Hey everyone, been reading up on these forums lately, very knowledgeable group of people here.
I have been getting into the SW hobby since early December, I know its not long but let em assure you that with my time off of school I have been doing nothing but reading internet articles/forums about the different aspects. Most nights Im up till 3am drinking some beers and taking notes.
I currently have a 46g BF that I started a few weeks back. It'll be post in another forum in a min.
I recently picked up a 14g BioCube, brand new still in the box for $80 off craigslist. My initial thoughts were to start cycling it and turn it into a frag tank as I learn more about corals and propagation. I pictured the little tank just having some LR, frags, cuc, and maybe a fish for bioload in the display and mods done to the chambers in the back. Ideally I would think I would want to do it BB but then I was reading some corals have problems with it.
Anyways, after that wall of text. I would like to hear what your thoughts on it are. Currently everything is stock and it has alil aquaclear 2000 PH in it with a 50w stealth heater. Using the tank to seed some 'dead' rock I have right now.
Also, my GF's dad run a marble and granite company and has offered to build a stand for it. Ive started drawing on but wanted to ask, what dimensions should I allot down below for future equipment? If you could make your own dream stand, how would you modify the basic stand?
Here's a pic of it running with some live and dead rock together. Nothing special (lights were on just for the picture)
-Stephen
I have been getting into the SW hobby since early December, I know its not long but let em assure you that with my time off of school I have been doing nothing but reading internet articles/forums about the different aspects. Most nights Im up till 3am drinking some beers and taking notes.
I currently have a 46g BF that I started a few weeks back. It'll be post in another forum in a min.
I recently picked up a 14g BioCube, brand new still in the box for $80 off craigslist. My initial thoughts were to start cycling it and turn it into a frag tank as I learn more about corals and propagation. I pictured the little tank just having some LR, frags, cuc, and maybe a fish for bioload in the display and mods done to the chambers in the back. Ideally I would think I would want to do it BB but then I was reading some corals have problems with it.
Anyways, after that wall of text. I would like to hear what your thoughts on it are. Currently everything is stock and it has alil aquaclear 2000 PH in it with a 50w stealth heater. Using the tank to seed some 'dead' rock I have right now.
Also, my GF's dad run a marble and granite company and has offered to build a stand for it. Ive started drawing on but wanted to ask, what dimensions should I allot down below for future equipment? If you could make your own dream stand, how would you modify the basic stand?
Here's a pic of it running with some live and dead rock together. Nothing special (lights were on just for the picture)
-Stephen