Your opinion needed

Kryptic4L · #1 03-01-2010, 06:16 AM

:/ says the people with open top's AIO would be an excellent choice with some pc's as the temp dont get to high, and evap is very low.

BC564 · #2 03-01-2010, 02:37 PM

I have a 14 gal Bio cube at my office....so it has a closed top....water evaporation is not an issue......the tank is thriving....just make sure you do a small water change weekly. I have a 2 inch sand bed.....with a sand sifting gobey....two clowns in a small anemone ....snails hermits....emerald crab.....serpent star... its a happy place. about 8 different corals. Sorry for picture quality.....camera phone

Coleus · #3 03-01-2010, 05:53 PM

Yeah, i am facing huge dilema whether setting up a bio cube at work place to take care of all my lps or sell them. If i keep one at the office, i will only have tap water to play with, not sure if it is a good thing.

If i am going to set up the bio cube, i definitely will try to get T5 and close top.

Is bio cube easier to take care than normal tank?

kien · #4 03-01-2010, 05:55 PM

another challenge with a tank at work is when you have to go on customer site trips or on vacation.. unless you have competent co-workers.

Coleus · #5 03-01-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

another challenge with a tank at work is when you have to go on customer site trips or on vacation.. unless you have competent co-workers.

Hmm I don't have competent co-workers :-( crying. I love this hobby as much as hating it sometime. I love to get some angel in my tank but once i sold couple pieces of my lps, i really feel sad. this is why i come up with the idea of having a tank at my workplace

Another tank in the house won't go well with my wife. Kien, you are very very lucky man.

Arggg,

BC564 · #6 03-01-2010, 06:05 PM

For going out of town or vacations..I just have a co worker drop in some food pellets every couple days. If your going to do a tank at work....I would definately go with the biocube 14 or 29. You can go longer on water changes if you need to but wouldnt make it a habit.

kien · #7 03-01-2010, 06:07 PM

I understand your pain.. it is really tough sometimes to decide between a beloved coral and/or fish. Or even between two fish as sometimes there is a lot of incompatibilities that we try to turn a blind eye to.. but eventually it catches up to us until we can't ignore it any longer :-( There is usually no easy answer to the dilemma.

kien · #8 03-01-2010, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by BC564

For going out of town or vacations..I just have a co worker drop in some food pellets every couple days. If your going to do a tank at work....I would definately go with the biocube 14 or 29. You can go longer on water changes if you need to but wouldnt make it a habit.

Or you can put on an auto-feeder. Those work well too. And if you have a ATO then you don't really need a co-worker for that. You would just need to train someone up in the event of an emergency. No different than with your tank at home, except that you may not trust your coworkers to know what to do in the bad case scenario.