Waterbox 20 cube

[ohioreefer]

So. I have been in the hobby for many years and after a 8 year or so absence I have decided I need a new tank. I purchased a waterbox 20 cube and stand. Last Thursday 8 boxes showed up form BRS. Woohoo. I got it all set up and water and bio bacteria went in on Saturday. My wife, being the awesome lady she is decided to purchase some corals for me that I had been looking at on ebay. And they arrive Wed. Obviously, I had no plans for corals yet. I don't even have fish yet. They are flower nems and mushrooms so I am thinking they should survive ok. Fingers crossed. I only have one pic for now. More coming soon.

Tank: Waterbox 20 G Cube with stand
Light: AI Prime 16HD
Pump: Stock return pump
Eheim 75 watt heater
InTank Media basket 1st chamber
15LBS Carribsea dry rock
15lbs Aragalive sand
Duetta Ato
Hydor Koralia 425Gph nano powerhead

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[Peace River]

Congratulations on the new adventure!

 

[69cam]

How is the 75 watt heater keeping up with the colder weather?

 

[ohioreefer]

How is the 75 watt heater keeping up with the colder weather?

It's keeping up great. Not too cold here yet. But it does well

 

[ohioreefer]

Tank is cruising right along. Had small diatom outbreak on the sand bed but not terrible

 

[ohioreefer]

Took a couple new pics today. One of the Miniq skimmer with two days worth of skimmate. It does a killer job for $50

 

[Skeeter4890]

Looks amazing my cube 20 should be on its way shortly, I’m getting very excited but know I need to stay patient

 

[ohioreefer]

Thanks. Yes, patience is best in this hobby. Even though I sometimes do not practice what I preach...lol

 

[IamJoHo]

Planning on ordering the Waterbox 20 this weekend. How has the stock pump been so far? I see Waterbox has the Sicce 1.0 as an option on their site but not sure if it is worth it.

 

[ohioreefer]

Planning on ordering the Waterbox 20 this weekend. How has the stock pump been so far? I see Waterbox has the Sicce 1.0 as an option on their site but not sure if it is worth it.

It's been fine for me. Pretty quiet and decent flow. I have no plans to upgrade it at this time

 

[69cam]

Planning on ordering the Waterbox 20 this weekend. How has the stock pump been so far? I see Waterbox has the Sicce 1.0 as an option on their site but not sure if it is worth it.

I upgraded mine to a Jebao DCW-1500 pump. The stock one was way to loud foe me after a couple of years.

 

[ohioreefer]

Apex A3 arrived today. looking forward to setting it up Friday. I want to start adding Kalk to my top off, but not without monitoring ph. BRS black Friday sale pushed me to pull the trigger on it

 

[ohioreefer]

Went to the LFS today to pick up a cleaner shrimp and walked out having ordered a new Tideline 49 gallon lagoon. Picked it up for 400 plus tax on the black friday special. Couldn't pass it up. Luckily BRS still has black friday sale going on for lights, sand, rock...and everything else

 

[ohioreefer]

49 gal lagoon has arrived. Build thread coming soon for that one. Picked up some new nuggets from a buddy a couple days ago.

 

[Sourdoh]

So. I have been in the hobby for many years and after a 8 year or so absence I have decided I need a new tank. I purchased a waterbox 20 cube and stand. Last Thursday 8 boxes showed up form BRS. Woohoo. I got it all set up and water and bio bacteria went in on Saturday. My wife, being the awesome lady she is decided to purchase some corals for me that I had been looking at on ebay. And they arrive Wed. Obviously, I had no plans for corals yet. I don't even have fish yet. They are flower nems and mushrooms so I am thinking they should survive ok. Fingers crossed. I only have one pic for now. More coming soon.

Tank: Waterbox 20 G Cube with stand
Light: AI Prime 16HD
Pump: Stock return pump
Eheim 75 watt heater
InTank Media basket 1st chamber
15LBS Carribsea dry rock
15lbs Aragalive sand
Duetta Ato
Hydor Koralia 425Gph nano powerhead

Most recent FTS

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May I ask what media you are using in the basket?

 

[ohioreefer]

May I ask what media you are using in the basket?

I am using a filter pad in the top that i change every couple days. Then carbon in a mesh bag and chemi pure in the bottom

 

[Sourdoh]

I am using a filter pad in the top that i change every couple days. Then carbon in a mesh bag and chemi pure in the bottom

I was looking at Chemi pure and saw they have a ton of different options. Are there large differences in each?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Tank is looking really good!!

 

[ohioreefer]

Tank is looking really good!!

Thank You!

 

[ohioreefer]

I was looking at Chemi pure and saw they have a ton of different options. Are there large differences in each?

I use the small nano packets of chemi pure blue