Cedric's Simple Cube Mini 80

[Admiraltian]

Nice Lights & Setup!!

[bubblefish000]

nice looking tank

[Cedric]

Thank you all for your kind compliments.

I managed to take a few FTS shots today to show the progress and the effects of the lights with Maxspect G2 60W and the Panaroma Pro Modules combined.

Cheers!

[BELL]

Love the colours!

[SimonCkChia]

soild and neat tank!!

[mpshino]

nice lighting!

im worried for your flame angel though.. hope he doesn't get eaten by the anemone too..

[Cedric]

Update:

I was using a 7 LED 7 Watt 6000k light to grow chaeto in my refugium (see my earlier post). It was a hit and miss for growing chaeto in my personal experience. The chaeto can grow well for a month or so but it will suddenly crash. I was reading SantaMonica's post about using lower kelvin for his algae scrubber, around the region of 2700 - 3100k. I figure, if it can grow algae well in the algae scrubber, it should be able to grow chaeto well right?

So I looked around and chance upon this. It's a Philips 2700K 12w PAR 30 LED. This is definitely way more yellow compared to my previous light which was white to my naked eye. I've been using this for a few weeks and based on gut feeling, the chaeto seems to be growing faster but I cannot be totally sure. Let's see if my chaeto will crash in a few more weeks.

Cheers!

[bubblefish000]

hi bro thanks for the infor

wer did u buy the bulb from

[Cedric]

The Philips PAR30? I got it from Homefix. I'm sure there are cheaper sources, I was too lazy to look around.

[Cedric]

So far, the new Philips PAr 30 seems to be performing very well. Chaeto doubles in size in 3 days instead of 1 week when using the older 6000k bulb!

[Steve Tan]

Very nice and clean tank. Quick question, is the wave maker MP10 too strong for the cube tank?

[Cedric]

Hi Steve,

MP10 is quite alright for the tank, in fact, I was toying with the idea of putting another one in to help stir things up.

[Steve Tan]

Bro, how do you keep your nitrate leve in check? Are u using FR as well?

[Cedric]

No FR, just protein skimmer and chaeto.

[Cedric]

Finally collected my new toy from Dr Evil today! This is to replace my old but trusty Bubble Magus NAC 3.5. I was surfing the web 2 months back and chance upon a different modle of skimmer from Bubble Magus which is just a tiny bit bigger, uses the same wattage but draws300 litre air per hour, 100 litre more air compared to the old atman pump. It is not a whole lot more expensive, so why not?

It came in the usual packaging.

The plastic seems to be of better build quality, the cone is seamless and the skimmer can be broken apart into more pieces for cleaning.

This is the Rock Pump SP1000. Instead of saying how many litres of water it moves, it states how many litres of air it draws.

This is a quick visual comparison of the two skimmer. Just that tiny bit bigger. Its a very tight fit into the sump tank but it'll work! Time to break in the skimmer!

[Admiraltian]

BM C3.5? This model has a better pump compared to atman ones.

[Jameshong]

It's feasible to fix rock pump SP1000 into NAC3.5?

Since you have both BM skimmer, mind help to check?

[Cedric]

Hi Admiraltian, yup, it's a C3.5.

Hi Jameshong, with my limited experience of having the C3.5 for less than 24 hours, I will say no, not advisable. The output from the SP1000 looks much stronger compared the the atman pump with the density of air in the skimmer body looking much densier. The skimmer neck is wider and the skimmer body is also bigger probably to make use of the increase volume of air drawn in (my guess).

In short, I think you can fit SP1000 into NAC3.5, but question is whether that is the smart thing to do?

[Cedric]

Hi all, the new C3.5 has broken in and working great. Anyone wants my old NAC3.5 for free? I dropped the collection cup and cracked it. I superglued it back and it no longer leaks. The body is in dire need of a good scrub but otherwise, it is in perfect working condition. Any takers?

[Cedric]

Hi all, reserved already!

[peacemaker]

Possible to take a video of the new skimmer's performance?

[tansh]

Possible to take a video of the new skimmer's performance?

Just replace my old 3.5 to c3.5 due to pump faulty.Skimmer alrdy start to skim after 30min running.

[Cedric]

My Maxspect 60W has been giving me loads of problems with the LEDs not powering on and I have to cycle the power switch to get everything lit. It's time for an upgrade! I finally settled for the GHL MItra 6100hv.

[Cedric]

The biggest headache was how to mount the lights on top of the tank. Thankfully, Dr Evil came to the rescue with the Mazarra stands. It really is very versatile, we had quite a few options before we settled on the simplest solution!

And finally . . .

We had a hell of a time drooling at the amount of light, playing with the thunderstorm mode and the various channels of light available. This light is amazing!!!

[Hon]

Wow.. Super bright. Remember to put on the free pair of sunglasses before you stare at the tank.