Overstocked Biocube 29 reef tank with SPS corals part 4 in HD!

Upgrades: RS - 75 sump, CPR SR3 skimmer, CPR overflow box CS50, 2 korali 1 powerheads, 2 rio pumps, Arctica 1/4 horsepower chiller. 2 Two Little Fishies Phosban reactors.
Lights: Lots of LED's. Check out my other video.
Coral: Palythoas Palys, Sun Coral, Red/Blue Goniopora, Acropora Millepora, Chalice, Loripes, Mushroom, torch coral, Montipora, SPS, LPS, Candy Cane.
Fish: Blue tang, Sailfin tang, blue spotted jawfish, 2 clown fish, Midas blenny, algae blenny, dotty back, green mandarin, firefish, yellow wrasse, neon goby, sebae anemone, sand shifting star fish, serpent star, hermit crabs, emrald crabs, procelin crab, snails.

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[koaihet31]

I have a biocube 29 too but i am not very successful with it though. I set it up a year now but my water is still not good. If you could tell me what are your equipments and medications that you use? My biocube was "ok" until 3 weeks ago.. my blue tang died. thats when everything stared to fall apart. My nitrate is extremely high. i did water change, and ... NOTHING survived.

[jayboogy510]

@koaihet31 Sorry to hear that. Really your tank was overstocked. What kind of filteration do you have? Are you keeping your water parameters stable?

[koaihet31]

@jayboogy510 I can't keep it stable. The water evaporate really fast so salinity change from 1.024-1.025. pH and dKH change day by day. Can't keep them stable. Nitrate is crazy high.

[jayboogy510]

@koaihet31 Why is your water evaporating so fast? Are you running a skimmer? Do you have a sump? How high are your nitrates?

[koaihet31]

Is your blue tang and sailfin tang still alive?

[jayboogy510]

@koaihet31 Yes they are. There healthy and getting big, eating all the food and pooping all over the place. I've only lost one fish since I set this tank up. I purchased a 90 gallon a while back. I had to get the right equipment so it took me a while to save up for, but I almost of all the stuff. I should have it up and running soon. Going all LED's and 2 T5's for actinics so stay tunned... I'm selling this tank if anybody is interested, spent $650 on just the lights, I live in the Bay Area, CA.

[nakmin123]

Nice tank. So do you plan on keeping fish that get over a foot and require hundreds of gallons inside that tiny thing? Nicely put together but i would do some research on the fish you are interested in before you buy them.

[Saltwaterfanatic97]

How many powerheads are in the tank...i have one and i have an sps coral but it doesnt look that good

[nikray21]

How much live rock do you have in the tank?

[djnik0515]

where and how did you connect the 2 Two Little Fishies Phosban reactors?

[TheUndisputed90]

dude, thats an awesome reef tank you have am about to have my own in a couple of months as a bday present, and would appreciate your help and advices on how to keep a biocube reef tank as awesome as yours.

[RyanXyz007]

how long have you had your mandarin and has it had any problems?

[ddaarriiaann420]

@koaihet31 29 gals is too small for a tang, probly why it dies

[WWpictures100]

@sk81514 Mandrin fish very hard to keep because feeding habits

[2b3the1]

Blue tangs should have 180 gallon 7+ footer tanks MINIMUM. And sailfin tangs need at least 6 feet. Unless of course you like ich/stunted fish.

[wsheinbaum]

This is beautiful! I am just getting started with my own coral collection in a biocube. Could you share with me your recommendations for how to attach various corals to the live rock? Thanks.