Smitty's Biocube 14's build thread

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by sticksmith23, Nov 12, 2011.

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  1. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    That would actually benefit you twofold- As a reefer you already know the benefit of LR. A few finger leather or colt corals would also help with nutrients as they are photosynthetic/filter feeders that have no means of ingesting particulate matter (so they can't harm the eggs or fry), and a natural reef-like atmosphere would also be conducive to the clowns mating. :)
     
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  3. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    Now to convince the wife lol. ;D Think you for you help once again. ;D
     
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    I agree with mr. Bill as usual. A few softies and liverock will be benefitial besides being somethimg more to look at in the tank. The clowns look great. Sign me up for for a pair when you get them to breed!
     
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    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I started using seachem purigen to the tanks tonight. I am still dosing with Microbacter7 as well.
     
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    I think you will be pleasantly suprised with purigen. Especially on a smaller tank like your biocubes. It made a big difference for me when I was running my stock biocube filtration.
     
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    I'm only using 15 mL. Is this what you run? The reason why I am doing that is because the back of the bottle said that 250 mL would treat 250 gallons, so I figured 1mL per 1 gallon of water.;D
     
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  9. sticksmith23

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    I tested the ammonia with an API test kit. It tested at between 0-0.25 ppm. This is after about a week of using microbacter7 and purigen.