I finally did it

Jakepen · Apr 9, 2017

Broke down my 30, in the process of a 180 build. I didn't want to be without a tank, so it was perfect time to do what I've always wanted to try.

lion king · Apr 9, 2017

Wow, tell us about it.

Rufus’ goofs · Apr 9, 2017

how big is that guy?

Jakepen · Apr 9, 2017

I was at my friends house a few months back, saw it in his basement and instantly saw a reef in it lol. I told him I have to take it home, he was more than happy to give it up. Broke down my 30 last weekend, set up a ten gallon that held some final pieces of coral and few left over fish. Once all the stragglers sold, I decided to set up the jar. It's one gallon (without rock) heated by a small beta tank heater, and a air pump for flow (surprising amount of random flow from this alone). It was very tough to get rock and coral in the jar, used long tweezers to attatch the coral to the LR. Taking a very simple approach to this jar, weekly water changes using a turkey baster, topping off the water every other day with a turkey baster, and will spot feed reef roids.

nervousmonkey · Apr 9, 2017

Jakepen said:
I was at my friends house a few months back, saw it in his basement and instantly saw a reef in it lol. I told him I have to take it home, he was more than happy to give it up. Broke down my 30 last weekend, set up a ten gallon that held some final pieces of coral and few left over fish. Once all the stragglers sold, I decided to set up the jar. It's one gallon (without rock) heated by a small beta tank heater, and a air pump for flow (surprising amount of random flow from this alone). It was very tough to get rock and coral in the jar, used long tweezers to attatch the coral to the LR. Taking a very simple approach to this jar, weekly water changes using a turkey baster, topping off the water every other day with a turkey baster, and will spot feed reef roids.

Have you read about how @brandon429 takes care of his 1 gallon? Super nice looking gallon tank BTW! Now I think I want to try it out. Sounds like a really fun project. Congrats Jake!

Jakepen · Apr 9, 2017

nervousmonkey said:
Have you read about how @brandon429 takes care of his 1 gallon? Super nice looking gallon tank BTW! Now I think I want to try it out. Sounds like a really fun project. Congrats Jake!

No I'll check it out, obviously stability is critical with the volume. Thanks a lot, I'm pretty excited about it.