6g pico reef

[Pork]

It's still sad tho ☹

 

[Ranjib]

careful, they are hardy, but can sting nearby corals, they have sweeper tentacles

 

[Pork]

careful, they are hardy, but can sting nearby corals, they have sweeper tentacles

I've given it it's own rock actually in hopes it will take it over and give me a swaying grass effect, I don't much care for gsp

 

[Rookie J]

Awesome tank. I have a tank like this that I been holding on to. Been thinking about doing a nano with it but wasn't sure how the built in filtration would do. How do you like the set up ? Any issues with water parameters?

 

[NewSaltWaterGuy]

Love your journal!
Can you link me to the new light your using and the actual tank? Trying to find a tank that best suits me.
I will be following!

 

[Pork]

Awesome tank. I have a tank like this that I been holding on to. Been thinking about doing a nano with it but wasn't sure how the built in filtration would do. How do you like the set up ? Any issues with water parameters?

Thank you. Loving the setup so far except I need one more small pump on the right for flow, it's about med low I'd like it med high. I've run small tanks like this before and find it's easier to just scoop out a few cups of water a week and the parameters stay near perfect. Dosing shouldn't be necessary with reef crystals

 

[Pork]

Love your journal!
Can you link me to the new light your using and the actual tank? Trying to find a tank that best suits me.
I will be following!

thank you!

here is the old light was really great actually great par nice spectrum

and the new

only replaced it for the control

 

[Pork]

two of these guys on each side at max plus 110gph return and high flow without a sandstorm has finally been achieved haha been through 10 dif pumps and this is the smallest most powerful so it's not an eye sore

 

[Pork]

so the plan here is to turn the pumps sideways so they are even less of an eyesore and glue it to the overflow box where I circled, then hide them with a mangrove on each side. So the hunt for mangroves tall enough begins or if anyone has any I would be happy to buy them [emoji16]

 

[Rookie J]

[emoji16]

Tank looks great.

 

[Danoreef10g]

Looking good man, yeah unfortunately no too many options when it comes to fish for small tanks, you can get some nice varietys of clowns, and gobys have great personalities. All this being said, once you get some nice coral and start filling it up the fish become secondary anyway. Good luck with everything. Oh, and I nearly went with that light, it's awesome, but ended up going with Illumagic Comboray G2 for the interchangeable leds. I'll do a write up on them soon.

 

[Pork]

Looking good man, yeah unfortunately no too many options when it comes to fish for small tanks, you can get some nice varietys of clowns, and gobys have great personalities. All this being said, once you get some nice coral and start filling it up the fish become secondary anyway. Good luck with everything. Oh, and I nearly went with that light, it's awesome, but ended up going with Illumagic Comboray G2 for the interchangeable leds. I'll do a write up on them soon.

Which light? The ai or the China led? And thank you! What do you think about a wheeler shrimp goby? Never owned one so idk their temperament but seems lime the tank is the right size. Thanks again for looking

 

[Danoreef10g]

Which light? The ai or the China led? And thank you! What do you think about a wheeler shrimp goby? Never owned one so idk their temperament but seems lime the tank is the right size. Thanks again for looking

The AI, the Wheeler Shrimp Goby should be fine, just bear in mind it burrows so you may find sand particles floating around your tank a lot of the time

 

[Pork]

The AI, the Wheeler Shrimp Goby should be fine, just bear in mind it burrows so you may find sand particles floating around your tank a lot of the time

If they're happy they just make the one burrow and chill right? Like a pearly jaw? I've had radions before and they're amazing but this prime I feel is too expensive. Great light but cost more than it's worth. I don't feel the same way about the hydra's just seems pricey for a nano light

 

[tupes]

Really nice. I like it. Keep us posted with progress. Following along.

 

[Pork]

@tupes thank you [emoji16]

 

[Pork]

Tank is doing really really well at this point only two more zoa frags will be added and the mangroves along the back to hide the pumps and the tank will be left alone to grow out. Main goal now is growth growth growth

this brown stick is finally bouncing back from the lfs you can see the new growth on the right and the color is coming back.

Derasa clam and rose bubbletip. Nothing fancy, I chose the Derasa over the maxima because they always seem hardier to me

 

[Pork]

 

[BlueDamselReef]

Hello first timer here. I have kept various reefs before but never shared really. Started this tank to get back in the hobby. Tank was cycled for 3 weeks before adding coral so it's about 4 weeks old now still a baby we'll see where it goes. Just a few easy corals to start and a random sps to test this light. All chemical filtration has been removed from the back and replaced with cheato and a filter sponge. The small powerhead on the left will be replaced with a jebao 4 this week so that will be nice.

you can see the light shining through the overflow that lights the cheato, need a smaller led strip this one is too strong

Love your little pico! I'm starting a 5g pico as well, this week! Same as you, I'm getting back into the hobby with my little pico after a 2 year break. I previously had a 29g. [emoji170][emoji225]

 

[Danoreef10g]

Looking good man, it'll look awesome when it all grows in