The Pico Tank in the office

[legendhua]

I have always wanted to put a small and unobtrusive tank on my office desk.
After browsing the internet for a while, I found that Muye has a miniature tank with a good design, so I bought it and started the journey of the micro tank...

Mainly rely on changing water to maintain water quality and element replenishment.
It has been almost two years now, and I hope it will continue.


PC120015 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


[System Profile]
Display Tank: 16cm x 10cm x 13cm
Sump: 16cm x 10cm x 7cm
Return Pump: DC pump
Lighting: ZOOX Reef Nano2 LED
Heating/Cooling: Thermo-electric cooler & heater

 

[legendhua]

Original factory settings
沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


filter materials
沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


Star cycling
沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


The main character at the beginning - Pistol Shrimp
P1230155 (2) 槍蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr





After one moonth brown algae flourish
沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr





Hermit crabs compete with gun shrimp for food




Got a new roommate for Pistol Shrimp - watchman wheeler's goby
It's a pity they're not together...
沐野微缸 紅斑節蝦虎 by legendhua, 於 Flickr




It was found that the hermit crab was injured by the gun shrimp, so the gun shrimp had to be taken out of the tank.
沐野微缸 光掌硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

After about half a year, new residents moved in - S. zanzibaricus
P7300026 紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr






Unfortunately, one of the two Banded Coral Shrimps died the next day due to unknown reasons.
P8170010 海參 紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



Hermit crabs gave birth to babies unexpectedly~
P8180029 寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



The mother~
P8180030 隱伏硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


The babies
寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


close up
寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr






poor swimming skills




got new clothes
紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 脫殼 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

Add a thermometer, although the response is slow, but the accuracy is enough.
溫度計 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



Wanted to rechallenge the button, got a new light - ZA1201
There is no water supply equipment, I put the lamp directly above the fish tank to avoid water evaporation.
P9290056 by legendhua, 於 Flickr



When there was a lot of algae in the tank, I brought hermit crabs from home to clean up, and then bring them home after cleaning.
Before
PA190002 黃頭紅鬚美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


Working
PA050027 蓋氏硬殼寄居蟹 隱伏硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


Brown algae significantly suppressed after introduction of Grape Caulerpa Algae!
PA190011 黃頭紅鬚美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


eating Bristle worms



One year~~~
P2180029 紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

A water change accident (too high salinity) cost me a lot of tank life.
The shrimp also died in that accident....

The new protagonist was replaced by a sexy shrimp.



I am from Taiwan, where the summer temperature often exceeds 95℉.
In the summer of the second year after setting up the tank, I wanted to raise corals, so I installed a Thermo-electric cooler.
For this equipment, I also made some modifications to the circulation system of the tank.

冷水機 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

When the temperature was stable, the creatures in the tank were happier~
P7220133 性感蝦 紅單包 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


Although Montipora setosa survived the water change accident, he has not recovered from the injury.

 

[legendhua]

Water change

 

[legendhua]

The blue light beads were not light up, which makes the condition of the corals not good.
Some corals were taken home to recuperate.
DSC02661 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


New LED lump - ZOOX Reef Nano2 LED
無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

DSC02663 by legendhua, 於 Flickr


Current status


PC120015 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PC160107 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PC160096 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PC160111 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

PC160108 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[dstockwell]

Lookin good

 

[legendhua]

Lookin good

thx~

 

[legendhua]

iphone XR + filter
無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

New Update~

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I love the way your tank is turning out!!!

 

[His Coral Highness]

That was such a cool and interesting read! Very tranquil. My desktop office tank is my favorite tank too!

 

[legendhua]

I love the way your tank is turning out!!!

Thanks~
Small tanks need to resist the urge to have too many creatures...

 

[legendhua]

That was such a cool and interesting read! Very tranquil. My desktop office tank is my favorite tank too!

Looking at the tank on the desk is really quite relaxing, when work is boring~

 

[afrokobe]

Awesome tank! Whenever I try to setup an office tank, I just end up neglecting it... envious of yours!

 

[legendhua]

Awesome tank! Whenever I try to setup an office tank, I just end up neglecting it... envious of yours!

Really lucky to be able to keep fish in the office~

 

[legendhua]

飼料研磨罐 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Pellet Feed Grinder
P2130005 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

 

[legendhua]

update~

 

[Sump Crab]

Cool