aliencookies
Reefing newb
I currently have a biocube 8 thats been running over a year now but recently decided to upgrade my tank to something with more room and with stronger lighting to house sps. I was looking at the jbj 28g with leds and found a LFS that carried it with a stated price of 359.99$ but turned out to be a pricing error (way to good to be true haha). So my next choice was the biocube 29 HQI. I have now set it up and has been cycling since saturday 12/18/10 but its still silty after 4 days, i think the sand is really fine and it keeps kicking up when the current hits it. I've also been reading many forums on here to better educate myself and thought i would post to help with my education process and it may be of use to other people thinking of getting this tank.
The three best stores i found around Vancouver B.C. for marine livestock and supplies are:
King Ed Pet Centre in Burnaby (some supplies, like my tank, are cheaper. corals and fish are well priced too)
J&L aquatics in Burnaby (large stock of fish and supplies at good prices but not too many corals)
Ocean Aquatics in Delta (mainly for corals and fish)
Equipment and supply list:
20lbs live rock (came with some sort of anemone)
20lbs caribsea arag-alive bahamas oolite
Hydor rotating water deflector
Koralia nano powerhead (thinking of getting another on boxing day :D)
100W visitherm heater (keeps the temperature stable at 25degrees celcius with lights off and with lights on at a stable 26)
Seachem "the bag" with purigen
D-D H2Ocean Pro+
I'm also planning on getting chaeto, a coralife digital power center, and an extra coralife 150W 14000k DE light on boxing day.
In the meantime here are some pics of the tank (taken with iphone)... and if anyone reads this and knows what type of animal that came with the live rock is, please tell.
The three best stores i found around Vancouver B.C. for marine livestock and supplies are:
King Ed Pet Centre in Burnaby (some supplies, like my tank, are cheaper. corals and fish are well priced too)
J&L aquatics in Burnaby (large stock of fish and supplies at good prices but not too many corals)
Ocean Aquatics in Delta (mainly for corals and fish)
Equipment and supply list:
20lbs live rock (came with some sort of anemone)
20lbs caribsea arag-alive bahamas oolite
Hydor rotating water deflector
Koralia nano powerhead (thinking of getting another on boxing day :D)
100W visitherm heater (keeps the temperature stable at 25degrees celcius with lights off and with lights on at a stable 26)
Seachem "the bag" with purigen
D-D H2Ocean Pro+
I'm also planning on getting chaeto, a coralife digital power center, and an extra coralife 150W 14000k DE light on boxing day.
In the meantime here are some pics of the tank (taken with iphone)... and if anyone reads this and knows what type of animal that came with the live rock is, please tell.
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