Media and Filtration

[dhutch]

Ok questions for the HFB!

Will the following items allow me to sustain a fish and soft coral biocube relatively easily with weekly 10% water changes?

I'm going with an Intank media rack and fuge.

Inside the media rack: Filter Floss, 10oz Chemi-Pure bag, Purigen 100ml bag.

Inside the Fuge: Not sure what goes in here, but I did get the little light for the plant life that does.

Then after all that in my 3rd chamber I have the Oceanic Biocube UV Sterilizer.

I'll have about 30lbs of live sand and 20-30lbs of LR.

[jr5104]

I'm currently running the exact setup minus the uv sterilizer. I Also have the biocube protein skimmer. I let the tank cycle with about 30lbs of sand and about 20lbs of live rock. About 3 weeks in, I added a blue damsel to help with the cycle. At about the 2 month mark (last week) I added my clean up crew. 5 snails, 5 hermit crabs, and a diamond goby. I havnt added any coral yet. I'll probably do it friday. From what I read, we should be ok with this setup as long as we keep up with the water changes. I change about 7 gallons every 2 weeks. Good luck!

[dhutch]

I'm currently running the exact setup minus the uv sterilizer. I Also have the biocube protein skimmer. I let the tank cycle with about 30lbs of sand and about 20lbs of live rock. About 3 weeks in, I added a blue damsel to help with the cycle. At about the 2 month mark (last week) I added my clean up crew. 5 snails, 5 hermit crabs, and a diamond goby. I havnt added any coral yet. I'll probably do it friday. From what I read, we should be ok with this setup as long as we keep up with the water changes. I change about 7 gallons every 2 weeks. Good luck!

Sounds good!

[myjohnson]

All you really need is LR and a power head.

If you can commit to doing 10-15% WC every week then you good.