with
carbon and GFO. chemipure elite and ceramic rings and phos ban in chamber 2. I use a 2 part
daily, and dose 1 single drop of iodine weekly. I do a 5 gallon water change
every 8 or 10 days.
Everything grows in my tank...except for acans and
rics. Go figure.
reef. It has stock lighting, with the edition of 3 more LED lunar bars. I did
add an addition PH for more erratic and powerful flow.
When I first
started the tank, I used the middle chamber as a refugium with chaeto and live
rock rubble. After using algaefix for a hair algae problem, most of the chaeto
died off, so I removed what remained and the rubble. Replaced all this chemipure
elite, ceramic rings and a nitrate reducing pad and purigen. Also added a
Corallife skimmer to chamber 1.
Here's what's happening:
Zoas and
palys grow very fast. Mushrooms split rapidly, in fact, just sold the last
mushroom out of my tank last night, finally. I have a yuma that doubled in size,
but hasn't split. I had a devil's hand that looked like a SPS frag when I got
it, 8 months later it was 7 inches across and 8 high. Rics always detatch and
get lost in my tank, only softy that hasn't taken off in the tank.
I have
frogspawns and hammers putting out heads, but a torch was going gangbusters for
6 months, then dies from brown jelly in 3 days. Duncans grow like weeds, as do
candy canes. Cyphastrea and favias have noticeable growth. Lobos on the bed have
amazing color, but I've not had them long enough to notice any growth, other
than amount of 'puffyness'. Acans don't do well, nor have plates, but all other
LPS have done well.
Ponape and green polyp birdsnest are doing great,
green slimer has put out 2 nubs/stalks in 3 weeks, monti caps and a monti setosa
growing well. ORA mint pavona and a cactus coral sending out plates constantly.
These are the only SPS I've tried to keep, but all have done well.
And
amazingly, the stock lights are great for NPS, I have a chili coral that looks
amazing, bright red with starck white polyps. My sun coral isn't looking great,
but to be honest, I probably need to target feed it more.
Also, when I
had an issue, ELEVEN MONTHS after purchase, Corallife went above and beyond
fixing the problem, to the extent of sending me an entire new hood, as well as
an extra set of cooling fans. This was knowing that most people would never buy
a 2nd biocube, as everyone wants bigger and more LOL. Still, I received a few
hundred dollars worth of freebies, not by being 'that guy', just being polite
and honest. Their customer service is top notch.
IME and IMO, these AIOs
are doing exactly what they say they will, just accept the inherent limitations
of stock. The nice thing is they are also easily customizable, rimless, LED,
seperate sumps, media racks, anything can be changed.
Stock list
rainfordii goby
pink spot watchman
gold strip maroon clown
mis-bar occ clown
chalk basslet
bittle star
emerald crab
coral banded shrimp
nessarius snails
trochus snails
astrea snails
tiger tail cucumber
maxi mini anemone
softies:
green polyp toadstool
devil's hand
green star polyps
xenia
green yuma
Z and P:
magicians
red people eaters
blue hornets
rastas
bam bams
radioactive dragon eyes
grandis
eagle eyes
purple rings
pink rings
Green Bay Packers
Hawaiian ding dangs
several un-named
LPS:
2 different frogspawns
blue candy canes
green candy canes
4 color lobo
3 color lobo
dragon soul favia
fox coral
duncans
favia
3 color platy
SPS:
cyphastria
cactus coral
ORA mint pavona
ponape bird's nest
grren polyp bird's nest
red monti cap
bright green monti setosa
green slimer
NPS:
chili coral
sun coral
I run a skimmer in chamber 1 and occationally a phos ban reactor with
carbon and GFO. chemipure elite and ceramic rings and phos ban in chamber 2. I use a 2 part
daily, and dose 1 single drop of iodine weekly. I do a 5 gallon water change
every 8 or 10 days.
Everything grows in my tank...except for acans and
rics. Go figure.
haleyf1024
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Ricordea and zoanthids did great in my biocube. My birdsnest however became bleached at the tips, but colored back up in my new tank with T5s. So, stay away from those. Look at low light and non photosynthetic corals along with mushrooms/ricordea and zoas/palys 
good luck!
good luck!
How do you like the Coral Life Skimmer, I just ordered it.
Also I'm having an issue with my Hood as well, the back section that opens, one of the latches won't snap down, not a huge deal but maybe I'll call them to see if the have a fix.
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Chefbill
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I have nothing to compare it to. This is my first reef tank. However once you get it tuned it does pull out dark green tea colored skimate, so I assume it is better than nothing. I believe it improves the look of my water
