Just setup BioCube 29! Super Excited!

etarka001 · 12/29/2015, 10:07 PM

So I just setup my biocube 29....I made some filter modifications, but everything else is stock...Filter mod: removed bio balls and false floor in chamber 2, replaced with 2 eshopps sponge filters combined with a Seachem Matrix biomax (also in chamber 2) and Purigen in the slot where the stock small sponge was located...

To start, I have 31 pounds of live rock, 16 pounds of coarse Carib Sea argonite and 20 pounds of fine Carib Sea argonite. Also filled the tank with Imagitarium pacific salt water from Petco...I know, a lot cheaper to mix my own, but for setup, didn't want to deal with lugging all that ro/di, mixing, etc. will make my own for water changes

Sitting here now looking at a cloudy tank and looking forward to the cycle to complete and add a cleaner crew...

I have heard varying opinions on when to add the cleaner crew, some as early as one week, others two weeks, others a month...any thoughts???

pyithar · 12/29/2015, 10:22 PM

if you bought cured liverocks, test ammonia and nitrite. when they're zero you can add a few of them.

Welcome to RC!

LQT · 12/29/2015, 10:49 PM

Very nice, after a long absence from the hobby, I'm buiding a Biocube too. Not quite as far along as you though. Still gathering gear and in the process of doing a bleach then vinegar bath on some old, now dry rock from my old system

12/29/2015, 10:07 PM	#1
etarka001 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 1	Just setup BioCube 29! Super Excited! So I just setup my biocube 29....I made some filter modifications, but everything else is stock...Filter mod: removed bio balls and false floor in chamber 2, replaced with 2 eshopps sponge filters combined with a Seachem Matrix biomax (also in chamber 2) and Purigen in the slot where the stock small sponge was located... To start, I have 31 pounds of live rock, 16 pounds of coarse Carib Sea argonite and 20 pounds of fine Carib Sea argonite. Also filled the tank with Imagitarium pacific salt water from Petco...I know, a lot cheaper to mix my own, but for setup, didn't want to deal with lugging all that ro/di, mixing, etc. will make my own for water changes Sitting here now looking at a cloudy tank and looking forward to the cycle to complete and add a cleaner crew... I have heard varying opinions on when to add the cleaner crew, some as early as one week, others two weeks, others a month...any thoughts???

12/29/2015, 10:22 PM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	if you bought cured liverocks, test ammonia and nitrite. when they're zero you can add a few of them. Welcome to RC! __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

12/29/2015, 10:49 PM	#3
LQT Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Fairfield, CT Posts: 1,516	Very nice, after a long absence from the hobby, I'm buiding a Biocube too. Not quite as far along as you though. Still gathering gear and in the process of doing a bleach then vinegar bath on some old, now dry rock from my old system __________________ - Leon (aka - Water Dog) Deep Blue 57 Edge ATI Acro Garden Build Thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25573384#post25573384 Current Tank Info: DeepBlue 57 Edge