Bio Cube Owner's Thread

[JazzZero]

Sorry for the large goinpora in the way (BABYSITTTING IT)

[Wooly]

Heres my 14g. awhile back. Posts of the 29 when I can.

[chrismunn]

do they make a retrofit mh for the 14g biocube?

[sully6956]

hey everyone, I have a 14g bio cube and I am just wondering if anyone has some suggestions for lighting the back compartment for creating a fuge.

[k9gunner]

How about a list of skimmer options for the BC's? Like a list with links?

[O-man21]

Fission Nano fits.

Nanotuners makes a MH retrofit kit. It's like $359 though.

Scrape the paint of the back glass and hang a clip on light. Or add a waterproof white LED into the back.

[Wooly]

Originally posted by O-man21
Fission Nano fits.

But it does not perform well.

Neither does the Oceanic Biocube model.

I went with Arc eye's idea on a skimmer for my 29. Now I need to order a chiller. Tank was @ 90 degrees this morning with house AC set at 78deg. No lights, one MJ900 for return, and one small Koralia for extra circulation. Looking at buying the CL-150 listed here.http://www.tsunamiaquatic.com/catalo...18/3625610.htm

I have not ran a skimmer on my 14 gallon for over a year. I do not have a refugium either. What I do have is hair algae. I am hoping with the new RO/DI unit, and the addition of a couple of Emerald Crabs this will be remedied.

What does everyone else do for algae control, or do you even have algae?

[Kirin1]

You've already taken some good steps, the RO/DI being the best.

Phosban is a good idea too.

[Justinandkrista]

cpr sr3 for the 29 or sapphire skimmers

[chrismunn]

so are there any skimmers that fit the BC14 and do preform well?

[Been_There8]

The problem is that most people dont know how to use it IMO. Works perfectly. You need to let the bubbles go up to this point, and not to the top of it, that way you only get white water, you need to set it to this point, do it like this and then let me see you complain.

[chrismunn]

is that the fission or the oceanic?

[unbreakable]

been there, and its working out well for you? what are nitrates and phosphates at? what does the skimmate look like?

im having a bit of a problem with some hair algae and red bubble cyano on my rocks..

[Been_There8]

While my tank was up, my nitrates at the most were 7 in all 9 months i had the tank, which is amazing. I get a somewhat tea color skim, i never ever had hair algae, and had to start a post to see what it looked like .
I also had it fully stocked. 2 clowns, 1 firefish, 1 cleaner shrimp, and i had corals.

Im starting it again 1st day i come back from vacation, im going on vacation for 2 months, no choice but to stop it, and gave back every thing to LFS for free, if i would have knew this site earlier, i would have gave to you guys for free.

[unbreakable]

looks like i might look into the skimmer then. skimming anything is better than not skimming at all

[Wooly]

First off, which skimmer is this that you have posted a picture of? Second,did you have the top on, or the water level low to achive such a raised collector cup? I had a Fission nano skimmer that you could have done this with the lid off, or the water level low, but it would only pull light green water out.

[unbreakable]

i think thats the biocube skimmer

[jmadison]

I have the BC skimmer. it was sortof a b*tch to get dialed in, but once I got that done(over the course of a day or so) I started to pull out some dark green/brown stuff out. I have no algea problems, just enough for my cleaners to eat, and not really any cyno despite being a med-to-heavy feeder and a heavily stocked tank. But this is just in my experience.


*edit- I am pretty sure that is the BC skimmer in his pick.*

[Been_There8]

Originally posted by jmadison
I have the BC skimmer. it was sortof a b*tch to get dialed in, but once I got that done(over the course of a day or so) I started to pull out some dark green/brown stuff out. I have no algea problems, just enough for my cleaners to eat, and not really any cyno despite being a med-to-heavy feeder and a heavily stocked tank. But this is just in my experience.


*edit- I am pretty sure that is the BC skimmer in his pick.*

Ok first off, that is a biocube skimmer, second i told you guys, its like no one knows how to set it, all they need it someone to show them how it works, once you get it right, it works amazing. Just set the water up to that point and give it 2-3 days, then say its still garbage.

*When setting it, be sure to be turning the nozzel really slowly, and give it 10 seconds to see how high the bubbles come, once it comes to that point, just leave it and give it 2-3 days and see what happens.

[jmadison]

I was supporting your claim... Patients is a vertue. Obviously the bc skimmer isnt the BEST, but it does work. If youre needs are to pull every piece of excess out of the water, then use something else, but for a decent amount of skimming for a considerably cheaper price use the bc.

[jmadison]

Hey wooly, what kinda sand weere you using in your 14g pics? Looks super fine. Did you have duststorm probs or did it stay put pretty well? What sorta powerheads were you using? Did you feel like you had denitrification going on in the sand fairly well?

[Wooly]

jmadison, yes, it was super fine. Once I got rid of the blue damsel, and covered it with another 2" of grey coast sand, duststorms were no longer an issue. As far as denitrification, yeah, it was looking good. A friend of mine has his 180 loaded with it, and it is awesome! Power head is a MJ900 along with a Hydor wavemaker. Had to keep rocks in certain corner to keep sand from blowing away. I had a few things go wrong with the tank as it looked in photo above, and have redone a few things. Will post more updated photos once I have done a few things. Probably next week.

[Been_There8]

Lol, you add another 2" of it, doesnt it mean that its harder to keep from having a sandstorm?

[basser1]

How in the heck did I miss this thread? I'd like to join! I've had my BC29 up since Sept. of '06! It is a mixed reef. I've done the light mod from nanotuners. It has a 150W Phoenix 14 k MH with 2 double actinics. I also have the sapphireaquatics re-circulaitng skimmer, Love It! Just drop it in and you're ready to go, no break-in period and it's not picky on water level. Anyway here's a pic:




And Another:

[Kirin1]

Basser, that's NTOTM material right there.

Good Stuff Man!