pico

Hey everyone, To start, I am a total beginner. I saw someone building a pico reef jar on Instagram and thought it looked incredible — minimal, bizarre, a little risky, and fascinating. I've never had any saltwater tanks before (only a few easy freshwater ones), but after some more inspiration...

Hey everyone, To start, I am a total beginner. I saw someone building a pico reef jar on Instagram and thought it looked incredible — minimal, bizarre, a little risky, and fascinating. I've never had any saltwater tanks before (only a few easy freshwater ones), but after some more inspiration...

Currently battling some gha but still pretty proud as it has taken a lot of learning to get here

Hello everyone, I'm a Nano Reef enthusiast. I came to this forum because I acquired a very strange Acropora Frag. It has no visible fluorescence, appears brown under white light, but displays a beautiful gradient of structural color from sage blue to Prussian blue under blue light. Its polyps...

Hello everyone! I've been out of the hobby for about 5 years now and finally decided to get back into it. I previously had an IM Nuvo 30 mixed reef and kept all the equipment. I had planned to use that tank again but after pulling everything out of storage, some how one of my Ai Primes no longer...

I have a small 3 gallon pico all coral tank on my desk that’s been up for about a year with no issues at all until about four days ago I noticed some coral missing, I kept watching thinking since it was just my tiny bit of pulsing Xenia it was whatever but when my green hairy mushrooms in the...

I know it changes some from night to day but this seems extreme, and the Kenya tree is always droopy when I get up in the morning. Could it be the macro algae?

First and foremost, I am completely aware I’m starting my first SW/Reef tank with something that is a bit beyond a beginner level. Constant parameter checks will be needed. However, research and science is what I do best and I have read and researched nano/pico reef aquariums since 2006 and...

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...

Im looking to add more colors of zoas and maybe another type of coral to my 7 month old 2.5 pico, I would like something with a vibrant red color, do any of you have recommendations for it?

This tank is my attempt to create a minimalist reef tank with the absolute minimum total kit possible. 11/11/25, major reaquascaping 😌: 02/11/25 😂 tank swap to a 5g : 05/10/25 2.5G:

My son sparked my interest in reef tanks, and once we had his up and running, I went straight to work on my first tank. I’ve never been one for the K.I.S.S. method, or “beginner kits”. I always want to have something different, unique, my own. So I started this half gallon pico waterfall tank...

Hi Reefers My names Rory aka Toast I've been browsing R2R for a few years now but I'm going to be starting my first Nano soon (40 gal display with 8 gal sump) and will probly log my process as it comes along. I've been beefing for about 2 years now with Pico tanks my current setup is a Nuvo 8...

Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well. I was curious if I could put this anemone in a 10 Gallon aquarium—side note what anemone is this? There won't be any other critters for the anemone to worry about—just an anemone tank! Maybe some macro algae eventually. Is this okay/humane? I...

Hello everyone So stage 3 is currently in the design phase for the 3D printed parts, but the board is here and running through its test before the live run. For anyone unaware, I am working on my own custom board/s and 3D printed parts to make running Pico reef aquariums much easier. Here...

Entry #001 - 1/15/2025 Hello, fellow forum members! This thread will serve as my public online journal for documenting the development and life of my 5 gallon pico-reef. I'll be posting entries including descriptions, water parameter measurements, thoughts, ideas, photos and video (including...

Hello everyone! I posted here really recently about my 3.5 gallon tank. However, I realized that I am moving very soon and am going to swap it for a 10 gallon aquarium. Currently, I only have three snails (a Nassarius, Astrae, and a Nerite(?). I was going to try and add a Sea Urchin but I...

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...

I don't like to do this with a small business, but I need to share the negative experience I've had with PNW custom. I ordered a Small-in-one pico with heater from PNW customs for $170 on 10/28. They say the lead time is 3-10 days, but by 11/16, I hadn't heard anything from them on shipping, so...

Hello Reef2Reef-goers! I'm setting up a pico reef in my college bedroom and figured I would put together a build thread. The tank I landed on was the Lifegard Aquatics Crystal 3.8 AIO. The build quality is good, clean seams, clear glass, no complaints. On the other hand, the pump that comes...

New to-be reefer here! I've been planning my first tank and I am planning on having a group of sexy shrimp and a tailspot blenny in a 2.6 gallon Fluval Spec III. I am a bit worried if the blenny will attack and kill my little shrimp babies. If that is the case, a red cap goby would likely be my...

Reefbreeders Pico Refugium Light. Used less than a week before deciding to not run a Refugium so no longer need. Like new condition w/box

-Natural sunlight only -"Deep" Sand bed -No sand bed -Extreme flow for sps -No water change / No dosing -Old tank water water change only -No water change + AFR dosing -Zoa only pico -Mushroom only pico Feel free to share how you would experiment with a pico reef.

Purchased in late July, used for 4 months and still under warranty for another year and half. This little thing packs a punch! Saw my mushrooms split, hammers and duncans grew some more heads. All in all it's a great entry level light for beginners. I ran it at 80% blues and 20% whites for 8...

Morning Friends, Today I start my R2R journey as I build the perfect little reef for my home office. I am of course talking about the Eshopps Deskmate 4.8 gallon aquarium. Alright, I may have not been 100% truthful, but I didn’t lie. I’m starting the R2R documentation of my tank build, the...