The Curious
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OK...so I have had this tank running for a few years. Its kinda been a combination of things from a QT, a place to hold rock temporarily, "time-out" for naughty fish, etc. Its a beautiful Oceanic cherry cube, which is really the only reason its been up and going in the first place, instead of sitting in my garage with all the other random tanks. It has been filtered by a HOB CPR skimmer since i set it up. The skimmer hasn't actually skimmed anything for...too long, but like I said, its not really had much in it...so I kept putting it on the backburner. Half a year or so ago I put a coral banded shrimp in there, a couple months later a blue Damsel (both were on my naughty list).
Tank has still looked healthy and kept acceptable levels with basically water movement and occasional water changes as the sole form of filtration. I'm looking to add in a lot of marco-algae to assist in nutrient export as well.
I just upgraded my main system from a 65 to a 90 gallon...loving it. In the process I decided to remove all of my softies from the main tank, which mainly consisted of mushrooms. I added them, as well as a bunch of Kenya Tree that fell into my lap to the 30 Cube and it is looking gorgeous.
Yesterday I decided to remove the HOB completely and replace it with a Koralia Evolution circulation pump. So now the tank has a heater, a circulation pump, and lights (which consist of only 2 Aqueon Mini Compact 50/50 Fluorescent bulbs in a simple cheap lil fixture that takes standard screw in bulbs).
I'll put up some pics later when I get home. It feels a lil irresponsible, but if my levels continue to stay in a good place, I'm gonna keep on rocking this tank in a super low-tech fashion.
Tank has still looked healthy and kept acceptable levels with basically water movement and occasional water changes as the sole form of filtration. I'm looking to add in a lot of marco-algae to assist in nutrient export as well.
I just upgraded my main system from a 65 to a 90 gallon...loving it. In the process I decided to remove all of my softies from the main tank, which mainly consisted of mushrooms. I added them, as well as a bunch of Kenya Tree that fell into my lap to the 30 Cube and it is looking gorgeous.
Yesterday I decided to remove the HOB completely and replace it with a Koralia Evolution circulation pump. So now the tank has a heater, a circulation pump, and lights (which consist of only 2 Aqueon Mini Compact 50/50 Fluorescent bulbs in a simple cheap lil fixture that takes standard screw in bulbs).
I'll put up some pics later when I get home. It feels a lil irresponsible, but if my levels continue to stay in a good place, I'm gonna keep on rocking this tank in a super low-tech fashion.
