1.25g Current USA Bettacube
13w 10000k Coralife
Aquaclear 70
Hydor Theo 50w

Started 12/27/09 (FTS as of 1/18/10)

born october 10, 2009
jbj picotope
stealth 50w heater
ac70 fuge mod
aqualight 2x18w pc
led moonlight

Figured I'd join up with Club Pico. Go Go Gadget Picotope!

i want in on some of this pico action!

here's my 3 gallon jbj picotope, born 12.8.09.

modified ac50
1-18w cpr aquafuge light
custom acrylic lid
stock pico light for the refugium
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i consider myself to be an advanced aquarist, and i work full time at a saltwater fish store. here is my pico's livestock list. i would NOT recommend this livestock list to someone just starting out!

1 Tailspot Blenny
1 Red Headed Goby
1 Yellow Clown Goby
1 Sexy Shrimp
1 Harlequin Starfish
1 Gold Ring Cowry
Various Micro Stars, Brittle Stars, Stomatella, Mysis & Gammarus Shrimp, Bristle Worms
13 Zoanthid varieties
1 Closed Brain
1 Open Brain
1 Hammer Coral
1 Montipora Digitata
1 Trumpet Coral (Caulastrea)
1 Ricordea Yuma
1 Ricordea Floridia
2 Blastomussa Merletti
6 Misc. Mushrooms
1 Star Polyp
1 Daisy Polyp
2 Clove Polyp
Plus some Burning Bush and Blue Otchodes
also, Chaetomorpha and Burning Bush in the fuge!
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this pic is actually over 2 months old....i'll try to post a current pic in the next day or two!

Any updates from anyone?

6 months 2.5g office pico



2.5g rimless
12w LED DIY
AC30

That's it!

Man, your aqua is amazing...

I take my first marine tank a little while ago and the forum is a reference to me ...

Your aquarium is fantastic!


Let me ask you a question ... the Clown live well in an aquarium this size?

I also want to put one in mine

Hugs!!!

I'll join! Location- my nightstand

3 gallon JBJ Picotope Started July 2010

Equipment:
Theo 50 watt heater
Aquaclear 50 modded with chaeto and chemipure
70 watt MH with Ushio 20k bulb
two little fishes mag cleaner =D

LiveStock
Devils armor palys
pink milli
superman monti
neon green candy canes
2 ricordea
blastos
frogspawn



thanks for looking!

Started August 2010(I think..)
Located on the counter in the master bath

Stuff:
-DIY fuge/filter (including 606 mini pump)
-2x13watt PC nano hood from Catalina

Livestock:
-Yellow Tail Damsel
-Astrea Snail
-Limpet
-2 Dwarf Ceriths
-Stomella Snail (sp?)
-Various Zoas/Palys
-Softies, such as mushrooms, keyna tree, blue snowflake, gsp, etc
-Lps, branching frogspawn, duncans, cherry chalice

FTS 2/19/11

Is this thread dead just got my Pico going.

it might be...

Aquaclear 20
Stealth Pro 15 watt heater
Chepo soon-to-be-changed light

Here's my entry. Its a standard 2.5 ADA started about 3 weeks ago with ~1lb LR from my 10g nano and 3lb fully cured LR from LFS, about 1/2 inch sand. Fitted with a AC70 fuge with chaeto and marineland stealth 10 watt heater. Lighting for tank is a PAR30 with 2 CW 3 RB and he fuge has a 10w CFL 50/50 that was over the tank before the LED was ordered. Just today I threw in some pom pom Xenia frags and metallic green fuzzy mushroom just to have some thing besides rocks and amphipods to look at. But mainly it's going to a multi species invert tank, home to my new collection of Maxi Mini anemones that i have coming to me this week. Planning several maxis with 3 sexy shrimp and a pom pom crab or two. I'm going to try some zoanthid frags and feed the shrimps and see if they will leave corals alone. I don't want to risk a fish with the Maxis' hunger. Water changes 2 maybe 3 times a week with water from my 10 gallon (now 10 months old with SPS for past month).

I guess Ill join with this sad looking picture taken during an algae bloom.

tank in my thread

UPDATED 06/05/2011

Hardware:

3G JBJ Picotope - Drilled
2.5G AGA custom sump/fuge
14G Biocube stand
Custom 39 watt LED Fixture
DIY ATO
50 watt tetra heater
Taam Rio Hyperflow 6HF return pump

06/05/2011 - I still have not received the heatsink from nanotuners, so I decided that I can still get the tank running without it. At least I can get the cycle started. I have it set up currently with the stock Picotope light. I figure that should be enough to cycle the tank until I get my heatsink for the LED's.

I went and bought the live sand and some live rock today. I may get another pound or so later, but we will see.

I also bought some foan and poly filter and was able to silence the overflow. This system is BY FAR the quietest system I have ever had. The only sound it makes is a slight hum, from the return pump. Here are some new pics. The tank is still clearing, but it is coming along nicely.

Ahh, just short of 5 gallon. Don't care.


AC 20
Maxi-Jet 1200 Modded down in flow
DIY partition
Finnex light being replaced by DIY LED's soon

Does a 5.5g count ? After rox displace water its right at 5 or just under.

Kazooie and Jbb, the tank is actually just under 5 gallons total water volume. The refugium/sump never fills all the way. When the system is running there will still be room for almost a gallon of water. I hadn't even considered water displacement from adding sand and rocks. By my calculations that makes it around 4.5 gallons total water volume.

Kazooie, it looks like you have a nice start to your little pico. Have you considered covering the overflow with black plastic to hide the powerhead? Anyway nice looking setup.

lpsouth : lol , that wasnt directed at your tank. I was asking because Kazooie , and myself both have 5.5g AGA tanks. I was wondering if we make the cut for the thread.

My appologies. I thought that Kazooies tank looked like a 2.5G AGA. I guess I misjudged the size of his powerhead.

After water displacement on mine, it's probably closer to 4 gallons anyways.

Thanks! The plan is to have gsp or cloves on the wall to hid it.

It would be awesome if you can get them to cover the overflow. I look foward to seeing your progress.

Thanks, it would be awesome!

Here is mine - just started it up

Marineland 3 gallon Crescent
Nano Heater
Aqueon Quietflow 10
Coralife Mini Aqualight 11" Fixture with 2 T5 6 watt bulbs. 10,000k and actintic.
Caribsea Alive Reef Sand

Sits in my cubicle!


3 gallon desk tank by jprime84, on Flickr

I am getting myself a JBJ picotope for Christmas and am very excited to set it up. I can't wait to post photos of its stages. I currently have a 14g biocube which sadly does not qualify.

I'm scared to add fish to my pico, so it's sitting on my kitchen counters with a clean up crew and some rocks. It's been set up since October. Thinking maybe it's time, yes?

Happy to join the club! Tom's 2g deco acrylic tank- an entry in the "Unofficial Walmart Pico Contest."
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-Tom's 2 gallon deco-kit, bare-bottom, drilled with external standpipe.
-Lighting: BoostLED par30 bulb (2 royal blue, 1 blue, 1 cool white, 1 neutral white)
-2.5 glass AGA sump, stock clamp light used for refugium. Filter Floss and Chemipure for filtration.
-Stock filter in sump with carbon and purigen
-JBJ ATO auto-top-off

Soft Corals
Toadstool Leather
Assorted Zoanthids
Assorted Mushrooms
Green/Orange Ricordea Yuma
Green Star Polyps (Attached to back wall)
Blue/Green Sympodium
Orange/Blue Rhodactis Mushrooms
Pulsing Xenia

LPS Corals
Green Duncan Colony (8 heads)
Green Pineapple Brain (Favia)
Green Trumpets
Green/Purple Plate (1,1/2 inches)

Clean-Up Crew
5 Nassurius Snails (2 in Display, 3 in sump)

Fish
1 Yellow Clown Goby

JBJ Picotope
Modded AC70
Koralia nano PH
50W Heater
Stock Pico light for fuge
RapidLED par38
Digital Thermo
i think thats it...

Feel Tha Chi

5g Fluval Chi
AquaClear 70 filled with Chemi Pure Elite; Carbon; and sponge
VisiTherm Stealth 25w Heater
Custom LED Fixture 20k

10lbs Aragonite and Crushed Coral
4lbs Live Rock

Ocellaris Clownfish
Emerald Crab
2 Snails
Some Rics
Purple Gorgonian

Enjoy