Bio Cube Owner's Thread - Page 5

Rhodes19 · 06/09/2009, 02:23 PM

CoralKingdom, Jmadison,

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a call but It will probably have to buy the ballast. I've had my tank for about 2 years now. Oceanic's customer service is good. I had to replace both fans because of the noise and they sent me new ones at no charge. Thanks again.

Chris

jmadison · 06/09/2009, 03:58 PM

They didnt even ask me about reciept or anyhting when my ballast went out. Granted it was in the first 3 months, but still they didn't ask.

Paramecium · 06/10/2009, 02:01 AM

I've been around here for a little while mostly just in the So Cal forums but this is my 14 Gal BC that has been up for a bout a year now. It has a 150W 20" Sunpod and a few other mods but nothing spectacular. Right now it is holding some SPS that are waiting on a move to my 70 so the scaping is a bit off.

~Danny

mtc1966 · 07/05/2009, 07:56 AM

very nice . no fish?
hey mods anyway of keeping the owner threads at the top of the list so you do not need to search through 12 pages to find it?

Paramecium · 07/05/2009, 09:20 AM

I have 3 fish in mine. A Starry Blenny, Perc and six line.

mtc1966 · 07/05/2009, 11:31 AM

cool just spotted the clown

chrismunn · 07/05/2009, 11:35 AM

very nice!

snickers104 · 07/07/2009, 12:41 PM

WOW!!!

jonnybravo22 · 07/08/2009, 09:58 PM

Just thought i'd post a few pics of my work-in-progress biocube. I like to think of it as a biocube 'remix' because I've drilled it and added a sump among many other mods, some of which are yet to come. click the red house for more. thanks!

It will eventually (...hopefully) be an anemone tank with my rod's onyx clowns. I will also be adding a profilux and the AI LED module lights.

this is how i do my water changes:

fish:

jb61264 · 07/08/2009, 11:00 PM

That water change setup is tight!...makes me want to keep my BioCube and set it up again after I transfer everything to my new 75

RANGER69 · 07/13/2009, 01:43 AM

Nice, set up. hey does anyone have an Idea on why my eagle eyes look as if they are dieing. I don't know how to load pics. My water is perfect except that I am adding trace elements now and Iodine. They are in the same spot as for the lights and water current. Any suggestions? Thanks

iFisch · 07/13/2009, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RANGER69
Nice, set up. hey does anyone have an Idea on why my eagle eyes look as if they are dieing. I don't know how to load pics. My water is perfect except that I am adding trace elements now and Iodine. They are in the same spot as for the lights and water current. Any suggestions? Thanks

Are you testing for Iodine? Are you sure your dosing Iodine and not Iodide?

What "trace elements" are you adding.

RANGER69 · 07/13/2009, 10:06 AM

Kent Marine esetal elements, and I am puting in Iodine, but I do have Iodide. what due you think? No I think I will pick up a kit to test it. Is there a test kit for Iodine? Thanks

chrismunn · 07/13/2009, 07:51 PM

how much of each are you using and how often? i also use kent coral vite and kent iodine but only in very small quantities, and by small i mean 10 drops per week.

its not a good idea to use additives that cant be tested for.

thats not to say that the possibily of OD has anything to do with your eagle eye problem tho. i had a problem with 90% of my soft coral but did great with my sps. im pretty sure its because my system is completely nutrient starved. do you think that your system could be nurient difficient as well? just a thought.

i'v been meaning to show pics of the filter floss i use, just in case somebody wanted to give it a try. its just some stuff that goes to a tunze filter that i cut to fit on top of the grate in chamber #2.

the model number

the way i cut it into the right sizeto fit the chamber

and 18 weeks worth of disposable filter pads that cost like $2.50 or something?

and here it is in action :P

somedude · 07/14/2009, 12:12 AM

hey guys i am about the join the biocube owners club with a new 14g. i am not liking the pc lights that come with the bio so i would like to know what i could do as an alternative without changing the stock look of the hood. i have a 150w mh retro, but i think that would cause major heat issues, so my other thought is led. what do you guys think. and could anyone with a modded 14g hood show me some pics of the changes you made. thanks.

~alex

somedude · 07/14/2009, 12:16 AM

iFisch i just read that you have t5's on your cube. is it a retro or separate fixture? do you have a pic of it? thanks.

~alex

iFisch · 07/14/2009, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by somedude
iFisch i just read that you have t5's on your cube. is it a retro or separate fixture? do you have a pic of it? thanks.

~alex

Removed/sold hood. Bought 2x Current USA Nova Extreme 20" 2x20w T5HO fixture. 1 fixture isn't working at the moment.

It's a fixture, no retro kit here.

somedude · 07/14/2009, 01:08 AM

oh ok. do you think the current bulbs are short enough to fit in a retro in the stock hood. man if they did that would be sweet. but, they probably don't, right...crap. guess i will have to go led.

~alex

xenia2 · 07/16/2009, 02:32 PM

Picture time of my BC14

Been moving all soft corals to the back and experiencing with SPS and LPS

iFisch · 07/16/2009, 02:58 PM

Very nice Xenia2.

What's the specs of your tank? How old, etc.

xenia2 · 07/16/2009, 03:53 PM

Thanks iFisch. Tank been setup for over a year now, two gallons water change every week or two. 70W Sunpod with 20K XM bulb, with four high power royal blue LEDs (I took out the original LEDs panel and replaced them with the royal blue). And everything that come with Biocube, including the bioballs.

iFisch · 07/16/2009, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by xenia2
Thanks iFisch. Tank been setup for over a year now, two gallons water change every week or two. 70W Sunpod with 20K XM bulb, with four high power royal blue LEDs (I took out the original LEDs panel and replaced them with the royal blue). And everything that come with Biocube, including the bioballs.

Very cool. What's all in there, that you can remember? What salt have you been using?

-Nick

tjherman · 07/17/2009, 12:57 AM

I'm picking up a 14 gallon Bio Cube next week. Believe everything is still stock. The tank already has some live rock and sand, having been established for some time. Any advice for a new tank owner?

iFisch · 07/17/2009, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tjherman
I'm picking up a 14 gallon Bio Cube next week. Believe everything is still stock. The tank already has some live rock and sand, having been established for some time. Any advice for a new tank owner?

Sell the stock hood. Purchase 20" Current Nova Extreme T5HO lights. 1 fixture is necessary for most corals. 2 fixtures for heavy LPS and SPS and clams.

Upgrade stock return pump with a Maxijet 900/1200.

Add a Koralia Nano/K1 for extra water movement.

Remove bioballs, replace with some sort of phosphate removal and carbon.

Add small clip-on fan found at Walmart for $10 to push a little cool air over the tank.

And finally, add one of these heaters, either 50w-150w:

http://www.aquacave.com/searchresult...CategoryID=635

Rhodes19 · 07/17/2009, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xenia2
Picture time of my BC14 Been moving all soft corals to the back and experiencing with SPS and LPS

Wow, thats nice. I wish my BC 14 looked that good. Now I am depressed

I guess I will do some aquascaping and go shopping for some more corals!!!

06/09/2009, 03:58 PM	#102
jmadison rebmeM deretsigeR Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PHX, AZ Posts: 1,426	They didnt even ask me about reciept or anyhting when my ballast went out. Granted it was in the first 3 months, but still they didn't ask. __________________ -Keyser Söze- By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. -Confucius Current Tank Info: Construction Zone

07/05/2009, 07:56 AM	#104
mtc1966 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: middletown,ct Posts: 6,528	very nice . no fish? hey mods anyway of keeping the owner threads at the top of the list so you do not need to search through 12 pages to find it? __________________ 65g seahorse tank 20g sump with a reef octopus skimmer ,tlf 150 reactor, red sea ozone generator controller,cpr hob fuge with light and 2 China led lights one 42x1 w and one 24x3 w. occupied by 4 ecectus seahorses a couple small gobies and cuc. Current Tank Info: 58g main with 20g sump

07/05/2009, 09:20 AM	#105
Paramecium One man wolf pack Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 755	I have 3 fish in mine. A Starry Blenny, Perc and six line. __________________ ~Danny Current tank info: 70 Gal Oceanic Tech Tank. Mixed reef. 36" 6 bulb ATI Sunpower.

07/05/2009, 11:31 AM	#106
mtc1966 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: middletown,ct Posts: 6,528	cool just spotted the clown __________________ 65g seahorse tank 20g sump with a reef octopus skimmer ,tlf 150 reactor, red sea ozone generator controller,cpr hob fuge with light and 2 China led lights one 42x1 w and one 24x3 w. occupied by 4 ecectus seahorses a couple small gobies and cuc. Current Tank Info: 58g main with 20g sump

07/05/2009, 11:35 AM	#107
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	very nice! __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

06/09/2009, 02:23 PM	#101
Rhodes19 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 971	CoralKingdom, Jmadison, Thanks for the info. I'll give them a call but It will probably have to buy the ballast. I've had my tank for about 2 years now. Oceanic's customer service is good. I had to replace both fans because of the noise and they sent me new ones at no charge. Thanks again. Chris

06/10/2009, 02:01 AM	#103
Paramecium One man wolf pack Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca Posts: 755	I've been around here for a little while mostly just in the So Cal forums but this is my 14 Gal BC that has been up for a bout a year now. It has a 150W 20" Sunpod and a few other mods but nothing spectacular. Right now it is holding some SPS that are waiting on a move to my 70 so the scaping is a bit off. ~Danny

07/07/2009, 12:41 PM	#108
snickers104 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cimarron, Kansas Posts: 18	WOW!!!

07/08/2009, 09:58 PM	#109
jonnybravo22 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,128	Just thought i'd post a few pics of my work-in-progress biocube. I like to think of it as a biocube 'remix' because I've drilled it and added a sump among many other mods, some of which are yet to come. click the red house for more. thanks! It will eventually (...hopefully) be an anemone tank with my rod's onyx clowns. I will also be adding a profilux and the AI LED module lights. this is how i do my water changes: fish:

07/08/2009, 11:00 PM	#110
jb61264 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,112	That water change setup is tight!...makes me want to keep my BioCube and set it up again after I transfer everything to my new 75 __________________ In the end (and the begining) we're all just stardust anyway... Current Tank Info: 75 gallon SPS reef/55 gallon sump/6x54W TEK T5HO/Reef Octopus 200 Extreme Skimmer/Reef Octopus Single Chamber Calcium Reactor/RKL

07/13/2009, 01:43 AM	#111
RANGER69 Moved On Join Date: May 2008 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 49	Nice, set up. hey does anyone have an Idea on why my eagle eyes look as if they are dieing. I don't know how to load pics. My water is perfect except that I am adding trace elements now and Iodine. They are in the same spot as for the lights and water current. Any suggestions? Thanks

07/13/2009, 10:06 AM	#113
RANGER69 Moved On Join Date: May 2008 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 49	Kent Marine esetal elements, and I am puting in Iodine, but I do have Iodide. what due you think? No I think I will pick up a kit to test it. Is there a test kit for Iodine? Thanks

07/13/2009, 07:51 PM	#114
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	how much of each are you using and how often? i also use kent coral vite and kent iodine but only in very small quantities, and by small i mean 10 drops per week. its not a good idea to use additives that cant be tested for. thats not to say that the possibily of OD has anything to do with your eagle eye problem tho. i had a problem with 90% of my soft coral but did great with my sps. im pretty sure its because my system is completely nutrient starved. do you think that your system could be nurient difficient as well? just a thought. i'v been meaning to show pics of the filter floss i use, just in case somebody wanted to give it a try. its just some stuff that goes to a tunze filter that i cut to fit on top of the grate in chamber #2. the model number the way i cut it into the right sizeto fit the chamber and 18 weeks worth of disposable filter pads that cost like $2.50 or something? and here it is in action :P __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

07/14/2009, 12:12 AM	#115
somedude Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Seattle, WA Posts: 119	hey guys i am about the join the biocube owners club with a new 14g. i am not liking the pc lights that come with the bio so i would like to know what i could do as an alternative without changing the stock look of the hood. i have a 150w mh retro, but i think that would cause major heat issues, so my other thought is led. what do you guys think. and could anyone with a modded 14g hood show me some pics of the changes you made. thanks. ~alex

07/14/2009, 12:16 AM	#116
somedude Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Seattle, WA Posts: 119	iFisch i just read that you have t5's on your cube. is it a retro or separate fixture? do you have a pic of it? thanks. ~alex

07/14/2009, 01:08 AM	#118
somedude Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Seattle, WA Posts: 119	oh ok. do you think the current bulbs are short enough to fit in a retro in the stock hood. man if they did that would be sweet. but, they probably don't, right...crap. guess i will have to go led. ~alex

07/16/2009, 02:32 PM	#119
xenia2 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 437	Picture time of my BC14 Been moving all soft corals to the back and experiencing with SPS and LPS

07/16/2009, 02:58 PM	#120
iFisch Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: FL Posts: 3,068	Very nice Xenia2. What's the specs of your tank? How old, etc.

07/16/2009, 03:53 PM	#121
xenia2 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 437	Thanks iFisch. Tank been setup for over a year now, two gallons water change every week or two. 70W Sunpod with 20K XM bulb, with four high power royal blue LEDs (I took out the original LEDs panel and replaced them with the royal blue). And everything that come with Biocube, including the bioballs.

07/17/2009, 12:57 AM	#123
tjherman Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: GA Posts: 16	I'm picking up a 14 gallon Bio Cube next week. Believe everything is still stock. The tank already has some live rock and sand, having been established for some time. Any advice for a new tank owner?