My first reef(or salt for that matter)

[indecloudzua]

Hey,
been lurking and have had a tank up and going for 5months now..its a Oceanic Biocube 29..using Kessil A150 15000k, vortech mp10, mj1200 return pump, and tunze 9002..
Livestock:
woodheadi angel
orange and a black ocellaris clown pair
mccoskers fairy wrasse
pajama cardinal
emerald crab
3 peppermint shrimp

a few zoa's and paly's, couple montipora, duncan coral, atlantic brain, xenia's..

what do y'all think??ive done freshwater aquascaping for 15 years and i think ive done a decent job thus fair..
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[jdavid]

nice scape! those palys on the bottom might like to move up some, but I probably wouldn't be too worried about it

everything looks good!

 

[indecloudzua]

JDavid;900388 wrote: nice scape! those palys on the bottom might like to move up some, but I probably wouldn't be too worried about it

everything looks good!

Thanks..Im gettin some of the puddy to place them on a rock this week..

 

[rdnelson]

Looking great. Welcome to the salty side.


I am going on a cruise.....on my lawnmower around my yard.

 

[indecloudzua]

rdnelson99;900394 wrote: Looking great. Welcome to the salty side.


I am going on a cruise.....on my lawnmower around my yard.

Thanks..im enjoying it so far..

 

[mikesmith34]

Salt is a lot of fun. Looks good!

 

[curtismaximus]

Nice setup! I love all your equipment choices, go big or go home right? Welcome to the addiction!

 

[indecloudzua]

Curtismaximus;900451 wrote: Nice setup! I love all your equipment choices, go big or go home right? Welcome to the addiction!

Very true. Learned that lesson early on..I am wanting to do the rapidled retrofit but have been having trouble finding a stock oceanic hood and use the kessil as a refugium light for the 90 when I set it up..and still have to get the tunze nano ato..im happy for now tho cept I want a few more sps..

 

[ralph atl]

Nice wrasses...

 

[tbub1221]

Sharp looking tank , I like the rock work.

 

[camellia]

Welcome, nice looking cube!
Already got the itch to go bigger, lol happens to most if us

 

[picoreefguy]

welcome to the club you're gonna love it here. your tank looks good

indecloudzua;900452 wrote: I am wanting to do the rapidled retrofit but have been having trouble finding a stock oceanic hood

i might be able to help with that i have a friend that put a radion over his bc29 and put the hood in storage and he might be willing to sell it. ill ask him this afternoon and let you know what i find out.

 

[indecloudzua]

Picoreefguy;900475 wrote: welcome to the club you're gonna love it here. your tank looks good



i might be able to help with that i have a friend that put a radion over his bc29 and put the hood in storage and he might be willing to sell it. ill ask him this afternoon and let you know what i find out.

Cool.. that would be awesome.. see if he still has the clear lens cover as well..thanks a bunch and for all the compliments

 

[picoreefguy]

hey sorry it took so long to respond i forgot to check this thread agian lol but i replied to your pm. and yes it does have the lens cover intact.

 

[indecloudzua]

after two trips to visit Rit at Atlanta Aquarium i think i am stocked to the brim on corals and will be changing my lighting with the addition of more branching sps(the kessil has a spot light effect so some sides arent getting light likethey should)

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[redstang]

indecloudzua;900452 wrote: Very true. Learned that lesson early on..I am wanting to do the rapidled retrofit but have been having trouble finding a stock oceanic hood and use the kessil as a refugium light for the 90 when I set it up..and still have to get the tunze nano ato..im happy for now tho cept I want a few more sps..

I have the original rapidled retro kit and while I do like it there are better options out there. Including the Kessil probably. If you don't have a hood on now be prepared to either lower the average temp in your house or get a chiller in the summer. I had to remove my MJ1200 at first due to heat. The MP10 did help enough to allow putting it back in but add in the skimmer heat and maybe a nano reactor and it'll get warm. Leaving the back flap up helps too.

Any questions just hit me up. My BC29 has been up for 2.5 years now. Great little tank but as with all nano's not much room for error!

 

[indecloudzua]

well, its been up the entire summer and never went over 80 with the hood on..what other options do you think are better than the rapid?i like my kessil except thats its not dimmable and casts the shadows..i ordered a ecoxotic panaroma 12" to help with the spot light until i change the lighting..

 

[indecloudzua]

thanks!!it really is..itching to get my 90gal up and going and goin on a shoppin spree in your store!~!

 

[tbub1221]

indecloudzua;905085 wrote: what options do you think are better than the rapid?i like my kessil except thats its not dimmable and casts the shadows..i ordered a ecoxotic panaroma 12" to help with the spot light until i change the lighting..

I have a tile circuit board with 6x 3w led iv been using for a wile along with the stock 10k bulb but I'm looking in to panorama pro's apparently 3 in a cube can grow anything , and most every post I recall reading ppl state they only run at 40-60% and there very user friendly plug and play.
The panorama module is good but the pro is superior , its probably able to piggyback like the stunner strip and pros so you could just order a splitter and run the one you have and a few pros on the same adapter.

 

[indecloudzua]

Just double checked my order. It was the pro model with the royal blue/magenta version. I've heard mixed reviews(just like everything else in the hobby). But I'm confident this strip will def help my problem short term..I think I might end up going with a ai or ecotech fixture that I can use in my 90 when I set it up if I don't do the rapid led kit..