My son Eli's Nano/Pico Tank

Giovanni

Giovanni

AKA Flippa
About two months ago my 5 year old boy Eli decided he wanted to be like Dad. Well we set him up a 2.5 gallon tank put in some LR, water and a few softies from my big tank. We let is cycle and then picked up a clarkii clown from a frag swap. Eli thinks he is a boy. Last weekend we got him a rose bubble tipped anemone. He decided it was getting good enough to put on RC.

It is bare bottom, uses the LR for water purification and has an air pump and stone for circulation. We do 1 gallon water changes from the big tank every one to two weeks. It has a tight glass lid so evaporation is minimal. Longer than two week and the corals start show stress. It has a coralife 18 watt mini for lighting. I would put a bigger light on if would not heat the tank up to much. We are growing out some nice Bambam zoa frags to put in next. I also have a toad stool frag we may put in.

We will post updated photos and details as we go. Your comments are welcome as he will like reading and having them read to him.

Elisreef.jpg
 
well I have been critical about clowns in a 2.5 but I will choose to say that it is great to see a father/son tank, it looks better than mine, and I cant wait to see eli's 100 gallon system in the future!. Any excuse for a upgrade right?
 
Well, this is certainly more productive as a father and son post than a brother and brother post! Inside joke for poorcollegereef.

Eli, that is amazing! I had my first salt water tank when I was 14 years old, and it was a total mongrol compared to yours!

Tell me--with your lights and top on the tank, do you have any problems with the tank heating up?

Great job!
 
Poorcollegereef,

When the clown/anemone get to big for the tank we will remove them to an upgrade. ;) Both seem very happy for now.

Doglover,

Eli has gone to bed and the heat questions is a little over his head. We originally has a little powerhead/filter in there and the tank did overheat. Plus it was unsightly. The Tmax is about 80 so far. We are more worried about delta T now. The typical T range is 74-78 over 24 hours. We are considering a home made canister filter to place a heater in to stabilize the temps, but that is moving in to pain in the rear area.

InvaderJim,

Eli will be very stoked to hear your compliment. Thanks
 
You could always put a little aquaclear filter on the back and stick the heater in there to hide it. It would also produce a little flow.
 
We are trying to keep it simple and clean and this is why no external filters at the moment. I have a heater that can be attached to the bottom of the tank and a controller with a small temp sensor that drops in the tank.Have thought about using it. I think the controller is made by helix. Lab stuff from my biology days. You would be amazed at the flow produced by the bubbles.
 
Thanks for all the compliment guys. I like getting your reports. I am having a lot of fun aquascaping and taking care of my tank with my daddy. I picked out some zoas to put in this morning so we will take an updated photo tonight when he gets home and post it.


Eli
 
Man that is a beautiful looking pico....
Keep up the good job. My son is only 8 months but I hope
he turns out to have an interest in reef keeping like you Eli.
 
Hey could u get a full tank shot so i can c what it looks like cus i have a 29g and im thinking of a 2.5 or a 3g tank for my mom and now to be rude or anything put what did u pay for the tank, thank
 
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