Recent content by shane715

I just got a biocube from a friend for 50 bucks.. great deal I thought, so anyways I would love to do a full blown reef in the biocube. I see a lot of people modifying their biocubes. For a successful reef in the tank should I change anything or run it stock minus the bio balls.

Wow... I was just checking those ecorays out they are awesome and definatly in my price range. see if I wouldnt have asked the question I never would have found them they seem to be the perfect candidate for my tank

Its 21 inches deep I think not sure, I'm not home to measure right now so if it were what lights should I use

My goal is to get corals and I planned on using the marineland 48" led reef capable light. Is this a good choice or would I have better luck with a nice t5 fixture just trying to figure out what will work best for me. Thank you, just so many more choices in this world compared to freshwater

sorry for all of the typos in the last comment... my phone likes to type what ever it feels like

Yes I planned on buying good stuff this is why I asked the question if a reef octopus skimmer enough filtration along with powerheads and rock an the lights double bright or reef I'm not sure what makes the price so much different why I the reef better. To add soI would like to stay away from...

I will be filling my tank hopefully in the next 2 weeks I have been doing tons of research but still have just a couple questions. I have a 55g, my questions are if I want to put corals in is the marine land double bright led 48" enough or do I need the reef capable 48" led, I have heard from a...

( i posted somewhere else and wasnt sure how to move the post so im reposting here ) I have a 55g I want to put corals in so im getting the marineland 24 hour led with the white, blue and moon lighs and since my tank is not drilled I came across the CPR hob fuge/skimmer and was wondering if...

I am seting up a 55g tank it was going to be FOWLR but decided to go with coral. I came across the cpr hob fuge/protien skimmer and I think this is my best option for filtration anyone run this

awesome thank you

I have a 55g standard i have glass panel that cover the op of the tank it leaves about 2 inch gap at the back. So my question is should I use a top I notice that most marine aquariums are open any reason why?

good to know I've been fighting the decision of puffer vs coral and I think my daughter would love some coral, starfish and shirmp

This is by no means my first aquarium but it is my first marine tank and this is the live stock list i have come up with. any input or suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated. It is for a 55g FOWLR Dawrf flame angel Bicolor dottyback 2 ocellaris clowns 2 pajama cardinals 2 lemon...

hey thanks for the advice... this is the first time I've put this much extra weight in a tank

Thanks for the speedy reply but I'm not worried about the stand but rather the glass itself