Bio Cube Owner's Thread

[JazzZero]

Heres some inspirations

[Justinandkrista]

O-man21 do you got any close ups on that green clown goby.

[O-man21]

Hmm.. This is the best I can do... My camera is balls. His name is Toby.

Old aquascape, ignore the ugliness:

Same pic, new aquascape, haha:

Different angle:

He looks translucent in this pic:


Someone else asked me about him on a different forums, this is how I replied. He just asked "what you you think of the Green Clown goby?":

The Green Clown Goby is GREAT! Very personable. He perches at all levels of the tank, sitting mostly on the mushrooms like they are little chairs, and then switching to hide in crevasses and on the sand. He doesn't really have a specific area that he stays in, he just perches on the rocks all the time. He loves to sit on the mushrooms and watch everything. The only problem I have with him is that there really isn't a food that is small enough to fit into his mouth. He is able to eat the Small New Life Spectrum Marine Pellets, but it takes him a while and I worry he will choke. He does eat mysis, the pods in the tank, and cyclopeeze like crazy. His colors are phenomenal! He used to be a drab green with pale red stripes, but now he is a bright green and the red really pops when you look at him. Great color in the tank. I would definitely recommend one.

[Draconic]

To JazzZero, very nice. I've also converted the second chamber into a refugium with live rocks and cheatos. I also put live rock in the first chamber. The only chemical thing that I have is the Seachem Purigen. I don't want to get a hang on skimmer or any kind of skimmer because I don't have room or the cash anyway. I think I have the "turky baster" thing that you were talking about. It's a long and skinny thing and there is a spear at the tip that can be pulled out or retracted right? I don't know what I have one of those but I do, lol. Well, eventurally I might get a sun polyp.

To O-Man21, when you bought that green goby at the begining, did him have problem eatng fish food at all? I don't mean the size of the food. I mean food in general. I had a yellow goby a long time ago and he wouldn't eat anything and it wasn't because of the size of the food. He was just not eat whatsoever. I wonder if green gobies and yellow gobies are some how different when it comes to eating... Yours looks really nice.

[JazzZero]

Originally posted by Draconic
To JazzZero, very nice. I've also converted the second chamber into a refugium with live rocks and cheatos. I also put live rock in the first chamber. The only chemical thing that I have is the Seachem Purigen. I don't want to get a hang on skimmer or any kind of skimmer because I don't have room or the cash anyway. I think I have the "turky baster" thing that you were talking about. It's a long and skinny thing and there is a spear at the tip that can be pulled out or retracted right? I don't know what I have one of those but I do, lol. Well, eventurally I might get a sun polyp.

To O-Man21, when you bought that green goby at the begining, did him have problem eatng fish food at all? I don't mean the size of the food. I mean food in general. I had a yellow goby a long time ago and he wouldn't eat anything and it wasn't because of the size of the food. He was just not eat whatsoever. I wonder if green gobies and yellow gobies are some how different when it comes to eating... Yours looks really nice.

Lol awright but thats a nice set up in chamber 2 with the refugium idea to bad my bad wont let me open the hood b/c he is worried that i might get sick or something b/c its in my room.

[O-man21]

I never had a problem with him eating at all. He ate the second day I had him. He loves cyclop-eeze. He will probably eat 5 or 6 individual cyclop-eezes every time I feed it. Which is a lot for his size.

[nanoreef25]

do any of you guys use the CR3 skimmer i just bought one for my 29gal thats cycling and was wondering what the general opinion was i heard somthing about micro bubble hell and that made me a tad nervous.

[Justinandkrista]

yea there cool thx for the pics. i want to get one

[ampemployee1]

jkrentz2515

I haven't added a skimmer yet. I took care of the bubbles by putting a small media bag from Chemipure in the second chamber where the intake for the third chamber is located.

[Endy0430]

Hey I started my own thread if you were following me here now u can find me the build.....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1403028

[Justinandkrista]

anyone have ideas or suggestions about the stock fans. They're really loud.

[chrismunn]

i hate the stock fans! ive found that the orientation of them makes them cavitate. the fan that faces down and pulls air into the light housing is the one that seems to be the one that makes noise, at least on mine anyways. i flipped the fans 180 degrees and the same thing happend, the one that now faces down towards the water makes noise. i just unplugged the piece of garbage! it really makes me angry

my dilema is posted in my thread regarding my bc14 build found here

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1401995

does anybody know of some better quality fans that will fit in place of the old fans but use the same power supply?

[Justinandkrista]

I looked at the silenX 50/60 fans that are advertised on nanocustoms.com but they dont say much about them or sell them seperat. They do look like quality fans tho.

[Justinandkrista]

i wanna find one that i can just plug into the stock socket

[redwarrior77]

Hello everyone!

I just got my 14g biocube and haven't even added water yet. I've already removed the bioballs and the sponge with the pump and I'm planning on blocking off the bottom intake. Anything else I should do before starting to add water and livesand? I am also ordering 20lbs of live rock for it as well that should arrive within a few days, perhaps longer considering the holiday weekend.

So far, my plans are to add the sand, rock and saltwater and just let it cycle a while. Towards the end of the cycle I think I will add 2 of the koralia nano powerheads to get some better flow and some macroalgae and live rock rubble where the bioballs were. Any other ideas?

Thank you!

[vonodie1]

Is there a reason why you are blocking off the bottom intake?

[redwarrior77]

I'd like to force more intake through the top to allow for more surface skimming. Basically, everyone I've seen with one of these biocubes has done this, but I'm definitely open to other ideas!

[Justinandkrista]

i havent heard of that idea about blocking off the bottom intake. It wouldnt be a bad idea it woud double the flow through the top intake and that one is more useful for skimming.

[nanoreef25]

hey everyone i just set up my new 29 gal bc and its all stock with exception of the CR3 protien skimmer in the bio ball section but my temp is running high like 81+. i was wondering if any one knew a solution that didnt involve buying a 300$ chiller

[chrismunn]

yeah the temp in my bc14 goes up to 87 sometimes. im not sure what im going to do about that?

[MikePowell]

Does anyone have any good Mod ideas for the BC14? I will soon be a proud owner of one but would like to do every thing I can before I set it up so I don't have to fiddle with it later.

I know that there are alot of things I can do so lets hear them!

Also I have a 150w sunpod, MJ1200, and MJ 900.

[redwarrior77]

My new 14g Biocube...all ready for my water and rock to arrive!

And my first tank inhabitant, looking pretty happy even without water!


Now I just need about 15g of water and about 20lbs of live rock and I'll be one happy camper!

[Acan Lord]

Originally posted by redwarrior77
My new 14g Biocube...all ready for my water and rock to arrive!

And my first tank inhabitant, looking pretty happy even without water!


Now I just need about 15g of water and about 20lbs of live rock and I'll be one happy camper!

Ahh I remember starting mine. Funest part imo. You might not need 15 gallons though mine holds about 12-13 with rock and i only have 15lbs.

[redwarrior77]

I think I'm going to start my own tank build thread...we'll see how it goes.

[HaKs310]

Originally posted by Justinandkrista
I looked at the silenX 50/60 fans that are advertised on nanocustoms.com but they dont say much about them or sell them seperat. They do look like quality fans tho.

Are you talking about the ones that are optional on some of their retros? They sell'em separate at nanotuners.com