This is my 2.5 pico.
Filtration is an Aquaclear 30 with the stock sponge. A fat layer of Seachem Matrix and 100ml bag of Purigen that only partly captures the flow in the filter meaning a lot of water bypasses the Purigen.
Tank is a simple 2.5 gallon from petco sale. Ripped the top plastic rim off for a DIY rimless look (yeah right) and razor bladed a lot of the excess silicone from the top.
On top of the tank is a DIY cover made from the plastic sheeting that you can get from a poster frame at Walmart. Down side is that it’s brittle.
Heating is a little Topfin 10w betta tank heater and it does the job. Could have probably gone with slightly smaller heater since the flow in the tank is somewhat high and it’s 2.5 gallons lol.
Light is the Fluval Sea Nano. On the auto setting with mostly white light and off during the night. Not sure what ideal light settings will be But white at around 30 percent is plenty for the little tank right now. Going to change and adjust as time goes.
Started it with Live rock and live sand.
2 zoanthids, 1 on a plug and 1 small rock with several spores spread across it. 1 branching frogspawn, 1 red mushroom, and a nice piece of green star polyps isolated on its own rock.
Tank has been going for a little while now. Water has been testing perfect and steady and will hopefully stay that way as the cover I DIY’d should control evaporation and keep top off far between.
Glad to be here on the forum. Thanks for checking out my post.
