Farrah Posted November 20, 2004 Share Posted November 20, 2004 My pico has been set up for a couple of months now. It is the candy aquavase XL, disguised by a beautiful base and hood made by Scott over at nanohoods.com/. Inhabitants include 1 trochus snail, 1 blue legged hermit, some macro algae, some bubble algae (I kind of like it , a couple of tiny hitchhiker anemones, and some blue mushrooms which miraculously survived shipping without water. For a while, I had an awesome little anemone shrimp, but he decided to jump out and commit suicide. Poor little guy. Link to comment
Deleted User 8530 Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Awsome! Very nice stand and base, BTW GET RID OF PLASTIC PLANTS!!!! AHHHH! *runs and hides away from fakes* Link to comment
supernip Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 i have the urge to flip it upside down Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Originally posted by MessyRoadKil Awsome! Very nice stand and base, BTW GET RID OF PLASTIC PLANTS!!!! AHHHH! *runs and hides away from fakes* I don't think those are plastic And, very nice. Interesting base/hood setup. What kind of lighting is over it? Link to comment
ngericke Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Looks like prolifera algae Link to comment
burnah Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 very nice, could add some zoos though... Link to comment
Farrah Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 Plastic? You couldn't pay me enough to put that in my tanks! It's Caulerpa prolifera. I thought it might help control nutrients and I like the way it looks. Flip it upside down? Like a snow globe? LOL The lighting is a 13w PC 50/50. I can't decide if I want to add any zoos to it or not. Right now is has a very simple zen look. Do you think adding zoos would destroy that? Link to comment
Ann Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Beautiful, what a work of art! Best regards Ann Link to comment
jtsam Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 dont add anything!!!! beauty in simplicity - that's the ticket, and that's what you have achieved Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Very clean looking set-up. I think it looks great, regardless of whether plants are real or fake. hehe. Link to comment
Deleted User 8530 Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 woah.... they are real! *thinks naughty* um Yeah.... It looked like they were plastic... Link to comment
rhs Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 Where did you get the blue striped mushrooms from ? Link to comment
Farrah Posted November 21, 2004 Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 Jtsam, I think you are right. I'll leave it as is... for now at least. Rhs, I got the shrooms in an order from Farms of TheSea. To tell you the truth, I don't know how they are alive. All of the water leaked out of the bag in shipping, and I got a smelly rock. I didn't want to jeopardize my main setup. Since I had just purchased the aquavase, I decided to throw it in and see what happened. A couple of them survived. There are actually a few on there that have turned into black masses with a mouth in the center... they kind of remind me of cancer, but still exist. Link to comment
jtsam Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 yummmmm, black cancer zen Link to comment
rhs Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 So how much did you pay for the blue striped mushrooms (plus shipping) ? How do you get in contact with Farms of The Sea ? Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 I'm thinking a small zoo rock might work well in front of and slightly off-center to the left of the shroom rock. I'd pick some nice colorful zoos to complement the shroom color. Small rock with some small types of zoos might work well. Link to comment
Undertheradar Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 A small plastic snowman would rock for when you shake it up. Link to comment
Farrah Posted November 22, 2004 Author Share Posted November 22, 2004 Rhs: I think I paid about $30 for the blue striped mushroom colony. Packing and shipping is about $40, but I had a large order. Here's the link - http://www.farms-of-thesea.com. Stock is a bit low right now. Daemonfly: If I do add some zoos, I think I'll attach them directly to the rock. Undertheradar: Plastic snowman... hehehe. Link to comment
Cam barr Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 sweet lil pico cam barr Link to comment
TJ_Burton Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Thats a Red Sea Aquavase? Are you using one of the little hang on filters they come with? is thath the origonal PC lighting? LOL... I have one too... sitting on my desk empty... was thinking of doing something similer but never got around to it! You can now do water changes with a shotglass! Link to comment
nanoist Posted November 22, 2004 Share Posted November 22, 2004 Now I may be a little biased, but I think it looks great Farrah. Link to comment
Farrah Posted November 23, 2004 Author Share Posted November 23, 2004 TJ, I am using the stock filter, which seems to run fine (except algae grows in the plumbing because it's all clear. Know of any good way to clean it out? As for the lighting, I had a 13w PC installed when the hood was built. It's really quite bright. Nanoist, I have you to thank for it! It wouldn't be as beautiful without your lovely craftmanship! Link to comment
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