Oceanic 29 Gallon biocube

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Hey everyone.
I have decided that I want to give a salt water aquarium a try. I was thinking about getting one of the oceanic 29 gallon biocubes. I was wondering if that would be a good set up? Is there any thing else i would need to get that doenst come with the kit other then a heater? I was thinking about using it as a fowlr. Thanks.
 
wonderboy1377s said:
Hey everyone.
I have decided that I want to give a salt water aquarium a try. I was thinking about getting one of the oceanic 29 gallon biocubes. I was wondering if that would be a good set up? Is there any thing else i would need to get that doenst come with the kit other then a heater? I was thinking about using it as a fowlr. Thanks.
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First off I would say dive on in.

When setting up first get some base rock in and put in your substrate (sand).
Then place your rocks how you want them.

there are 3 chambers .... the second chamber remove all bio balls. Replace them all with live rock rubble or just dead rock what ever is in your financial range. Dead rock would be cheaper. Just needs time to seed.

The original filters that come with it between chamber 1 and 2...stinks...they dust over easy and then interrupt the flow causing the 3rd chamber with pump to suck air cause water level will drop cause of the flow imbalance.

Just remove that thing entirely. Buy some filter pads in sheets like Phosphate and Carbon ones... Then cut them to fit under the second chamber grill to catch debris. Change that once a week.

Inside the main display you could add some pieces to the outake to disperse the flow...putting a 2 way split and having two nozzles for outtake would help distribute the flow ..not needed but I preferred it.

The tank doesnt have to be fowlr it can do well with corals (soft ones). If you decide to go coral change those bulbs inside ..the blue one called actinic..change it for a 10k to provide more of the white spectrum for those corals..

The only needed adjustments is the filter suggestion and making sure you have live rock rubble in the second chamber.

Water change 5 g a week on that and you will have a good tank.. just be sure to use RO water for top off and mixing.

The expensive suggestion I have is buying the CPR bakpak designed for nano tanks...they have one that perfectly fits in the bio cube 2nd chamber.
You get that puppy in there you can lower your water changes amount and frequency.

enjoy ...good nano tanks.
 
I have a BioCube 29 that I'm using for freshwater. My dad had it as a reef tank and loved it. He modded the lighting- there are now 2 of the white lights, and 2 of the actinics. I also replaced the fans with SilenX ones- cost me about $20 with shipping for both, and was really easy to do. The standard ones were kinda loud, these ones I can't even hear!

The only other issue I had was with fish getting over the wall into the filter. But I'm guessing your SW fish will be a lot bigger than my danios lol, so that might not be an issue. If it is, I siliconed some plastic craft mesh on the make a wall and it works perfectly!

Also just and FYI you cand stick the heater into the right right filter chamber, fits perfect and then the cord fits in the slot.

ToeJam- can you tell me a little more about dispersing the flow from the output? I'm interesting in that.
 
clb2196 said:
I have a BioCube 29 that I'm using for freshwater. My dad had it as a reef tank and loved it. He modded the lighting- there are now 2 of the white lights, and 2 of the actinics. I also replaced the fans with SilenX ones- cost me about $20 with shipping for both, and was really easy to do. The standard ones were kinda loud, these ones I can't even hear!

The only other issue I had was with fish getting over the wall into the filter. But I'm guessing your SW fish will be a lot bigger than my danios lol, so that might not be an issue. If it is, I siliconed some plastic craft mesh on the make a wall and it works perfectly!

Also just and FYI you cand stick the heater into the right right filter chamber, fits perfect and then the cord fits in the slot.

ToeJam- can you tell me a little more about dispersing the flow from the output? I'm interesting in that.
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My local stores sell these plastic parts taht fit on that output on the wall..and they can bend and snake around...you can split that off x2 and put that fan like piece on each end...also you can up that pump size inside to add even more flow.

I wish I knew the names of those things I dont..I will have to ask the store unless one of the site mods can answer on what exactly those parts are called... from what I see they are very common in the stores I go to.
 
clb2196 said:
I have a BioCube 29 that I'm using for freshwater. My dad had it as a reef tank and loved it. He modded the lighting- there are now 2 of the white lights, and 2 of the actinics. I also replaced the fans with SilenX ones- cost me about $20 with shipping for both, and was really easy to do. The standard ones were kinda loud, these ones I can't even hear!

The only other issue I had was with fish getting over the wall into the filter. But I'm guessing your SW fish will be a lot bigger than my danios lol, so that might not be an issue. If it is, I siliconed some plastic craft mesh on the make a wall and it works perfectly!

Also just and FYI you cand stick the heater into the right right filter chamber, fits perfect and then the cord fits in the slot.

ToeJam- can you tell me a little more about dispersing the flow from the output? I'm interesting in that.
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I replaced the fans too with the silenx fans..i got the 3-2 pin adapter and they fit right in there perfectly.

hehe yea i used it for freshwater and 1 cory went over the wall and 1 swordtail went over, the cory died cause he went into the drip plate, and the sword went into the return pump chamber,

i put my own ghetto plastic wall to fix that...


i put my heater in the right chamber too

overall its a nice tank but oceanic needs to think more about design like the wall between the tank and the filter.. on my biocube the water goes right over the wall lol... and the hood needs to be on hinges.. its kind of a pain to take on and off



i think its kind of meant to be a SW tank so it should be good for you just be aware of my problems :werd:
 
but i dont have the tank any more i donated it to a friend (Smartdog126 on this forum) so on the weekend me and him maintain and other stuff on his 4+ tanks

i now just have a mini bow 5 on my desk for my betta :)

i still LOVE aquariums but just too much work for me cause my tap was sooo baddd.. the last time i tested it was.

PH-8.3
Ammonia 4.0+++
Nitrite 2.0++
Nitrate 30

and when i tryed to dechlorinate it i would have to like 5x overdose the water and it did nothing!! haha
 
DoN_WoN said:
I replaced the fans too with the silenx fans..i got the 3-2 pin adapter and they fit right in there perfectly.

hehe yea i used it for freshwater and 1 cory went over the wall and 1 swordtail went over, the cory died cause he went into the drip plate, and the sword went into the return pump chamber,

i put my own ghetto plastic wall to fix that...


i put my heater in the right chamber too

overall its a nice tank but oceanic needs to think more about design like the wall between the tank and the filter.. on my biocube the water goes right over the wall lol... and the hood needs to be on hinges.. its kind of a pain to take on and off



i think its kind of meant to be a SW tank so it should be good for you just be aware of my problems :werd:
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The overflow of the wall is because the tank is not level. I had the same problem till I took out my leveler and adjusted my stand with inserts under the legs of my fish stand.

It's touchy like that...it will also happen if you have restricted flow from the 1st chamber to 2nd chamber if you have too much water in the tank also.
 
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