my pro temp twin 3gal side by sides. pics

[mim37204]

2 - 11x8x8 homemade tanks. Reef/refugium desktop side by side setup.

Try not to be too critical. It was kind of a quick solution till I get one of the larger setups completed. and yeah, the lights are "ghetto fabulous". The actinic is usually turned off to preserve bulb life since there is no livestock yet. The front bulb is about to be swapped out for a higher K. Probably 6500K.

 

[cateyes]

verrrry interesting!!!
what is the total water volume between the two and what are you planning to put in there? gobies are my guess... lisa

 

[mim37204]

The total water volume is about four and a half gallons.

Empty volume is 3 gallons (6 total), so i'm guessing the substrate and the rocks/pumps/heaters consume the rest.

Although the thought of (a) fish has crossed my mind, I was more hoping to turn this into a little slice of zoa heaven with a few mushrooms scattered throughout. The bigger question would be my refugium... What are some interesting livestock options for it?

What do you guys(and gals) think?

 

[Zann]

well a red head gobie maybe , catilina gobie very pretty fish. but likes a little colder water. but mine is doing fine at 78 to 80 degrees. a pompom crab , sexy shrimp.

 

[Kreeger1]

That small I would put snails in as live stock, no fish. But that's just me

 

[yankeereefer]

I would recommend getting that fixture up off the glass walls. Evap or any splashing will take it's toll on that fixture.

Maybe a piece of plexi over the top of the tank would help with evap and help a little to protect the fixture

 

[Reefdiver77]

I have a 3 gallon pico, which is my favorite aquarium. I have zoas, leathers and mushrooms in there as well as 2 yellow tailed damsels (very small), a peppermint shrimp, a sexy shrimp, a couple of small hermit crabs and a few snails. I have a hob filter modded into a tiny fuge. It took a full year to finally get all the kinks out and for it to become stable, but is doing wonderful now. Good luck with yours.

 

[mim37204]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14447889#post14447889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by yankeereefer
I would recommend getting that fixture up off the glass walls. Evap or any splashing will take it's toll on that fixture.

Maybe a piece of plexi over the top of the tank would help with evap and help a little to protect the fixture

I'm going to remount the lights so that they both point downward, probably using a piece of plastic guttering if I can ever find some scrapped from house construction around here. I'd hate to go to lowes for 10ft of plastic gutter when I only need 24 inches. I've got a sheet of really thin superclear plastic that was over the tank(little tanks = evap. nightmares), but now that they are plumbed together, I need to spend some time with mr. dremel to make the wiring/piping fit.