Ok Help me decide.

Qualls91 · 05-02-2008, 11:09 PM

I am torn between the Aqua Pod HQI and the Biocube. The Aqua pod has 150w of halide but it cost 340$. But i can get the biocude for a little under 300$ but i would suffer the loss of light but i have also heard that the filtration is better and the over all tank is a little bigger. So can someone with a lot of experiance with these 2 systems help me.

glampka · 05-05-2008, 07:13 AM

Big question is: "What kind of corals do you intend to keep?"

Qualls91 · 05-05-2008, 04:45 PM

i was hoping to mod the hood and keep sps

BEELZEBOB · 05-05-2008, 04:56 PM

id buy a tank, a light, and filtration and flow all seperate.

just MHO

Qualls91 · 05-05-2008, 08:34 PM

Yeah but thats a whole lot more expensive.

BEELZEBOB · 05-05-2008, 08:39 PM

not really.

considering all the extras you gotta buy once you get an "all in 1" ayways.
'specially to keep SPS.

150W is good for the smaller ones, but not really the 30 or 29 or whatever

Qualls91 · 05-05-2008, 10:06 PM

Thats very true

BEELZEBOB · 05-05-2008, 10:27 PM

those are cool.

but i just dont like, ummm, being "restricted" by the all in one concept.

plus im all ghetto, so used is always an option...

Jeremy0322 · 05-05-2008, 10:40 PM

Buying used in this hobby is not ghetto, with how expensive everything is its more like Money Managent...I love buying Used. Acutally, come to think of it the only thing thats new in my tank is the sand, heaters, powerheads, and fish. Oh, and the bulbs for the used light..haha

jaubuchon · 05-05-2008, 10:43 PM

I agree... And besides... Rather than tell my wife I just spent $100 I can tell her I saved $200!!!

Jeremy0322 · 05-05-2008, 10:45 PM

Well I dont know about all of that, seeing as how I do not have a wife. And the girlfriend loves the hobby, so it would not matter to her if I bought everything new, as long as she got to name everything..

Qualls91 · 05-06-2008, 06:40 AM

I have been trying to find stiff used but i havent ran across anything. If anyone sees anything let me know please.

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Qualls91 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Ok Help me decide. I am torn between the Aqua Pod HQI and the Biocube. The Aqua pod has 150w of halide but it cost 340$. But i can get the biocude for a little under 300$ but i would suffer the loss of light but i have also heard that the filtration is better and the over all tank is a little bigger. So can someone with a lot of experiance with these 2 systems help me.

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glampka Achilles Tang Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 817 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. Big question is: "What kind of corals do you intend to keep?" __________________ We are the people our parents warned us about! JB 30 gal mixed reef 12 gal mixed Aquapod, 70 W MH 12 gal JBJ cube - mixed reef 12 gal Aquapod - work in progress

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Qualls91 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. i was hoping to mod the hood and keep sps

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Qualls91 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. Yeah but thats a whole lot more expensive.

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Qualls91 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. Thats very true

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Jeremy0322 Ricordea Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 180 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. Buying used in this hobby is not ghetto, with how expensive everything is its more like Money Managent...I love buying Used. Acutally, come to think of it the only thing thats new in my tank is the sand, heaters, powerheads, and fish. Oh, and the bulbs for the used light..haha __________________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...lon-build.html -Check it out and let me know what you think Don't blow it - good planets are hard to find. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not." — Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax

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jaubuchon Tubeworm Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 32 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. I agree... And besides... Rather than tell my wife I just spent $100 I can tell her I saved $200!!!

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Jeremy0322 Ricordea Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 180 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. Well I dont know about all of that, seeing as how I do not have a wife. And the girlfriend loves the hobby, so it would not matter to her if I bought everything new, as long as she got to name everything.. __________________ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...lon-build.html -Check it out and let me know what you think Don't blow it - good planets are hard to find. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not." — Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax

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Qualls91 Tunicate Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 18 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Ok Help me decide. I have been trying to find stiff used but i havent ran across anything. If anyone sees anything let me know please.

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