2g Pico tank.... tiny piece of paradise.

[Marc Levenson]

I bought some new zoos today during Tranquil Scape's one day
sale. They are really pretty, and I didn't want to put them
in the main tank since my livestock tends to enjoy checking
things a little too, ah... thoroughly.

So I set up my Fry Tank, the one I've been hoping to keep
baby clownfish in one day. Since I can't get the
hatchlings, I decided to put it to use for now. I might
even get the Clown Goby out of my tank and put it in this
little pico tank.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/pico1.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/pico2.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/pico3.jpg

I have a tiny heater in the tank to maintain temperature,
and a PC 50/50 bulb over the frags. The light fixture is
too large, and it is tempting to just use a 5100K refugium
bulb instead. I've not made up my mind yet.

Here is the pump, a Sen mini pump that moves 90gph. I
decided to make a small adaptation to the outlet to control
the flow in a way that should work okay.

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/pico_pump.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo1.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo2.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo3.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo4.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo5.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo6.jpg

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0605/zoo7.jpg

I have one snail in the tank to keep the rock tidy. Water
changes will be the only filtration, and I don't plan to
feed the tank. I'll just use water from the reef tank. It
holds roughly 2g of water.

The cube is 9 x 9 x 9. One blue moonlight is mounted over
the tank, which I may leave on. I'll decide tonight.

Marc

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