Diary - My Ultimate Cube Project

Congrats on the eggs. How exciting. I'm jealous. My BTA split into 3 on Christmas day and has moved all around the tank and confused my Onyx pair. Keep me posted on the progress.
 
Thanks All! After reading a bunch on the clown list I'm not expecting any new clowns from this and I'm not really ready to commit to the setup needed to raise clowns. Oh well, but it is fun to see them go at it!
 
Congrads on the babies chris. I wish i had bought a pair of clowns. Just take lots of pics and hope for the best. Maybe not this batch but the next batch you should try to raise them or at least find out how hard it is.
 
ah geeze guys. My cube is doing really bad right now.

I upgraded my lighting which caused a Hair Algea and cyano bloom. Then my Purple firefish died of reasons unknown to me.

This hobby is getting a bit hard to enjoy.
 
something's gone wrong with your tank. first thing to do is to do a huge water change, 30%, maybe more. then check the params of the water you just removed. scream accordingly ;)
 
Rocket Season - I've been in you shoes a few times. Best thing to do honestly IMO, if the tank starts to become a hassle and more of a chore to have then an enjoyment, take it easy for a while. Check what's causing this bloom. First knock down your lighting on your halides to 6 hours, and use your actinics for the rest to make a 12 hour light period. If you have lunars only use them for an hour sunrise, hour sunset just to ease into a night transition. Then try to get the algae to slow down growth as much as possible. Once you do this, get rid of all the stuff. No algae on rocks, substrate, anything. Scrub as much as you can with a toothbrush, take whatever rock you can out and do into decently warm saltwater. If not do it in the tank with the filter at high blast and have a net handy. After you get everything all cleaned out do a small water change and change your filter media. Not all just a good amount, make sure you change your carbon. Give that 2-3 days with it all clean, then do a large water change, about 10-15 gallons. After that you should be ok for the most part. I did this with my tank the only thing i have now is a small amount of i guess brown slime algae growing on the substrate which i don't know from water circulation or the substrate not being turned enough.
 
My tank before cleaning
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And after scrubbing and a little rearranging
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Good rockwork! I like the 2 island structures. I found cubes much easier and more interesting to aquascape than the longer narrower variety.
 
i love that canopy, i started on one... started:rolleyes: and its been sitting next to the tank for 2 months now. haha i'm starting to like the open top look since im using a pendant.
 
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