Colin's JBJ 28g Nanocube

colinadam · Apr 5, 2008

Ordered this back at the first of the year and after some delays it is in week 2 of the cycle.

Will be taking down my 24g Nanocube with 150W Sunpod and transfering things over to this new setup.

20# of Caribsea Sand
5# of a larger grain sand
1# of Premium Aquatics Livesand

12# of Premium Aquatics Kalieni Live Rock
Marco Rock to finish the aquascaping

Fish that will be transfered from the 24 to the 28:

Blackcap Basslett

Bangaii Cardinalfish

Onyx Clown

Ordered a Mystery Wrasse from Live Aquaria while they were on sale ($155 shipped was to good to pass up). He will be the showstopper of the 28g.

Possible down the road I may buy a Blue Spot Jawfish (Huge Maybe).

As for corals the following will be moved from my 24 to my 28:
Superman Digi
Tubs Birdsnest
Ultimate Frags Purple w/ Yellow Tip Birdsnest
Phonape Birdsnest
ORA Green Polyp Birdsnest
ORA Blue Milli
Ultimate Frags Blue Milli
Exoticfrags.us Red Milli
Nuclear Green Paly
Purple Death paly
RPE Palys
Armor Of God Paly
Halloween Paly
Orange Cloves
Blue Cloves

Plan to also buy my first clam once the tank is established, a Blue Maxima Clam.

That's all for now, can't wait to get it going.

JGoslee · Apr 5, 2008

Great looking tank. How long are you going to be cycling it? Nice selection of fish also. You have two of my favorites...the blackcap basslett and the mystery wrasse.

coral88 · Apr 6, 2008

Looks good.
What are orange clove polyps?
Do you have a pic?

colinadam · May 5, 2008

Haven't added pictures in a while so here we go:

A few things have changed but here's a recent FTS:

Mystery Wrasse:

Helfrichi:

Once things grow out more I'll add some more pics

ficklefins · May 5, 2008

That is great looking Onyx! Is it one of Rod's?

colinadam · May 5, 2008

Yep, it has a very unique middle bar, Rod said he has seen maybe 5 total with that bar and he kept one:

Non-Unique Side

Unique Side

revhtree · May 5, 2008

Awesome tank! Love the clowns!

MarvinsReef · May 6, 2008

wow... very nice... love the fish selection as well.. keep up the good work.. tank will look killer in a few months when corals are grown a bit..

colinadam · May 6, 2008

Thanks Marvin.

The Helfrichi arrived in rough shape, hoping he pulls through. Currently feeding him Selcon or Vita-Chem enriched foods.

ZOABOY · May 15, 2008

Looking good man keep up the good work...

Fishhead Junkie · Jun 19, 2008

did i read that right...$155 for that wrasse!!!! holy christ on a bike...thats a chunk of change my brother. i will say though..i did shell out $100 for a blue spotted jawfish last year for my 29BC....i rushed things a bit though and learned the hard way when i found him dead. nice looking tank.

i hope to post some pics pretty soon of mine.

steve

colinadam · Jul 3, 2008

You would be hard pressed to find that wrasse for cheaper than that. He's worth every penny

MarvinsReef · Jul 16, 2008

any update?

can you list the other specs of the tank, lighting, skimmer, etc...

Thanks Colin..

colinadam · Aug 16, 2008

Time for an update.

Had hernia surgery in the middle of June and the tank suffered. My Helfrichi that I got in rough shape kicked the can because I couldn't fuss after him as I usually did. I think it was just a matter of time as he must have had something wrong with him. Ich spots on and off and other unidentified blotches on the skin.

Couldn't do a good water change for a while and algae took off. Got some Cyano and hair algae, just knocked out the cyano with a 2 day Chemi-Clean & lights out treatment. Added 10 Turbo's, replaced the chemical media (Purigen, Chemi-Pure, Rowa Phos), and did a major water change to combat the hair algae. Have new filters and DI for my RO/DI on order.

Used the stock bulb for to long (The JBJ 14K DO MH bulb SUCKS) and just added the reeflux. In 3 weeks all of my birdsnests have the white noticable growth tips

Love the Reeflux, found the Phoenix to be to blue but this is a nice white crisp light.

Some pics:

Full tank shot as of tonight

Marv - On the lookout for your JBJ 28 HQI thread