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Good stuff man! I deleted my comment before as I found my question about the bowl dimensions below in the comments, but thanks for responding! You inspired me to try a macroalgae and soft coral bowl and I found everything I needed to know. Hope you upload more videos soon!
Did this work long term? I've got dreadful bubble algae in my tank that i'm losing the battle with! Did you just do the big dose at the start and then change the water after 3 weeks? Or did you dose every week? (sorry if you said on the video and I missed it)
@@SaltFishTV would that be healthy for the type of soft corals I have? I have seen professionals like you, setting very carefully the lights to prevent algae growth and promote good PAR for the corals still. We would love to see how to do it. BTW, thanks for the prompt response
I think I have an older biocube. I got it used. The light looks like it's only white and blue led. Are you familiar with this at all? And does your bio cube light have an app? It looks like mine only has the setup on top for the time with the ramp up and down plus the night blue light. I want to order sps but don't want to waste the money and kill them. Any info would be greatly appreciated 🙏
@@SaltFishTV Thanks yes, I have found that I was rolling it too tight, and too thick, which caused it to create bubbles even when it is new. Now that I am not rolling it as tight, I only get bubbles when it gets packed with gunk.
Don’t super glue screw heads. Sometimes doesn’t chip away. Just put new stainless screws. From ace. And cylicone or liquid electrical tape, works amazing
ps always use white sand pref, see you doing the black. I now gonna do the PINK or half pink half white blend myself for my Biocube setup! You gonna tweek the lighting and all? I think mine has the refugium in the back.
Won one of these a few years ago at our Aquarium club auction sale! You inspired me to get it up and going. Have a 150 gallon salt for 8 years now. The cube will be fun with smaller stuff. Any suggestions what you would do differant as far as set up and what kind of critters? BTW Dude you got some GUNS ON YA!
Would you recommend just going ahead and adding the Biocube UV right from the beginning? And does it get ran at the same time as the cycling of the new tank?
I didn’t and don’t because you won’t always run into a bacterial bloom. I just set a tank up and I didn’t get the bloom I did like this one did. I only use it as needed and you never want to run a UV sterilizer while cycling as it’ll kill off most of your beneficial bacteria as you add it to the water column.
You will get a Nitrate or Phosphate spike ,or both when you treat your tank with the medication because of the algae die off that your gonna get …You can do a decent water change right before adding the medication in order to lower some phosphates and Nitrates in your tank ahead of time ..Also do a water change right after the treatment.. I used the generic version of this medication and it worked pretty damn well for Briopsis Algae ….. .. . My tank was covered in this Algae pretty bad before the treatment..
Nobody ever takes into account that most led light upgrades on the Biocube are mounted 10 or more inches away from the water surface. What sense does it make to buy a larger light that uses more electricity and then mount it a foot above the water surface? People forget that PAR readings are greatly higher the closer one gets to the leds.
If I make any mods to my brand new Biocube's light it will be to supplement the spectrum with more blue leds. But that's a far cry from ripping the cover off and removing the stock light and replacing it with a new grow light 8 to 10 inches above the water surface. I don't think a lot of reefers realize how bright the stock light is on a biocube led. I plan on keeping the cover on my Biocube 32. I admit that as of now I have no real experience with a Biocube, I'm still researching it. @@SaltFishTV
I'm confused, I got my 1st saltwater aquarium (or 1st aquarium of any kind) in December 2023 & I've already got 5 fish 16 coral & a feather duster, hermit crabs & snails & a fire shrimp and I never had your problems. In fact, my 32-gallon bio-cube is doing great. I did get a little black Alge growing on the sand but then I dropped my 5th fish (sleeper-banded Goby) in & it cleaned that up right away. How long have you been doing this?
Every tank is different as there’s so many variables to consider. Every ecosystem we create in tanks will be different. There’s so many factors such as what was used in the tank and how it’s running. I’m very happy that you’re having success as that’s what it’s all about! Keep it up! Just Reef!
