Fluval Spec, 2 Gallons Total.

[mgdmirage]

Since i broke my 2.5 gallon I decided to try one of these little all in one picos.

K This tank is great but some things really bugged me. I don't like the lower intake so i covered mine up with a piece of acrylic and glued it in place. Secondly the surface skimmer section i feel is way too big so i covered most of it up so my water level can be higher, also done with acrylic(painted black). Third the return pump is too gutless so i replaced it with the minijet 404 which is 2.5x more flow than the stock pump. Also I wanted to use that large sponge that comes with it but only half of it so i chopped it in half and I may put chaeto down in the bottom of the first chamber below the sponge.

Here are some pics of my finished rockwork. I also put 3 mangroves in the back held in place by the sponge.

 

[skinz78]

Great looking little tank!

 

[mgdmirage]

Thanks, I'm going to be putting some live rock in the back chamber and start stocking it soon.

 

[underwaterfirefighter]

Very cool looking Pico! Can't wait to see it stocked. Great start you have there.

 

[mgdmirage]

Thanks I love it now that i got the rock work done :)

 

[jiffy]

sweet

 

[mgdmirage]

Thanks, I put my first coral in lastnight a tiny Kryptonite candy cane frag.

 

[mgdmirage]

So I got my ATO finished and installed and it works great.

Here are some pics of it:

And I was bored and decided to try and build a Glazer style skimmer.

Here is what I came up with:

I haven't really gotten to test it out. I need to pickup a wooden airstone, the glassbead one i tried produces really large bubbles :(

 

[mgdmirage]

My new little friend.

 

[mgdmirage]

Another little friend. A harlequin shrimp, a tiny male.

 

[skinz78]

Very cool, what kind of starfish do you feed it?

 

[mgdmirage]

Asterina which i have quite a few in my 40 breeder. I tossed the first one in for him last night and he found it right away and spent the night eating it and today he molted.