My 14g Biocube (Tell me what you think)

[kkralicek]

Hello All,

I am new to the community and was introduced to it by B&B Aquatics of San Antonio. I have had my tank for 1 year now and everything is running perfect. All of my livestock is growing outstanding.

A little about my 14g Biocube. I have upgraded the pump to a Rio 210gph, Hydor deflector, replaced bioballs with rubble, added an Oceanic Protein Skimmer, use a Hagan 30 gallon carbon bag above the rubble and I replace it monthly and I run a 50/50 PC and an Actenic PC (Stock). I plan on upgrading the lighting to 3 PC's (10,000K, Actenic and 50/50) here very soon. I have about 1 1/2- 2 inches of substrate and 17-20 pounds of live rock.

My current livestock consists of: Pulsing Xenia, Frogspawn, Torch Coral, Candy Cane Coral (NEW), Zooanthids (Green, Blue, Brown and Pink Center), Yellow Polyps, Mushrooms (Green Stripe, Green, Purple and Pink), Ricordias (Pink and purple), Starburst Polyps and Grape Calupra. I have 2 fish: Bi-Color Blenny and a Firefish. I have snalis, blue and red leg hermits, Nassarius and a Queen Conch.

I keep my levels as follows:
Ph - 7.8-8.2
DKH - 8
Cal - 470-520
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 0
Ammonia - 0
Temp - 80

Lights run as follow:
Actenic - 0600-2000hrs
50/50 - 0700-1900hrs
Moonlights - 1900-0700hrs

You can find the pictures of my tank here: http://www.maast.org/forums/album.php?albumid=36

Thanks for looking!
Kevin

[Iplantz]

Nice tank! What kind of coral is that at the top of the tank?

[kkralicek]

Those are my very fast growing Pulsating Xenia bush. Right now it is about 10 stalks and I am fraging about 4-6 stalks for B&B aquatics.

[aggman]

man that is a sweet tank...can't wAit for mine to look like that.

~alex

[kkralicek]

I just aquired some small green fuzzy mushrooms and a clove polyp branch. Hope it grows quick and I will update and post recent pics when everything gets aquanted and settled in.

Kevin

[glennr1978]

I like it.

[Calvert13]

That's really nice! I like it.

[topsoil]

I like your coral placement. really nice.

[tropheusmaster]

Awesome