reef2.5 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Equipment:1.5 gallon D.I.Y. AIO tank 10 watt heater D.I.Y. 8 watt L.E.D. lights fan cooled Mini Jet 406 pump Critters:Green Clown Goby Pom Pom Crab Scarlet Hermit Crab Corals:Pink Bird's Nest Pulsing Xenia Orange Ricordea mushroom Green fuzzy Mushroom Mystery??? Acan Green Trumpet Sun Coral Multi Color Zoanthid colonies Green Star Polyp Link to comment
rickjg Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Aug FTS Sorry ... ... I'm out ... In the middle of buying a house/moving & life is pretty much KAOS Link to comment
friar1 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Equipment: 1.5 Gallon Tetra Water Wonders Acrylic Tank Catalina Aquariums 2x13 watt PC Fixture (1-450nm and 1-10,000k) Three Cree XRE RB Hydor Pico Evolution 400 Pump Tetra 3i In Tank Filter, no media 25 watt Hydor Stealth heater 2 1/2 pounds live rock 2 1/2 pounds live sand Livestock: Corals.. Red People Eater Ricordea Florida, green Ricordea Florida, orange, green mouth Zoanthids, Miami Vice Duncan Inverts... Dwarf Blue Leg Hermit Crab Red Brittle Star August FTS Link to comment
Shyla8 Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Equipment - 5.5 AGA Aquaclear 201 pump 25w Elite heater Coralife Digital Thermometer Lighting - 2 x 18w 50/50 PC Retrofits installed into wood canopy 5lbs Dry Sand 5 or so lbs Rock Livestock - Yellow Watchman Goby Randall's Pistol Shrimp 10 Dwarf Ceriths 1 Sm Nerite 1 Florida Cerith 2 Blue Legged hermits 2 Sexy Shrimp 9 Dwarf Seahorse Adults & 4 Babies 2 Dwarf Pipefish 2 Sm Blue Striped Mushrooms w/ Encrusting Gorg attached Frag GSP 3 Polyp Orange center Green skirt Zoas Frag Eagle Eye Zoas Sm Frag Green Starburst like Zoas 4 Hd Red Acan Frag + 5 Hd Red Acan Frag (same - just 2 pieces) Red Grape Macro Sm Piece Ulva Macro(getting eaten by the snails lol) Halymenia Macro Short Codium Macro Feather Caulpera Sm Piece Cactus Caulerpa Grape Caulerpa Purple Whip Gorgonian Random Brown Macro from the ocean Sm Piece Bladderwrack Macro from ocean Sargassum Macro Brown Bush Macro - Unknown from Reefcleaners Sm Piece Violet Flames Macro 1 Branch Red Finger Sponge August FTS - (Unless I get a better one before deadline lol) - Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Tank Specs: Dimensions: 3.5"L x 3.75"W x 4"T Equipment: Custom 3W LED MR16 Light (2xBlue 1xCW 1watt LEDs) 6" of Flex Watt Heat Tape DIY Micro "Pump" Gravity ATO Stock: Non-Photo: Mini Orange Dendrophyllia Acroporas: Tyree Pink Lemonade ORA Red Planet ORA Hawkins Echinata Purple/Green Tabling Acro Bali Tricolor Montipora: Green Montipora sp. (Setosa?) Red Montipora Setosa Tyree Montipora Undata Neon Purple/Green Montipora Capricornis Softies: Pink Yuma Rainbow Yuma Black/White/Yellow Zoanthids Devils Armor Palythoa Other: Ponape Birdsnest Blue Haliconia Sponge Inverts: Micro Pistol Shrimp Sexy Shrimp Link to comment
hemi Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Tank 5.5 AGA Heater Tetra 100w Refugium 1.5 tetra wonders tank Pumps Elite Mini Tetra BioFlow Mini Homedics pump Whisper 30-60 HOB Filter Lights 1-13 watt PC 6500k (refugium) on 24/7 2-65 watt PC 10k and Actintic on 2 hours off 6 hours on 2 hours 1-400 watt MH XM 20k on 6 hours Fan Walmart cheapo fan Honeywell Tank LiveStock Southdown sand and small shell mix 10-15 lbs. of Liverock Zoas 5 differant colors Tiny sprout Athiela Kanya (I thought I had lost) Polys Green 1 Red Mushroom 1 Green Mushroom 1 Blue mushroom (cant find it was free floating somewhere) Green Star Polyps 1 Damsel yellow/blue 8 Blueleg crabs Refugium LiveStock Macro Razer cheato 1 Nazz snail 1/2 lbs Liverock Sothdown Sand Link to comment
.Newman. Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 August FTS with tank specs: The Tank * 3 Gallon JBJ Picotope * Koralia Nano Powerhead * AC 70 Fuge Mod (Chemi-pure, Floss, Chaeto) * DIY LED Fixture. 3 Blue Crees + 3 White Crees. * Iceprobe Chiller Inverts * Cerith Snails * 1 Blue-leg Hermit Crab * 1 Emerald Mythrax Crab Coral Inverts * Rhodactis Mushrooms * Ricordea * Green Striped Mushroom * Zoas * Palythoa * Green Star Polyps * Green Finger Leather * Acan * Blastomussa * Porites * Montipora * Chalice Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 8-31 FTS Equipment 10" cube tank, approx 3.5g actual water volume DIY Food Storage Container Refugium, approx 1.75g actual water volume 18w Tom Deco PC Perchlight for Display Underwater Halogen light for Refugium Tunze 5024 Universal Mini Pump Mini HOB filter 25w Hydor Theo heater Inverts Money Cowrie Several Stomatellas Cerith Dove Snail Periwinkle Snails Mini Brittlestars Micro Porcelain Crab 1 Sexy Shrimp 2 Pedersons Anemone Shrimp Red Ball Sponge Purple Gorgonian Yellow Gorgonian White Flame Scallop Corals & Anemones Anemone from an Anemone Hermit Crab Mini Carpet Anemone 2 Maxi Mini Carpet Anemones 2 types of Xenia White Star Polyps Encrusting Green Gorgonian Various Mushrooms Bam-Bam Zoas Nuclear Green Palys Tubbs Blue Zoas Tiny Orange & Yellow Encrusting Gorgonian AA Pink Palys Green Blasto Merletti Very Small Green Nepthea frag Blue Cloves Macroalgaes Codium Red Botrycladia Blue Distromia Scrolling Algae Cactus Caulerpa (refugium) Caulerpa Prolifera (refugium) Blue Ochtodes Red Graciliara Fire Fern Stypodium Zonale UnIDed Red Spotted Ruffly Macro Red Titan UnIDed Fleshy Rose Macro Red Graciliara Carpeting form of Chaetomorpha Shaving Brush Macro Link to comment
JoeD Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 not the best pic, but shows most things. Whewww!!! Equipment: Aquamedic 70w MH pendant 2 MJ400 pumps InTank submersible light for fuge Digital aquatics RKL with.... Temp probe ORP probe Float switch for ATO --Aqualifter pump for ATO .net module, yet to come online MLC module with blue LEDS Marine land Stealth 50W heater Dry goods: approx 3 lbs sand approx 3 lbs KoraLagoon Substrat approx 1.5 lbs aragonite in fuge Macros, etc. Caulerpa Mexicana Halimeda Mermaids fan Unknown---- gracilaria??? Unknown red unknown---- broadleaf Chaeto Inverts, etc: Nerites Nascarrius Stomatellas Hermits 7 Sexy shrimp 2 orange encrusting sponges Fish: 2 yellow clown gobies Coral: SPS: ORA chocolate tip acro Pismo tabling acro, yet to ID Pismo stylophora, yet to ID LPS: Trachyphyllia 3 Pismo Favia, yet to ID emerald Isle Goniporea Orange Fungia Mushrooms, nems, etc. 2 maxi mini nems 6 green yumas St thomas mushroom 2 red mushrooms 18 Florida Ricordia 2 types GSP Kryptonite cloves.... they snuck in Tyree green leather Aptasia happy to get rid of Zoas and paly's Nuc greens Aztec something... I'll check the name Pinks and golds Mohawks AOG LOTR Chrysocolla Red somethings Black Widows Green somethings Purple somethings Purple with red skirts Brow skirt, green center, orange mouth... peanut butter cups? Sure that I missed something, promise to edit and update. Link to comment
Wendy Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Tank: 5.5 Do!aqua glass cube Light: 20" 40w Satellite Flow: koralia nano Fuge & surface skimmer: Doctors Foster & Smith BioSystem 25 Livestock: Blue legged hermit Emerald crab Porcelain crab Pompom crab Peppermint shrimp nassarius & cerith snails Corals: mushrooms- green & blue spotted, green hairy, purple yellow button polyps pink palys 15 different colored ricordea mushrooms blue/purple yuma green star polyps pompom xenia blue cloves Zoas- purple w/yellow ring, pink, blue w/yellow skirt ,pink w/orange skirt ,orange, brown w/dark pink center, bluish/green w/brown skirt, orange w/yellow skirt, green w/yellow skirt Macro Algae: Red Grape (Botryocladia) Codium (put in fuge to keep away from Emerald crab) Blue Ball (Ochtodes) Red Flame Red Fern Cactus (Halimeda) Sea lettuce (Ulva) cheato (in fuge) FTS August 2010 Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Official Contestant Roster for the Unofficial Pico Methodology Contest as of September 1, 2010: BigRok -- BigRok's Little Rocks c_k_kuehne - Hawke's Pico Lamp Friar1 -- Friar's Pico hemi - Hemi's Reef Ledge JoeD - JoeD's Pico Paludarium .Newman. - Newman's 3 Gal Pico nOrk - nOrk's SPS LED/ZEO Pico Experiment Bonanza reef2.5 - my pico methodology contest build Shyla8 -- Kailyn's 5.5g AIO thesmallerthe better - 1/4 Gallon Open Top SPS Cube Weetabix7 -- Weetie's 4 Gallons of Simplicity Wendy -- Crab Cakes 5.5 We are now down to 12 contestants. I feel these will be the final contestants that makes it to the end. Just think 12 picos that last a full year Please keep in mind we are entering the final 5 month grow out period. No new livestock additions can be made (nOrk's special situation excluded). Corals can be fragged/trimmed back at any time. Corals/Critters can be removed at any time if they start causeing issues or start to die. Normal CUC type critters can be added at any time. No new equipment can be added. Defective equipment can be replaced with an item of similar specifications. Normal maintenance procedures and addatives etc... can be done/added at any time. This is really about being able to keep a long term pico. If any special situations come up please let us know in the contest thread and we (as a group) will try and work with you. September Official Submissions Start After This Post Link to comment
n0rk Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 September FTS (now with added Zoanthid goodness - only 3 types survived shipping). Will likely update depending how surgery goes... Link to comment
friar1 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 September FTS, Friar's Pico (Yes, I KNOW there is algae!) Link to comment
JoeD Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Placeholder/ cya shot. hope for better tomorrow Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Well here is my Sept Pic. During the month of Sept I basically neglected the tank but then attempted to pull it through in the last few days of the month. Anyway here is what i got -- will try and stay more focused in the months to come. Link to comment
hemi Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 9/30/10 FTS As soon as I go outside to take a picture. Removed some rocks and havent moved the corals back.They are in the fuge in the back,But they are so small you probley couldnt see them anyways. Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 sept FTS....same old same old on my end haha Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 Official Contestant Roster for the Unofficial Pico Methodology Contest as of October 1, 2010: BigRok -- BigRok's Little Rocks c_k_kuehne - Hawke's Pico Lamp Friar1 -- Friar's Pico hemi - Hemi's Reef Ledge JoeD - JoeD's Pico Paludarium .Newman. - Newman's 3 Gal Pico nOrk - nOrk's SPS LED/ZEO Pico Experiment Bonanza reef2.5 - my pico methodology contest build Shyla8 -- Kailyn's 5.5g AIO thesmallerthe better - 1/4 Gallon Open Top SPS Cube Weetabix7 -- Weetie's 4 Gallons of Simplicity Wendy -- Crab Cakes 5.5 All 12 contestants made it another month -- good job everyone, all the tanks are well on their way to true long term success Please keep in mind we are entering the final 5 month grow out period. No new livestock additions can be made (nOrk's special situation excluded). Corals can be fragged/trimmed back at any time. Corals/Critters can be removed at any time if they start causeing issues or start to die. Normal CUC type critters can be added at any time. No new equipment can be added. Defective equipment can be replaced with an item of similar specifications. Normal maintenance procedures and addatives etc... can be done/added at any time. This is really about being able to keep a long term pico. If any special situations come up please let us know in the contest thread and we (as a group) will try and work with you. October Official Submissions Start After This Post Link to comment
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