Boer's 5 Gallon Pico

[fly_boer]

Please keep in mind that I live in Indonesia, so the local livestock here is way cheaper then the equipments.

Oh and please excuse my bad English...

 

The Tank was first established on the second week of April 2010 (can't remember the exact date).

 

Equipment List:

-Acrylic Aquarium 16" x 8" x 10"

-Cheap power head with 3 low output LEDs (Red Green Blue)

-Atman 0400 HOB

 

Filtration:

-LR 7 lbs

-LS 1.5"

-Carbon & RowaPhos in HOB

 

Lighting:

-3 x Blue 8W T5NO

-2 x Light Blue 8W T5NO

-1 x Daylight 8W T5NO

 

FTS Week 3

One of the Clowns died because of a mini cycle after adding 4 lbs LR, the other one was moved to another tank.

 

FTS Week 7

 

 

Added a couple corals every each week... Some of the zoa/palys was freebies from a friend, after adding them i realized that i had filled the front scape of my tank.

 

FTS Week 8 (June 10, 2010)

Added GSP and a pair of Clown Gobies... But decided to remove the Clown Gobies and replaced them with a Tangaroa Goby and a Blood Red Fire Shrimp. I know they don't pair, but none of the LFS i visited sells any Pistol Shrimp.

 

The Livestock as of today (June 14, 2010)

 

Fish:

-1 Tangaroa Goby

 

Invertebrates

-1 Blood Red Fire Shrimp

-3 Turban Snail

 

Corals:

-1 Torch Coral

-1 Brain Coral

-1 GSP

-1 Not So Green Star Polyp

-2 Ricordia Yuma (Orange and Metalic Green)

-A few Mushrooms (Purple and Green)

-A dozen different kind of zoa/palys that needs ID

[badfish816]

wow. tank looks awesome. i love to see what different international tanks look like. where do you get alot of your corals?

[fly_boer]

Thanks... Some i got from fellow reefers, the rest is from my LFS here in Indonesia.

[racechase]

Your zoa collection is overwhelming

 

In a good way though

[fly_boer]

Well.. It's not so , cost somewhere around $10 for all of the zoas if converted into US$.

[sal9012]

Well.. It's not so , cost somewhere around $10 for all of the zoas if converted into US$.

 

Tank looks great Boer. Send me some frags

 

Sal

[badfish816]

looks like i have to make a trip to indonesia. but i might make up the savings in plane tickets...lol

[rolltide21]

This is great...I'm starting a 5g soon and it's awesome to see how much can be done in such a small tank.

[fly_boer]

- sal9012

 

You'll have to cover the shipping expense though... It'll be quite pricey, not to mention the corals might not survive the travel to US.

You know what, pick it up yourself and i'll give the frags for free

 

- badfish816

 

You should... We have lots of place for tourist to visit here, also lots of nice diving location.

 

- rolltide21

 

Thanks man. I'll have to check your thread when its up.

[Sushi]

Very nice 5g... lots of corals and a very cool shelf scape.

[sal9012]

- sal9012

 

You'll have to cover the shipping expense though... It'll be quite pricey, not to mention the corals might not survive the travel to US.

You know what, pick it up yourself and i'll give the frags for free

 

I just can't get over, all that for $10

Your scape is pretty good also, I'll follow this one.

cheers!

[fly_boer]

Thanks for the comment guys... You two have the greatest tank ever...

[RedMan25xl]

wow after 8 weeks...

looks good man

[Zo0k365]

Damn. We can get like a single nice zoa for 10 around here... Sweet tank

[Mr. Microscope]

Nice looking tank! Can't wait to see more updates.

[Gerber77]

wow very nice tank.

[tundrashaul]

WOW, beautiful tank.......the zoas are awesome

[fly_boer]

Thanks...

 

Heres some old pictures that i haven't posted...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sal9012]

Thanks...

 

Heres some old pictures that i haven't posted...

 

 

to the Yuma on the left

 

Those top downs are great!

[fly_boer]

It's actually a common coral to have here. I'm jealous of your ricordea florida, it's rare to find those kind in Indonesia, and if there were any it'll cost like 20 times the Yuma.

[.Newman.]

lol, its all reversed in NA. yumas will cost way more than rics here.

nice tank. stocked that sucker up real fast o_o. and I thought mine was stocked too fast haha

[badfish816]

nice shots. ya it depends on the yuma here. if it is a solid color like green or purple than they aren't that expensive. reds and pinks tend to be more. and if they are just insane rainbows than that is what is gonna cost the most.

[fly_boer]

lol, its all reversed in NA. yumas will cost way more than rics here.

nice tank. stocked that sucker up real fast o_o. and I thought mine was stocked too fast haha

 

Yeah, I know. It's a pretty noob move isn't it, and partly because they don't sell frags in my LFS. They sell the corals attached to big pieces of liverock. Most of the time i keep my eyes for pieces of small corals buried in the sand or sometimes i'd have to split the rock into small pieces, just so it could fit into my Pico.

Sadly it's because most of the corals they sell here is harvested straight from the ocean not aquacultured.

 

nice shots. ya it depends on the yuma here. if it is a solid color like green or purple than they aren't that expensive. reds and pinks tend to be more. and if they are just insane rainbows than that is what is gonna cost the most.

 

I'm actually looking for a purple or blue yumas right now, it's really hard to find. I've only seen the red and green type. I don't think we even have any pink or rainbow local rics, those rics would have to be imported, and again it'll cost way way more expensive.

[ReefDreamz]

how much does coral cost over there....

[fly_boer]

The local ones pretty cheap... All the corals in my tank cost somewhere around $20.

 

Zoa/paly $1 per kind

The colors isn't as intense as the ones you guys have though, most of my zoas is still a bit brownish, hope they'll dispose the brown algae and change color.

Mine:

Sushi's:

Hope you don't mind me using your pic Sushi...

 

Orange Yuma $2

Green Yuma $1

Favia $2 (Bought from friend)

Torch Coral $1

GSP $2

Green/Purple Mushroom $0.5