first time Biocube 29

[Justin3D]

Hi, first post here!

I'm friends with Rhinokio and I see his awesome nano tank everyday at work so I've finally bought a cube of my own. It's a Biocube 29
planned mods:
4x36 ligh upgrade
Powerbrite LED, check this video out to see why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxbWu2V65KUt
Rock Lifts
middle chamber cheeto refugium

and any other mods you guys suggest


The only bad part is the 10,000K white bulb is dead, hopefully they'll send me a replacement.

Stock as of 7/29/2008

Clean up Crew:
10 dwarf red and blue legged hermit crabs
4 Turbo Snails
1 Trochus Snail
4 Nerite Snails
4 Nassarius Snails

Fish:
2 Scooter Blennys

Corals:
Red and green hairy mushrooms
Blue hairy mushrooms
Green Striped mushrooms
purple with green center Zoa colony
green tentacled zoa frag
Torch Coral
Duncan
Kenya tree
green open brain

mods:
middle chamber refugium with chaetomorpha
stock fans replaced with SilenX PC fans
Y locline with hydor flow on one output
stock pump replaced with Maxi-Jet 1200

[OneDummHikk]

I wouldn't mod it at all right now. Get it up and running, get used to it, then figure out what you want to mod. What mods you make will depend on what you want to keep in the tank.

Congrats on the new tank and welcome to TRT.

[Justin3D]

Maybe I'll just stick to the middle chamber refugium right now, I'd like to do that before I get the tank running so it's easier to work on.

On a seperate note, is it OK to do a leak test with tap water or will it leave behind harmful residue?

[OneDummHikk]

Originally Posted by Justin3D

Maybe I'll just stick to the middle chamber refugium right now, I'd like to do that before I get the tank running so it's easier to work on.

On a seperate note, is it OK to do a leak test with tap water or will it leave behind harmful residue?

No, it won't hurt anything at all. Fill it up, let it sit for a few days to test it, drain it and fill it with SW.

[fish.freak]

Tunze Doc Skimmer

[reginanmc]

you could upgrade the stock pump.

[Justin3D]

I'm starting to lean towards putting a Tunze Nano Doc in the middle chamber as opposed to the refugium and maybe replacing the stock pump with the Rio 6hf.

Since the Rio has a flow rate of 350gph would it be bennificial to put a Y splitter with some ball socket tubing and flares on the output to aim the flow better?

[OneDummHikk]

Originally Posted by Justin3D

I'm starting to lean towards putting a Tunze Nano Doc in the middle chamber as opposed to the refugium and maybe replacing the stock pump with the Rio 6hf.

Since the Rio has a flow rate of 350gph would it be bennificial to put a Y splitter with some ball socket tubing and flares on the output to aim the flow better?

Yes, it will help aim it better and a wide flow is always better than a tight return flow area.

[fish.freak]

skip the rio and try to see if you can put a Maxijet in there. I had the rio 6hf and it just died on me.

[Loverotties]

I like maxijets too!

[rhinokio]

you jerk. you are going to murder a lot of fish and be sad! i will push you in a mud pile!

[Justin3D]

I built a refugium light over the weekend, I had most of the parts sitting in one of my boxes of electronic junk, I only had to buy a lamp kit and mini PC bulb from Home Depot. It's really bright and stays pretty cool, I just hope the light leakage isn't too bad when it's behind the tank.

[OneDummHikk]

That is an awesome DIY project Justin.

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by Justin3D

Hi, first post here!

I'm friends with Rhinokio and I see his awesome nano tank everyday at work so I've finally bought a cube of my own.

Originally Posted by rhinokio

you jerk. you are going to murder a lot of fish and be sad! i will push you in a mud pile!

Hey Guys I see you know each other and are friends but the comments can be taken wrong by others so please try and keep the insults flame free and family friendly

[Justin3D]

I got the maxijet and the y locline in but the flow seems really feeble, I'll try removing the 90 degree elbow and running the tubing directly. Are there any mods to increase the flow of the maxijet and still use it as a functional pump?