emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hey Guys ! It's been over a year since I had my last tank, and I got back into the hobby this week ! Helped my best friend move a couple tanks on sunday, and in return he gave me a 14g biocube ! The biocube had a couple problems though, neither of the lights worked, fans had been taken out, no moonlights, and glass is pretty scratched up, but hey, can't complain, now I can just customize it sooner Well, when I got the biocube home I rewired and wiggled some wires under the hood and got light ! After troubleshooting and messing around with it, I figured out that one of the lights works fine, and the ballast is out on the other, but at least I've got some light to tide me over ! On monday, I ordered two replacement "upgrade" fans with ball bearings from ebay, says they're plug and play, so we'll see how that goes when I get them ! I also ordered my powerhead, was torn between the koralia nano 220 and the 420, but after reading around I'm thinking that the 420 should do fine without giving me a tornado of a biocube, but I'll find that out when I get it I guess *fingerscrossed* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Went back to Austin on monday, picked up 10lbs of Bahamas Oolite live sand, and my friend also gave me a turbo snail, 10 hermits, and a peppermint shrimp ! Oh, and did I mention that he gave me about 40lbs of beautiful live rock ! Traveled with it submerged for minimal dieoff, and it had a couple zoas, a play, and some clove polyps on it that are doing well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Got my first fish yesterday ! picked up a cute little Hi-fin goby, lights were off by the time he was in the tank last night, but he's doing well today and seems to have already chosen a cave for himself Pics to come ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Welcome back to the hobby. Did I miss something on your tanks? You have a 14G biocube and you have 40 lbs of live rock. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Welcome! Be sure to take plenty of pics to document your process, I'm excited to see what you can do with your freebie tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckyuv Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sounds awesome! Yeah I'm with Patrick, did you get 40lbs into a 14g lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Yeah i'm pretty sure its just under 40lbs, one huge chunk of some rare variety of live rock that is super heavy, another big piece of another variety, and rubble in the back chamber, highest point on the rock is about 1cm out of the water, but the hermits seem to love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 FTS Goby in his cave Paly, zoas, and cloves One light working and rock just breaking the surface haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilaya101 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hmm, sorry about the sideways pictures, I have no clue how that happened, they were straight when uploaded, but between having not been on this site and forever and my new mac, I have no clue how that happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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