Help choosing office tank

[FragCity]

Hello folks! Finally got the green light from Admin @ work to have an aquarium in my office!!

I'm very limited on space. Need some advice on a nice, small, clean looking pico set-up <10 gallons.

I'd like to keep softies in it...any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Harold

 

[AlexStinson]

i would think a small biocube or nanocube would be the perfect setup for you, I think they come in 8 and 9 gallons respectivly.
(I have a 14bc as my desktop tank...)

 

[Garth Schafluetzel]

honestly go get a 10 gal and get you a good t5ho fixture and run a good skimmer. with it being at your work you should have at least your lunch breack to check if something seems off. and just keep a fresh jug of RO water laying around

 

[FragCity]

i would think a small biocube or nanocube would be the perfect setup for you, I think they come in 8 and 9 gallons respectivly.
(I have a 14bc as my desktop tank...)

14g, I'm sure your office is much larger than mine ;) lol

[/QUOTE] Garth Schafluetzel honestly go get a 10 gal and get you a good t5ho fixture and run a good skimmer. with it being at your work you should have at least your lunch breack to check if something seems off. and just keep a fresh jug of RO water laying around)[/QUOTE]

I'm sure I'll be paying more attention to the tank than my work!

I'm thinking about how to incorporate a fluval for filtration, and a skimmer of course...

I recall a thread somewhere w/ a modded fluval with a built in fuge and light...can't find it for the life of me...but I'd like to implement something similar.

Please post pics of your office tanks if ya got em'

Thanks again!

 

[Garth Schafluetzel]

ocianparadies has told me about modifiying a emperor400 into a HOB sounds cheap and easy if you could do that and a skimmer i think it would work great

 

[AlexStinson]

for office i still say enclosed systems.... another factor is that they have very close to 0 evaporation.... one less jug to keep by your desk

 

[paintballer768]

For a skimmer, use the Oceanic Biocube Skimmer, its very small and its in-tank. The only part of maintenance is keeping the water level consistent.

 

[Sooner Reefer]

Get an emperor 400 or some kind of HOB, and either keep it the way it is or it can be turned into a nice little refegieum. A skimmer would be nice also.
I would get a regular 10g or glass aquarium unless you plan on keeping a fish that needs a top like firefish. If i could go back i'd get a 20g long instead of a 24g aquapod.

 

[oceanparadise1]

emp 400 is WAY to big for a 10 gallon u could do the same thing with an emp 280 and have the same reslults or if u want i can post pics of my Aqua clear that i also modded into a HOB fuge(same thing thou)

 

[FragCity]

Thanks for the input folks!

Oceanparadise1, please post up pics of the mod you mentioned, I appreciate it.

I'm really looking to go less than 10 gallons, if possible...

 

[coral diver]

Oh come on H you and I know 30g cube is the best size in your OFFICE

 

[FragCity]

Oh come on H you and I know 30g cube is the best size in your OFFICE

Haha uncle Jojo, then I'll never get ANY work done lol!!

Ideally I'd like a rimless tank :). Just trying to decide on the dimensions...

 

[Nate82]

jbj has a 3g pico... things mint also rimless or you could just get a 5.5 pico i just got one i love the stupid thing

 

[oceanparadise1]

which mod sir? AQ or the EMP,emp is the better of the two IMO

 

[LorenK]

I love my 3g picotope. I'll post some pics tonight, long overdue. I upgraded the light and I have a branching sun coral, a 10 headed acan, micros, softies and misc LPS. The only fish is a yellow clown goby.

I change water with a 32 oz cup. I haven't figured out a good top-off yet, but I'm sure there is something available. I don't use a skimmer or fuge since it takes about 2 minutes to do a 10% water change.

It's a great size for an office or cube.

 

[FragCity]

which mod sir? AQ or the EMP,emp is the better of the two IMO

The EMP mod please, thank you!

LorenK-Would love to see your office tank pics!

 

[oceanparadise1]

ill take some better ones tmrw heres the best i can get for now

this pic shows kinda where i epoxy so that i could take out the bio wheel

heres teh pic from what u see u cant even tell it was modded

 

[Bignasty]

I found a 16g bow front with stand real cheap on craigslist. I added a koralia nano, subcurrent filter and sunpod and I love it. 1 fish and a bunch of frags, everyone in the office enjoys it as much as I do.

 

[FragCity]

Picked up a 5.5 AGA

After checking out the space I had to work with, I decided with a 5.5g AGA.

I had some leftover black acrylic, so I got motivated to build an overflow...Water will basically overflow into a fuge w/ LR and return via a Rio 800 tee'd off to 2 x 1" Tank Jets one towards the top and one near the bottom-i'm unsure if this is an overkill. This is my first shot at trying something like this so any input would be appreciated.

Front shot with diy fuge/overflow

Side shot

Top shot w/ return pump

 

[oceanparadise1]

nice man! what lights are u gonna be using