Our Pico Jar Finally Cycled!! First Tank Eveeeeeerrrrrr!!! :D

fishface NJ · Jul 14, 2020

Welcome to R2R!!!

jk_s124 · Jul 14, 2020

Welcome!

sp1187 · Jul 14, 2020

way cool.
welcome to the show.

Anihiel1 · Jul 14, 2020

That is so cool! Can't wait to see how it evolves

Brandon Smith · Jul 14, 2020

jeffrey750750 · Jul 14, 2020

Hello, cool little project you have there

Blitz7737 · Jul 14, 2020

Awwwww, thanks everyone. Woke up to all this love and happiness. Will definitely post updates as it evolves. Might make a build thread later and transfer everything over. ;Cat

Adamantium · Jul 14, 2020

The refugium is really unique! How does flow go through it? I don’t understand what the air pump really does.

Blitz7737 · Jul 14, 2020

Thanks! Both the LR canister and mini fuge with Mr. Moss Ball have a custom built pumping action. Three tubes through the top (sealed with superglue, rev one of silicone was messy): one for air pump, one for siphon inlet, and one for mini pumping action outlet. Never needed the piece in red. All functions off the venturi effect creating action in the larger outlet tube. It stalls on very rare occasions, mostly when the siphon gets clogged up with gunkies. Regular cleaning keeps it in tip top shape.

Also found that the standard mason jar tops have a tendency to breakdown and rust, so we changed to plastic. Introduced a bit of iron and phosphates, but hopefully our little fuge will help clean that up.

Next time I do a cleaning, I will get more pictures!

fishguy242 · Jul 14, 2020

build thread time

Blitz7737 · Jul 14, 2020

fishguy242 said:
build thread time

Maybe that will be a better impact. I will work on pulling it together. Once it goes up, I will post a link here. ;Cat

fishguy242 · Jul 14, 2020

i kinda think it starts here unless you start elsewhere?? it will be a better impact,will also make friends ,,n get a cool badge

AcroNem · Jul 14, 2020

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Shaveen · Jul 14, 2020

That's cool! Welcome!

Picasso Clown · Jul 15, 2020

Dude wow!! That looks epic and I’m really happy for y’all! What’s your stock list looking like? 1 gallon ain’t good for much but it’s enough for something really super cool right?! I’m pumped for you and I hope this is the beginning of a killer build thread and a beautiful tank

be picky and plan on what goes in there, limiter real estate means only the best! Imho, a sexy shrimp or two would kill it in there! Mine hosts my anemone so I think anything else you decide to put in there is gonna be a okay

Reefnman2 · Jul 15, 2020

Welcome to R2R!

Blitz7737 · Jul 16, 2020

Picasso Clown said:
Dude wow!! That looks epic and I’m really happy for y’all! What’s your stock list looking like? 1 gallon ain’t good for much but it’s enough for something really super cool right?! I’m pumped for you and I hope this is the beginning of a killer build thread and a beautiful tank be picky and plan on what goes in there, limiter real estate means only the best! Imho, a sexy shrimp or two would kill it in there! Mine hosts my anemone so I think anything else you decide to put in there is gonna be a okay

Thanks! Mr. Bubbles makes me happy every time I get some time with it. Stock list is pretty minimal. Would love a pistol/goby pair, but the 1g is probably too small to ever house them. Thinking either an emerald crab or some sort of shrimp to start (depends on what the LFS has, but maybe a sexy, saron, or peppermint... or a really cute pistol if we can find one). Also gonna get a glass cleaner, maybe a couple of bumblebee/nerites. That will probably be it for the CUC. As for corals, thinking 3 or 4. Zoa and gsp on an island for sure. For the other two, haven't settled yet. Depends on whats available and is hardy enough. Any other suggestions appreciated too! Should be putting the build thread together this weekend!

How big is your tank, got a build thread for it?

And thanks everyone for the well wishes. ;Cat

Picasso Clown · Jul 16, 2020

Blitz7737 said:
Thanks! Mr. Bubbles makes me happy every time I get some time with it. Stock list is pretty minimal. Would love a pistol/goby pair, but the 1g is probably too small to ever house them. Thinking either an emerald crab or some sort of shrimp to start (depends on what the LFS has, but maybe a sexy, saron, or peppermint... or a really cute pistol if we can find one). Also gonna get a glass cleaner, maybe a couple of bumblebee/nerites. That will probably be it for the CUC. As for corals, thinking 3 or 4. Zoa and gsp on an island for sure. For the other two, haven't settled yet. Depends on whats available and is hardy enough. Any other suggestions appreciated too! Should be putting the build thread together this weekend!

How big is your tank, got a build thread for it?

And thanks everyone for the well wishes. ;Cat

I think it would be the coolest thing if you managed to get some kind of sps in there. Like a red dragon? Those are lower light and flow sps. I have mine directly under my powerhead on the bottom of the tank. A red dragon crowning a rock covered in Armor of God/pink zipper zoas/ mandarin oranges scrambled egg/ salted agaves/ vamps in drag/ cry babies/ Halle berry (I’d probably have max 3 varieties but blend them super well, horrible drawing demonstrates) with a red mithrax crab/peppermint/fire shrimp/ sexy shrimp pair would be my dream if I had a tank like that. If the betta fish bites the dust or gets put into a different tank. Here’s a horrific artist’s rendition of this fantasy.

Blitz7737 · Jul 16, 2020

Picasso Clown said:
I think it would be the coolest thing if you managed to get some kind of sps in there. Like a red dragon? Those are lower light and flow sps. I have mine directly under my powerhead on the bottom of the tank. A red dragon crowning a rock covered in Armor of God/pink zipper zoas/ mandarin oranges scrambled egg/ salted agaves/ vamps in drag/ cry babies/ Halle berry (I’d probably have max 3 varieties but blend them super well, horrible drawing demonstrates) with a red mithrax crab/peppermint/fire shrimp/ sexy shrimp pair would be my dream if I had a tank like that. If the betta fish bites the dust or gets put into a different tank. Here’s a horrific artist’s rendition of this fantasy.

That art is pretty legit man. Also, I have a sneaking suspicion that not all of those are actually corals. I hope I am wrong, as some of those are dang cool names for a coral garden. Lol. I have heard SPS are much tougher to start with and this our first reef journey, so probably stick to some bright softies.

Picasso Clown · Jul 16, 2020

I actually got an acro as my second coral, not too difficult as long as you have a good light and clean water. Have never tested my perams so idk what they need as far as nitrates and stuff like that goes. I just stick mine in a tank under bright lights and they do really well. I think an AI Prime would be good for this purpose, or possibly even less than that like a kessil or something. AI primes worked for my lower end acros (red dragon, birdsnest, purple bonsai, etc) and my zoas are doing spectacularly as well. And yeah, those actually are all names of zoas! I have those so I can definitely vouch for their colors. Here’s my red dragon (sitting at the bottom of my tank, chillin) and some zoa macros I took cause I was selling frags.

Left to right: scrambled eggs, (way back) cat’s eye, (middle) gobstoppers, (single polyp) blue hornet, (skipped the angry closed polyps), crybabies, (green) radioactive dragon eyes

(left to right) cats eyes, gobstoppers, single blue hornet, crybabies, radioactive dragon eyes, vamps in drag (light blue mostly so photography is h o r r I b l e), fire and ice, purple monster (on plug with rhodactis shroom)