Re: [GSAS-Member] Aquapod vs Biocube -> Reef

["Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>]

The corrected URL is http://www.reeffrontiers.com/ for anyone else
interested.

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Jane Smith
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 2:43 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Aquapod vs Biocube -> Reef

Hi,

Have you checked out reeffrontiers.org?  They are awesome.  I have had a
reef setup for a while, and they have been supportive, knowledgeable and
just plain fun.


>From: "Shango Los" <Shango@shangolos.com>
>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" 
><gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Aquapod vs Biocube -> Reef
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 17:51:39 -0700
>
>This is great stuff.  Thanks for taking the time to write it.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Matt Staroscik
>Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:20 PM
>To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Aquapod vs Biocube -> Reef
>
>I only have experience in the JBJ Biocube. I have had it for about 1.5 
>years.
>
>It is a decent tank BUT if I were doing it again I absolutely WOULD NOT 
>buy an all-in-one product for a reef aquarium.
>
>The power compact lighting built into the all-in-ones is adequate for 
>only low-light corals... soft corals like mushrooms. You will be unable 
>to keep most LPS and all SPS corals without an expensive lighting 
>retrofit. Current is also poor in all of these tanks, by default. I had 
>to add 2 extra pumps, and drill a hole for a current device in the back 
>bulkhead, and flow is still not as good as I would like.
>
>I knew all this going in, bought it anyway, and regretted the decision 
>6 months in when I found that I REALLY WANTED some of the corals that I 
>could not keep. And corals that I thought I could get away with sort of 
>withered away--the lighting is just too poor.
>I underestimated what I would want, don't make the same mistake I did.
>
>So, if you want to keep coral, build your tank from the ground up and 
>choose lighting that will get the job done. If you only care about fish 
>or fish with the MOST modest soft corals, the all-in-one reefs are OK.
>
>They do make some all-in-one tanks with a metal halide light. I'd say 
>that is the way to go if you must get one of these products.
>Remember, you can always find a way to shade a low to mid light 
>specimen, but when you get a nice high-light specimen at a PSAS meeting 
>you'll be sorry if you can't give it a good home!
>
>As a last comment I would also say that the image of a lone, tidy cube 
>aquarium on a desk is a terrible lie. Mine is surrounded by fish food, 
>salt crust, test kits... Even if I did get all that cleaned up, I could 
>not hide the water top-off pump. (My tank needs 25-30 mL per hour of 
>RO/DI water added to make up for evaporation.)
>
>Good luck with whatever you decide.
>
>- Matt
>
>
>On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:10:31PM -0700, Shango Los wrote:
> > Hi Friends,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am now prepared to make my much anticipated jump to a reef set-up.  
> > As
>I
> > ask around about AquaPod vs Biocube, store owners seem to, of 
> > course,
>prefer
> > the one they carry.  Does anyone have any solid personal experience 
> > with BOTH of these so they can compare them for me?  I'd appreciate 
> > your experience.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Shango
> >
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