Well here is my entry photo, I'm workin on gettin my stuff togeather, so keep an eye out. I plan to keep this a mixed reef, already plannin to move my small brain over and some zoas as well as a few yumas. Not completely shure on all the specifics yet.



-greg

Good luck Greg!
Thanks for helping to pull the contest together.

ludicrous speed, now!

About time! I was getting worried man!

Its a shame that Clarkie and Kiltboy arent in though. Esp. Clarkie... he was the one behind this whole pico contest.

oh my theve gone PLAID

[quote]About time! I was getting worried man!

Its a shame that Clarkie and Kiltboy arent in though. Esp. Clarkie... he was the one behind this whole pico contest.[/quote]

Yea I though I would keep yall on the edges of your seats. I wish they were in, maby they will get back in later.

[quote]ludicrous speed, now! [/quote]

Ha Ha nothin better deff one of my favorite movies of all time

[quote]Thanks for helping to pull the contest together.[/quote][/quote]

Psshh I just wanted a contest I wasnt too cheap to join! ha ha just jokin from what I see its attractcing alot of people. And thats awsome.

O all of yall should check out my thread, just added a few new pics.

-greg


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Link in your sig is broken.

fixed.

UPDATE:
I added H2O and LR. I also added a few moshrooms and a yuma. Looks god so far, tho the tank is running alittle too cold for my taste.
-greg

First off I'll lay down a couple of shots from inside the tank:


Only some rubble in there right now, I plan to add some larger peices of Lr when I add more coral.


Yuma that looks good




And here is my addition. Today I got bored and made up a base and hood. I'm in the process of putting some poly urathain on right now. Abou to order a 18 watt PC to put in it.

Before staining:

nice yuma

thanks I have a giant one that shows orange in my 20L and a few others that look purple. under the weak PC it looks brownish but I hope it will get more purple under the new 18 watts of PC.

no updated shots today, but my hood and base are now done and I'm just waiting for the light retro to come, should be here by friday. I'm going to be adding alittle more LR and then some zoo frags, when they get here, and I'm planning on pulling some stuff out of the 20.

PS...**cough** 04's got this in th bag**cough**

Thats a nice yuma.... how big is it? looks like a half dollar? Tanks lookin good!

May the shwarts be with you....nice yuma too

The yuma is about the size of a quarter, I'm using him as a test dummy for the tanks stability, but it looks good right now so I'm pretty confident about the tnaks health.

I plan to try a few montis and of corse alot of little frags out of my 20.

I finished my hood and base and put the 10 watt Pc in it till I get my 18 watt retro on friday.

This pic is the closest to true color of the wood


Not as true, but shows the simi open back, to allow for better cooling


Crap light




And I feel the power of the Schwarts... It's stong with me.

-greg

######! I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted!

Looks great so far.

How many watts are you running on the PC?

the current PS is only 10 watts, my 18 watt retro from Chris from nanocustoms will be here friday. I plan on adding a good bit of LR, I hav ea peice in my 20L that I'm tempted to snag, tho it really will leave a void in the 20.

I just went with an 18watt Coralife fixture, considering i'm "mentally challenged" when it comes to putting together lighting fixtures.

ha ha yea, I wanted to have a tank that looked pretty from the outside, not just with the stuff in it. So I made the hood and base. How are the moon lights on the coralife fixture?

LOL What moonlights?

I have to dish out another $23.00 for those. I plan on doing it though

O it was the other fixture with that, the one they were dong the group buy on. I like my moon lights on my 20L, but the thing is i have them on a timer becuase I dont think that its healthy for a tank to have light, even just a few LED's on all the time. I got some LED's from auto zone and then got a transformer for em, $15 total.

Your hood looks pretty nice, especially because you banged it together in an hour ! Id say I worked on my hood for at least three, if not four hours!! Also, what retro are you using?

Yea I'v got a nasty habit of not wanting to spend alot of time on things, and its pretty enough for me so I'm happy. If I had spent more time, like I usualy do on wood working projects, I would have made it an all wood construction and either dove tailed it or used wooden pegs, but when the tank is sitting there lookin ugly the rush is on. ha ha
I got the 18 watt Pc retro theat they sell on nanocustoms.com. Should be here friday so I'm pretty happy about that.

sounds good, and your tank looks good too.

Well I thought it looked pretty good, so I decided to add alot of stuff and re arrange. I put the 18 watt Retro on, props to nanocustoms.com, and added some rock and coral.

Tank now holds:
1 red legged hermit
2 snails
2 mushrooms
1 yuma
yellow polyps
green platy

Here are some pics it looks pretty good if I do say so my self.



Full tank


Opposite angle


View from my bed


Just a little close up


Thats all for now. Tho I'm planning a cool invert if I can ever find one.
-greg

going to add some more zoas, a candycane and a frag of chalice.

nice aquascaoing... love the little spire/branch in the middle! Any specific plans with the spire (something encrusting it maybe)? those yello polyps will grow like mad, hope you're ready!

Good Luck!

Yea I have always liked that peice of rock but thought it never got enough of a center peice position in my 20L. So I think that it worked out well. I plan on attaching some sort of Monti on there some time soon. In regards to the yellow polyps I want the tank to look really filled in, so I think that they will help with that, but they can be taken out if the need arises.
-greg

Ok well I was doing a major clean up to my moms 50g yesterday, and I fragged some stuff, AND I got some of my coral order. So the 2.5 now has alot of coral in it. I'll post pics later but heres the new stocking list:

Blue Oxoporia frag
Multicolored Yuma
Teal Candycane
Fire and Ice zoos
Eagle Eye zoos
Yellow polyps
Red mushroom
Green Polyanthos
Yellow zoos
Two Snails
One big limpet
and a 6" bristle worm

I'll get pics later
-greg

Ok well here are some pics, I'v been getting ready for the 20 gallons Bday tommrow...ha ha. Well here they are









Full system with my majorly Ghetto ATO

nice work greg.

Thanks, I plan on basicaly leavig the tank from here on out and let thigns just grow. tho I'm kinda feelin one more peice of LR before its all over.
-greg

Nice tank.

Looking good... I like the 'scape as well.

thanks guys

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good job on the tank greg, the pico godfathers shoud have a reunion to decide the next contest. im thinking something along the lines of a 1-3 gallon custom built tanks.

Im out of the setting up new tanks buisness. My new 10 gal, has both my 2.5 and 20 gals in it, is my pride and joy. I plan to get some pics up soon. It is really looking good.