Local's Desktop Nano ECOPICO

[LocalPref]

Hi,
I thought I would start a thread to record my tank progess. It is a bit late tonight so I am just going to post a few pics. Details to follow later.

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[tommer725]

looks good. those dont look like stock lights

 

[x3thelast]

off to a pretty good start! way to go with the bare bottom

 

[james1990]

Nice tank and I like the rock rock. 10gal?

 

[LocalPref]

Tommer-
It is the stock lights only more of them 3 10k plus blues and 2 all blues. The jury is still out on how well they will perform. Mostly looking to stock with stuff that is not to demanding. But really like bight colored corals so we will have to see how that goes.

X3
Yeah I think on a tank this small it is advisable to try and keep the detritus moving around and get it siphoned out weekly.

James
Only A 5 gallon. That I one of my main regrets with this tank wish I went bigger. 15 to 30 gallons would have been better oh well hind site 20/20

I am fighting an Algae outbreak at the moment and will not be adding anything new until it has been sorted. Got a thread started in the general area to see if I can't get some help. I'll update how all that works out.

 

[NemusMaximus]

Hey, Ive had one of these going for almost a year now. Nice job. I think you will find that the lights are not enough to support zoas. All of mine stretched, and since then I have gotten an Ecoxotic PAR38 bulb. The zoas are much happier now. Since then, I have also ditched the stock pump and my small tunze for an MP10.

As for the algea, when I added a second clown I started getting some hair algae in two low flow spots. Thats why I got the mp10. I removed a clown, manually removed as much of the algae as I could and have kept it in check. Good luck!

 

[Forrest3320]

Great start look forward to updates