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dont waste your time with the live rock rubble or bioballs. when i had live rock rubble in my 20g sump it collected a huge amount of detritus. just put chaeto back there if you want to pods and starfish to keep multiplying. i have a crazy amount of pods and litle starfish growin in the DT, but i only have 1 baby onyx in there too

i also ordered the purigen since ive heard people liked it, so next week ill be getting it in along with the nano koralia
 
i want a second koralia nano in my 14. i have only 1 right now.

can you keep macro algae in chamber #2 without any mods for lighting?
 
i not sure if you can, because i dont think the light really lights the chambers back there.

its really easy to do the fuge mod anyways. you just get a razor and scratch off the back paint on the middle chamber, then you go to like home depot and in the lighting section they have the little lights.. you can then make a box for it and attach it to the back. its either that or find a skimmer to put back there. id go with the skimmer over the chaeto
 
since im planning on keeping some dirty clowns i will opt for the skimmer over the macro but, the skimmer goes in the first chamber so i could still use the second chamber for macro. we'll see, im not to keen on taping a light to the back of my tank... it'l probably look a little tacky :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12880818#post12880818 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nanoreef25
ugh i guess im going to have to mod the darn thing to keep the temp down which is insane cuz its completely stock
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Where do you live and do you run the air conditioning during the summer? You won't need to do much, either a fan blowing across the top of the water or floating an ice bag.
 
Floating an ice bag seems like it would be a pain but yeah i live in Florida and we do run AC but it still gets pretty warm like 77 in the house during the day. I was thinking more along the lines of putting fans blowing directly on the water which will make my evaporation rate go down the toilet.
 
top off in my bc14 is almost nothing at all! with the lid closed its about 1 cup a day at the most. 1 cup of ice cubes unfortunatly wont lower the temp but a fraction of a degree im afraid. i dont run my AC while im at work and the temp regularly goes above 85+. when im at home with the AC on all day the temp in the house is at 75, and the temp in the tank is about 82. unfortunatly those temps are considered high, but im not putting an ugly fan over my open lid tank. the reason i like this tank is because its stream line and looks nice as a single unit. in my situation the only way i have to manually control the temp is to mod the hood or back glass by drilling a couple of holes to pass tubing through so i can hook up a chiller. blah
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12868130#post12868130 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Justinandkrista
HaKs310 i just found that out, Thx. Its like 60 bucks tho for the kit. Do you know if its easy to install.
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Yeah they're pretty much plug and play. I bought their 72w Retro which basically comes with the 50mm fan kit but I opted to get a variable voltage adapter.

Chris,
Yup, the 14g uses 50mm fans and the 29g uses 60mm fans. 82F isn't considered high and is actually the most widespread temp in coral reefs. My 14g's temp was staying stable at 82 but would hit 86 on hot days. Main reason I got the Biocube was because of the sleek all in one look so I really didn't want a fan blowing across the top with a half open hood.....so I got a chiller. Temp now stays stable at 79.3-79.5
 
82 isnt high, but above 85 is, and thats where the temp stays when i have my ac off during the day. what chiller are you using on yours haks310?
 
Yeah, my cube would stay stable at 80-82 degrees but would hit 85-86 on hot days so I went ahead and got a chiller.

JBJ Nano Arctica. Very easy to install, just had to dremel a small section from the back canopy, about a 1in x. 75in. Believe they are going to discontinue them pretty soon.
 
yeah mine is in the 80s, even when i had a 28g open top with MH it was around 84-85. id be worried if it went over 85 though..

does anyone know what fans fit in the biocube14?
 
thanks every one i have convinced my dad to run the A/C at 77 and im leaving the lid open and its been pretty stable at about 80 so thanks again to all
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12890048#post12890048 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HaKs310
Yeah they're pretty much plug and play. I bought their 72w Retro which basically comes with the 50mm fan kit but I opted to get a variable voltage adapter.

Chris,
Yup, the 14g uses 50mm fans and the 29g uses 60mm fans. 82F isn't considered high and is actually the most widespread temp in coral reefs. My 14g's temp was staying stable at 82 but would hit 86 on hot days. Main reason I got the Biocube was because of the sleek all in one look so I really didn't want a fan blowing across the top with a half open hood.....so I got a chiller. Temp now stays stable at 79.3-79.5
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2 posts back nietsche
 
Yeah, it was around $330 shipped with a MJ600 and the plumbing. I'd rather not skimp on equipment, buy a bunch of expensive corals and then watch them die later because of a temp spike when I'm not around. I'll probably sell the whole set-up later on to my younger brother once I upgrade. He lives in Arizona with my parents so a chiller is a must.
 
For those of you who are running one of your back chambers as a refugium and have cut the black vinyl to open it up for lighting...

Is it possible to do this without actually making a hole in the back? I'm wondering, looking at mine, if the glass comes around the cube to the back and if the vinyl is inside, meaning if I cut the vinyl, the glass will still be there clear behind it? (I wish I had a visual aid for this!) A friend just gave me some chaeto for back there and I'm afraid it's going to die without more lighting.

Thanks!
 
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