Cuboid 2.0 - RETIRED

[Marquiseo]

CUBOID 2.0
Re-established July 3, 2015

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Equipment

SCA 24x24x20 50Gal Cube
SCA Stand
BioTek Marine Bio Series Cube Sump 20x20x16
ATI 24" 8 bulb Dimmable Fixture w/ (2) 24" Reefbrite XHO Fixtures
Jecod 8000 DC Pump
Pacific Sun Kore 5th Pro
Vertex Omega 130 Protein Skimmer
Apex Full Controller
Two-Little Fishes Phosban Reactor 130
4" 100/200 Micron Filter Socks
Eheim Quick Vac Pro
Cheap Petco Fish feeder


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Fish

(M) Cirrhilabrus scottorum "Australian Scott's Fairy Wrasse" *
(F) Cirrhilabrus jordani "Hawaiian Flame Fairy Wrasse" x 3
Ecsenius stigmatura "Tailspot Blenny"*
Pseudanthias ventralis "Ventralis Anthias"*



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Clean-up Crew

Aplysia spp. "Spotted Sea Hare"


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Corals

SPS
LPS
Zoanthids
Mushrooms

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Other Details

Dosing/Filtration
Fauna Marin Balling Light w/ Trace Element System
BRS GFO/ Matrix Carbon
Red Sea NoPox
Acropower



Bulbs (in order from rear to front)
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Coral Plus
ATI Blueplus
ATI True Actinic
ATI Blue Plus
ATI True Actinic

-I chose this order because I wanted high par in the rear to mid of the tank for my Acroporas and low par at the front for my Acans, Chalices, Blastos, and certain Montiporas.


Feeding
NLS Pellets
Omega One Flake Fish food
Self-prepared Fish Food Mix (Mysis, fish eggs, krill, Cyclopeeze, shrimp, Silversides)
Self-prepared Coral Food Mix (BRS Reef Chili, Oyster Feast, Grounded pellet and flake food, Reef Roids)

-I feed the fish pellets and flakes daily through automation. I feed frozen when I get a chance but it mostly occurs on weekends when I am home most. It balances the feeding out and gets them used to eating dry food when I am away on travel. The coral is made into a paste for the lps and zoanthid corals. I tend to add a little more water for the sps. The self-prepared fish food is made into a mush, flattened, frozen, and served similar to the way herbivore algae sheets are fed to a tank. Because there is no water and only meaty foods, it remains together as fish tears pieces from it and gobble it down.




Notes
-A lot of my corals are recovering from issues during the move to my new home as well as some tribulations that occurred in the setup before the move such as color loss and M.E.N.

-I switched from ESV 2-part additives to the Fauna Marin Balling Light System because it seems like a better move since I do not do WC as much as I need to.

-I was originally bare-bottom but decided to run sand when I moved and so far, I have been doing a better job at maintaining the sand due to the use of the Eheim Quick Vac Pro.

-For now, I am trying to stop adding corals to the tank. *Fingers crossed* My goal is to not to touch the tank unless their is an absolute need.

- I may remove (1) Blue Plus Bulb and change it out for either Aquablue Special or another Coral Plus bulb. My tank is too blue considering I have (2) Reefbrite XHO blues attached.



*Soon to be removed
*Future addition(s)

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[Marquiseo]

 

[revhtree]

Awesome cube! Well done!

 

[Marquiseo]

Awesome cube! Well done!

Thanks!

 

[Marquiseo]

 

[Marquiseo]

 

[laineyg6]

How do you keep a sea hare in a tank this size without it bumping against things? I always considered them a bit like a cowrie - sort of dangerous (like a bulldozer). This seems like an ideal tank. It's gorgeous!

 

[Marquiseo]

How do you keep a sea hare in a tank this size without it bumping against things? I always considered them a bit like a cowrie - sort of dangerous (like a bulldozer). This seems like an ideal tank. It's gorgeous!

My sea hare doesn't knock anything over. It simply squeezes between corals or gently climb over them without harming them to consume algae. That is the reason why I chose it over snails and it is my sole cleanup crew. Thanks!

 

[laineyg6]

I'm fascinated by sea hares. Very cool!

 

[Marquiseo]

I'm fascinated by sea hares. Very cool!

It surely has grown since I have gotten it. I may add a lettuce nudibranch because I increased my lighting schedule and algae growth has surpassed his ability to consume it fast enough. I regularly scrape the glass so that he remains on on the rocks and sand.

I wish there was a nudibranch that ate detritus.

 

[klp]

Love the idea of using nudibranchs for algae control. I will do so myself in the future. They are fascinating to watch more so than snails although I will probably use both for interest and diversity. Great tank!

 

[Tahoe61]

Thanks for sharing, it's an really interesting tank and just beautiful.

What is the large tabling type Acropora, looks like a Plana?

 

[jlugo]

Wow nice tank!! Do toy have any problems with the sea hare slug?

 

[Marquiseo]

Love the idea of using nudibranchs for algae control. I will do so myself in the future. They are fascinating to watch more so than snails although I will probably use both for interest and diversity. Great tank!

Thanks!

 

[Marquiseo]

Thanks for sharing, it's an really interesting tank and just beautiful.

What is the large tabling type Acropora, looks like a Plana?

Thanks! It is a plana.

 

[Marquiseo]

Wow nice tank!! Do toy have any problems with the sea hare slug?

Thanks! Nope. It doesn't knock corals over, can't get sucked in the overflow, and it's all the algae in places I want it to eat it most. I often pick it up and place it on a drag that I want taken care of and it goes immediately to work.

 

[jlugo]

Good to know... here in Puerto Rico there's a lot of them offshore when you go to the beach, in all sizes! When they feel they are in danger they release a tint!

 

[Marquiseo]

Good to know... here in Puerto Rico there's a lot of them offshore when you go to the beach, in all sizes! When they feel they are in danger they release a tint!

Hmm... Mine doesn't do it. I pick it up all the time and it has never released on me.

 

[Marquiseo]

 

[Marquiseo]

One of the flame wrasses started flashing