Drews 5.5 gallon pico reef

[dferrari13]

(Picture at 7 months in)

 

 

Oddly enough..this tank is located in my bathroom and it's doing great so far...it's been up and running for a little over 11 months now...so far so good..it's my second small reef tank...my other is a nuvo fusion 10 gallon reef setup

 

I have this running on a hagen aquaclear 30 gallon filter with chemi-pure blue nano/purgen/phosGuard...Neo Thermal Heater...and the innovative marine skkye light 18 watt LED...with Smart ATO micro

 

 

Roughly 6 pounds of live rock

2 inches of live sand bed

About 3 species of mushrooms

About 5 species of zoos

War brain coral

Yellow Fiji toadstool coral

Star polyps

Pipe Organ

Pink Xenias

Green Star Polyps

Blenny

2 Cerith snails

Sexy Shrimp

2 turbo snails

 

Current full tank shot 5/5/15 (11 months in)

 

 

New Blenny

 

 

[dferrari13]

[fishfreak0114]

Looking good! Do you not have heat issues with it being in the bathroom? If someone took a shower wouldn't the heat spike?

[Ibuyen]

What happen to other fish? Trying to plan stocking for my own 5.5

[tdannhauser30]

tank of the month on location alone!!!!

[dferrari13]

I do have heat problems because it's in my bathroom (especially when showering so I keep the exhaust fan on) but I keep my A/C on year round because my room is in the attic....so i keep my room at 72 all the time and I keep a fan blowing the cool air of my room into the bathroom....as for the fish...it hasn't been easy finding something that can withstand such a small environment...as of now just the yellow tailed damsel remains and I don't plan on adding anything else....actually he will eventually out grow this tank quickly.....small blennys and gobies are better for this sized tank....but some people say it's too small for fish period.

[dferrari13]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dferrari13]