Tiny funny reef on budget

[neupane00]

very cool. following this.. btw whats the exact dimensions ?

 

[Ahruk]

Very cool :D Can't wait to see more.

 

[EzraZamir]

Very nice!!! Is a skimmer even needed on such a small tank? I tried one on my 10 gallon and weekly water changes were fine without it. The skimmer didn't pull much out either. The smallest nano I had was 2.5 and it was an absolute NIGHTMARE to keep the params steady and I gave it up. Maybe the glass top will help with the evaporation? I never thought to do that...

 

[sikorskys]

very cool. following this.. btw whats the exact dimensions ?

Thank you.

Exact dimensions of a tank are 205x205x255mm with 4mm glass. Skimmer's tube is 235x35mm.

 

[Fishy Bizness Aquatics]

Clean little tank... following along for the progress

 

[sikorskys]

Very nice!!! Is a skimmer even needed on such a small tank? I tried one on my 10 gallon and weekly water changes were fine without it. The skimmer didn't pull much out either. The smallest nano I had was 2.5 and it was an absolute NIGHTMARE to keep the params steady and I gave it up. Maybe the glass top will help with the evaporation? I never thought to do that...

Thank you very much.

It's definitely possible to do it without skimmer, but I don't want to. I'm building this pico for my office desktop, so I'd like to cut down water changes/top off's to a minimum. I hope, skimmer and cover glass will help with that.

 

[neupane00]

Thank you.

Exact dimensions of a tank are 205x205x255mm with 4mm glass. Skimmer's tube is 235x35mm.

For those like me.. thats 8.07 x 8.07 x 10 inches. :) wow this will be nice to see it grow

 

[EzraZamir]

Thank you very much.

It's definitely possible to do it without skimmer, but I don't want to. I'm building this pico for my office desktop, so I'd like to cut down water changes/top off's to a minimum. I hope, skimmer and cover glass will help with that.

This has inspired me to try again! What's next, lighting?

 

[sikorskys]

This has inspired me to try again! What's next, lighting?

Lighting is not ready yet, next will be the rockscape :)

 

[sikorskys]

Now, there is my rockwork in place:



The purpose of this DIY rock is to make the most of the volume, but not to be sharp-looking itself. There is not much volume in 3g to make something more exciting. One day I'm going to make this tank SPS-dominated, so I need the proper scape to hold all those horned frags in right directions.



Sure, those flat surfaces and sharp edges look too artificial. But I'm ok with that, because all of the rock is going to be covered with frags. In the end, I'd like to get something like a mountain overgrown with trees.





The rock is made of some "superwhite" cement (not sure about the brand, sorry) and cheap aragonite sand. That's it, no coarse salt, oyster shell or any other additives were used. I was going to make the rock surface intentionally flat, so no coarse salt was needed.

Then, it has been soaked in tap water for 3-4 weeks. Now I'm going to soak it in saltwater for few weeks more. Don't know if this is really needed, but that's definitely won't hurt :)





That's it for the rockscape. Next post will be about the lighting, stay tuned :)

 

[kidzaac87]

Nice, are you going to glue the frags on to that rock work?

 

[sikorskys]

Nice, are you going to glue the frags on to that rock work?

Thanks.

I'm going to start with zoas and softies. All corals will be detached from frags and glued with sulerglue gel straight to the rock.

 

[sikorskys]

corals will be detached from frags

LOL, I mean to say "plugs" :)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looking great!

 

[Betty1964]

Wow...this is an interesting one to be sure.

 

[gidenski]

It was a similar story here up until 3 years ago when a saint opened up the first pure saltwater shop in Bulgaria. Бажаючи удачі з Болгарії!

 

[sikorskys]

Бажаючи удачі з Болгарії!

Дякую :)

 

[t1ger86]

Following

 

[CenlaReefer]

Tagging along! Very nice work!

 

[DurocShark]

Looks good. I'm following too!