Wife's 3g JBJ picotope

[cbort]

Ok...here is my feeble attempt to get my wife intested in the hobby!

3 gallong JBJ Pico
- with the back painted flat black with Krylon Fusion.
AC70 filter
- refugium mod
Current 2x18W Dual Satellite light fixture
- 50/50 and 10k bulb
Live Rock is from Sea Life Inc.
- Full of live
Black Tahitian Moon sand
Tetra Submersible 50w Heater
- Floating Glass w/Suction Cup
LIVESTOCK
-Firefish
-Nano Conchs
-Radioactive Dragon Eyes Zoas
-Red Purple People Eater Zoas
-Bam Bam Zoas
-Purple Fission Zoas
-ATL Tripple Redd Zoas
-Tubbs Blues Zoas
-Devils Armor Zoas
-Armor of God Zoas
-Small Toad Stool
-Small Devils Hand
-1 Neon Green Mushroom
-Green Star Polyps
-Neon Green Pipe Organ


First pics are of setup day. All water/rock/sand was transferred from Des Moines and setup same day. Will get more pics of current setup today!
Pics! Enjoy!

 

[cbort]

New pics!

 

[revhtree]

I love the pico! Beautiful tank!

 

[cbort]

Thanks Rev! Next we are going to find her 3 sexies!

 

[revhtree]

Sorry but I am not available........

 

[cbort]

haha...ya and i figured i couldn't get you to sit on my L.R. and play in my corals! Oh well maybe i will settle for some Peps instead.

 

[RadReef]

Looks like a really nice start. Lol, what, the wife only gets a 3 gallon?

 

[cbort]

its her first tank, i want her to run outta room, and upgrade, and run outta room and upgrade and so on and so on!

Then when i want my 48x48x24 cube, she can't be mad!!

 

[Ramses66]

Bad mistake getting your wife involved, my wife spends more than me on corals, and I have to clean her tanks. Good looking tank!

 

[cbort]

For me that is a good thing! I enjoy cleaning them and if she's gonna buy more corals than me!!! I am all for it! haha

 

[MSmusicstudios]

I love the pico!!!! The Black sand makes them look so good!!!! I would suggest sexy shrimp for that tank!!!!! They are ALWAYS a great addition!!!!

 

[cbort]

Thanks! The black sand really makes the corals look better! Sexies will be the only things in this tank after my move. I will be moving here in a month and will set it back up again and add the sexies.

 

[cbort]

Picture update again. I added a few more zoas to her collection. Still waiting for the LFS to get in some sexies!

Enjoy!

 

[RadReef]

Looking great cbort! It is starting to fill up, time for an upgrade. And yes, it does work that way. I got my wife involved in the hobby and she's a total addict, she loves it! I say your right because when she wants to order corals I add stuff too, he he, and I can get frags of what she buys. It works well for me....

 

[Acezwild]

very nice think I will have to do something like it for my desk thanks for sharing

 

[Sikryd]

That thing is cool as heck!!!
I couldn't do it - that is such a small volume of water I would end up killing everything somehow! Good job.

I have never seen a firefish look so HUGE!

 

[cbort]

That thing is cool as heck!!!
I couldn't do it - that is such a small volume of water I would end up killing everything somehow! Good job.

I have never seen a firefish look so HUGE!

It is a whole heck of a lot easier than ya think! Top off everyday, waterchange 1 time a week and besides that let her go! My zoa frags are growing like crazy in this thing! I have 2 other cubes that do a decent job at growing zoas, but my zoas have almost tripled in just a few weeks! I can't believe it! Plus a tank this small, makes you keep your hands out!

I will post some pics later of what the guy had in this tank before i bought it, he had a clam, a brain, lobos and some sps! I had to put them in my cube tho! I was not as confident in myself to keep those alive in there. But softies do really well!

 

[jiffy]

you have any recent pictures of this tank? i recently started a lil 3g for my girl friend, just fishing for ideas.. =]

 

[ReefDreams]

I don't know if my wallet could handle both me and wife in this hobby lol but I'm still trying to get her involved.Tank looks great man. I really like the look of the black sand