The Pico Tank in the office

legendhua · Dec 22, 2022

I have always wanted to put a small and unobtrusive tank on my office desk.
After browsing the internet for a while, I found that Muye has a miniature tank with a good design, so I bought it and started the journey of the micro tank...

Mainly rely on changing water to maintain water quality and element replenishment.
It has been almost two years now, and I hope it will continue.

PC120015 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

[System Profile]
Display Tank: 16cm x 10cm x 13cm
Sump: 16cm x 10cm x 7cm
Return Pump: DC pump
Lighting: ZOOX Reef Nano2 LED
Heating/Cooling: Thermo-electric cooler & heater

legendhua · Dec 22, 2022

Original factory settings

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

filter materials

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Star cycling

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

The main character at the beginning - Pistol Shrimp

P1230155 (2) 槍蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

After one moonth brown algae flourish

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Hermit crabs compete with gun shrimp for food

Got a new roommate for Pistol Shrimp - watchman wheeler's goby
It's a pity they're not together...

沐野微缸紅斑節蝦虎 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

It was found that the hermit crab was injured by the gun shrimp, so the gun shrimp had to be taken out of the tank.

沐野微缸光掌硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

legendhua · Dec 22, 2022

After about half a year, new residents moved in - S. zanzibaricus

P7300026 紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Unfortunately, one of the two Banded Coral Shrimps died the next day due to unknown reasons.

P8170010 海參紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Hermit crabs gave birth to babies unexpectedly~

P8180029 寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

The mother~

P8180030 隱伏硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

The babies

寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

close up

寄居蟹浮游 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

poor swimming skills

got new clothes

紅鬚黃頭美人蝦脫殼 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

legendhua · Dec 22, 2022

Add a thermometer, although the response is slow, but the accuracy is enough.

溫度計 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Wanted to rechallenge the button, got a new light - ZA1201
There is no water supply equipment, I put the lamp directly above the fish tank to avoid water evaporation.

P9290056 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

When there was a lot of algae in the tank, I brought hermit crabs from home to clean up, and then bring them home after cleaning.
Before

PA190002 黃頭紅鬚美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Working

PA050027 蓋氏硬殼寄居蟹隱伏硬指寄居蟹 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Brown algae significantly suppressed after introduction of Grape Caulerpa Algae!

PA190011 黃頭紅鬚美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

eating Bristle worms

One year~~~

P2180029 紅鬚黃頭美人蝦 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

legendhua · Dec 22, 2022

A water change accident (too high salinity) cost me a lot of tank life.
The shrimp also died in that accident....

The new protagonist was replaced by a sexy shrimp.

I am from Taiwan, where the summer temperature often exceeds 95℉.
In the summer of the second year after setting up the tank, I wanted to raise corals, so I installed a Thermo-electric cooler.
For this equipment, I also made some modifications to the circulation system of the tank.

冷水機 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

沐野微缸 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

無標題 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

When the temperature was stable, the creatures in the tank were happier~

P7220133 性感蝦紅單包 by legendhua, 於 Flickr

Although Montipora setosa survived the water change accident, he has not recovered from the injury.