I have run a few freshwater aquariums in the past and want to start back up again. I have always had good luck with the freahwater side of things. Been able to maintain live plants, plenty of fish. I've been out of it for a little while, but I've always wanted to get into saltwater. I lkive in MA and was at Tropic Isle in Framingham the the other day and saw these tanks from Oceanic. Just looking for a little feedback. My thought was to start with some live rock and sand and then eventually add a couple of small fish. I was looking at the 29 gal model. Thanks.
Oceanic Biocubes
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I am a proud owner of a Biocube 29, it's been up and running for about 15 weeks. This board is full of great info but I find that Nano.Reef.com has alot of fellow BC29 owners. There are alot of us that have made some mods to the BC29 to help the water flow in the rear chambers better for better filtration. Please check out Nano-reef.com/forums to see if the BC29 is something you want to do. The filtration that comes with the BC29 is a joke. Most owners have removeed the filter and bioballs(nitrate collectors) and run a skimmer i nthe 2nd chamber. I bought the Sapphire aquatics skimmer made custom for the BC29 $115.00. If you have any questions please let me know.
I am a proud owner of a Biocube 29, it's been up and running for about 15 weeks. This board is full of great info but I find that Nano.Reef.com has alot of fellow BC29 owners. There are alot of us that have made some mods to the BC29 to help the water flow in the rear chambers better for better filtration. Please check out Nano-reef.com/forums to see if the BC29 is something you want to do. The filtration that comes with the BC29 is a joke. Most owners have removeed the filter and bioballs(nitrate collectors) and run a skimmer i nthe 2nd chamber. I bought the Sapphire aquatics skimmer made custom for the BC29 $115.00. If you have any questions please let me know.
This is exactly what I want to do. Keep it smaller to start, although everything I've read and experienced with fresh water says bigger is better. Wether I'm going about it the wrong way or not, my thought was that I start out smaller get established with this and then really plan out a bigger system. Eventually I'd like to get into a 75 + gal . Thanks for the info, I'll check it out.
Yeah, I was the same way, had a 10 gallon tropical brackishwater tank for awhile since saltwater costs money upfront to start. The BC29 definitley keeps me busy but I love every minute of it! It's a beautiful tank. I've dumped quite a bit of money into it with mods and such.