Rylan's 29G Reef Coralife BioCube

[AtoZ Cichlids]

I should've started this thread at unboxing, but I couldn't wait...
Anyways, I want to tell you how much I love this tank, I think it cost about $700 dollars for the whole setup, only thing it doesn't come with is a skimmer and a heater. It took me all but 5 minutes to have this thing plugged in a ready to fill. Great design. I will tell everyone all about it later in this thread but at this point I finished the cycle 3 days ago and got 2 thumbnail-sized orange clowns yesterday. I have all my live rock in and it's still adding life to the dry rock. I also have 2 hermits in there. I'm not sure how much rock is in there but I have a aragonite sand bed about 2' deep.

I just wanted to start a thread for my first reef tank for everyone including myself. I can't believe I have finally gone from reading to doing! Super stoked!
I'll update this later today.

Just keep swimming!

 

[AtoZ Cichlids]

Actually I'm not worried about describing this tank now I'm sure it will get described as we move onwards... Anyways here's a pic of my final decision as far as the hard scape goes for now.tank is still dusty from the aragonite but here's what I got so far. Plus 2 herms and a dying sponge ( it was kinda abused upon transportation )
Pics not uploading :/

 

[AtoZ Cichlids]

Just found this. What is it? Tank is extremely young and this is the first thing I've found growing.
It's got high light and med-high flow.
Reddish brown in color, stands about 1/4 inch tall and is about 1/6 in in diameter. Anyone know?
For some reason I can't post pic. Sorry. It looks like a paly I think. Please post pic with guess so I can compare. I'm extremely curious to know what it is. Thanks!

 

[Breakthecycle2]

What cost $700?

 

[AtoZ Cichlids]

I cant quite remember what i was talking about lol.