My 2g tank

The plan is to use reef tank water every 3 days, as it has enough nutrients that I shouldn't have to feed the little tank at all. But I do appreciate your input, <b>waterfaller1</b>. Since I've never done it before and you have, you have more experience in this case. ;)

I'm going to keep an eye on it. If I can keep the main reef's water in good shape parameter-wise, I'm hoping that water will work out for the Pico. Using newly mixed or even aged saltwater may have the right numbers but the water would be nutrient free and the corals wouldn't get any food at all - just what they could get from the light. Since I don't have any filtration other than the what the two clams can process, I don't want the tank to get polluted.

Maybe the 2g Pico needs a 1g sump. :D
 
Yes, every clam has two holes. They have specific names that I quickly recognize when I read them, but now that you've asked me I can't recall. One siphons the water in, and the other blows it out.
 
melev said:
Yes, every clam has two holes. They have specific names that I quickly recognize when I read them, but now that you've asked me I can't recall. One siphons the water in, and the other blows it out.
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The one with "teeth" is the incurrent siphon, (water in to be filtered), the one with a "spout" is the excurrent siphon, (water out).

Nick
 
Glad I can be somewhat useful to you...you've help out plenty of others in the past...

Nick
 
you know it always happens, the guys with these big fancy in-wall tanks eventually go back to smaller tanks :p





j/k- big fan of your 280 thread



i'm really hoping your clam recovers, I was bummed enough when you lost your original clam

and love the zoo's too, acros smackros, zoos are the coolest :D
 
You have to realize, I ran a 29g for 7 years. Going to a 2g is almost a relief. ;) I love everything tiny and contained. There is a single asterina that I've not captured yet, and a stomatella in there. :D I did put a little phyto in the tank last night, thinking those clams needed a little kick to pass the time before lights out.
 
So here it is after another visit to the LFS on Saturday. ;)

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Here are both clams. They tend to move a bit, so what you see is what you get. The first (1 yr old) maxima looks better already, and it has only been a couple of days since it was moved from the 280g reef.

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And all the zoos. There are lots of tiny precious frags in here, so it makes for a very colorful showpiece.

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I added a second snail, a couple of stomatellas, a baby serpent starfish, and did a 1g water change again last night. I take 1g from the main reef and pour it in the Pico to replace was has been tossed out. I suppose I could just toss it back in the reef tank, but I'm not.

The only thing I'm feeding (I know, I can't help myself) is a small amount of phyto every two days. If the clams can sit in a dish of water and suck out the phyto in 30 minutes, I don't see why they can't do the same in the Pico.

I dug out my tiny "Shrimp" magnet that is designed to work on 1/4" acrylic, and the front panel stays nice and pretty.

The heater has been unplugged since last night to see what would happen. The tank temperature dropped to 79.7F from 82.4F yesterday. I need to address the lighting situation before moving the tank, but the small pump seems to be generating enough heat to remove the need for a heater whatsoever. Maybe it would be needed in the winter.

I top off with maybe 1/2 cup of RO/DI water each day.

I hope you enjoyed the images. I like this little tank, and need to relocate my computer tower on the floor so I can put this tank on the desk. ;)
 
Naww.. no pico for me. The mb7 is my little current pride and joy. I posted up in the nano forum, I'll get it here on the RD forum when it's stocked up. :D

Amy's mb7
 
Amy beat me to it, but the older maxima looks MUCH better than when you first put it in. I love the look of all the zoos and the clams... it'd look even better on my desk at work. :D
 
I'll go check out your thread now Amy.

Knyght, on our club's forum at www.dfwmas.org, go to one sponsor's forum named Tranquil Scape. I've posted 4 or 5 threads packed with images of zoos two weeks ago. Over 10 megs of images.

When I showed up at the store yesterday afternoon, I thought he would be picked clean because our club members (and visitors) as well as regular customers have been shopping there daily since the images were posted. However, to my shock the frag tank was packed to the point you barely saw the substrate. He got in an order the night before and I had tons and tons to pick through, even in the $9.95 section. It didn't hurt my feelings one bit that he offered (repeat) customers Buy 4, Get 2 Free.

Last night, I was gluing my little frags in the Pico rockwork so that it would be a garden of color. And a few minutes ago I took the full tank shot and made it my desktop.
 
I luv this little tank!

Its really aggravating what a better photographer you are than me....:p

One question, why did you want to remove the little asterina star? I thought they were 100% beneficial and one sign of a healthy tank?
 
I've found that most asterinas are just fine, but I've seen a few park on a zoanthid colony and apparently it has hurt the ones it 'slurped' upon. Plus in the 280g, a few (they look a bit more light blue) seem to actually eat their way up the side of some SPS much to my disgust. Since I can't seem to tell the difference, I'm removing them if the opportunity is there.

Thanks Doug. I really like it. It is so funny how I'm focused on the tiny one with an in-wall 280g a few feet away.

Imagine that - no sump, no skimmer, no ozone, no UV, no heater, no controller, no additives, no food. It is the perfect tank. :D
 
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