BIOCUBE 3 Months Later with Photos

[brauny]

Honest opinion on what you see, health, etc.

PH = 8.2ish Ammonia = 0ppm to .25ppm Nitrite = 0ppm Nitrate = 20-40ppm so close probably in between. Salinity = 1.023 to 1.024 Phosphates = .25

2 Blue Damsels with Gold Tails
1 Clown
2 Emerald Crabs
20 plus pounds of live rock
Live sand
Mushrooms
Zoanthid
Duncan - Retracted Tentacles
Snails

 

[brauny]

What do you think?

 

[Kristy3693]

Really nice! I can't believe your crab is out there like that. Mine is such a chicken! Corals look good!

 

[brauny]

Thanks Kristy, my stinking Duncan though, still can't figure out why it is retracted like that.

 

[Ingy]

Nitrates are very high for a reef tank. You need to bring them down.

 

[54seaweed]

Nitrates are very high for a reef tank. You need to bring them down.

I agree I try to keep my nitrates below 5 ppm as much as I can

 

[brauny]

I did a water change last Saturday what ways can I bring down. Clean chambers out in biocube? How to clean out any tips?

 

[Phranque]

Definitely agree on keeping the nitrates below about 5. If you have anything in your chambers that traps old food and detritus, it needs to be cleaned on a very regular basis.

How often do you feed, how much at a time, and do you rinse the food?

How often are you doing your water changes, and how much at a time?

 

[brauny]

So in the Biocube there are 3 chambers, have heater in the 1st chamber and obviously water that gets sucked in. Chamber 2 is the media basket with Poly, then Purigen Chemipure going on down. 3rd chamber is the Pump. I clean out regularly, but never took the water out of these chambers. I do water changes ever 7 days doing 5 gallons each time for this 29 gallon tank. I feed once per day in the morning flake food.

 

[Kristy3693]

You could cut down on feeding. I know feeding is fun, but twice a week would be enough and help control waste.