TRON's SPS Custom Rimless Pico

[Tron_954]

Welcome to
TRON's SPS Legacy II

This is the result of dedication, passion, & hardwork... The ultimate goal of an amazing reef in a cube! I started with a constricting 14 gallon BioCube, & soon it would prove not to be enough. Ready the Pico! One email with Chris and my order was setup to my exact specifications! Exactly what I wanted regarding size, exactly what I needed regarding functionality. I hope you can all sit back, relax, and enjoy this adventure! Thank you Chris Delicath from PicoAquariums for another signature, handcrafted Starphire Custom, First Class!


February 2012 FTS by J.L Photography, on Flickr

Equipment

"¢25"L x 15.5"W x 14"H Custom 23.5gal PicoAquariums Rimless with 3/8" Starphire Glass
"¢Aqua Illumination SOL Blue
"¢Custom Pico Media Basket with Fuge
"¢Rio 1400 Return Pump
"¢Tunze 9002 Protein Skimmer
"¢Tunze Osmolator
"¢Ecotech Vortech MP10ES
"¢JBJ Nano Glo Fuge LED
"¢RENA 50w SmartHeater
"¢Reef Crystals Salt
"¢ESV B-Ionic 2 Part Alk/Ca
"¢ESV B-Ionic Magnesium
"¢Reef Nutrition Oyster Feast
"¢Reef Nutrition Phyto Feast Live
"¢Reef Nutrition Mysis Feast
"¢Reef Nutrition Arcti Pods


Biological Filtration

"¢20lbs of Tunga & Florida Liverock
"¢20lbs Carabsea Arag-Alive Special Grade Reef Sand


Livestock

"¢Ocellaris Clown
"¢Ocellaris Misbar Clown
-Both Hosting a GBTA-
"¢Midas Blenny
"¢ORA Mandarin Dragonet
"¢Peppermint Shrimp
"¢Cleaner Shrimp


Corals

"¢ORA Borealis
"¢ORA Bellina
"¢ORA Purple Plasma
"¢ORA PearlBerry
"¢ORA Tricolor Valida
"¢ORA Bird's Nest
"¢ORA Bird of Paradise
"¢ORA Purple Stylophora
"¢ORA Rose Millipora
"¢ORA Green Millipora
"¢ORA Orange Montipora Digitata
"¢ORA Maxima Clam
"¢Red Montipora Cap
"¢Green Montipora Setosa
"¢Derasa Clam
"¢Frogspawn
"¢Nuclear Green Pallys
"¢Blueberry Fields Forever Zoanthids
"¢Fire & Ice Zoanthids
"¢Eagle Eye Zoanthids
"¢Orange & Blue Ricordea
"¢Pom Pom Xenias
"¢Green Star Polyps


SOL Photoperiod

"¢White/Blue/Royal Blue
05/20/20 @ 12pm 30min ramp
30/40/40 @ 1pm 90min ramp
60/60/60 @ 4pm 30min ramp
100/85/85 @ 530pm 30min ramp
60/60/60 @ 630pm 30min ramp
30/40/40 @ 8pm 90min ramp
05/20/20 @ 11pm 30min ramp
00/01/00 @ 12am 15min ramp (my lunar phase)
00/00/00 @ 3am
Thunderstorms @ 25% chance per day, 1 per day


Water Quality

Salinity - 1.025 | Temp - 78-79* | pH - 7.8 | Amm - 0ppm | NO2 - 0ppm | NO3 - 0ppm | Phos - 0ppm
Alk - 8dkH | Calc - 425ppm | Mag - 1400ppm


N'Togetha Now by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

What Joo Want?! by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Dec. 6 Angled FTS by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Moprhing Zoas by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Maximus! by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Borealis by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Purple Plasma by SFL_Tron, on Flickr

Tricolor Valida Acro by J.L Photography, on Flickr

Pearlberry by J.L Photography, on Flickr
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[Garia666]

awsome man! looks truly stunning. can we get some pics of the sump?

 

[reefSTC]

Great setup

 

[Tron_954]

awsome man! looks truly stunning. can we get some pics of the sump?

AIO. Chris at PicoAquariums.com did me up, just what I wanted. Custom 3 chamber sump with starphire glass.

I'll add a pic later for ya.

 

[Tron_954]

Great setup

Thanks, hoping it shows great results over the next few months! The tank was upgraded from a bicoube14 in December.

 

[buddythelion]

Moving from NR to RC I see! Nice!

 

[Tron_954]

From the other day


Citrus & Fruit by J.L Photography, on Flickr

 

[Tron_954]

Moving from NR to RC I see! Nice!

Ya lol, been here for a whole but never made a build thread until now... Thanks for stopping by!

 

[Tron_954]

From the other day


Citrus & Fruit by J.L Photography, on Flickr

 

[truebeliever71]

Beautiful! Definitely TOTM material.

 

[truebeliever71]

From the reflection in the "Morphing Zoa's" photo it looks like the LEDs are using a warm white instead of cool white. Is that true? Are they warm white?

 

[lilopop11]

Glad can see you here tron .. nice tank btw !!

 

[JasonBJones]

Tron- Excellent tank and nice documentation. The aquascaping is first class.

 

[westreef]

Tron, beautiful nano. Fantastic pictures and corals.
How old is your tank, btw?





Bernie

 

[tpallas]

Looking great Tron, glad to see you over here!

 

[thienlong88]

Great photos. The tank is really beautiful.

 

[Tron_954]

Beautiful! Definitely TOTM material.

whoa, cool, thought maybe perhaps eventually with more growth but thanks!!!

 

[Tron_954]

From the reflection in the "Morphing Zoa's" photo it looks like the LEDs are using a warm white instead of cool white. Is that true? Are they warm white?

not sure, its the AI Sol Blue...

from the site:
White:Quantity: 16
Cree: XPGWHT-L1
Correlated Color Temperature (CCT): 6500K
White LED Wavelength

 

[Tron_954]

Glad can see you here tron .. nice tank btw !!

haha, sup pop, thanks!

 

[Tron_954]

Tron- Excellent tank and nice documentation. The aquascaping is first class.

Thank you Jason! you shouldve seen my tank transfer, placed the liverock from upgrade into the water just to transfer it from buckets and the look just clicked hahaha...