4 gallon pico thread

[asylumdown]

Alright, last night the green open brain got so heavy that it broke off it's super glue and epoxy base and fell. While that means it's growing, it also meant I had to take it all out and glue it back together, so I figured I'd document the process. This is what a pretty standard 'full-clean' of this system looks like. I normally do this once a moth, the other 3 weeks I just drain and replace the water.

Top down, prior to water change:


The equipment chambers:


As it looked today, the left brain fell and trapped all the extra goo from me feeding them last night under it. Bad news from a water quality perspective. The colours of the two bleached brains are way better now.


The powerbar that runs the whole thing. I can keep most of these cords hidden from view, but it makes it pretty messy behind the tank


Shut down, ready to go


Half drained, water enters the foam block box from slits near the bottom of the tank, and also pours down on top.


Pire repair! The brain that had fallen sprayed me right in the eye while i was trying to glue it back on to the rock. I also sliced my index finger something fierce on the skeleton of that dark coral.


If only cleaning my 275 gallon tank was this easy... Goodbye detritus.


If I'm going to be a while with the box, I usually keep some water that's going to get tossed for the rock, corals, and ceramic bio-rings.


Sparkling clean!