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At the moment I have 1 clown, about 8 snails and 2 hermits (although i'm not sure where the hell they are in the tank :))
Today I'm going to my LFS and picking up a bag of carbon and going to remove enough of the bioballs initially to place the carbon in there, then when i do my next water...
I tried to remove that second chamber false floor to access the bioballs and havn't been able to prior. Is there some trick to it or something?
Here are some pictures of the tank
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Where do you recommend purchasing some fish, coral, and other livestock from? I am located in North New Jersey, in the Caldwell area.
Also should the white lights have the fans spinning while it is on and the blue lights not? The way the biocube is wired only one switch functions with the fans...
The PC Bulb you mean White light bulbs? Right now when the white light is on the fans are running.
As far as removing the bio balls how would you recommend going about doing that? I heard you have to remove them slowly, but if i remove them as I do what do I put in their place?
I wasn't...
Thanks for the reply, I was also wondering what times I should cycle the lights.
Right now I am doing 12 noon - 1 pm the blue light then 1 - 9 pm the blue and white together then 9 - 10 blue 10pm off
so it goes
blue: 12-10 pm
white 1 - 9 pm
Another concern I had is should the fans be...
Hey everyone in tale of the tank I began charting my progress in the hobby. I have a few questions that I feel members would be able to answer.
The tank right now has 14 pounds of live rock, a oceanic biocube protein skimmer, switched the filters and added a heater. The fish that is in there...
Hey everyone,
I am just getting in to the whole saltwater aquariums thanks to my cousin giving me his 14g biocube after he upgraded to a bigger tank. So far I have everything up and running.
At the moment I have:
14 pounds of live rock
oceanic biocube protein skimmer
rena smartheater 50
I...