Newbie

[lickyricky]

Hi Guys, my name is Ricky. I am planning on buying my first aquarium 12 days from now. I think I have settled on a Biocube 29. Any tips about this tank set up? any one have experiences with it that you can share with me? I am planning on only having 2-3 fish and the rest corals and inverts. Thoughts?

 

[ritter6788]

Welcome! There are some great articles on wetwebmedia.com on setting up a marine tank. Any specific questions you have feel free to post here and there is a great group that will help anyway they can.

 

[Loki]

Welcome to the forum! We're glad you are here

 

[BarbH]

Hello and welcome to r2r and to the hobby. Best advice is to do your research and take things slow. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask :welcome:

 

[Young Frankenstein]

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[uall8up]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Steelerfan747]

Hi Ricky and welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy your stay and I'm sure you will learn a great deal about your requested tank. Looking forward to seeing pics when you get it.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Welcome to R2R! Thanks for joining and please make sure and post often!

 

[HookedonSalt]

Biocube's are a great first tank!

 

[secretreefer]

Welcome! if you want to add more media/filtration to the biocube you can check out intank. they have a media basket specifically made for the B-29

InTank Media Baskets

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Welcome! Are you getting the biocube HQI? This has better lighting than the traditional stock lighting, which is better for the corals.

 

[revsgirl]

Hi Ricky! Welcome to R2R and the hobby!! You should definitely start you a build thread when you pick your tank up!!

 

[Cooper32803]

Welcome to r2r!! I am new to the hobby and have a 29g Biocube. It is great to learn on because you have to do regular tests and maintenence on it since it is a smaller tank... I upgraded lighting from the original 2 power compact lights to one 50/50 power compact light and two blue LED strips modules. Also the inTank baskets that were previously mentioned are a great investment. I have the 3 tiered media basket and the refugium with the LED magnetic light... My refugium holds some LR rubble and cheato as well as a place for my copepods to breed. In the media baskets I have Filter floss in the top chamber, purigen in the middle chamber and chemipure elite in the bottom chamber. My water is very clean (besides the diatom bloom I had saying the tank was finishing its cycle). Do alot of research and ask questions here. Everyone here has been very helpful with my Biocube setup. Oh PS - Get ready to want to get a bigger tank. I am already looking for a big tank :bounce:

 

[lickyricky]

Wow, I didnt know these existed. Thank you so much Scretreefer!! do you have any experience with these?

 

[lickyricky]

Thanks Cooper32803! Ya, i can already tell i am giong to want a bigger tank before too long. Thanks for all the other info too. Not really sure how the inTank baskets work but I am going to look into it right away!

 

[Cooper32803]

No problem, if you have any questions feel free to ask since I just went through the setup and cycle of a biocube. I may not know too much since I am still learning myself but I am willing to help anyway I can :bigsmile: