New biocube

[KPH]

Hello all!

New to saltwater but not to aquariums and fish keeping. I've been keeping African and new world cichlids for about 10 years now but wanted to dip my toes into saltwater.

Went down to the LFS and got a used oceanic biocube. Looks like a 29 gallon maybe? Came with stand and skimmer but didn't have the stock lighting. It came with some sort of conversion with a glass too and an HQI metal halide lamp from Coralife. My question is this: is this appropriate for a tank this small if I'm only wanting to keep a few fish and no corals? I'll attach some photos but the light just seems really intense and like it might stress the fish out.

Again, I just got it. It's been set up for less than a day at this point and I'm just cycling the tank. Let me know your thoughts and opinions please!

The pictures show an extremely blue tone but the light appears much more white to my eyes.

 

[Silverfish]

Exciting times are ahead! Welcome!

 

[jstncoffman]

welcome , I am a biocube owner myself, I have a 29g, if you need any advise I can help, mine is extremely modified including a sump with overflow box, welcome to R2R

 

[KPH]

welcome , I am a biocube owner myself, I have a 29g, if you need any advise I can help, mine is extremely modified including a sump with overflow box, welcome to R2R

So what would you guys recommend to stock this size tank with? I was thinking one or two clownfish, a flame angel, maybe a yellow Tang, cleaner shrimp and maybe a goby?

 

[jstncoffman]

Depends on what type of corals and rockscape

 

[KPH]

Depends on what type of corals and rockscape

I don't think I'll keep corals. At least not right away. But if I did I'd choose them around the fish I'm keeping

 

[jstncoffman]

Sounds good, I have 3 cardnals, 2 clowns,1 rasee,1 shrimp, 10 crabs, 10 snails, and one dottyback

 

[jstncoffman]

Full tank shot

 

[jstncoffman]

Top view

 

[Fishbro]

Not to be a tang police here but definitely not a yellow tang those get pretty big and need much more space to swim. It wouldn’t end well. As for a flame angel that could work but they still get decently big and would limit your stocking options.

 

[KPH]

Not to be a tang police here but definitely not a yellow tang those get pretty big and need much more space to swim. It wouldn’t end well. As for a flame angel that could work but they still get decently big and would limit your stocking options.

Dang. I didn't think yellow tangs got super big. Guy at the LFS said a yellow Tang would be fine. Definitely want a flame angel.

So what would be some options for stocking the tank?

 

[KPH]

Full tank shot

That's a nice looking tank, my dude.

 

[jstncoffman]

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That's a nice looking tank, my dude.

Ty bud , it a work in progress

 

[Lazydayz]

Welcome to R2R! I have the same Biocube, the HQI is the light that comes with that tank. But I switched it out to cheap LED.

 

[KPH]

Welcome to R2R! I have the same Biocube, the HQI is the light that comes with that tank. But I switched it out to cheap LED.

Oh gotcha. You like that LED better than the lamp it comes with?

 

[Lazydayz]

Oh gotcha. You like that LED better than the lamp it comes with?

Yes mine came with a white bulb think it was a 10k but not sure. It was so loud when it turned on and the tank got warm really fast especially when the glass top was on. I only recently started keeping coral so the cheap LED off Amazon was a great start up light, now I'm looking to upgrade soon.

 

[jstncoffman]

have you guys heard of the knight light LED on Amazon it has par good enough for sps and is 65.00$

 

[jstncoffman]

I have a radion XR15 pro gen 4 on mine

 

[Darbna]

Lookin good!

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Welcome! I have a Biocube 32 as well