My 2g tank

[melev]

I bought some new zoos today during Tranquil Scape's one day sale. They are really pretty, and I didn't want to put them in the main tank since my livestock tends to enjoy checking things a little too, ah... thoroughly.

So I set up my Fry Tank, the one I've been hoping to keep baby clownfish in one day. Since I can't get the hatchlings, I decided to put it to use for now. I might even get the Clown Goby out of my tank and put it in this little pico tank.

I have a tiny heater in the tank to maintain temperature, and a PC 50/50 bulb over the frags. The light fixture is too large, and it is tempting to just use a 5100K refugium bulb instead. I've not made up my mind yet.

Here is the pump, a Sen mini pump that moves 90gph. I decided to make a small adaptation to the outlet to control the flow in a way that should work okay.

 

[melev]

I have one snail in the tank to keep the rock tidy. Water changes will be the only filtration, and I don't plan to feed the tank. I'll just use water from the reef tank. It holds roughly 2g of water.

The cube is 8 x 8 x 8. One blue moonlight is mounted over the tank, which I may leave on. I'll decide tonight.

 

[LittleBlueGT]

That's pretty cool! Maybe you can teach clowns to host in zoos!

It will be the next craze. Tank raised zoo hosting clowns, $80 each!

 

[onefin]

Amazing.

 

[bassman57]

Those are the best pictures i have ever seen. Please tell my your secret for getting pictures like that. I feel like i could just reach out and touch them...

 

[melev]

http://www.melevsreef.com/take_great_pictures.html

Thanks guys. It helps to only have to take a picture through a few inches of water, and in a 2g tank, that's pretty simple.

The water did get a bit cloudy from the pump blowing a little detritus off the LR chunks.

Oh, one more page for you, using Photoshop.
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/demo/

 

[bassman57]

very cool. Thanks for the info.

 

[Nuhtty]

Nice shots.

 

[JENnKerry]

AAaahhhhhh..... isn't that cute?

Great job Marc :thumbsup:

 

[gnoles]

Very nice, the zoo2.jpg (2nd macro) drew an "ohhhh, I like that" from the wife.

Edit > Bozo put the quotes in the wrong spot.

 

[fishben]

Ill raise the bid for tb zoo clowns to 85$

 

[TippyToeX]

Well done butter-tub!

Beautiful zoanthids.

 

[dc]

All's I can see is x's


nevermind, they showed up after I copy and pasted one.

 

[selgado]

All's I can see is x's


nevermind, they showed up after I copy and pasted one.

Do you know how to clear your browser cache? It usually works for me. I use mozilla firefox and I hold down the shift key and click the refresh button on my browser. Other browsers may be different, but I believe they all have a similar function.

Marc, you have really out-done your self this time. Nice pics! :thumbsup:

 

[melev]

Thanks guys.

 

[LittleBlueGT]

In actuality I think I would pay $99!

 

[WILDTHING]

Those Zoas are soo nice Marc, they are just the perfect size for the 2g, when they get too big I strongly urge you to frag them and send me those pesky leftovers to my house.

colleen

 

[melev]

Or maybe see if they'll get lost in my 280g reef, right? I'm looking in the main tank to see what needs to be transferred out to the 2g currently. :fun4:

 

[Awright]

I like to orange & black small ones up front in zoo5.jpg, Really cool color on the tips. Looks like eye balls. :thumbsup:

 

[melev]

Zoo5 has two bright blue zoos, one on each side of the 'eye balls', but tough to photograph. I got those just to get the bloos.