pico aquariums

LET'S SEE THOSE PICO REEFS OUT THERE! Looking for inspiration for those tiny tanks? Want so show off you amazing little build? Please post here! Bonus points for including your stocking choices! 🫧 🐚 🪸

Hi! I am starting up a very small pico tank, only about 2 gallons. Currently the tank is cycling, and once I get more macros and some soft photosynthetic corals, should I supplement growth with liquid food? Any recommendations (potentially ones with a low amount of phosphates and nitrates to...

Hey everyone, I'm a big fan of the look of branching corals but am limited by the size of my aquarium as well as the difficulty of the corals. SPS is out of the question (unless there is a truly easy one), but I've been interested in placing something that branches in a specific area of my...

Pico tank, almost at 6 weeks with live rock and trying to figure out what order I should make my first purchases in? Lots of hair algae on the rocks and copepods too. What would you do? Thanks!

Hi everyone, I have a PNW customs 1 gallon small-in-one aquarium and am looking to upgrade the flow in the tank. Their website sells a random flow generator from VCA that is supposedly designed specifically for PNW Customs 1-gallon-and-under tanks, however it clearly states on the back of the...

Still researching what type of tank I want. I’m leaning towards 120 gallon peninsula as my first tank. I’ve learned a decent amount so far about aquariums. I was wondering, so I’ve heard so many people say it’s super hard to keep a 5 gallon tank, as parameters can swing very quickly. But why...

I have a Fluval betta cube 6gallon tank that I’ve converted into a reef tank, but with the current filtration it doesn’t get hardly any flow, I bought a hygger hg222 that has up to 660gph but on the lowest setting with the widest wave attachment but it just blows my sand all over, is there a...

Hi everybody, I'm new to this forum and society but an aquarium enthusiast nonetheless. I'm selling my aquarium to anyone (my ZIP is 21218) 6 Gallon Reef Casa Flat 6 pico reef aquarium (All-in-one), $800 cash OBO w/ optional stand & plastic drawer storage organizer Some background: I am...

I'm selling my aquarium to anyone in the Baltimore area (my ZIP is 21218) 6 Gallon Reef Casa Flat 6 pico reef aquarium (All in one), $800 cash OBO w/ optional stand & plastic drawer storage organizer Some background: I am moving cross country and can't take the aquarium with me. I love this...

Hi everyone! I was given this eShopps Deskmate/with LED as a gift recently, however, I am sticking with my Waterbox 10G for now. Is there anyone interested? I am in So Cal, Huntington Beach, near Walmart on Beach Blvd. You can PM here or email me directly at [email protected]

Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I am a college student currently but keep two tiny aquariums that I have recently learned are not nano but pico/femto tanks. Here are some photos: I might edit to add some more later. Currently, I have 6 snails under my care: - Peter...

Hey all. It has been a while since my last little reef build. The Mrs. and I are in the process of moving, so a new larger setup is out of the question. Not sure if I want to go reefing fallow though, so I’m setting up a tiny reef tank on my desk to keep the coral side of my brain happy until...

First two corals added on 1/12/24! Excited for new chapter!

I’m Emmanuel Ramirez, currently living in Edinburg Texas, studying at a Bible College with my wife and kids. Been in the hobby for 2 years now and I love it. Been using R2R for all kinds of information on the reefing Hobby, but finally decided to join. Will be posting pictures of my soft...

My marineland 5 gallon portrait pico reef! It's been up and running about 3 months now!

Hello, my friends. This is my other tank thread. I have a nano of 125L (33 Gallon), but needed to set this pico because my clowns became agressive with all the other tankmates. So, in the pico are my clowns and a Yellow Clown Goby (the only tankmate from the nano that get along with the clowns...

Is that possible in a 3-5 gallon? Halides produce a lot of heat and apparently even LED's do too. Considering the small volume of water, could lights alone maintain at least 75F in the tank?

Hi, I have a Fluval Evo 5. The tank has been running for about 6-7 months now, absolutely no issues until now. I had a pike blenny and a elongate dottyback (too small of a tank and overstocked, I know, was planning on moving them to a 16 gallon) until both vanished one day. I pulled apart the...

Hey all, so I I’ve kept fish since I was a teen (with a long break) but up until last year was just freshwater. Towards the end of last year I finally pulled the trigger on saltwater with a Fluval Evo 13.5 and it’s been amazing so far. I’ve always been enamored by marine life. Fast forward, my...

Hello all, Usually just poke my head in once in a while to see what everyone is up to, but this time I decided to make a small thread for my small tank It’s only .3 gallons so not a lot to work with, but slowly turning it into a good old fashioned tiny mixed reef is my desire. As far as...

Hello, I retired my 10g last year as I was moving a lot and was to big to easily move. I’m comfortable moving tanks without destabilizing it to much so not worried about that. I want to get into desktop reef tanks. I’m wanting 1gallon but no bigger than 2.5 gallons. Any recommendations for AIO...

While strolling through the elbows of people at Aquashella today, my kids and I came across the most interesting tank but it had jellyfish! We had to pick one up as something like this is usually only seen at the beach far south, making this a really cool find. Anyone seen any of these tanks...

I’ve been having trouble finding the best light to use for a 2 gallon Pico tank I recently set up. I would LOVE to be able to grow small acros in this thing, but using the extra ai prime I have seems a little like overkill. Any suggestions? Would like to keep it around $50 but I know that’s a...

Maybe im a bit bias because ive put so much work into this little pain in the butt 3 gallon, but i think its pretty nice ;)!

after being on and off for the last 5 ish years with multiple tanks of varying sizes… i am finally BACK in the hobby and man does it ever feel good! may i present my newest adventure: a 3 gallon LPS (euphyllia dominant) pico! the rainbow hammer colony was just added today so please don’t mind...