Biocube 29g build

[Garyd]

So I decided to take the plunge and dive head first in to the saltwater side of this great hobby.
I have kept freshwater fish for many years and like a lot of people was scared/nervous to start saltwater I mean it seemed so daunting mixing your own saltwater having rodi and all that fun stuff that comes with it . But after lots of research and watching different YouTube channels which by the way are far to addictive.
So the tank I have decided to start with is a biocube 29 knowing full well I was going to do some mods I picked 1 up used cheap and have decided I did not want to go rimless with young kids and water evap I wanted to keep the lid and had decided I wanted to go with the AI prime hd so what to do.
Well I came up with the idea to cut a whole in the lid for the prime to sit in keeping the best of both worlds that I want . (Pics below).
Then to tackle filtration and after doing some more research I have decided on intank media basket and aquamaxx 1.5 hob skimmer with a couple of mods will fit in the 2nd chamber with no problem and once I have removed the first chamber baffles to stop detritus build up I think we should be ready to go with the next steps and decision making .

 

[NY_Caveman]

It will be interesting to see if there are any heat issues, but it seems clever. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Evan28395950]

Nice!

 

[SPR1968]

Very nice Gary, and welcome to R2R as well!

 

[Garyd]

Had picked up some caribsea life rock from my lfs and played with some aqua scraping ideas trying to decide before I add the substrate

 

[legendOfDragon]

The light seem little dark. Is it all blue ?

 

[Garyd]

I have not programmed the light yet so won't be set like that

 

[3mm3]

I like what you did with the light install!

 

[Garyd]

I am in process of changing it was getting to hot so have removed the lid got a clearview lid on order and have light mounted I was hoping keeping the lid would work and keep evaluating down but was wrong lol

 

[Mkus]

Nice one thing I did was make a refugium in the middle chamber with a thin multi colored led light taped on the back made all the difference in my tank!
no skimmer though just 2 gal water changes a week..
And I gutted my light and did Trulumen leds strips which are adjustable..
great lights..

 

[clarke.matthew1]

InTank Media Basket in the 2nd chamber is great for a fuge
Top section- Filter Floss
2nd section- Carbon
3rd section- I run chaeto with a innovative marine ChaetoMax light attached to back glass