Me and My 4g Reef

VKP01 · Apr 26, 2020

I just found out that pompom crabs eat bristle worms

she curled up like a dead spider to grab it with her legs

I can’t add videos but here’s a link

VKP01 · Apr 26, 2020

The barnacle blennies do not approve

VKP01 · Apr 27, 2020

VKP01 said:
Three month’s difference! ;Joyful

Five months difference!

VKP01 · Apr 29, 2020

Under blues and whites. Might just be me, but I think it’s looking happier recently

VKP01 · May 2, 2020

Saturday FTS. As if everything else wasn’t enough, there’s little spots of bubble algae popping up now

. I’ll have to siphon them out next water change.

Fakegolfnews · May 15, 2020

nice tank! live the rock structure

Kyle T. · May 15, 2020

This tank and the journey has been a great read. I am in the midst of setting up a 25 gallon SPS reef but I’ve already been thinking about setting up a pico simple tank for soft corals. I love the idea of something like this!

VKP01 · Jun 1, 2020

I’ve been too busy to update this thread for awhile, but hopefully I’ll have some pictures and updates up tomorrow! In the meantime, here’s a couple macro pictures of a new golden yuma mushroom I got. It’s an entry in this months photo contest

Under whites:

Under blues, with an orange filter:

VKP01 · Jun 2, 2020

I’m happy to say that at long last we’re algae and dino free!

The return pump has slowed down and I wasn’t getting anywhere near enough flow, so I actually took off the whole return nozzle and put a small power head in that corner. So far it’s working great!

I’m back to doing water changes and running carbon, so I doubt there’s much flucon still in there, but the algae hasn’t come back yet. I also finally managed to get some more snails, and they cleared out any little bits left. I took the frag rack out because it was blocking a lot of light and flow, so everything’s just kinda sitting in there right now.

Kyle T. · Jun 2, 2020

Tank looks great! Algae and Dinos definitely challenge the persistence of a reefer and I'm glad you have overcome them!

VKP01 · Jun 2, 2020

Kyle T. said:
Tank looks great! Algae and Dinos definitely challenge the persistence of a reefer and I'm glad you have overcome them!

Thanks!! It was definitely frustrating

VKP01 · Jun 11, 2020

Everything’s still going good. Mr Snail was very fascinated with the outside world

VKP01 · Jun 17, 2020

A couple coral pics! I turned the old blue light on for a minute to see how they look, they’re colors are coming along nicely

The mini-me:

And a space invader pectina I got just a couple weeks ago:

Shusblues · Jun 17, 2020

VKP01 said:
I’m happy to say that at long last we’re algae and dino free!
The return pump has slowed down and I wasn’t getting anywhere near enough flow, so I actually took off the whole return nozzle and put a small power head in that corner. So far it’s working great!

I’m back to doing water changes and running carbon, so I doubt there’s much flucon still in there, but the algae hasn’t come back yet. I also finally managed to get some more snails, and they cleared out any little bits left. I took the frag rack out because it was blocking a lot of light and flow, so everything’s just kinda sitting in there right now.

I have the 9.98 gallon version and it’s a great tank. Looks really good! Pico tanks are the most challenging and rewarding.