My First Cube Build - Waterbox Cube 20

[Ricksreeefs]

Nice following!

 

[dmward1978]

Bonded Pair of Frostbite Subzero ocellaris from sustainable aquatics. By way of Nova Tropicals!!

 

[dmward1978]

Sorry for the glare and reflection. I’ll get more pictures later after dark.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

View attachment 2143747Bonded Pair of Frostbite Subzero ocellaris from sustainable aquatics. By way of Nova Tropicals!!

Oh nice bro! Love Nova tropical too! I live like 45 min away from there.

 

[dmward1978]

Oh nice bro! Love Nova tropical too! I live like 45 min away from there.

I'm lucky, I literally live 5 mins from there. In the same neighborhood. Dave's great!!

 

[Ricksreeefs]

I'm lucky, I literally live 5 mins from there. In the same neighborhood. Dave's great!!

Nice we go there almost every week lol

 

[greefer]

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So I got the cube filled today! About 18 gallons after all the sand and rock displaced some water. Used Caribsea Aragalive Special Grade Reef.
Dosed with fritz turbo 900.

Avast ATO was super easy to set. Just set where I wanted it. Disconnected the RO tube from the switch box and let the water find it’s level in the sensor tube. Then plug the RO tube back into the control box. Done. Now if the water in the tube drops the pressure switch activates the pump and fills the tank!

Still trying to figure out how to turn the AI Prime off without just unplugging it. ‍

You can’t turn it off.

 

[dmward1978]

You can’t turn it off.

Yeah I set an all 0% profile when i want to turn it off.

 

[dmward1978]

So The SA Frostbite Subzero Clowns are in the tank. They are doing super well. Good feeding response. I also added 2 little conchs and 2 nassarius snails to pick up the dropped Mysis the Clowns don't catch.

Water parameters are looking good. Ammonia and Nitrite is at 0, Nitrate is about 25 and phosphate is .06. So those need a little help. I am going to be installing a Poseidon Reef Systems Chaeto Reactor to bring down the Nitrates.

I like the idea of the chaeto reactor as it is controllable. If its stripping out too much nitrate, then i can reduce the photo period and remove some chaeto. Likewise I can increase the photo period to pull more nitrate.

 

[dmward1978]

Also I'm looking at getting some branching coralline algae for in the tank.

Anybody have experience with Addictive Reef Keeping out of Florida? They have frags for sale

2 PACK Thick Branching Coralline Algae Frag 1″ to 2″ FREE SHIPPING!!!

addictivereefkeeping.com

 

[dmward1978]

Just a little Vid of the Clowns

 

[dmward1978]

I also decided I hated the Icecap Nano K1 skimmer. I’m sure it’s nice. It just was big, loud and I just wasn’t getting it.

So I decided to try the reef glass skimmer since I found lots of good reviews in 20 gallon setup.

 

[dmward1978]

And a Lid from Kraken Reef!

 

[dmward1978]

Got the Poseidon Reef System Chaeto Reactor installed today! Pretty simple. I’ll test in a few days and see if it’s had any nitrate and PO4 impact.

Also digging the reefglass skimmer. Right off the bat it was less temperamental than the nano k1. It’s already stripping out light skimmate.

 

[dmward1978]

 

[Ricksreeefs]

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Nice does it have a light?

 

[count krunk]

Very cool lil tank. I think the branching coraline requires a mature tank, but I'm not sure

 

[dmward1978]

Very cool lil tank. I think the branching coraline requires a mature tank, but I'm not sure

I'll probably wait a little while on the branching Coralline. Maybe once i start to see regular encrusting coralline spots pop up.

 

[dmward1978]

Nice does it have a light?

It does. There are LED's behind that black middle band

 

[dmward1978]

A week ago I put 2 containers of EcoPods from Algaebarn in the tank. I wasn't hopeful that they would establish. I've been feeding Oceanmagik phytoplankton. But today i noticed little swimmy motile things in the tank. They are everywhere!!

So Pod population is on the way!! They are even in the Chaeto Reactor!!