JBJ 28g 150W HQI Cube :)!

[Zoaelite]

Okay, so now that I finally have a little time to update this thread and get some photos on it I will! To start off I purchased that tank around 5 months ago after selling my 105G Fresh water and 55G FOWLER. The tank is a 28G JBJ 150W HQI which I purchased from *removed* with the matching black stand.

These are the Non Modified specifications:
(1)150 HQI/14K
(4) Nite-Vu LEDs with separate power cord
(2) UL-Listed Accela Power heads (266 gph each/ 16w each)
(2) Directional Flow Nozzles on each side of the aquarium
(1)Ocean Pulse Duo - Alternating Wave-maker
(1) Protein Skimmer (counter current) with air pump
(1) Integrated center overflow
(1)Newly redesigned filtration system with designated heater column and protein skimmer with constant water levels.
(4) |Integrated Cooling fans (3000 RPM's)
(1) Flame Retardant ABS Canopy Housing
(1)Integrated Thermal Protector for Canopy
(1)Removal Filter Media Basket with Handle and Sliding Door for easy access
(1) Filter Media - Sponge, Activated Carbon and Ceramic Rings

Tank Upgrades:
(2) 13W Atinic supplement lights Installed with Ballast
(1) Upstream 10g Fuge plumed and Installed with a UL-Listed Accela Powerhead (266 gph)
(1) 65W Corallife fixture (50/50) for Upstream Fuge
(1) Fluval 404 with Live rock Rubble and Chemi-Pure
(5) Assorted Timers
(3) Assorted Power Bars
(1) 100W Hagen Heater
(1) Tunze NanoStream 6025

Live Stock:
(2) False Percs
(1) Flashers Filament Wrasse
(1) Bi-Color Blenny
(1) Randalls Goby
(1) Orchid Dotty Back
(1) Blue Linkia Star
(1) Pistol Shrimp
(Massive) Clean up crew including Blue/Scarlet Hermits, Turbos, Cerith Snail, Bristle Worms, Bristle Stars)
Appx. 30 Lbs of Live rock
Appx. 15 Lbs of Live sand
Chaetomorpha sp.
Grape caulerpa

Corals:
(1) Frogspawn with 8-9 heads
(9) Different Zoo/ Paly Colonies (All Colors of the rainbows including some prized ones)
(1) Rose Bubble Tip Anemone
(1) Fuzzy Green Mushroom Rock
(1) Mushroom Rock (Unknown Fuzzie Species/ Around 3)
(1) 4 Inch Tridacna crocea
(1) Green Acan Frag
(1) Red/Green Favia Frag
(1) Green/ Brown Acropora with Acro crab
(1) Blastomussa wellsi Rock
(2) Encrusting Montipora species
(1) Prized Pinapple Shapped Green/Orange Favia colony
(1) 6inch by 8inch patch of Flourecent green GSP
(1) 3inch by 2inch Clove Polyp patch
(1) Sun Coral with around 15 heads
(1) Orange/ Blue Favia Colony

The main goal I'm looking to perfect in my tank environment is a that of a Relaxing Area. I perfected this by not only having a eye catching color scheme and a layered species effect but by incorporating the area around my tank with live plants (Which benefit from stray light). The other major feature of having quite a few live plants around my tank is that it works amazing at covering up all of those ugly wires/ fixtures so when people come over to see my tank there not distracted by all of my fire hazards . The main reason I restarted this tank blog is because tonight I came down to find my Pistol/Randals Goby together for the first time . After taking a few photos I reminded myself that I had kinda let my original post on here go unattended so I started typing. Below are a few photos of the tank. Enjoy and feel free to ask me as many questions as you like.

Levi


Back Ground:


Wrasse


Atinic Zoos


Pistol:


Flourecent:


Amazing Clam:


Favia Atinic:


Encrusting montipora:


Randals:



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[Zoaelite]

Green Zoo's


Brown Zoo's


Teal Zoo's


Old FTS


Perspective:


Torch:


Clam:



Favia:


Fuge:


Fuge:



Goby


Hermit:


Perspective 2:

[digital-audiophile]

I would assume the skimmer just needs to "break-in" a little bit. I had a heck of a time with my CSS when I first got it but a year+ on it works great and pulls the darkest nastiest crud out of the tank you could imagine.

[Ruth]

Did you use live rock from your previous system or is everything in the tank new?
If new it might be just the usual cycle of algeas that we always seem to go through on a new tank.
If you used old live rock it could be that it had a bunch of crud that had settled in the rock and moving it has released the nutrients to feed the algea.
You might want to think about hooking up a phosban reactor for a little while to try and clear up the algea. Or borrow a sea hare from someone for a little while to chow down.

[Zoaelite]

More Photos:

Mushrooms:



Mix:



Blue/Orange Favia:


Anenome:


Randals and Pistol


Full Room Shot:


Side tank Shot:


Fuge:


Blasto's in Fuge:


Fuge Reactor (By attaching a bag of chemi pure directly to the input line on my fuge I've created the same effect as a reactor, because theres a distributed flow directly into the chemipure media it causes it to constantly move but stay inside of the chemi pure bag. This essentially acts as a filter sock also but Ive you really notice the difference when it makes the water crystal clear)


Got Milk?:

[Zoaelite]

So I added 10 Snails, some livesand and a Bunch of Cheato/ Grape in addition to the RO water change the tank is almost growing NO algea now and the Kenya is open and Happy on both Stems !!! When I get home from work today il post some picks, thanks for the advice though. Im still interested in any suggestinos for the inhabitants of the tank.
(Oh and I forgot I bought a POM POM crab from *removed*a while back and I could never find it. Now that my tank is smaller I saw him last night out on the rocks!)
Levi

[Zoaelite]

Ok So I added afew more snails (15) and a Peppermint Shrimp plus a large Liverock covered with Mushrooms and which luckily came with a bunch of small brissle starrs. Added a $20 fan to lower temp from 84 to 78 over night!
Tank Perameters-
Salinity- Perfect (1.20 I think?)
NH3- 0
Nitrates- Needs a little work
Nitrite- 0
Temp- 79 as of now

Il finally post pictures tonight too
Levi

[KennyKen]

Hey, i see you havent posted in a while, id like to see some photos of your cube

Also, what kinda of fan did you add.

[Zoaelite]

Im sorry about not keeping up to date on this thread school and work kinda overwhelmed me . The tank is comming along great so Il be revamping this complete thread right away here ! The fan I used was some regular Walmart fan but it is no longer needed because winter time rolled around
Levi

[maxxxim]

Sounds like a cool little nano. So come on Levi, lets see some shots hahah. Although I shouldnt even be talking, I dont even have a thread for my tank yet Maybe on the weekend, once I clean the glass a little bit.

Max.