CM Pico Aquarium build

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Well i had a tiny Sicce pump left over so Naturally had to make it a home lol. I decided to make a 5 gallon Pico Aquarium for my bedroom. im Going to be stocking it with the following.

Sexy Shrimps possibly like 3
1 flaming prawn goby
2 clowns -still undecided
anemone - dont know which yet

coral will be GSP for the Back wall

Equipment:
Sicce nano pump
xr15 light
making a manual roll mat soon to replace the media basket filter
still undecided as to what skimmer
ato will be a gravity fed ato which im making this weekend

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Congratulations on the new adventure! I am interested to see how the sexy shrimp work in your new setup.
 
Looks awesome. You made this entire setup?
Thank you yes i did

Here are some updates to it. I remodified my lid for my skimmer which i have to modify the bracket for due to spacing issues. Made a ato reservoir no lid for it yet since i made this in a rush because i was leaving on vacay and need something. Added a Ato and put a small piece of GSP on the back wall
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Thank you yes i did

Here are some updates to it. I remodified my lid for my skimmer which i have to modify the bracket for due to spacing issues. Made a ato reservoir no lid for it yet since i made this in a rush because i was leaving on vacay and need something. Added a Ato and put a small piece of GSP on the back wall
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Wow your tank looks great!
 
finally got around to making my roll mat, i still need to make the inner part to hold the mat in place which i should get around to making it today. i also added a tube anemone and a ruby red dragonet. i also picked up a new rock structure which i have in my main tank sump right building up bacteria so that i dont re-cycle this tiny pico.


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updates got 2 frost bite clowns, i installed the now seeded rock and made my self a new lid seeing as the clowns are rather tiny and i was afraid they would jump through the holes on the previous lid.

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Love those clowns!
 
This build is amazing man. The fact that you are doing so much diy is insane Please keep posting updates.
 

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