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    Posted: January 23 2010 at 9:00am
I am looking for some input on a potential upgrade to my tank.

I have a BioCube 29 with stock hood and the middle chamber mod (scraped paint off back and mounted light for refugium). I am looking at 2 upgrades:

Upgrade 1: I have a korilia nano and the stock pump. I am looking at going to a larger pump and getting a loc-line setup to increase flow in the tank.

Upgrade 2: I am considering a lighting upgrade to a metal halide and taking off the hood. I have concerns with this one as far as noise/fish jumping out.

I have money to do 1 of the 2 options but not both. My lighting is the stock lighting and my water flow is not horrible, but could be better. Just looking for some advice.


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Well depending on what you want to spend I can see a few options.

1) As for the pump, sell the K Nano and get a Vortech MP10. No need to touch the return pump.

2) Go with a Metal Halide setup over the tank with a good bulb like the Phoenix 14K.

I currently have a Hamilton Tech MH fixture over my Nano Cube. It is the 150W version and I have upgraded to the Phoenix bulb. I also built a screen that goes over my tank so fish can't jump.

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I will be selling my setup here in the next couple weeks if you are interested in the light. Right now I am in talks with someone about the light. If they back out I can let you know.
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If you want to do something with the flow a good cheap upgrade for the Bio 29 is getting a Hydor Flo added. Cheap and easy. http://www.marinedepot.com/wavemakers_filters_hydor_bioflo_bio_flo_aerobic-ap.html. I think this is better than loc line.

As for the lights someone was selling a sunpod on here for really cheap in the buy sell section. We have both a sunpod and hydor flo in our bio 29 and it works really well. If you really want to upgrade flow even more just get a koralia 1. I don't see why you can't do both upgrades for less then the price of one retail.
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