andrewkw Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 A few new pics : Fisheye : regular 40mm New Acan you can barely see. The more I examine this tank the more I see little spots I can attempt to place a few more corals. The one problem I am having is its getting harder and harder to clean the acrylic with no space between it and the corals or in some cases them growing on the acrylic. more to come Link to comment
jbb Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Go ahead and send that to 76180 . Thanks Link to comment
Toybuddha Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Wow! Still going! Thanks for sharing with us all! Link to comment
tjbell Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just went through all 21 pages and I love it. Amazing job on the tank and the documentation Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 WOW. Love your pictures and your documentation from the beginning till now Link to comment
AFellowReefer Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Wow, what a beautiful tank! Link to comment
andrewkw Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 Everything is still doing good I did lose that tiny micro and one of the acans. Other stuff is just growing over them. What is surprising is the pink chalice which has been in the tank almost since day one has started to not only grow over the front of the tank but over some zoos as well. You would think the faster growing zoos would be growing over the chalice but nope.Everything does more or less look the same but a little more full. I will take some new pics sooner or later. Reefing has really taken a back seat to my astrophotograhy hobby but I plan on maintaining the pico forever. It's just so easy. I can ignore it for 2 weeks and no big deal a tiny bit of algae. When I do a water chance once every 1-2 weeks its a 20-30 minute thing. I usually change the filter floss twice at this time and then a spoonful of carbon and half of gfo. That's it. It's just that easy. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Still looking very nice! Congradulations on almost 3 years now! Link to comment
J's Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Inspiration ...great looking tank. It is impressive to see a pico going strong after so many years, props! Link to comment
MikeTR Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 very nice little box'o'watah.. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted October 9, 2013 Author Share Posted October 9, 2013 Dodged a bullet tonight. The powerbar the tank is connected to caught fire! There were no flames or anything just a slow burning smell. No water spilled and the fire actually consisted of the on off switch burning. The outlets themselves were not burning but the light started to flicker.I'll pick up a new powerbar tomorrow if I can't find one laying around in the mean time plugged the filter and return pump back in to computer powerbar. This little tank does actually have 3 pumps 4 if you count the ATO and the light. so it needs 5 outlets Nothing much has really changed in the tank itself. I'd like to add something new but in reality there will be less and less corals as some grow completely over others. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 yikes! close call. what kind of powerbar burned up? which brand if you remember? also how many plugs are there for this pico? around 8 total? i remember my picotope had 8 plugs...it was simply too much. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 It was a nova powerbar. There are only 5 plugs. 6 i guess if you count the fan but I don't use it anymore. I also don't heat the tank. Just keep the room comfortable for me and it's comfortable for the pico.FilterReturn pumpPowerheadauto top off PAR 30 Link to comment
Shawntel94 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 This is cool ! Along the lines of what I want, but i want to put mine in a cookie jar Link to comment
Cameron6796 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Love the tank... Boy is it packed love all the zoas. How are you liking the light. How much flow do you have I'm also in Ontario im near toronto what about you? Where do you go for your corals Link to comment
andrewkw Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Love the tank... Boy is it packed love all the zoas. How are you liking the light. How much flow do you have I'm also in Ontario im near toronto what about you? Where do you go for your corals I like the light no reason to change it until it burns out or the colour shifts. You can probably find the GPH somewhere in the thread but I can't remember off hand. The return pump was replaced with a minijet 404, there is a zoo meds mini powerhead in the false wall and the pico power filter. Considering the very few options out there for a tank this size I am happy with the flow. Still get a lot of detritus but I try and vacuum it out. Hard to do when the tank is so packed. I'm in Mississauga, and although I haven't been very active in the hobby the past few years I generally shop at Reef Raft, Rivers 2 Oceans, North American Fish Breeders, and Sea U Marine. I took some new pictures today. I am in need of a new nano mag cleaner and haven't cleaned the arcyrlic in a really long time. There is a bit of algae but I think it will probably shrink as long as I keep up with the water changes and gfo changes. Now that the days are getting short the tank gets a lot less natural sunlight. Look at the GSP being sucked into the filter but still continuing to thrive Chalice has really coloured up, although it has no where to go it's starting to grow up. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 still looks really cool. there is no way your light has orange LEDs Link to comment
owlbassboy Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 still one of my favourite picos! Link to comment
limpert Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Skimmed through this thread and the evolution of your tank has been inspirational. For whatever reason, those Grandis palys are my favorite frag and it seems like they've been there since the beginning. I know you spoke to the mangroves, but can you provide some more details if i missed it. Specifically the lighting situation, is the ambient sunlight the tank receives sufficient to keep the mangroves alive? Also, how are the sponges doing? It looked like the yellow sponge was growing pretty fast for a while there. Link to comment
mov Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I sat and read all of your journal this afternoon. Inspirational mate, especially because I am getting a dymax iq3 for xmas. Link to comment
Clarinet_Reefer Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 It is tanks like this that always gets me fired up for Picos! Such a small tank yet such a diversity of life, color and beauty. Keep up the good work and you may want to consider more industrial strength power management ie a more robust powerbar. I'm glad you caught it before anything bad happened and it gives us all a chance to see what pieces of equipment should fail over the long run. Link to comment
thadscottmoore Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 took my systems down in May due to move into new home and no time to dedicate to the reefs. This tank really inspires me to get my IQ3 out of the box and get it started again. Link to comment
ALNN Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Just finish reading the whole thread! Got to say this tank is awesome!! Glad to see local refers on nano reef. I'm from Markham! Right beside SUM. Link to comment
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