Nano/Pico tank

[Gerald Garcia]

Hi, I'm new to R2R. A little about myself; I'm an illustration artist and a licensed tattoo artist. I have been in the reefing hobby for about 10+ yrs and actually kept a 14gal biocube for a year before an accident (mother-in-law) happened.

Several years later, I began reefing again, but was curious about a pico setup. So, I gathered most of my materials from my old 14gal setup... I washed out my (dead) sand, cleansed out my (dead) live rock and placed it all in a 2.5 gal. This was done early November. I have 2 filters running; an Aquaclear 20 & a ZooMed TCN-30 501 (For 10gal). I modded the Aquaclear to act as a mini fuge, but have yet to add Chaeto to that tiny chamber... Currently there is a piece of lava rock, live rock rubble and biomax bag. The flow seems fine.

My live stock are as follows: Green Star Polyp (frag), Yellow Goby, Kenya tree (frag), 4 blue leg, hermit crabs, 1 bumblebee snail, 2 speckled, mushrooms (frag), Palm tree polyps (frag) & Trumpet polyp (frag).
My parameters are: Phosphate- 0.5, Nitrite- 0, Nitrate- 0, Calcium- 540ppm, KH- 196.9, PH- 8.0, salt grav-1.028, temp- 77.6 as of Friday.

 

[Z-man]

Nice!!

 

[Gerald Garcia]

Thanks

 

[Gerald Garcia]

Ok, here is an update and what I have done. I made lots of changes, such as rescaped the live rocks, added a Watch Goby, bumblebee snail, and a feather duster. I also upgraded my light for a more powerful one. Inputs welcomed.

 

[Whysosalty]

That is dope!!! How often do you need to top the water off? I imagine a lot

 

[Gerald Garcia]

That is dope!!! How often do you need to top the water off? I imagine a lot

Thanks, every 2 days or so.

 

[Gerald Garcia]

Also, I have to use a small fan to keep it under 80°

 

[Gerald Garcia]

With the new lights.

 

[Gerald Garcia]

But for some reason now my polyps are not as lively as they were and my mushrooms don't open up as they use to. Any clues as to why? I'm thinking maybe my lights are too close.