Stocking Pico Tanks ~ 5G or less - Page 2

Fishman7 · 11/01/2013, 12:40 PM

running a spec3
1- clown goby
1- small green dragonette ( he eats pellets and frozen)
stock is
polyps
a few shrooms
1 tiny green leather
small dual head of trumpet
up'd the pump size
Ai Nano
been up and running strong for 8 months

brandon429 · 11/01/2013, 05:41 PM

currently Im in the process of bumming a laser off someone that used it to kill aiptasia. I will use the laser to shoot the outside of my vase, killing the underside of the acropora that is taking over my whole vase! if this fails, it will be the first reef tank ever lost to invasive blue acropora blocking out everything.

Id rather have an aiptasia or algae problem for sure. the dead acro skeleton cannot be unbonded from glass, it is a crystalline bond its amazing.

LPS do not fix to glass, only sps do

when lps grow onto glass, its riding the surface and can be lifted off. when sps grows on glass, it cannot be removed, its a true crystalline bond I dont think anyone has ever studied that before.

so whatever I kill, the big ugly white eye patch still remains forever, all i can do is lessen the dang growth. it is fully 1/4 of the reefbowl as we speak.

this bowl can run forever by the biological design, barring hardware issues and dang good luck with my ac power, but I didnt acct for dang acropora takeover. when the first tip touched the glass I was like "how cool this w be neat"

dang it lol. I have to laser surgery my pico to save it. The acropora is fully tolerant of direct, extended, emersed 35% peroxide try that on for size.

We got people whining about sps frags bleaching due to a 5 min dip in ultra diluted 3%, but on my bowl I can squirt 35% right on the acro when drained, it froths like rabies, seems to bleach out, then is back in a month. I have peroxide resistant monster corals. probably very wise to release into the wild lol

Salty Dog24 · 11/01/2013, 06:49 PM

Looks great Banker! I'm definitely going to add a power head like you did. What are you running for filtration.

thebanker · 11/01/2013, 06:50 PM

Thanks! Running an extremely imprecise mix of carbon and GFO. Have tons of cyano, not sure why yet. Hopefully it's just a phase w/ the tank.

Salty Dog24 · 11/01/2013, 06:52 PM

Yours looks awesome! I'm definitely going to add a power head like you did. What are you running for filtration? I was thinking about a fuge, with chaeto.

Salty Dog24 · 11/01/2013, 06:53 PM

Sorry bout duo post. iPad issue

JLK2013 · 11/01/2013, 07:03 PM

My smallest tank was a 3/4 gallon pico. Small 50/50 bulb for a desk lamp, 1 decent piece live rock, and some zoas. Live stock was 2 hermits and 3 snails.

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11/01/2013, 12:40 PM	#26
Fishman7 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: FT. Lauderdale Florida Posts: 255	running a spec3 1- clown goby 1- small green dragonette ( he eats pellets and frozen) stock is polyps a few shrooms 1 tiny green leather small dual head of trumpet up'd the pump size Ai Nano been up and running strong for 8 months

11/01/2013, 05:41 PM	#27
brandon429 Registered Member. Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3,460	currently Im in the process of bumming a laser off someone that used it to kill aiptasia. I will use the laser to shoot the outside of my vase, killing the underside of the acropora that is taking over my whole vase! if this fails, it will be the first reef tank ever lost to invasive blue acropora blocking out everything. Id rather have an aiptasia or algae problem for sure. the dead acro skeleton cannot be unbonded from glass, it is a crystalline bond its amazing. LPS do not fix to glass, only sps do when lps grow onto glass, its riding the surface and can be lifted off. when sps grows on glass, it cannot be removed, its a true crystalline bond I dont think anyone has ever studied that before. so whatever I kill, the big ugly white eye patch still remains forever, all i can do is lessen the dang growth. it is fully 1/4 of the reefbowl as we speak. this bowl can run forever by the biological design, barring hardware issues and dang good luck with my ac power, but I didnt acct for dang acropora takeover. when the first tip touched the glass I was like "how cool this w be neat" dang it lol. I have to laser surgery my pico to save it. The acropora is fully tolerant of direct, extended, emersed 35% peroxide try that on for size. We got people whining about sps frags bleaching due to a 5 min dip in ultra diluted 3%, but on my bowl I can squirt 35% right on the acro when drained, it froths like rabies, seems to bleach out, then is back in a month. I have peroxide resistant monster corals. probably very wise to release into the wild lol

11/01/2013, 06:49 PM	#28
Salty Dog24 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Fishers, Indiana Posts: 232	Looks great Banker! I'm definitely going to add a power head like you did. What are you running for filtration.

11/01/2013, 06:50 PM	#29
thebanker Moved On Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 2,315	Thanks! Running an extremely imprecise mix of carbon and GFO. Have tons of cyano, not sure why yet. Hopefully it's just a phase w/ the tank.

11/01/2013, 06:52 PM	#30
Salty Dog24 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Fishers, Indiana Posts: 232	Yours looks awesome! I'm definitely going to add a power head like you did. What are you running for filtration? I was thinking about a fuge, with chaeto.

11/01/2013, 06:53 PM	#31
Salty Dog24 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Fishers, Indiana Posts: 232	Sorry bout duo post. iPad issue

11/01/2013, 07:03 PM	#32
JLK2013 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: North Phoenix/Desert Hills Posts: 11	My smallest tank was a 3/4 gallon pico. Small 50/50 bulb for a desk lamp, 1 decent piece live rock, and some zoas. Live stock was 2 hermits and 3 snails.