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Can you tell us what you used for the bulkhead on this? It seems like a normal bulkhead wouldn't make a good enough seal. Thanks!
My DIY 4.5g Pico Vase Project
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I'm glad you posted this...cause I was seriously in Walmart last night and was going to pick up a vase to do this. I even had the g/f talked into going to Michaels to pick up the "tank".
Stand proud, cause she actually looked at the Pico and your display tank many times and liked it....which is super rare
That's great, anything to help a fellow reefer :bigsmile:
Roonie is correct. It's a uniseal....a flexible bulkhead that takes the shape of the container. Works great.
Wow this is the first time catching this thread and i love the Vase idea. You did a great job. Also you other tank looks incredible!! Kudos!
That is one awesome vase pico. I never really understood how the vase pico works, but you are obviously doing it flawlessly.
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Thank you.
Thanks. I saw a vase a while ago on youtube and thought, that's a cool little project with lots of room for creativity so I gave it a shot. Since I started the vase around last October, quite a few others have done similar setups with great results. Initially it's a challenge but if done correctly, you encounter space restrictions fairly quickly. Now that I've done it, I'm considering taking down the tank, getting tired of maintaining multiple tanks even though the only maintenance on this particular vase is cleaning the glass every once in a while, but I still have to feed it.
So it was more of a challenge for youreself to see if you could do it and not really a longterm project. I am sure a vase would get boring once you ran out of space.
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Thanks. I can't say that didn't cross my mind :bigsmile:
We're all addicted to this stuff, but every once in a while I think about getting out of the hobby because life is just busy (I've been into saltwater for ~12 yrs), however with a larger tank that's usually easier said than done...by the next day I'm usually into it again. With a small tank like a vase on the other hand, it was challenging at first....then OK I did it, not much more to do with it, look at it the next day and still feel the same way, that's when you know it's time to get rid of it. It wasn't a short-term plan initially, just turned out that way.
Hi! I know this is a super old thread but I’ve been wanting to do this exact thing for years. Do you have any new pointers since you built this? Anything you would do different? I was going to 3D print the overflow/return.Here's a little side project I started about 3 months ago to test out LEDs...some pics of my diy pico vase.
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