Im getting a 29g biocube. How many of these would I need? I want to keep some hard corals!
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I have 46 Gal Run 2 of it and it run alternating with Hydor Korilia Smart wave, it save electric and make sure the tank have enough flow.
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I am not sure but I have had the coral life for about a year and my plants did horrible. They were doing great but now hardly anything grows. Unless you have a shallow tank I would get something stronger.
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I have the 29 gal bio cube..I gutted the lid, saved the clear cover for the light and put the led lights in its place and put the clear cover over the led lights. I did not have to "mount" them, because the clear cover holds them in place with the screws. the led light have an extension bar that I pulled out far enough to over lap the clear cover. Once you get the lights and look at it you will see what I mean. I have not had any trouble at all installing them this way, plus they are covered by the clear cover.Im very glad that I bought the lights and set them up this way, no more fan noise and the heat is almost non existant. I just purchased the 38 to 46 for my 72 gal bow front and cant wait to get them!!! Hope this helped
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Used one in two gal rubbermaid and another in five. Was a little overkill. Will use these as back up in my five gallon reef in case of power outage.
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I have this on a 20 gallon tank and after acclimating the frags to the light, I have montipora growing about 5" from the surface. But acros or really high light corals, no way. Get a quad t5 ho or a dimmable Evergrow from ebay.
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It depends on what you are doing with the tank. I have 2 in a 120 gallon mixed reef. ..
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I would say you will need 2 at minimum. You will have to hang fixtures at height that will give you the spread you are looking for to cover your tank.This light has been very good to me with LPS and a few SPS corals because it is adjustable for intensity. I have 2 over a 55 gal. (48" Long) tank. In 2 months I have seen a lot of new growth in my corals.
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I use two for my 55 gallon reef. SPS/LPS mix. I only run them at ~70% strength and everything does great. I think one would be good.
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I started a biocube with the CaribSea. I used live ocean water and other sand that we had gotten in fort myers beach. Even with the biocube filters and a UV filter it took about 2 days for thewater to clear. Have you tried water treatment that speeds the cycle of the tank?
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As far as substrate goes, the deeper the better. Most people recommend at least two inches deep. That said, I have a 20gal long, which is basically 2-ten gallons side by side and I used 2 bags. But the substrate isn't as deep as I'd like. In your case, I'd get two bags just to be safe, and that way you'll have more hardscaping options as well. If you choose to get two bags, I'd recommend a bag of the gravel as a base, and a bag of the sand as a topper. Bigger plants will root better to the gravel and you get more room down there for the good bacteria to grow. By the way, this stuff is fantastic. Rinse it well and you won't be disappointed. As far as substrate goes, the deeper the better. Most people recommend at least two inches deep. That said, I have a 20gal long, which is basically 2-ten gallons side by side and I used 2 bags. But the substrate isn't as deep as I'd like. In your case, I'd get two bags just to be safe, and that way you'll have more hardscaping options as well. If you choose to get two bags, I'd recommend a bag of the gravel as a base, and a bag of the sand as a topper. Bigger plants will root better to the gravel and you get more room down there for the good bacteria to grow. By the way, this stuff is... » Read More As far as substrate goes, the deeper the better. Most people recommend at least two inches deep. That said, I have a 20gal long, which is basically 2-ten gallons side by side and I used 2 bags. But the substrate isn't as deep as I'd like. In your case, I'd get two bags just to be safe, and that way you'll have more hardscaping options as well. If you choose to get two bags, I'd recommend a bag of the gravel as a base, and a bag of the sand as a topper. Bigger plants will root better to the gravel and you get more room down there for the good bacteria to grow. By the way, this stuff is fantastic. Rinse it well and you won't be disappointed. « Show Less
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If you are doing a reef tank, I would go with 2 units, if its just saltwater fish with artificial plants and stuff, you could probably get away with 1 unit. I am looking to maybe upgrade to something like that, I have looked at a 47 Gallon bowfront, and would add another unit, and maybe play around with lowering the light level, or cutting back the white LED levels some. Under full blue LED's only, everything in my tank takes on completely different colors, and glows a bright blue, pretty cool at night sometimes.
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I have 1 mixed white/blue and 1 all blue strip on my 40G. I can grow soft LPS and some SPS corals depending on placement in the tank. However I
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It all depends on what you have in your tank and how much flow you would like or need I have two of these on either side of my tank and it's a 26g nano softie/lps reef tank. If you have a fish only or a freshwater tank and just looking to had some circulation in the tank than this should be fine although if this is the only pump your adding I would suggest the next higher model up I believe it's around 420 gph? Hope this answers your question
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I have these lighting up 2 dead corners in my 265 gal reef. based on where mine are placed I think you would need no more than 2. try one first holding over tank before installation to see how it works. you can always return the second if not needed. good luck.
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Absolutely!!! You could easily house 10 safely and comfortably in the bio cube 14. ;-)
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What do you plan on keeping in the tank? If fish only and leathers then yes but if you plan on keeping sps or LPs corals then no I would buy something else
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They are a little small for a 65 if you are going to be keeping SPS or LPS corals. If just softies, you may be good, but I would go a bit bigger unless you are putting several of the Hydros in there. Say 2 on each side and possibly 2 on the back. I know they are a bit more expressive, but if you are trying to save money go with the jabos, or if you are willing to invest, I cannot stress enough, tons tons tons better, the Vortechs. I use Vortechs 2 MP40 controlled with my apex; I know they are very expressive but they are worth every penny in comparison, especially if you have the apex controller with the wxm. This is how I have mine set up and the difference is night and day. I went from the large jabos to two Vortechs. My corals responded almost instantly. They love them. The Jabos push the water hard while the Vortechs create an undertow and are gentle so you don't blast you corals. This allows for less trash from settling on the sand bed. I can tell the most when feeding; the food never touches the sand bed, it stays floating the whole time and that is without using the feed mode. They all work different and it is to much to get into, but if you are going to build a reef tank you want to go as natural as possible and the Vortechs are the only way to go IMHO. You can sometimes find them for a good price used on ebay, and remember all ecotech equipment are able to be upgraded with a simple plug and play. 1 MP40 should do you for now and just add another later as a slave and run it at a max of 75%. If you need additional info I am happy to help.