Advice Needed. 14 Gallon Biocube.

[biocube14]

Ok. Caved in and bought my LED fixture today. From Frank Aq.LED.

Its a zetlight nano touch. Very pleased with the multiple light settings and best of all great customer service. Finally got rid of all those wires in the back of the tank from the stock CF system. Just 1 wire with this unit lol. I'm amazed.

Lighting on the highest and lowest settings.

Sorry for the bad pics with my phone. I'll use my SLR next time. Now to add nicer corals!

[biocube14]

2 more updated pics. Added a few more corals since the last update. Added a hammer, frogspawn, candy cane and bubble.

So far so good. I hope I'll be able to keep these alive. Any suggestions on placement would be great! I read online that they like mid to low fow so i directed my powerhead to the left wall of the tank and the return is now pointed to the top, front center of the tank.

Also read that people had success without adding additives to the tank. Any tips for these corals would be great!

[pinkreef]

The candy and will probably like it higher up but you can wait and see. The more it expands the happier it is. If it never expands move higher Ps your tank is looking great !

[biocube14]

Thanks for the kind words! I will move the candy up top tomorrow.

I also moved the brain coral to the bottom right. I wonder if placing the brain on the sand is ok. I noticed the frogspawn was touching the brain and it wasn't opening up on one side. It is ok now since I placed him on the sand bed. Will it be happy with lower lighting?

Next up on the list are a open brain coral and maybe a flowerpot. Wanting to get some red in the tank.

[pinkreef]

I have tried 3 flower pots with no luck. Green are most common but some are hard to keep. The reds are hardiest I've heard. You can get aquacultured ones now. More pricey but more likely to live. How are you finding your eater temp with your new lights?

[biocube14]

Oh hard to keep huh? I better not since I'm just starting out. Maybe when I upgrade I will try one.

Lights are good. doesn't heat up the water at all. I like them and my corals seem like they do as well! Only time will tell. I hope they will thrive in my current setting.

[toytech]

Everything looks good , that light is nice very even colors . Regular water changes will keep all your levels in check , no need for additives . There are some red encrusting flowerpots (goniopora ) that people are having good success with but they do like higher light .

[biocube14]

Ok no additives it is! Better for my wallet that way lol

Here are a few more pictures with my iphone. The bubble has finally expanded a lot more. Seems to be a lot happier after I moved it away from the frogspawn. It is now on the sand bed with medium flow. The hammer and frogspawn are both doing their thing, opening up to their max everyday.

Next up, a trip to the LFS to get 1 or 2 more pieces. Perhaps a brain for the sand and ?

This is starting to getting addicting/dangerous

[hfp75]

how about your sand I see the diatoms/red slime... you need snails man....

1-Nassarius (8) & Cerith (10)
2-Bumble Bee Snails (6)
3-Turbo snails (1 & maybe 1 more for 2 if he isn't doing enough)
4-Sand Star @ 24g you can get a small one.
5-Hermits - Dwarf (really small x10) and one size bigger (6)

If you have a 14g I go with the above numbers.

or you'll forever have issues.... get those before more coral.

[biocube14]

Its a relatively new setup still. Around a month only I believe.

I added some snails already.2 of them. Anything else I can do or have to wait until the tank is older for these to disappear on its own?

Thanks!