CTARS Community Pico Reef Thread 1-8 gallons
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Tweaked
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For a Nano, you have all the standard options, but a true pico will leave you looking at LEDs. Kessel, AI Nano, or the Par 38 bulbs will be some of the top choices besides DIY.
suicideissleep
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Wonder if you can buy a 100 watt Mh setup or smaller
Bett
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It doesn't really count in the category of 1-8 gallons, but I have a little 150 ml square jar that I made into a tiny atto-cube two weeks ago. I have some aiptasia, a ball anemone, macroalgaes and a stalk of anthelia living in there. I've tried a polyp of xenia in there twice, but it keeps getting lost between the rocks.. might need to try a bigger piece later. I have no filtration on it and it just gets light from sitting on the windowsill. After 2 weeks it's still looking good.
Tweaked
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Reminds me of a guy who made a pest tank, and asked for anyones pests and would even pay for shipping. All sorts of majano, aptasia, bugs, worms, and a mantis. Pretty neat!
Tweaked
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Wonder if you can buy a 100 watt Mh setup or smaller
100w on a nano yes, but nothing smaller than 10g unless you had it pretty high up and then the spill would annoy you. I currently have my ai nano over my 7.5g at 38% light and it's growing the SPS just fine.
DLANDINO
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I want to see it and it counts!
Bett
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Here's my tiny tank when I first set it up a couple weeks ago.
Here it is yesterday, got some new algae in there and the aiptasia have moved around a bit. I added more xenia as of last night as well. Maybe I can try one of my green majanos in there sometime. One of my green ones split into three a few weeks ago, but my red tipped one hasn't done any growing at all yet. I wish that one would divide instead since it looks nicer. Someone suggested I add a micro brittle star to the tank at some point too.
Here it is yesterday, got some new algae in there and the aiptasia have moved around a bit. I added more xenia as of last night as well. Maybe I can try one of my green majanos in there sometime. One of my green ones split into three a few weeks ago, but my red tipped one hasn't done any growing at all yet. I wish that one would divide instead since it looks nicer. Someone suggested I add a micro brittle star to the tank at some point too.
firstlight10
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Following along, this is shaping up to be an exciting thread!
suicideissleep
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Looks like you lost a little water a half inch could be deadly but your doing good in that tank can I say wow should get a pod culture going in there
Bett
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I think there's a couple pods already living in there, but I should catch some more at night and put them in.
I think the water level looks lower because I added a piece of xenia with some water and it rose a bit too high, so I syringed some out. The cap screws on pretty tightly so there's not a lot of evaporation going on.
I think the water level looks lower because I added a piece of xenia with some water and it rose a bit too high, so I syringed some out. The cap screws on pretty tightly so there's not a lot of evaporation going on.
suicideissleep
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Have you ever seen the glass balls with water plants and bugs inside they sell them at science places there a circle of life all you do is put it in sun light the plant grows adds food and air to the water the bugs feed the plant and trim the plant so it dosnt go crazy sorta reminds me of this jar
Tweaked
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Yep the Ecosphere - last at least 7 years!
