Found a used 8g Biocube. It had PC lights and moons that were not working and the fans sounded like chainsaws...quite pleased!!!! This means MODDING!!!
In all my searching I found some good ideas, but have to plan my goal b4 I go doing things.
First things first, fill it and see what it does!
I did and I wasnt pleased either....Who Made these dumb things??? For one...the fact that there is an intake at the bottom of the tank means NO DSB...at least not without covering the hole, This was my first note on my to-do list.
Next thing was the top "overflow" Of course the dust the tank had collected floated around in a circle...pushed to the center rather than skimmed..SO That is the NEXT Note.
Now, I am not a fan of filtration methods involving sponges, biomedia, what ever...I dont even like chemipure, although it did show no harm to my tank. so The next step will be Fuging..Scraping the paint off the glass and propping a light behind it...cut some egg crate, throw in a macro...sounds easy, so that will be added to the list as well.
Return pump...Right...Its a beefed up aqualifter...UPGRADE!!! I am thinking of using the MJ900 like every one uses, but I may see what the 1200 does first since I have one. I like zoos and gorgonians, so High flow is my goal. As for skimmer...ehh..water changes oughta do it in an 8 gallon right? Im not doing any more than 2 tiny fish if I even do add any. I may do inverts only, Idk...i still have to move. My girlfriend wants to kill me because of this, but WOO!!! More room for corals to grow, sell, and, Stare at endlessly.
WELLLLL...I was sitting here, well over there ---> and got to thinking about all these people modding these little guys...adding sumps, hob refugiums, doorbells.....and than i was thinking about The 8 gallon sump I traded for the cube....They are essentially exactly the same thing...only the cube has a display area. WHICH FINALLY GOT ME THINKING....Why not use the cube as a sump with a nice display refugium???? The lights were shot, the LEDS i added were on hand extras for my 10g.. I even have a 6500k bulb as a spare for my mangroves.....so Why dont I put a drilled 10g above it...plumb the [then upgraded] return pump from chamber 1 (the overflow) to the 10g and the overflow into chamber 3, which may need the hole modded into a rectangle so it spills into the display? Something different and would work out well with the slots on the bottom of the wall. the water in the display would dictate the evap level and would also make it last a whole weekend if you go out lol.
I will try it with some Tap when I move, this is just documenting the Idea so i dont forget and if someone else wants to try it.
In all my searching I found some good ideas, but have to plan my goal b4 I go doing things.
First things first, fill it and see what it does!
I did and I wasnt pleased either....Who Made these dumb things??? For one...the fact that there is an intake at the bottom of the tank means NO DSB...at least not without covering the hole, This was my first note on my to-do list.
Next thing was the top "overflow" Of course the dust the tank had collected floated around in a circle...pushed to the center rather than skimmed..SO That is the NEXT Note.
Now, I am not a fan of filtration methods involving sponges, biomedia, what ever...I dont even like chemipure, although it did show no harm to my tank. so The next step will be Fuging..Scraping the paint off the glass and propping a light behind it...cut some egg crate, throw in a macro...sounds easy, so that will be added to the list as well.
Return pump...Right...Its a beefed up aqualifter...UPGRADE!!! I am thinking of using the MJ900 like every one uses, but I may see what the 1200 does first since I have one. I like zoos and gorgonians, so High flow is my goal. As for skimmer...ehh..water changes oughta do it in an 8 gallon right? Im not doing any more than 2 tiny fish if I even do add any. I may do inverts only, Idk...i still have to move. My girlfriend wants to kill me because of this, but WOO!!! More room for corals to grow, sell, and, Stare at endlessly.
WELLLLL...I was sitting here, well over there ---> and got to thinking about all these people modding these little guys...adding sumps, hob refugiums, doorbells.....and than i was thinking about The 8 gallon sump I traded for the cube....They are essentially exactly the same thing...only the cube has a display area. WHICH FINALLY GOT ME THINKING....Why not use the cube as a sump with a nice display refugium???? The lights were shot, the LEDS i added were on hand extras for my 10g.. I even have a 6500k bulb as a spare for my mangroves.....so Why dont I put a drilled 10g above it...plumb the [then upgraded] return pump from chamber 1 (the overflow) to the 10g and the overflow into chamber 3, which may need the hole modded into a rectangle so it spills into the display? Something different and would work out well with the slots on the bottom of the wall. the water in the display would dictate the evap level and would also make it last a whole weekend if you go out lol.
I will try it with some Tap when I move, this is just documenting the Idea so i dont forget and if someone else wants to try it.
