2 Gallon reef.

[Ariyan]

Heres my little 2 gallon about 10 months ago.

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Here its is now after multiple trimmings. :loll:

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[jarrod13]

Nice tank! How long has it been running?

Is that an aqueon evolve 2? What light is that?

 

[Ariyan]

Thank you, Its been up for about 11-12 months.

It is a aqueon evolve 2 with a Fluval Sea Nano Marine & Reef LED.

 

[Coats]

How do you have the Reef LED attached?

 

[Ariyan]

It has a 3M style that mounts to the back of the tank which came un glued after a couple weeks… I used a 2" wide piece of sheet metal that attaches to the top of the light, bends down the back and under the tank.

 

[Disher]

That's a nice tank! I love the simplicity. What kind of maintenance is involved? Is everything pretty much stock except the light?

 

[Ariyan]

Thank you, as far as maintenance, I top off with RO/DI every couple days and do small water changes periodically, absolutely the easiest tank I have. :spin1:

Yes everything is basically stock except the light.

 

[Disher]

Love the montiporas. It looks cool how they grow into each other, I bet it looks better in person!

 

[Ariyan]

Its always hard to take pictures of tanks with a cell phone

Only issue i have is algae and the tank is so small I put a turbo snail in for a day to clean and put it back in my big tank, it looks funny if I leave the "giant" snail in this tank. haha

 

[Disher]

You could try a zebra hermit. Those stay small and pick at algae. Very active hermits and are really fun to watch!

 

[jerzeedevl]

I'm new to this so is might be a dumb question, but what is all over your sand? Is it algae?

 

[jerzeedevl]

And what corals are in the middle that look like shelving? I want that!

 

[Ariyan]

You could try a zebra hermit. Those stay small and pick at algae. Very active hermits and are really fun to watch!

I'll have to give that a try.

I'm new to this so is might be a dumb question, but what is all over your sand? Is it algae?

Yes, there is a lot of algae.

And what corals are in the middle that look like shelving? I want that!

The montiporas?

 

[blusun2]

Thank you, as far as maintenance, I top off with RO/DI every couple days and do small water changes periodically, absolutely the easiest tank I have. :spin1:

Yes everything is basically stock except the light.

Hi, I just purchased an Aqueon Evolve 2G tank and I purchased live rock and sand. When you say you do small water changes periodically, how often and how much water are you talking about?

I live in "the country" so our water is basically municipal well water, very hard. I plan on purchasing saltwater from a local reef store. How much water are ou changing? a cup? 2 cups? 50%? Also, how often, every 2 days? Thanks in advance

 

[Ariyan]

Hi, I just purchased an Aqueon Evolve 2G tank and I purchased live rock and sand. When you say you do small water changes periodically, how often and how much water are you talking about?

I live in "the country" so our water is basically municipal well water, very hard. I plan on purchasing saltwater from a local reef store. How much water are ou changing? a cup? 2 cups? 50%? Also, how often, every 2 days? Thanks in advance

Depends on when you would ask me, your tank may be different, just test the water until you figure out what works for it…

But I changed roughly ~4 cups(~32 ounces) a month on average(this is my lazy tank) , all perimeters stayed pretty steady.

Topping off the tank depends on how much evaporates. could top off once a day or once a week depending on the temp in the room, I checked every night while doing stuff for my other tanks.

 

[blusun2]

Depends on when you would ask me, your tank may be different, just test the water until you figure out what works for it"¦

But I changed roughly ~4 cups(~32 ounces) a month on average(this is my lazy tank) , all perimeters stayed pretty steady.

Topping off the tank depends on how much evaporates. could top off once a day or once a week depending on the temp in the room, I checked every night while doing stuff for my other tanks.

Thanks

 

[elwaine]

What a great pico reef! Congrats.

Just one question: when are you going to add a Queen Angel, 2 Clown Fish, three Yellow Tangs and small sand shark?

 

[Teenreefer15]

I would upgrade this little guy soon.

 

[Teenreefer15]

nice coral growth though

 

[limpert]

Cool little tank