Help with biocube 32

[Trillaman954]

just acquired this bio cube 32 for a steal and need help with what I should do. It came with sand and and dead water. Still had a dead leather coral in there I guess and some live hermit crabs and snails. The sump had those things in there. How should I clean this? I’m transferring my 20 gallon into this.

 

[Jasc]

Restart. New sand dry rock and new filtration from the 20. How much did you get it for?

 

[Trillaman954]

Restart. New sand dry rock and new filtration from the 20. How much did you get it for?

$200, with an ai prime. And the stand.

 

[Trillaman954]

Restart. New sand dry rock and new filtration from the 20. How much did you get it for it

 

[Jasc]

just acquired this bio cube 32 for a steal and need help with what I should do. It came with sand and and dead water. Still had a dead leather coral in there I guess and some live hermit crabs and snails. The sump had those things in there. How should I clean this? I’m transferring my 20 gallon into this.

I brought it outside over flowed with tap. And scrubbed all alge. Dispose all the stufff separatly in a bag. I did all this stuff with a used evo

 

[Jasc]

$200, with an ai prime. And the stand.

Absolute steal. Just new rock and sand

 

[VintageReefer]

Dead leather releases toxins

Make clean saltwater. Transfer living snails and hermits to it

Empty the tank
Internal vinegar bath. Hose or rinse out good afterwards.

Buy live sand and rock and bottled bacteria from LFS
Add sand and rock.
Add clean saltwater 1.026 salinity

Give a day or two for cloudiness to clear up

Add hermits and snails

Wait for any cycling. Be patient

 

[Jasc]

Absolute steal. Just new rock and sand

Cycle it for a month dosing microbactor7

 

[Trillaman954]

Absolute steal. Just new rock and sand

Do I need new sand? Can’t I use the sand I already had

Cycle it for a month dosing microbactor7

I already have cycled 20 gallon. I want to transfer to this. I can’t use the same rock and filtration system to avoid another cycle?

 

[Jasc]

Do I need new sand? Can’t I use the sand I already had

I already have cycled 20 gallon. I want to transfer to this. I can’t use the same rock and filtration system to avoid another cycle?

Do I need new sand? Can’t I use the sand I already had

I already have cycled 20 gallon. I want to transfer to this. I can’t use the same rock and filtration system to avoid another cycle?

Yes But i will recommend recommend changing the sand for sure. It will have chemicals harmful for fish.

 

[Jasc]

If you willing to take the risk i would advise you.

 

[VintageReefer]

Transferring a sand bed from one tank to another is risky. There can be toxic gasses / bacteria at the bottom, meant to be on the bottom, that get stirred up and released

Safer route is get new clean live sand, rinse over and over until water is clear, add it to the new tank, then take a few cups of sand from the other sand bed and add to the new sand bed to seed it. Rock can be transferred over without harm if the old tank is established

Btw 200 is a complete steal. Great find

 

[Trillaman954]

Transferring a sand bed from one tank to another is risky. There can be toxic gasses / bacteria at the bottom, meant to be on the bottom, that get stirred up and released

Safer route is get new clean live sand, rinse over and over until water is clear, add it to the new tank, then take a few cups of sand from the other sand bed and add to the new sand bed to seed it. Rock can be transferred over without harm if the old tank is established

Btw 200 is a complete steal. Great find

Can you please tell me what each of these are?

 

[VintageReefer]

Is this from the 20g or the bio cube ?

 

[Trillaman954]

Is this from the 20g or the bio cube ?

Biocube

 

[Trillaman954]

Biocube

What is the orange egg looking things

 

[TX_REEF]

All various filter media. I’d dispose of all of it to be safe since you had dead leather corals. Keep and clean the filter bags if you wish.

 

[VintageReefer]

Looks like resin from chemipure or similar product

Toss that

The ceramic rings and things I would honestly replace. That leather has me worried about toxins. They are cheap to get new ones from amazon

I would clean the media tray and put in
Top - filter floss
Middle - chemi pure
Bottom - matrix media (will need to supply your own media bag or a stocking )