Weetabix7 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 This is awesome, O Fabulous One. Quote Link to comment
Jeremiahmeister Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 I know you gonna maked, keep the good work! Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 This is awesome, O Fabulous One. Thanks, weetie! I know you gonna maked, keep the good work! Gracias! Quote Link to comment
spanko Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Pico shots, Pico shots, Pico shots!!!!! Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Okay but I have to warn you, it's not pretty! Here's the current FTS: The yellow acro now gets to be king of the hill. The birdsnest in the back wall, still fighting a never ending battle with algae. A piece of my mille that I broke off before moving the colony over to the MAX: Some remaining mushrooms that I need to go in and scrape off: As much as I want to get rid of ALL softies from this tank, I might keep the softies on my live rock on the right side of the tank. It would seem almost too unnatural without them. Except for the plate coral. He's moving over to the MAX as well. Quote Link to comment
spanko Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Doesn't look all that bad. Nice open "new canvas" to work with. Probably won't get all the softies gone, mushies, unless you take some of the underlying rock with it. What is the orange plate looking thing on the bottom left? A frag of the monti plate????? Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 I know, more room! I can't believe it. And yeah that orange piece on the left is a piece of the monti. Quote Link to comment
Wawawang Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Looks great. It looks like your going mostly sps this time around. Cant wait for it to fill in for you. Quote Link to comment
spanko Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Set it up with all the rock in the middle as an island. Then maybe a patch reef SPS island motif? Maybe a nice small piece of Porites sp. at the bottom of the island with some Christmas tree worms on it? Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Hm, that's an interesting idea. I was thinking of maybe doing a valley motif. Keep the birdsnest on the back wall dead center, the remaining softies on the right, some acros on the left, various monti and porites around the sand and a clam right down the middle. Quote Link to comment
opy01 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Haha, your "not pretty" shots look better than some of my "nice shots" . Quote Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Well done El Fab!! ( now get to work on the Max walls ) Great stuff. Quote Link to comment
kevivoe Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Agreed. Your "worst stuff" is what I can only hope to achieve. I am very new to this hobby and seeing your pico reefs has me wildy excited about what can be done. I will do a search but I would like a "bill of materials" on your corals. kevivoe Quote Link to comment
clownfish14 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Just a quick question what type of light are you using and where did you get it? Quote Link to comment
Sword Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) Just a quick question what type of light are you using and where did you get it? He uses a custom LED set-up designed by evilc66. It's a retrofit of a Current Satellite fixture. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...=176627&hl= Edited January 23, 2010 by Sword Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Well done El Fab!! ( now get to work on the Max walls ) Great stuff. Thanks, Richie! BTW, http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=223049 Agreed. Your "worst stuff" is what I can only hope to achieve. I am very new to this hobby and seeing your pico reefs has me wildy excited about what can be done. I will do a search but I would like a "bill of materials" on your corals. Thanks! It's really not all that difficult. Just takes some time and a whole lot of patience. Just a quick question what type of light are you using and where did you get it? My fixture is a LED retrofit made by evilc66. Click on Sword's link for more info. Quote Link to comment
cptbjorn Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Awesome, your name kept popping up when I was researching clams in picos and I thought you might be thinking about getting one. I'm stoked to see how you do it Quote Link to comment
jdl Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 how does your damsel like the tight space? ultimately i want my tank to be similar to yours (sorry im biting your $h!t) i have a 3 stripe in mine and am wondering if it can outgrow the tank or get choked by the corals growing out in the religion of pico reefs you are almighty all hail el fab Quote Link to comment
Needreefunds Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Thanks, Richie! BTW, http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=223049 yes! Quote Link to comment
el fabuloso Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 how does your damsel like the tight space? ultimately i want my tank to be similar to yours (sorry im biting your $h!t) i have a 3 stripe in mine and am wondering if it can outgrow the tank or get choked by the corals growing out My yellowtail damsel actually loved my dense coral jungle. He liked hiding between the birdsnest branches and he would sleep inside the monti cap at night. Now that the pico has opened up again with plenty of space, he's actually a little freaked out. I'm really not sure how well other damsel do in a pico but IME yellowtails are better behaved than most damsels and stay fairly small. in the religion of pico reefs you are almighty all hail el fab Quote Link to comment
bonkers213 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 wheres a fts with most of the stuff out of there. Quote Link to comment
DBTReefer Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 your tank looks so empty! It's fuller than both of mine though Quote Link to comment
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