Bio Cube or Regular Tank
Hey Folks,
I am new to the world of fish and am hoping to get my tank up and started in the next few days. However i have a dilemma: There is a $200 29 gallon biocube for sale that has fish and live rock already in it plus a few corals. Seems to have lots of algae growing in it, but i think i could clean it out. or.. Should I start my own system. Thoughts? |
I would go with it if you are satisfied with a little nano cube for awhile. What type of algae are you talking about? We can definetely combat it or you can cure the live rock and buy some new one.
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That's not bad. I would go for it. Just a little bit of hair algae but easy to deal with. Try to get it for a little cheaper. You might have to replace the light bulbs.
Now take that and turn it into this. Without the bag of doritos of course. Attachment 8148 |
I believe in skimming a reef tank and I don't believe in skimmers built for all-in-one tanks (Tunze 9002 included) so I would never buy another system like that again (I had a Solana). I would always choose the drilled tank/sump even if it meant spending a bit more.
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You could get a biocube 29 and drill it.
I had one that was drilled and had a 20 gallon sump. Worked well. Just be stingy with the feeding (or maybe just careful) and you should be able to turn it around. |
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I have no problems keeping skimmerless tanks as long as water changes are regular. I've also had great results with nutrient export through controlled macro algae harvesting. |
Hello Everyone thanks for the help!
So i am going with that tank, went to see it yesterday and its covered in algae (yuck). I am moving it thursday. Whats the best way to clean the tank without harming the coral or rocks. Thanks. |
If there's Hair algae you'll want to do a water change and suck as much out as you can. Do that regularly, like said ealier, water changes on a skimmerless tank are very critical.
As for the algae on the glass pick up a magfloat(i believe there's one made specially for bio-cube's). Takes it off great. |
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I suppose with a smaller tank it's that much easier to do larger % changes too. |
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