The Official Club Pico Thread

[PSYS]

[addicted2reefer]

well dang yall, those are some awesome pico reefs. nice job errbody.

 

 

 

Okay im not sure if this is still goin down, but here is my JBJ picotope

 

 

3g JBJ picotope

dual 13W lighting

skilter250 with fuge

DIY lexan lid

3.5 LR

2 snails 2 hermits.

 

born again 4-4-09

Edited April 9, 2009 by addicted2reefer

[lapulapu]

hello I am new at this forum. here is my 4 gallon tank:

 

 

hello I am new at this forum. here is my 4 gallon tank:

 

[davey]

welcome to N-R lapulapu. Tell us a little more about your setup, looks very interesting. What kind of overflow are you using and I would like to see better pics of your sump if possible.

[Ldogg]

here's my Office Pico

 

Born on Date

5/26/2009

JBJ Picotope

AC 70 Modded for a fuge

50w Hydor heater

NanoCustoms LED retro kit for Pico light 9on it's way)

ReefKeeper Lite 1

Live rock and Water from my 120g Display tank

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 26, 2009 by Ldogg

[capsfan]

I guys! It's member #30 posting an update.

 

 

[kristoffer]

Hey guys this is member number 004,

 

I already posted my pico but I have a Recent picture I took hours ago.

 

 

 

That is some amazing coralline algae growth. Did you buy the rocks like that, or did you do something special to get that coverage?

[Salthead]

Awesome tanks everyone!!!

 

I want in.

 

This is my 3 gal. Picotope, that is 15 days old.

 

5 lbs. Caribsea reeffloor, and 1lb. live sand.

3 lbs. Dry fugi baserock, and 3 lbs. live tonga.

Stock lighting, and filter for now. AC50 mod is comming soon.

25 watt visatherm heater.

Powerhead from my old JBJ 12gal. Nano Cube, on lowest flow setting.

 

Inhabitants include three snails; a few buttons, a Colt, and a green mushroom. All of which were donated by a friend.

 

Edited August 24, 2009 by Salthead

[keaton1.5]

Started Aug 24 2009 around 4pm

My 1.5 gal home built pico. Still a little cloudy,Just put together, have live sand, emerald and ruby rubble. I haven't found any rock formations I like yet.

 

60 gph fountain pump

incomplete diy skimmer with aquaculture are pump and lee's diffuser

2 x 9 coralife aqua deluxe light hood

no heater as of yet,the hood keeps water warm

Edited August 25, 2009 by keaton1.5

[plantarms]

my 2.7 gallon pico

 

started: 9/10/09

location: desk in dorm room

lighting: current retro 10'' LED fixture

4 lbs live rock

mini jet 404 powerhead with high flow

ato: DIY Aqualifter with float switch

thermometer: 2 digital, 1 analog

heater: rena smartheater 50w

filtration: chemi-pure elite, sponge pre-filter, chaeto, neo-zeo rocks, live rock, live sand

livestock: neon green trumpet coral, green star polyps, nuclear green palys, pulsing xenia, orange monti cap, clove polyps, eagle eye zoas, pink zoas, sexy shrimp, scarlet hermits, turbo snails, yellow-tailed damsel

 

FTS 9/24/09

 

FTS 1/20/10

Edited January 29, 2010 by plantarms

[Toothpik]

3 gallon pico was set up september 3,2009

AC 50 filter

fish need it metal halide 70 watts(20k bulb)

theo heater

 

[zenbot]

3 gallon pico was set up september 3,2009

AC 50 filter

fish need it metal halide 70 watts(20k bulb)

theo heater

 

 

 

Nice tank. does the 70w metal halide heat up your tank much? I've got one (70w mh) from my old nano that I'm thinking of putting over my 3g picotope.

[Toothpik]

thank you . And no it does not. It heats it up to a nice warm 80 degrees. which i consider myself lucky haha

[Jamie]

Here's mine, technically 5.4 gallons, but if you subtract out the volume of the rock it counts!

 

 

 

 

150 watt 14k halide, nothing much else to note, everything else that's there is in the picture, no fuge or anything.

[dinosue]

Just to keep this awesome thread alive. Here's mine.

 

Born on the fourth of July (7/4/09)

3 gallon picotope

3.5 lbs tonga live rock

5 lbs Caribbean live sand

1x18w Current satellite power compact

AC70 fuge mod

DIY ATO

custom made Plexiglass top

 

It is currently sitting on my desk at home.

FTS

My proud zoa garden

Current inhabitant #1: yellow clown goby

Inhabitant #2: ocellaris clownfish

This is my favorite tank shot, but the starfish passed away.

(Yeah, I know. I did some stupid things at the beginning, but I really loved this guy)

[gregzbobo]

My Offical Club Pico application:

 

My Puny Pico.

 

Started October 14th 2009, located on my bedroom nightstand.

 

JBJ 3g Picotope modded by painting back black, and removing the bumper sticker.

Current Single Satellite 12" 18watt

AC70 modded fuge

Rio 50 PH

Finnex titanium heater

stock Picotope light for fuge

Nimble Nano

 

Dated 10/25/2009:

Edited November 2, 2009 by gregzbobo

[kylief]

I saw this come up on the forum page and though, "What the heck; why not?!" So, here's my pico. It is still a baby - about 5 weeks old. Oh, and sorry about the thumbnail sizes. My computer is being retarded and won't let me shrink the pics down any farther. I will try again when I get the chance.

 

Specs:

- Finnex 4g tank

- Marineland Penguin 100 power filter (for flow and filtration)

- Stock light (18w 50/50 Power Compact)

- Tetra Submersable heater set at 78 degrees

- 6 lbs Fiji live rock

- 4 lbs live sand

 

Inverts:

- 2 black turbo snails

- 1 blue legged hermit

- 1 scarlet legged hermit

- (deceased skunk cleaner shrimp - died in fatal run-in with old filter )

 

Corals:

- Kenya tree

- Florida Ricordea

- Red/Green mushroom (baby)

- Aquaman Zoanthid colony

- Whammin' Watermelon Zoanthid colony

- Green Star Polyp Island

Edited November 3, 2009 by kylief

[JBM]

I hope I can be added to the club. I'm in the process of building/ setting up a 5.5g aio. Display volume will be in the neighborhood of 4.2 gallons. Aproximatley 12x8x10.

 

Build up link is in my signature. Quick run down of equipment:

5.5g aio (false wall built by our very own CoRPs)

Maxi-jet 600 w/ spraybar return

Custom 2 rack media basket

7w pico heater

Coralife mini light (2x18w)

Bottom black rim will be removed to give a more natural look.

[2YearOldElegance]

The ricordea to the right can actually inflate even bigger than the green striped mushroom!

 

If you are referring to the coral I circled it is a hairy mushroom, not a ric.

[2YearOldElegance]

Here's my 5 gallon AGA, 36 watts of 50/50, small aquaclear with rubble rock, small heater. 1 small clown, 2 sexies, 25 man cuc of various snail & crabs, zoas, hairy shroom, buttons, kenya, finger, duncan, hammer, xenia.

[cdelicath]

^^^WOW^^^ that is a great picture and a beautiful tank

Edited November 23, 2009 by cdelicath

[spankyleatherlips]

2 pom pom, 1 bumblebee shrimp, 2 sexies, zoa and rics.

Edited November 23, 2009 by spankyleatherlips

[ashaf22789]

5.5 AIO

12'' 36w coralife lamp

Mj900 pump with trimmed impeller

250w heater(Im using a heater for my 75g untill i get it set up)

And soon to be modded skimmer

 

Started October 7th

Edited November 24, 2009 by ashaf22789

[2YearOldElegance]

^^^WOW^^^ that is a great picture and a beautiful tank

 

ME?

 

If so, thanks! The pic of the clown is actually a cool story. He hosted that hairy shroom for about 6 months. By chance, I dropped a decent chunk of raw shrimp on the shroom and for the first time ever, he flipped himself inside out so he could ingets the shrimp. The little clown seemed angered by it! Like he just discovered he was competing with his home for food! For 15 minutes he kept swimming up to the shroom and inspecting its mouth for food!

[danoreef]

here is my entry. love the thread by the way... shameless buttering. lol. I purchased this tank because I kept having to do water changes in my kids goldfish bowl, I wanted something with more filtration. When this tank arrived I started to have visions of a great Pico tank, so the gold fish went out the window, not literally. It is still cycling and I am monitoring all the parameters and also noticing how fast evap occurs.