nanoreeferpdx's 3gal pico (Tom deco)

[H20]

Gorgeous tank! I am setting one of these up for my son's for Christmas. One question though, do these have a cover over the tank or are they open topped? It looks like there is a cover but I want to be sure. I think that would help greatly for evaporation purposes..

 

Thanks

Spankey

 

 

If I remember correctly, this one has a lid, but the 3g JBJ Picotope does not.

[nanoreeferpdx]

Gorgeous tank! I am setting one of these up for my son's for Christmas. One question though, do these have a cover over the tank or are they open topped? It looks like there is a cover but I want to be sure. I think that would help greatly for evaporation purposes..

 

Thanks

Spankey

 

It does have a lid to keep evaporation rate down. I found that if you do keep the lid on, don't fill the tank too full or you'll have lots of salt creeps.

[nanoreeferpdx]

Time for an update on the tank. Everybody's doing well and growing nicely, especially the zoas. I do a 10% water change every week. The only problem I have right now is the algae growing on the walls, the snails can't seem to get it off and i tried scrubbing with a small cloth but it's not working. I'm afraid to use a scraper on the acrylic; any ideas?

 

Here are some pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

[debbeach13]

Filling in very nicely. Glad to see the fish seems to be going strong. What temp are you keeping the tank at?

[volupte79]

Sorry for the newbie question, but what is that coral in the last picture?

 

Beautiful little tank!

 

Thanks

Olivia

[nanoreeferpdx]

Filling in very nicely. Glad to see the fish seems to be going strong. What temp are you keeping the tank at?

The tank stays constant at 78-79. He's doing well, still eating like a pig!

Sorry for the newbie question, but what is that coral in the last picture?Beautiful little tank!ThanksOlivia

Thanks! It's a hammer head coral.

[nanoreeferpdx]

***UPDATE 1/4/08

 

I finally got too sick of all the algae on the acrylic so I went in for a GOOD cleaning and rescaping; the hammerhead's getting too big for its location and the torch's too hidden. If i ever get another pico tank i'd go for glass!!! I scraped the acrylic with a credit card (the only thing i could think of that would possibly leave the least scratches); no major damage but i can now see hairline scratches, yuck!!!!

 

Here are some pictures! and a video

 

 

 

 

 

Just noticed from looking at the picture that my watermelon zoos fell off; gotta bring in some super-glue