BioCube

[jdjm07]

I recently put coral on both of my Biocube 14g and 8g now i wanted to feed my coral and to put some calcium on there i have the aquadose and the kent marine (kalkwasser mix) but i dont know how much of water and calcium it takes for both each of the biocubes. and i have a phyto max but i dont know if to put it direct into my aquarium or coral or how to feed the coral?

[Third Coast Tropical]

In those small systems, if you do weekly water changes you can get by without dosing any calcium....As for how much to add if you are going to add it, I believe there are instructions on the back of the containers, you might have to do a little math because it might be in liters instead of gallons....my advice...water changes with supplemental phyto feedings if need be....but the lights should be providing most of the energy needed

[jdjm07]

so that means i only have to do water change then? well i did it right after i put the coral to prevent the amonia and all that! i did about 10% water change and i will do it every week! will that work?

[Third Coast Tropical]

What kind of corals?...What type of lighting?.....

[jdjm07]

the same light that the biocubes comes with PC..and coral Xenia, Hamer coral, Zoa Coral, SunFlower and i believe thats about it

[jay-roc]

I would test for calcium and alk and see what you are at. If it is low dose till you get it up to where it is supposed to be abd then monitor it and see how much is being used in a week. Once you know this then you can see if weekly waterchanges will bring the ca and alk back up. If this doesnt bring the levels back up to specs the you know if you are going to have to dose, and if you need to dose then log how much you are dosing to bring the levels up keeping in mind how much they go up with the water change and keep up a regular schedule.

[cbianco]

Considering the size of your tanks, I would try and control my "levels" using only water changes.

FYI...Do not put additives into your tank that you cannot test for. Make sure you have a testing kit for ALK and CAL in addition to your regular test kits.

Happy reefing!

Christopher :)


I recently put coral on both of my Biocube 14g and 8g now i wanted to feed my coral and to put some calcium on there i have the aquadose and the kent marine (kalkwasser mix) but i dont know how much of water and calcium it takes for both each of the biocubes. and i have a phyto max but i dont know if to put it direct into my aquarium or coral or how to feed the coral?

[jdjm07]

and whats the name of the test kit?

[Big_Pun]

i dont dose any of my tanks, to hard to control and you can cause alot of damage, just do water changes all nutrients and minerals are in the salt mix its not just salt, i just got done doing changes in all my tanks right now, i noticed faster growth when i made it a weekly habbit

[recoiljpr]

I don't dose my biocube either and I have no problems with low Calcium levels. I do weekly water changes of 5 gallons on my 29 biocube. But, I actually have a weird issue with my system in that calcium STAYS at 520+ (salifert, API tests different places all confirmed) even with the weekly waterchanges. So my system may not be the best example.

[aggman]

mine did the same thing. i was at the 520 mark, and i found out it was the substrate i was using.

~alex

[jdjm07]

Cool! thats awesome that means i only have to do water change every week? but i do have to feed it with that thing name phtyosomething..sorry i dont know the exactly name!

[jdjm07]

O BTW thanks for everyone that have helped me doing this project. i really cant wait till see my tank full of coral and nice!

[Big_Pun]

depends if you have filter eating corals but i also believe pods feed on phyto also so wont hurt,

[jdjm07]

well the only fitler i have is the one that comes with the BioCube! and whats the exactly name of the phyto thing to feed the coral?

[aggman]

lol. no he means filter-feeders. not like the filter in the back of the tank.

and i think you mean phytofeast from reefnutrition. thats some good stuff.

~alex

[jdjm07]

oo im sorry! welll i have phyto max but i dont know if i should feed them with that cause on the instructions its says one drop per 50 gallons. so i really dont know if to feed them with that! i apologyze about that!

[jkhunter]

Feeding with something not as concentrated such as DTs Phytoplankton would probably be beneficial in a smaller aquarium such as biocubes. Monitor your water quality to make sure you aren't over feeding both fish and coral. Over feeding phytoplankton tends to cause your water to have a yellow tinge to it. If you begin to notice that....cut back on feeding.

[jdjm07]

O ok thank you! well i have noticed that green stuff is coming out! but it looks more like hair is it because of the same thing? i feed my fish once a day! and i dont feed the coral i'have just done the water change and it seems to look good! just the sun flower its the only one that doesnt open!

[jkhunter]

Green hair stuff sounds like hair algae (if it is growing on your rocks). That is a common problem when you use tap water to make salt water. When you mix your salt water for water changes....ro/di water is the best water to use. Snails and hermit crabs will help to clean the algae up.

[jdjm07]

Yea it is growing there and on the glass!thank you! and what can i do about the sun flower coral?

[jkhunter]

Be patient with the sun coral. It is still new to your tank and getting acclimated. Once it settles in it should polyp out more. You may want to check on it an hour or so after your lights go out. They will typically try to feed in the evening hours. If you see it open you can spot feed it melted brine or mysis shrimp using a child's medicine syringe. Don't try to do too much to your tank though. Sometimes we all have to learn the hard way which corals and fish thrive or don't thrive within our tanks. A sun coral is not the easiest of corals to care for. The other corals you listed are better for beginners.

[Big_Pun]

Sun coral can be trained to open durring the day try using a turkeyBaster or syringe(excuse my spelling) and spot feed mysis, squirt a lil on it even if close might get it to open, check my threads and I have pics of mine eating

[jdjm07]

O WOW! so that means i do have to feed the sun coral with any of those food that were mentions ! thank you! thanks again for everyone in here!

[Big_Pun]

Does it look like mine ,just making sure, if so yes u spot feed so it will grow faster, I just use Misis shrimp, they love it

http://emob663.photobucket.com/albums/uu357/stangchris/sun1Medium.jpg

[jdjm07]

yea but i only have one single sun coral! and is there a special place were i have to buy the misis shrimp?