Bio Cube setup ?

I have had good luck with the stock lighting. I use rock rubble with gfo and charcoal in media bags. The biocube skimmer works ok at best but you can trim the lid and fit in a nice small HOB skimmer. They are a lot of fun and I will look forward to seeing some pics. Shaun

 

ATO is a must for these little tanks. Do yourself a favor and get one ASAP. Evaporation w/o a lid with a MH hanging a few inches from the water surface in the middle of the dry winter is gonna be crazy. Another tip, WATCH YOUR FEEDING! I know you are used to feeding handfuls of food, that is gonna be a hard habit to break. A little goes along way in these little tanks. Another thing to consider is the sensitivity of a little tank. You need to make sure your salinity is spot on when doing water changes. I know when i had my large system running I got a little sloppy at times but being i had such a large volume of water it didn't matter much.

I could probably rattle off tips all day long, just take things slow and keep things clean and you will be fine.

 

Just curious. I have a 29 gallon oceanic biocube and am trying to figure out which of the 3 chambers in the back to put my gfo/carbon media bags in to make sure I'm getting the flow through them I need. Which one do you put yours in???

 

I have a Sapphire Aquatics nano reactor in my 1st chamber ATM, ideally it should go in the 3rd chamber but I already have 2 maxi jet 1200's and a ATO float in it. Its a little cramped.

 

I put the media in the center chamber of the back.

 

After thinking about some more I actually managed to fit the nano reactor in my 3rd chamber along with the return pump, chiller feed pump, and ATO float switches. Needless to say, the 3rd chamber is now officially full.