terrypercula
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And by waaaay back like 4 years ago lol
Dave's worlds slowest pico build
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So some Sunday morning DIY. I built a canopy frame that will hold my light out of egg crate. I'll build the cover later and of course will have pictures. For now the light is just sitting on the frame about 4 inches off the surface. As far as how powerful it is I have it set to 1% I guess you'd call it :lol: it's one click past on.
Fishy 1
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sounds like one powerful light :lmao:
terrypercula
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Yea they're damn strong ha
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Some zoas,plays,ricordea,maybe some acans a monti or two maybe even some euphyllia. Not sure about stocking though. Some kind of shrimp. I was thinking a Coral banded shrimp. Maybe the blue or gold variety. Not sure though.
Fishy 1
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I would vote for the acan and monti:thumbsup:. I will hopefully have some acans and monti's in my nano
terrypercula
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My rule of thumb for this tank is simple. Must have color, must POP. I want to get headaches looking at it :lmao:
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Welcome to my tank...here's an aspirin :lol:
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Thinking about finishing my ECC(egg crate canopy lol) tonight. And do a test to see where things are at. I should note the reef rock I bought was not dry, my LFS keeps it cycling in a tank by itself so it was actually cured when I bought it thus my cycle may seem quicker than one should expect. It was right down the street so die off was minimal.
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Well my laziness kicked in and thus the DIY canopy is still not finished :lol: I'll get to it though. The light is impressing me so far. It's got a beautiful color tone, it fits the bill for the tank and for the price this thing is a steal. All this is being said very early into use though so maybe my opinion will change after long term use but as of right now I'm satisfied.
There's no livestock in there yet but I did throw a few pieces in out of my frag tank. The tank is still very young and unstable and I don't suggest anyone does what I'm doing but I can always throw pieces into my other tanks if I see problems arise so I'm willing to risk it. I may bust out the camera tonight and get some pictures up.
My ATO is set up with Kalk and Mag in RO/DI. Seems to be keeping everything spot on. This little tank may be more stable than expected thanks to my ATO.
Livestock plans are still up in the air. I could do some different shrimps, or one blue and yellow CBS my LFS has or something else all together. That I will wait some more time on still though. Bottom line is the worlds slowest pico build just got kicked into high gear :lmao:
There's no livestock in there yet but I did throw a few pieces in out of my frag tank. The tank is still very young and unstable and I don't suggest anyone does what I'm doing but I can always throw pieces into my other tanks if I see problems arise so I'm willing to risk it. I may bust out the camera tonight and get some pictures up.
My ATO is set up with Kalk and Mag in RO/DI. Seems to be keeping everything spot on. This little tank may be more stable than expected thanks to my ATO.
Livestock plans are still up in the air. I could do some different shrimps, or one blue and yellow CBS my LFS has or something else all together. That I will wait some more time on still though. Bottom line is the worlds slowest pico build just got kicked into high gear :lmao:
terrypercula
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Ha glad I can help. Yes I mix the mag and Kalk into the RO/DI.
My RO/DI isn't in an air tight container either. As long as you mix it up well I would think you'd be fine.
Hentz
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Hmm... I shook it pretty vigorously too. Idk, its weird lol
terrypercula
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Google kalk stirrer. I think people have built some nice DIY ones for under $50. That's the way to go. Avast marine has one to that seems pretty nice but frankly I just stir mine the old fashioned way ha
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I did manage to get a decent picture of my acans. This light is tough to get pictures out of. The blue overpowers everything in the eye of a camera lol
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My tank is going through it's first test. I'm away all weekend let's see how reliable it is.
