4g pico and 2.5g mini sump

joshbbert · Apr 24, 2015

Been cycling rocks for this fir about a month and a half then i was walking through Petco and saw this little 2.5g tank and I thought I'd try and turn it into a little mini sump to go with it so I got an acrylic sheet at Lowes for 5$ and although sloppy on the silicone I got it done lol

after I figured why not build a little tiny stand to go with it since I happen to have this midget skimmer laying around (aqua euro nano lol) so I gathered up some scrap wood I had laying around and put my extremely meager carpenter skills to work

I also put two led strips up top for the fuge. Then it was time to drill the tank and do some plumbing

threw on a quick door, I'll paint it soon I think,

have a kessil a160we tuna blue laying around so I threw that on and did a water test

going to drill a hole for the tubing here so you can't see it I also have a cover for the overflow to hide the plumbing and what not

it works!!! Haha I'll aquascape a little later and throw some cheato in there also been thinking about maybe sewing up a mini filter sock for the sump since mini everything seems to be the theme

not sure about livestock yet I kinda just threw thus together with what I had laying around. Updates soon

eliramos · Apr 24, 2015

Haha that's amazing!!!

joshbbert · Apr 25, 2015

eliramos said:
Haha that's amazing!!!

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joshbbert · Apr 25, 2015

Mini cheato ball!

joshbbert · Apr 25, 2015

Playing with aquascapes

joshbbert · Apr 25, 2015

Time to paint

joshbbert · Apr 26, 2015

The color you get when your fiance is tired of your hobby lol

joshbbert · Apr 27, 2015

And its all painted and scaped even threw in a couple frags i had laying around and added a cuc. I'm really excited to this tank resurrected! the skimmer seems to be doing a pretty good job so far

and heres a few shots of the finished tank

now what to stock it with hmmmm....

SeeCrabRun · Apr 28, 2015

What setting are you running the kessil on currently?

steve2003 · Apr 28, 2015

sweet little build!!

MsBaconPlease · Apr 28, 2015

Very nice woodwork and setup! Can't wait to see what you put in it.

joshbbert · Apr 28, 2015

SeeCrabRun said:
What setting are you running the kessil on currently?

Color is at 20% and peaks at 35% intensity peaks at 50% lights are on from 12pm to 8pm moons from 10am to noon and 8pm to 11pm they seem to be pretty strong lights so I keep it low

joshbbert · Apr 28, 2015

steve2003 said:
sweet little build!!

Thx for checking it out

MsBaconPlease said:
Very nice woodwork and setup! Can't wait to see what you put in it.

Thank you! I can't wait too

jimmie86 · Apr 28, 2015

thats awesone, can't wait to see it with some coral in it. i have a 5 gallon reef and i have a 2.5 sitting around i been wanting to try this with. could you tell me the measurments of your baffels in the 2.5 and what size return pump your using.

kidzaac87 · Apr 29, 2015

Nice, can't wait to see more, following

joshbbert · Apr 29, 2015

jimmie86 said:
thats awesone, can't wait to see it with some coral in it. i have a 5 gallon reef and i have a 2.5 sitting around i been wanting to try this with. could you tell me the measurments of your baffels in the 2.5 and what size return pump your using.

Thank you! Its the stock pump for the aqueon4 98gph I believe and I think I did the baffles 6'wide 5 1/2 tall the acrylic sheet was .080 in.