Aquaman's 29BC Adventure

[aquaman3680]

Well I have decided to take down the freshwater Bio-Cube and set it up as a saltwater tank. This tank will be predominantly Acans and Zoas/Palys. I may end up doing the 3.36 nanocustoms mod. I am getting the Sapphire Aquatics BC29 Skimmer sent to me this week!

Anyways here are some pics as it sits today. I should not have any cycle as I used established rock and used live sand.

Let me know what you think!

Before sand-


After sand-


I took my first test and here is what it showed-

Amm.- 0.5
Nitrate-0
Nitrite-0
pH- 8.3

What do you all think would be a good fish list?

Matt

[morbius18]

I'm stupid about mods, what is 3.24 nanocustoms mod?

[JeffreyLebowski]

great use of that shelf rock...in hindsight I should've used more of that as it is loads easier to mount frags to.

[bratyboy2]

Originally Posted by morbius18

I'm stupid about mods, what is 3.24 nanocustoms mod?

lol i feel yah bro!

i like the lay out...and the tank size looks so much bigger then what it is

[aquaman3680]

Originally Posted by morbius18

I'm stupid about mods, what is 3.24 nanocustoms mod?

Sorry, I meant to put the 3.36 mod. It is a mod that nanocustoms sells that gives you an extra PC. I would have 3x36 watt PC's instead of 2x36 watts. Just more light. It will all depend on how the acans do in the tank.

[aquaman3680]

Originally Posted by JeffreyLebowski

great use of that shelf rock...in hindsight I should've used more of that as it is loads easier to mount frags to.

Thanks! I am going to be going for the full blown zoa mat effect with this one! I am excited to get it going!

[aquaman3680]

Originally Posted by bratyboy2

lol i feel yah bro!

i like the lay out...and the tank size looks so much bigger then what it is

Thank you! The rock only goes up about 1/2 way in the tank. I think this will give me the "zoa mat" effect I am looking for!

[morbius18]

The extra lighting couldn't hurt. Do they have a HQI mod for the 29s?

[Dentoid]

Matt, you are a madman!

[aquaman3680]

Originally Posted by morbius18

The extra lighting couldn't hurt. Do they have a HQI mod for the 29s?

Yeah they do, but it is like $550 and then you have to go and do the complicated install on it! I think some of my lower light zoas/palys will end up in this tank so I kinda want to keep it with the 2 PC's if I can.

[morbius18]

I cannot believe that it would be that much!! How handy are you with rewiring/modding?
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This is only 2 1/2 inches high, so if you are fairly good at diy this could work for cheaper than the hqi, possibly the pc upgrade.

[aquaman3680]

Scott- Yet another salt tank right?

I am not overly handy with rewiring stuff, but I can make things work. The only problem with running one of those is the fact that I would still need to get a new heat shield for the BC, and a new plastic cover that would not melt under the halide. I would also still need to get new fans to improve ventilation in the hood. Sounds like it would be a fun project though

[morbius18]

It is worth looking into for the cheapness, I'm always trying to mod stuff though.

[JeffreyLebowski]

I have that mod on my biocube (the nanotuners pc one) and everything is growing great this side of hard corals...my birdnest and acros don't seem to be thrilled but the Acans and duncans and everything else is doing a-ok

[morbius18]

I had some kinda 29 gallon cube (might have been a viaaqua) about 6 years ago, and I did a DIY mod of a 96 watt quad fixture into it. I think it cost about $100.