Diogo Matias Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I asked if you buy it because it is very similar to the nice looking Dymax IQ3. But the light coming with it seams very weak so, I'm looking for some DIY invention... Keep refreshing your pico! Link to comment
plantarms Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 hmm i just looked up the dymax iq3, it does look kind of similiar. if you are looking into getting that and lighting something that small why not try building a small LED fixture? Link to comment
Diogo Matias Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yes, I'm planing something like that! But I don't know how much light I'll need for something with about 2 gallon in the display area (about 3 gallon with incorporated sump). Can you show me where to look for that kind of information? Link to comment
plantarms Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 here is information about LED's http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=186982 here are a ton of DIY LED project threads http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=200335 my DIY LED fixture http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=217426 Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 planning on doing a complete tank cleaning and change in aquascape soon, there is a big build of algae on the walls that the scrubber cannot get. Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 just spend about 3 hours completely changing the tank today! i will post some pics once the sand settles. Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 scraped the algae off the sides with a plastic card, added more sand, trimmed the chaeto, cleaned the sponge, did a large waterchange, and changed the rocks Link to comment
Angelynn Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 HOLY MOLEY! Do you have to take everything out everytime you do a big WC? i like the new scape! Thinking about how any in the world i can clean my display without scatching the acrylics? But so far everything is looking mighty good! Got any fish in there? Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 haha no, this is the first time i have taken everything out and just done a complete cleaning and rearrange. thanks! yeah i've got one yellow-tailed damsel in there. to clean the acrylic i use this nimble nano and then there was some really hard algae to get off that i scraped with a credit card, worked like a charm and no scratches on the acrylic Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 better pictures more whites more blues Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 is this what a trumpet coral looks like before it splits into two heads? Link to comment
plantarms Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 getting my tank ready to leave it for 9 days Link to comment
gregzbobo Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 is this what a trumpet coral looks like before it splits into two heads? Little late, but yea, that head has 2 mouths, it will grow and divide right between them, mine has a couple heads looking just like that, and a few that looked like that before splitting. Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 1, 2010 Author Share Posted March 1, 2010 Little late, but yea, that head has 2 mouths, it will grow and divide right between them, mine has a couple heads looking just like that, and a few that looked like that before splitting. thanks, yeah it has started to split into two heads now, and one of the other ones is doing the same Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 getting back from 10 days to check the tank tomorrow, hopefully everything is still alive and kickin Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 hopefully its is can't wait to see how that trumpet coral's gonna grow. I was actually considering getting that neon green variant for my pico, but was unsure how it was going to look when it grew out... Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 7, 2010 Author Share Posted March 7, 2010 just got back and everything is still alive! top off system worked great as always and the trumpet coral has split even more. there is a lot of algae on the walls that i need to clean, and i have gotten some good coralline growth while gone Link to comment
badfish816 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 the tank looks good. i like the scape. Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 the tank looks good. i like the scape. thanks! i'm trying to fill it up as much as a can with some different corals (duncans, some acros, superman/sunset monti, ricordeas, blue cloves, and some more zoas) but that will probably take a while on a college budget Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 i've got a lot of work i've been putting off on this tank trim chaetoscrape algae from wallssuperglue some vermitid snailsclean and rinse out pump and float switchget more salt for waterchangetest levels and dose calciumcheck out something that looks like it may be bubble algaemake ro/di water for topoffmake permanent places for corals also my trumpet coral has started to split into two heads (night shot) Link to comment
badfish816 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 i love watching the trumpet at night. all those tentacles i think look pretty cool. Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 yeah they do, i just got back from the lfs and got a 2 polyp frag of some palys, not sure what type maybe someone can id them for me. also got two more scarlet hermits, two small turbo snails and some more tropic marin sea salt Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 new palys, anyone know the name? sexy shrimp still living in the fuge, three months and counting orange monti cap is starting to bleach, i've been having some problems with calcium and dkh levels Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 aw man, why does everyone have these cool green-brown palys and I get stuck with shabby looking bleached brown ones Nice addition though! Link to comment
plantarms Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 thanks! they're currently not looking too hot though, i think the transition from a lower light to the high powered LED's is taking its toll, i have dimmed the LED's but they're still closed up and looking a little wrinkled Link to comment
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