My custom 2.5 piko

[DJChesnutRabbit]

Hi all,
I just wanted to share my 2.5 G piko I put together.

My wife and I were at the local Wal-Mart and I saw these silly little tanks and thought I'd give it a go.
I drilled out the bottom of the tank and made a 1" pvc overflow. I went to the local glass shop and had them cut me some baffles to make my 2.5 gal refusium.
I masked off and painted the back of the tank with Krylon fusion and also painted the overflow (you cant even notice it in the pics).
I finished off the refusium with a RIO 600 return pump. I added about 5# of ls to the tank and about 4# to the refusium. I put about 4-5# of live rock in the tank and another 2-3# in the refusium. I also scrounged some cheato & collerpa at the LFS which they gave me. I've hit up the LFS's and found a few frags and added a scarlet hermit.

For lighting, I bought the coralife 10w 50/50 compact flourescent and put it right in to the stock hood and everything seems to be happy. For the refusium, I put a 13w full spectrum in a clamp light.

I made the cabnet out of scrap pine 1 x 12 and recesed the cabnet so the tank so it sits to the inside of the top.

Let me know what you guys think.
-Rabbit

 

[NYproDJ]

a 1" OVERFLOW!?!?! FREAKIN AWESOMEEEEEE

 

[zmovegolf]

Looks great. You will probably be wanting a bigger tank for Christmas!!!!!

 

[C_alex]

Re: My custom 2.5 piko

For lighting, I bought the coralife 10w 50/50 compact flourescent and put it right in to the stock hood and everything seems to be happy. For the refusium, I put a 13w full spectrum in a clamp light.

Watch out for the temp. in your tank, I had use those compact bulb and it generated an excessive heat, my water once shoot up to 86. just my .02

 

[jpeggerling]

Looks real cool man! I love that you made alittle fuge for it. I just set up the same tank. I took off the hood and all the black trim. As you can see I also added a pvc internal overflow for my HOD filter. With a coralife 18watt 50/50 bulb. I love you setup. Just thought I would share my with you.

 

[DJChesnutRabbit]

Thanks for the comments !

NYProDj, here's a pic of the overflow and inlet, thought you'd like a look. I just took it at 10pm so my zoos are asleep.

Looks like I lucked out, with both of the lights on, the tanks is 79 degrees !

jpeggerling, keep me posted on your bowfront. I'd like to see how yours comes out.