Anyone successfully running a pico tank?

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Hi everyone.

Im new to reef2reef and come from Cape Town, South Africa. I'm however not new to reefing - I had a RSM250 for a number of years but closed it down when we moved houses and completed massive home alterations (Louise's RSM 250 - Marine Aquariums South Africa).

I am now looking to start a pico tank (19 litres / 5 gallons total water volume) as I miss being in the hobby greatly and am doing all the necessary research. I have not found a single (great) pico tank in South Africa that has been up and running happily (stable parameters) for over two years! Any over here?

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Louise
 

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@Iván Olalla runs a nice one. His is borderline nano/pico. But he does a good job with such a small tank.
 

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Hello Louise!
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! You may find some additional pico tanks by sorting the the R2R member tanks section.

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Welcome to Reef2Reef!
I myself haven't kept a pico reef, but I found this thread while perusing through the forums one day. Hope this helps!
 
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@flampton, @fishguy242, @Funston07, @fuelman, @scdigby @Jimbhoy13, @CelestEel, @Ippyroy, @BeltedCoyote, @Peace River, @Fred2482, @KJ, @BackToTheReef - Thanks very much for the welcomes - feeling the joy

@ScottR, @brandon429, @TheFabulousMr.Tocket - thanks for the leads will pour over them now. Lots of reefers seem to start these nanos/ picos but many don't seem to last longer than a year, so watching with great interest!

Really keen to start up again but don't want to start on something that is going to end in many dead coral / fish and wasted equipment
 

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