60G Cube Rhinopias Tank Build

revhtree · May 8, 2015

Very diverse sump!

I am not so sure about one mp10. Maybe a 40 but not a 10.

rosieosieee · May 8, 2015

revhtree said:
Very diverse sump!

I am not so sure about one mp10. Maybe a 40 but not a 10.

ah thank you! I look at my sump as much as I look at my DT

dang, I figured. I found two used mp40s on here but neither people got back to me. the search continues!

cu455 · May 8, 2015

These procedure should get your fish eating frozen quickly.

Don't feed the fish for a few days.

Then feed him live food using tongs. I would use small guppies or ghost shrimp so the food doesn't fill him up as much and he will eat multiple items. He will quickly associate the tongs with food.

After a week feed him a guppy/shrimp with the tongs then a piece of frozen with the tongs. He might spit the frozen food out at first. Keep trying and he will get it.

a mp10 should be fine. At 100% you will have more then 20x turnover rate.

rosieosieee · May 8, 2015

cu455 said:
These procedure should get your fish eating frozen quickly.

Don't feed the fish for a few days.

Then feed him live food using tongs. I would use small guppies or ghost shrimp so the food doesn't fill him up as much and he will eat multiple items. He will quickly associate the tongs with food.

After a week feed him a guppy/shrimp with the tongs then a piece of frozen with the tongs. He might spit the frozen food out at first. Keep trying and he will get it.

a mp10 should be fine. At 100% you will have more then 20x turnover rate.

thank you so much for the advice! actually his previous owner was already feeding him with tongs so hopefully I can finish up and get him on frozen!

I guess I can try the mp10 and see if it is sufficient enough, if not I'll change it out.

rosieosieee · May 12, 2015

he's eating very well at my friends house. here's a pic of him chillin in the sump.

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rosieosieee · Jun 7, 2015

tank is coming together! more macro soon. I might do all the green at the bottom and all the red on the rock.

Waldo is now converted to frozen silversides.

I'm aware the eel might eat the CUC, we'll see.

rosieosieee · Jul 18, 2015

moved the tank back from my friends house, all the macro died and it just wasn't doing well. the eel didn't make the move :/ super upset. my friend bought a lion for it.

radion is finally hung up, added a jabao pump on the opposite site of the mp10.

Waldo is well.

rosieosieee · Jul 19, 2015

rosieosieee · Jul 19, 2015

the only macro that is left. was in the direct flow and the leafs turned curly! super cool.

where's Waldo?

adding a red variety of macro tomorrow to see how it does. then, I'll move the rest over.

rosieosieee · Jul 23, 2015

too much light or too little?

s2nhle · Jul 23, 2015

Wow, very cool fish. Tagging along. Thank you for sharing.

rosieosieee · Jul 23, 2015

s2nhle said:
Wow, very cool fish. Tagging along. Thank you for sharing.

thanks!

rosieosieee · Jul 28, 2015

update! got two purple rock urchins to add to the CUC, and a zebra turbo snail.

50 turbos coming in Thursday....I might give some away it might be overkill. LOL.

Waldo and the lion are the best of friends, and they're both eating frozen silversides regularly.

I'm on the lookout for another rhinopias! let me know if you see one around.

rosieosieee · Jul 30, 2015

snails arrived! pretty small for turbos (see my large turbo in one of the pics) but they all seemed very healthy.

transferred my orange biscuit star to this tank. he's been in my sump but I figured he'd have more LR to graze on in here.

rosieosieee · Oct 16, 2015

visited my tank today. (it unfortunately resides at my friends house, in a different city....for now).

all is well, mostly. volitan is growing, waldo is happy, the decorator crab decided to eat ALL of the snails except for the big zebra turbo. [emoji58]

CUC left:
-zebra turbo
-2 purple spine urchins
-orange biscuit star
-serpent star
-emerald crab
-decorator crab

I think it'll be fine for now. mr. decorator crab will be thrown in my sump when I convert this tank into a reef! which, is the plan when I am able to have this tank with me. hopefully let my friend keep the lion and just have Waldo. then go for an LPS dominated tank, and possibly share the sump to my 8G reef that is already set up: skimmed, dosed, GFO reactor, ATO, etc.

rosieosieee · Oct 27, 2015

ice fish · Oct 28, 2015

Very nice. I'm going for a 40 breeder that will be housing a rhino and a fuzzy dwarf. That volitan lion is going to get too big for that 60 cube really quick so i would say to have you friend take him. Loving the macro though. I'm planning a mangrove tank for mine.

rosieosieee · Oct 28, 2015

ice fish said:
Very nice. I'm going for a 40 breeder that will be housing a rhino and a fuzzy dwarf. That volitan lion is going to get too big for that 60 cube really quick so i would say to have you friend take him. Loving the macro though. I'm planning a mangrove tank for mine.

thanks! I love mangroves, I have them in my sump of my other tank.

I think a 40b would be too small for a full grown rhino. mines over 7" easily.

yes, the volitan is my friends, he's building a bigger tank (starting soon) so when I take my tank back he'll take his lion!

once I get it back, it will probably just house the rhino and maybe an angler, and I'm turning it into an lps reef.

ice fish · Oct 28, 2015

40 breeder is fine for a rhino. I've gone through enough research on them to know that at least...Anglers are sweet and my 75 is a LPS tank. I'm partial to the LPS as they just seem to be more "wavy" and pleasing to the eye to watch.

rosieosieee · Oct 28, 2015

ice fish said:
40 breeder is fine for a rhino. I've gone through enough research on them to know that at least...Anglers are sweet and my 75 is a LPS tank. I'm partial to the LPS as they just seem to be more "wavy" and pleasing to the eye to watch.

man I disagree, mine looks small for my 60, I was thinking about getting a 90 for a pair.

yeah, I just like the challenge of sticks in a nano. it makes it fun.