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Din Gior
08-02-2013, 09:55 PM
For last few months I have been plagued with an idea to setup a pico reef. A plan is to get nice looking tiny tank with mixed zoas/ lps corals and some inverts. An idea became more realistic since I picked up Fluval SPEC Desktop 2g about two weeks ago, so I decided to start this pico reef journal. I never had journal for any of my tanks, so I think it's good opportunity to start one.

Switch Blade
08-02-2013, 09:58 PM
and faster than you can blink your eyes, you will have the plague of upgrading to a bigger tank.....

Din Gior
08-02-2013, 10:04 PM
and faster than you can blink your eyes, you will have the plague of upgrading to a bigger tank.....

I already have 34g and 120g, so I can enjoy bigger fish and corals there. I really want to try maintain stable reef in such small aquarium.

Din Gior
08-02-2013, 11:29 PM
There are some tank photos:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2i0c36q.png

http://i43.tinypic.com/b46j3t.png

spit.fire
08-03-2013, 12:23 AM
There are some tank photos:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2i0c36q.png

http://i43.tinypic.com/b46j3t.png
haha i know that tank

Din Gior
08-03-2013, 01:42 AM
haha i know that tank


ok :)

asylumdown
08-04-2013, 05:55 AM
I have one piece of advice for keeping a tank that small looking amazing and thriving long term - 100% water changes. You will be amazed at how clean it looks and how healthy things stay

neoh
08-04-2013, 05:56 AM
I set up my pico tank today, too. What are you doing for a light?

Din Gior
08-04-2013, 06:40 AM
I have one piece of advice for keeping a tank that small looking amazing and thriving long term - 100% water changes. You will be amazed at how clean it looks and how healthy things stay

Thanks. 100% water changes sounds a bit scare, but I'll definitely experiment with water changes.

Din Gior
08-04-2013, 07:06 AM
I set up my pico tank today, too. What are you doing for a light?

I'm not a big fan of LEDs, but it seems there are no many options available. Most likely I'll go for par30 or par38 bulb.

neoh
08-04-2013, 07:11 AM
I grabbed one of these: http://lightboxleds.com/products-page/the-clamp/

with a par38 bulb from here: http://www.reefsupplycanada.com/par-38-reef-light/

Might be overkill for your setup, though!

Din Gior
08-05-2013, 01:21 AM
Added water and one pice of rock from my 120g. I put few stomatella snails and looks like they still alive.

http://i41.tinypic.com/wlvlea.jpg

Din Gior
08-08-2013, 02:54 AM
Got my light yesterday. Thanks to Frank from http://aq-led.com/ for nice and cheap light.

It's 14w Par30 bulb : 2 white, 3 blue and 3 uv leds. It looks bit purple on photos, but it's actually more blue in person.

http://i40.tinypic.com/29beudk.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/31666nq.jpg

Din Gior
10-08-2013, 05:30 AM
It's time to update this journal. I tried to do some aquascaping, I just used small rocks I found in the sump of my big tank.

http://i39.tinypic.com/mutrlx.jpg

http://i42.tinypic.com/ie4ebo.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/jb4394.jpg

Din Gior
10-08-2013, 07:03 PM
Got the sand( thanks Jess). And there is snow/sand storm

http://i41.tinypic.com/2uh5xeb.jpg

The First Settler :

http://i39.tinypic.com/2wdy7eo.jpg

michika
10-08-2013, 08:49 PM
Looking good! I like your first settler, the striations on his legs are fantastic.

Din Gior
10-09-2013, 05:06 AM
Looking good! I like your first settler, the striations on his legs are fantastic.

Thanks, he climbed on the highest peak and looked in overview at his territories :biggrin: