Inocense's Bio Cube 29g Thread

Jason R said:
Definitely! He is my favorite fish and I would hate to lose him. My most amazing save happened a few weeks ago in my 100 Gallon tank. My Flame Angel had jumped and when I found him he felt dry so I was going to dispose of the body but I decided to put him in the water on the off chance he was OK. He didn't move so I took him out and was walking towards the trash can when I decided to try one more time. The second time in the water he slowly started to breath. I was shocked but happy. I have to admit I still didn't expect him to make it though as he was in bad shape and swimming sideways. I put him in an egg crate enclosure so that I would be able to find the body when he died. I went to work bummed out for the day. When I got home I was surprised to find him still alive. A few days later he was 100% back to normal and you can't tell he ever had anything wrong with him. At that point I renamed him to Chuck Norris.
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WOW that's cool :-)
CHUCK NORRIS ...



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I FINALLY got my beast of a bristle worm out of my tank! And I went to AquaPros to pick up some snails and hermit's and left with... Snails, hermits and this guy!!.. lol...

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He's tiny and no problems with the other fish.
 
n10sity said:
So when Chuck Norris the jawfish surfaces from the water, the rest of the tank gets the bends, eh? *grins*

I heard that jawfish are real jumpers.
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YES they are ..

they would find the smallest of the holes to jump .. but i have seen a couple of jaw fish in open top tanks .. without any screen or anything.
 
They are most definitely potential jumpers. That's why I keep my Jawfish in my BioCube tank with a lid. One time Matt at Sho Tank was fish sitting for me while I was getting my floors redone. My Dusky Jawfish jumped out of his tank so he gave me a replacement Dusky. Than the replacement jumped too. When I got the Blue Spot Jawfish I became extremely careful so that he can't jump.
 
Jason R said:
They are most definitely potential jumpers. That's why I keep my Jawfish in my BioCube tank with a lid. One time Matt at Sho Tank was fish sitting for me while I was getting my floors redone. My Dusky Jawfish jumped out of his tank so he gave me a replacement Dusky. Than the replacement jumped too. When I got the Blue Spot Jawfish I became extremely careful so that he can't jump.
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Make sure he doesnt jump into one of those back chambers .. thats what mine did when i still had the hood of my biocube
 
tinman said:
Make sure he doesnt jump into one of those back chambers .. thats what mine did when i still had the hood of my biocube
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How the heck? Maybe my hood is different, but it would be awfully hard for them to get back there in my tank.

I have had small hermits crawl back there, however.
 
Totally possible Adam! My Tail Spotted Blenny jumped and ricocheted himself off the hood lights and into the rear pump chamber... :-/

Thankfully I found him shortly after just looking up at me from in there like... help?.. lol.. My clowns jump and bounce themselves off my hood all the freakin time.. I am pretty sure they have brain damage by now...

And all my nerite snails go back there too.. PITA's..


UPDATE.. New bengaii cardinal is MIA as of this morning. He wasn't eating well and he was hanging out in one of the rear corners of my tank down by the sand bed. So most likely he died and the hermits and snails finished him off..
 
Hmm, guess I should start closing my back lid. I usually leave it open for temp reasons, since these biocubes are ridiculous w/ trapping heat even with an LED system.
 
Yeah I am starting to notice the heat issue. I have been pulling my temp down slowly but surely on my heater just to compensate since I am keeping my lights on longer now. If I am in the room I don't mind having that rear lid door open but I wouldn't trust it all day while I am at work. Would make me too nervous knowing that one of my fish already jumped back there.

I have the Coralife version of the cube. Not sure which yours is Adam but for the Oceanic they make a "Fish Saver Guard" for back there. I contacted the company and they told me that the Oceanic version would NOT fit on the Coralife tank.. Grrrr... But if you have the Oceanic, might wanna look into this for a piece of mind or build something yourself..

http://shop.mediabaskets.com/BioCube-29-Fish-Saver-Guard-BC29FS.htm?categoryId=-1
 
Inocense said:
Yeah I am starting to notice the heat issue. I have been pulling my temp down slowly but surely on my heater just to compensate since I am keeping my lights on longer now. If I am in the room I don't mind having that rear lid door open but I wouldn't trust it all day while I am at work. Would make me too nervous knowing that one of my fish already jumped back there.

I have the Coralife version of the cube. Not sure which yours is Adam but for the Oceanic they make a "Fish Saver Guard" for back there. I contacted the company and they told me that the Oceanic version would NOT fit on the Coralife tank.. Grrrr... But if you have the Oceanic, might wanna look into this for a piece of mind or build something yourself..

http://shop.mediabaskets.com/BioCube-29-Fish-Saver-Guard-BC29FS.htm?categoryId=-1
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I do have the oceanic version. I swear there's a guard on there now.. I'll take some pics later tonight, and see. I'm debating on spending the money on the inTank media basket..it's just that I"ve already put a ton of money into this tank.

How is your protein skimmer working?
 
errrrrmmmmmmm.... wellllll..... *kicks rocks*

lol.. I haven't put it in yet.. I have to mod a piece in the tank and I haven't done so and I am not looking forward to it.. lol.. :P
 
Jason R said:
They are most definitely potential jumpers. That's why I keep my Jawfish in my BioCube tank with a lid. One time Matt at Sho Tank was fish sitting for me while I was getting my floors redone. My Dusky Jawfish jumped out of his tank so he gave me a replacement Dusky. Than the replacement jumped too. When I got the Blue Spot Jawfish I became extremely careful so that he can't jump.
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I've had my McCosker's Flasher Wrasse jump back into the sump/filter area in my Mini-38, although he hasn't been making attempts since the rockwork modification. I was jury rigging a bar of chocolate over the zone where he was hitting on the jump (same spot every time) as a barricade. Having had a couple of different fish jump out and end up dead on the floor to greet the family in the morning (even a Mandarin Dragonet), I realized I needed to make some improvements in the lid management side of the tank. I err on the side of jump prevention at this point.
 
I am told that the bristle worm will not harm anything in your tank UNLESS it gets TOO big.. Too big meaning 7+ inches. If they are smaller they are good for your tank so keep em!.. :)

They will keep your sand bed stirred up.
 
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