Xenon's 29g Biocube with upgrades! *pics*

[xenon]

I bought this 29g biocube thinking it would be good enough to keep LPS but that didn't last long. Next thing I knew I was upgrading the lighting, flow, filtration and my tank is now SPS dominated!

I estimate that I have about 40lb of Haitian live rock and 30lb of Caribsea aragonite sand.

I added two Tunze 6025 (660gph) powerheads that I alternate every 2 hours so both are never on at the same time.

I removed the false floor in chamber#1. I removed the bioballs and added a Tunze 9002 skimmer in chamber #2. I then decided to replace the return pump in chamber #3 with a maxijet 1200 to add even more flow.

I first bought a 20" Sunpod 150w MH light that I replaced with a 20" Nova Extreme Pro 6x18w T5 fixture. The Sunpod was great but it added too much heat and I could not live without actinics. The colors were so much better with the Nova. Then I got a GHL Profilux PlusII controller and learned that I could connect the new Aqua Illumination LED light modules and adjust the fixture from the Profilux so I ordered two 90w modules.

I use a Purely H2O Optima CA RO/DI system. I am running the full Balling Light method by Fauna Marin to maintain Cal, Alk, Mag. I also dose the Powertrace 1,2,3,4 by hand daily and I have the UltraLith zeolite rocks setup in a Phosban reactor to maintain the low nutrient levels required for SPS.

I have a pair of true percs, mated pair of fire shrimp, purple LTA anemone and a temporary 2" yellow tang that helped me fight a bad case of algae.




Here is the list of Fauna Marin products in the two pictures above.

BALLING SALTS - Calciumchlorid-Dihydrat
BALLING SALTS - Sodium Bicarbonate
BALLING SALTS - Magnesiumsulfat-Heptahydrat
BALLING SALTS - Magnesiumchlorid-Hexahydrat

Ultra-Trace B Iodine-Fluorine
Ultra-Trace B Heavy-Metal complex
Ultra-Trace B Strontium-Barium

Ultra-Power Trace 1 - Strontium/Calcium
Ultra-Power Trace 2 - Iron/Zinc
Ultra-Power Trace 3 - Iodine/Boron
Ultra-Power Trace 4 - Magnesium

Ultra-Lith
Ultra-Min S
Ultra-BAK
Ultra-Bio