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MattNoyes
03/06/2010, 06:48 PM
Six months ago I decided to restart my 29g biocube - I had a huge aiptasia outbreak previously and after my clownfish died I decided to let it run with fresh water for a while to make sure all the aiptasia was killed off. So after it was all dead drained the tank - refilled with saltwater - used most of the old rocks and got a couple new ones to help seed the bacteria and let it run for a couple months. Added the cleanup crew once I started seeing the diatoms and nitrates were 0.

Mods I have made so far - widened chamber 1 to 2 opening. replaced stock pump with a MJ 1200 and put locline on the output nozzle. Added a koralia 2 to the right side of the tank in front of chamber one. Ditched the lid and got a 4x24 T5HO nova extreme fixture (bulbs are 2xactinic,1x10000k,1x hydor 18000k) One of the 10000k bulbs broke when installing in the fixture. So right now the light is very blue/purple right now. Might keep it....or swap out the 18000k for another 10000k.

Matt

MattNoyes
03/06/2010, 07:45 PM
Here are some close to FTS and pics of the new inhabitants that got put in today
Mixed zoo rock.
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3/4 FTS
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Unknown LPS please let me know if you know what this is....LFS said a brain coral
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