Office Pico Reef (Advance Build) LEAKED!

[TonyNguyen]

Hello Reef2Reef, I will document my 4 Gallon nano built on here. I don't know what I have in mind for it yet. I recently shut it down and decided to go another route. It had a Amazon LED light which was good enough for softies but not for SPS or LPS. So the next light should be a little stronger but not too strong. This is my office tank so it sits on top of me and can be blinding to my eyes some times...So I plan to have a 5 gallon top off tank on the outside room and 1/4" tubing ran inside to my office. Here is the current picture of it. Also I will removed the crush corals its not fun to have as sand. So sand will be one of the next process.

Tank is 4 gallon include:
Upgraded return pump for more circulation (instead of having a power-head)
15 watt heater
3lb rock

Future plans:
Either a: High end Nems: Inferno, Colorado?? Extra long pace Gonna take long time to save up
Either a: Standard RBTA or GBTA combo?? Fast pace
Either a: Zoas collection?? Fast Pace
Either a: SPS dominate?? Medium pace
Either a: LPS Dominate?? Medium pace
Or a mix reef??? Fast pace

Maintenance will be using my existing water from my 210 water change to swap out 1 gallon monthly. No fish is planned tank is too small!





Here the current picture: Its very sad to see it sitting there and no life inside.

20180127_165604 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr



Stay tune for more, thanks for looking!

 

[TonyNguyen]

1-31-18

I did a clean up today and after work I'm going to pick up some sand maybe 10lb bag.

20180131_180658 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

Looks great without water already! Lol


20180131_180851 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[TonyNguyen]

Got the sand maybe 10lb is too much had to removed some. But still looks like a lot of sand, but I kind of want a deep sand bed for the bio system. Since its such a small tank I need everything I can get....

20180201_114033 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[TonyNguyen]

Thanks to super glue I manage to have a bonsai look with the rock.

20180201_140422 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

20180201_140456 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[TonyNguyen]

I added 4 gallon of my existing tank water, and my light came in. Its pretty bright much brighter than the old one.


Let there be light!

20180202_141507 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[don_chuwish]

Should be fun!

 

[DeniseAndy]

Good luck. I love little tanks.

 

[TonyNguyen]

Thanks guys! Here is my main concern keeping it stable since its so small. I have a trick up my sleeve and it involve my kalkwasser stirrer and my ATO tank. The plan is to run 90% RODI water and 10% kalkwasser drip. To conclude this, I made up my mine for a full blown SPS Pico....

 

[Doclight]

Following.. I have a 7.5 gallon cube I have been Wondering what to do with..

 

[DeniseAndy]

One thing I find great about these little guys is the ability to completely clean them out if algae or detritus get away from you. I have one 6g that is mostly lps (two bits of sps) and one that is zoas and rock nems with one bta.

 

[TonyNguyen]

One thing I find great about these little guys is the ability to completely clean them out if algae or detritus get away from you. I have one 6g that is mostly lps (two bits of sps) and one that is zoas and rock nems with one bta.

Got a pic?

 

[DeniseAndy]

I will try today or tomorrow.They are on computer and I am on tablet.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Okay, here are the two tanks. Both are Fluval Edge 6g. The second is the rock nem and zoas. It was taken in Nov and now has more zoas, a bta, and the rock nems are huge. Also has crabs, davinchi clown babies.

 

[TonyNguyen]

Wow looks good!

 

[TonyNguyen]

So the water finally cleared up, but I don't know about the aquascape because I plan to have monti on the lower rock and acro/branching on the top. Not sure how this is gonna look once things grow out....=(


20180205_102643 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

 

[DeniseAndy]

Never know til you try!

 

[TonyNguyen]

That is true! I also have a rock that is like a cylinder may also look cool! But ill run with this rock for now...=)

 

[DeniseAndy]

I always go with minimal scaping and add as needed and corals fill in nicely. Especially in a pico. It is so limited.

 

[TonyNguyen]

That's what I notice that rock inside the tank it is huge! lol

 

[TonyNguyen]

Here is a little DIY project for the reactor. I ordered a 3 RPM motor with high torque. I made this before with a higher rev, but since this is a small tank the kalkwasser does not need to the spinning as fast. Here is a picture and a short clip of the RPM. Sorry for the mess, it will get clean up later this is the testing stage!

20180206_113803 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

20180206_113755 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr

20180206_113742 by Tony Nguyen, on Flickr