Lovemyreef's 32 biocube

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

My build finally starts! The tank is a 32 gallon bio-cube that my husband @DSC reef found for a great price (free)

After cleaning it up a bit and leak testing, the tank is in great shape. Please bare with me as this will be a slow build and will be a while before it's wet. I'm going with Tampa Bay live rock and reef flakes for sand. After seeing so many cool hitchhikers from members threads, tampa bay live rock is all I want to use. We plan on keeping some coral, a pair of storm clownfish and maybe an anemone. As with all builds, live stock choices might change, lol.
So far here is what I've got...
Biocube 32
Kessil A360WE with mounting arm that we just bought. Still need to get a powerhead for additional flow. We will be using the stock return pump for now. I will post more as the build progresses. @KJ if we end up with a bobbit worm I'll send it you

hdsoftail1065 · Feb 3, 2019

Awesome! Definitely excited to watch this one!

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
Awesome! Definitely excited to watch this one!

Thank you. I'm excited as well. This should hold us over until my husband's reefer 750xxl gets started

hdsoftail1065 · Feb 3, 2019

A 32 and 750xxl, I'm so jealous!

DSC reef · Feb 3, 2019

We will officially have led lighting and halides ;Hilarious I'm completely surprised at how bright that kessil is. There will be some light spill but I think the 360 WE was good choice over A160.

Pbh-reef · Feb 3, 2019

Excited to see the build!

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
A 32 and 750xxl, I'm so jealous!

Ha, ha! The 750XXL has been a dream tank and the biocube just fell in our lap. It has been weird to be without a tank since having one for so long.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

Pbh-reef said:
Excited to see the build!

Thank you. It will take time but we're very excited too.

SPR1968 · Feb 3, 2019

Following along sounds great!

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

SPR1968 said:
Following along sounds great!

Thank you for following

Fudsey · Feb 3, 2019

Following too

GatorScott · Feb 3, 2019

Congrats! It’s such a great little tank. I’d go ahead and upgrade the return pump tho before you start it up. The stock one just doesn’t put much out.

PDR · Feb 3, 2019

Very excited to be following along!

DSC reef said:
We will officially have led lighting and halides ;Hilarious I'm completely surprised at how bright that kessil is. There will be some light spill but I think the 360 WE was good choice over A160.

I've been really happy with my kessils (even though they are the lowly 160's lol). What height do you have it mounted at? iirc you can mount it as low as 6.5" off the surface without any significant hotspots.

DSC reef · Feb 3, 2019

Haven't mounted them yet but I think that's around the height I was looking at.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

Fudsey said:
Following too

Thanks Fudsey for tagging along

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

GatorScott said:
Congrats! It’s such a great little tank. I’d go ahead and upgrade the return pump tho before you start it up. The stock one just doesn’t put much out.

We did talk about changing it. Do you have any suggestions on a good pump?

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

PDR said:
Very excited to be following along!

I've been really happy with my kessils (even though they are the lowly 160's lol). What height do you have it mounted at? iirc you can mount it as low as 6.5" off the surface without any significant hotspots.

Yay, more followers! Thank you for stopping by

PDR · Feb 3, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
Yay, more followers! Thank you for stopping by

I'm pretty sure you already have more followers than my build thread lol. I know you didn't ask me this, but I really like the sicce syncra silent pumps.

GatorScott · Feb 3, 2019

Lovemyreef2015 said:
We did talk about changing it. Do you have any suggestions on a good pump?

Ya only reason I say that is because they are very cheap to upgrade and well worth the extra flow. I use the Sicce 1.5.

Btw, I have same tank as you and have ran the sicce for 3 years now no issues. I bought 2 so I can swap them out for cleaning with ease.

Lovemyreef2015 · Feb 3, 2019

PDR said:
I'm pretty sure you already have more followers than my build thread lol. I know you didn't ask me this, but I really like the sicce syncra silent pumps for aio tanks.

I'm not to good with brand names like my husband but I have heard of sicce. We will have to look into them thank you