14 Gallon Biocube revival

engineered044 · 12/09/2012, 05:08 AM

For the past year my Biocube has layed dormant with no maintenance other than topping it off with water. Long story short I was losing a battle with Cyanobacteria and hair algea and in the end they won and I stopped caring about the tank. Well for whatever reason I feel compelled to bring this tank back from the dead. As it sits right now there is about 18lbs of LR, a few struggling rics, a large torch coral, and a single astrea snail.

I still need to deal with, jacked up water parameters, I'll post them when I get off work, hair algae is still there and red bubble algae is all over the place.

Tank has the first false chamber removed with a heater in it, rubble in the second chamber and an upgraded pump with the factory sponge in the third. The day light bulb has been burnt out for months. I have a digital aquatics reef keeper lite that controls the lights and monitors/controls the temperature.

As you can see I have a lot to deal with. First action items are to get the water quality back on track with 20% water changes twice a week. Scrubbing the rocks and tank to rid it of as much algae as possible. And replace both bulbs with new ones. I will also be changing the rockscaping since i'm tired of the way it looks right now.

Water perameters and pre-revival pictures will be posted in the morning.

engineered044 · 12/09/2012, 09:18 AM

This was posted using an old login. Moderators please delete, I will repost with my current user info.

12/09/2012, 05:08 AM	#1
engineered044 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	14 Gallon Biocube revival For the past year my Biocube has layed dormant with no maintenance other than topping it off with water. Long story short I was losing a battle with Cyanobacteria and hair algea and in the end they won and I stopped caring about the tank. Well for whatever reason I feel compelled to bring this tank back from the dead. As it sits right now there is about 18lbs of LR, a few struggling rics, a large torch coral, and a single astrea snail. I still need to deal with, jacked up water parameters, I'll post them when I get off work, hair algae is still there and red bubble algae is all over the place. Tank has the first false chamber removed with a heater in it, rubble in the second chamber and an upgraded pump with the factory sponge in the third. The day light bulb has been burnt out for months. I have a digital aquatics reef keeper lite that controls the lights and monitors/controls the temperature. As you can see I have a lot to deal with. First action items are to get the water quality back on track with 20% water changes twice a week. Scrubbing the rocks and tank to rid it of as much algae as possible. And replace both bulbs with new ones. I will also be changing the rockscaping since i'm tired of the way it looks right now. Water perameters and pre-revival pictures will be posted in the morning.

12/09/2012, 09:18 AM	#2
engineered044 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	This was posted using an old login. Moderators please delete, I will repost with my current user info.