1/2 gallon pico build

[Obsessed with fish]

Welcome to the smallest sw tank in history. My 1/2 pico with a hermit crab. I'm getting supply's today, ill send pics of my stuff at some point today. I'll build and start cycling on Saturday, ill send pics of the cycling tank on saturday. When my tanks cycled ill add the following to my 2.5 litre (1/2 gallon tank)

2 yellow tangs
1 unicorn fish
1 bamboo shark

JOKING JOKING, dont worry that was a joke, ill acctally stock it with:

1 blue legged hermit crab
2 zoa
A peice of rock

Ill send posts of the progress throughout the journey of this tank (no joke, I have bigger peices of Tupperware than the tank lol)

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Change of plans, slight delay I'm getting supplys next week instead. I'll get supply's and send pics some time next week

 

[Sean Clark]

Welcome to the smallest sw tank in history. My 1/2 pico with a hermit crab. I'm getting supply's today, ill send pics of my stuff at some point today. I'll build and start cycling on Saturday, ill send pics of the cycling tank on saturday. When my tanks cycled ill add the following to my 2.5 litre (1/2 gallon tank)

2 yellow tangs
1 unicorn fish
1 bamboo shark

JOKING JOKING, dont worry that was a joke, ill acctally stock it with:

1 blue legged hermit crab
2 zoa
A peice of rock

Ill send posts of the progress throughout the journey of this tank (no joke, I have bigger peices of Tupperware than the tank lol)

Wait... no tangs? Lol
I want a super Nano so bad. Watching.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Wait... no tangs? Lol
I want a super Nano so bad. Watching.

Well your in luck, ill send pics of the cycling tank some time next week!

 

[01111000]

How are you planning to handle evaporation? That has been the biggest PITA with my 17-22 gallon nano setups

 

[Sean Clark]

How are you planning to handle evaporation? That has been the biggest PITA with my 17-22 gallon nano setups

Loveing your user name X

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

Following along! Imagine how easy it would be to fill a tank that small with coral.

 

[BanjoBandito]

@brandon429 is the man to track down for PICO tanks. He helped me with my jar and his article in CORAL magazine was my jumping off point.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

How are you planning to handle evaporation? That has been the biggest PITA with my 17-22 gallon nano setups

Hmmm, I never thought of that. Ill top up whenever I need to ig

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Following along! Imagine how easy it would be to fill a tank that small with coral.

Yes, are there any other small coral i can fit besides from zoa?

 

[Obsessed with fish]

@brandon429 is the man to track down for PICO tanks. He helped me with my jar and his article in CORAL magazine was my jumping off point.

Thanks!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Following!! Excited to see this!!

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Following!! Excited to see this!!

I'm glad to hear that!

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

Yes, are there any other small coral i can fit besides from zoa?

All coral start out small! You could try some slow growing sps, or whatever tiny frag catches your eye at the lfs!

 

[Obsessed with fish]

All coral start out small! You could try some slow growing sps, or whatever tiny frag catches your eye at the lfs!

Thanks for your help! I really appreciate it.

 

[3429810]

All coral start out small! You could try some slow growing sps, or whatever tiny frag catches your eye at the lfs!

This is a half gallon tank I don’t think if he hasn’t thought about evaporation he has considered keeping stuff stable so I wouldn’t recommend any sps. Honestly it would be best just to see how the crab goes for a bit. Best of luck though and keep us updated on how you plan on doing this.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

This is a half gallon tank I don’t think if he hasn’t thought about evaporation he has considered keeping stuff stable so I wouldn’t recommend any sps. Honestly it would be best just to see how the crab goes for a bit. Best of luck though and keep us updated on how you plan on doing this.

Alright! I'm thinking of putting a mark near the top of the tank, if the water goes below the line I'll top the tank up with water, if the water goes above the line I'll take some out. Is this a good udea?

 

[AnotherReefHobbyist]

Alright! I'm thinking of putting a mark near the top of the tank, if the water goes below the line I'll top the tank up with water, if the water goes above the line I'll take some out. Is this a good udea?

Seems good to me! Don’t know why you would ever really need to take any out tho.

have you thought about a Nano ato? It would really help keep the tank stable, however for something this small it could be a bit impractical.

 

[Obsessed with fish]

Seems good to me! Don’t know why you would ever really need to take any out tho.

have you thought about a Nano ato? It would really help keep the tank stable, however for something this small it could be a bit impractical.

Great idea, thanks!

 

[3429810]

Alright! I'm thinking of putting a mark near the top of the tank, if the water goes below the line I'll top the tank up with water, if the water goes above the line I'll take some out. Is this a good udea?

that would work in theory but depending how fast it evaporates you may not be able to leave it longer than 12-24 hours without a top off and I think on a tank this size that would be shorter. If you are always home and are never away then again in theory this works. I don’t know what top off would do good in a tank that size but I’m sure there is one out there. Like the other person said I don’t know why you would have to take water out so don’t worry about doing that. Not sure if you have messaged @brandon429 or read his article on his nano reef yet but I would strongly suggest it. You could also take a look at some other builds that are similar to what you are doing. I think there was a mini complete tank competition on here with tanks around the size you want to do. Might be good to see how they handled all these issues.