Islandoftiki Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Wait, I know the answer to the top-offs. Temperate reef! Little to no evaporation! No need to thank me. Now you just have to incorporate one of those little peliter chillers into the HOB. Link to comment
PwnMe Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 You better be for real with this. I expect to see some coral in that thing. Link to comment
BigRok Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 So today I took a couple pieces of rubble and epoxied them together. I used too much epoxy and now it looks kinda ghetto, but I'm hoping I can just cover it up in the end. Also my roll of tape holding the filter up had it sitting a little low, so I replaced it with my headphone amplifier. And a shot of just the tank. Consider this my first FTS. Link to comment
Scorched Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Since this tank is so small and so little rock was used Im sure you can do this again with less epoxy. Link to comment
C.I._Reefer Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 somthing tells me he made it look tacky on purpose Outta curiosity, what HOB is that? Link to comment
BigRok Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Yeah, the rock didn't stick with any less epoxy. I'll take a shot with my cell phone to give an example of the size of this thing. One frag will cover all that epoxy up anyways. The filter is a Red Sea Deco Art Nano. It's about ten bucks at any store. I removed all the media and the little filter pad insert. I may stick something in there, but really it's just being used for circulation. A whopping 16 gph circulation. Link to comment
Jacob042426 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Get your cuc from reefcleaners. 1 Link to comment
JamesHL88 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Get your cuc from reefcleaners. +1 lol Link to comment
Veng Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Get your cuc from reefcleaners. rofl. I think for the first time ever, the dwarf cerianiths won't actually fit in the tank lol. Also, have you considered a harlequin sweetlips for that tank? It looks like it would be perfect. Link to comment
BigRok Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Also, have you considered a harlequin sweetlips for that tank? It looks like it would be perfect. I was considering this, but I've heard they would bully my horseshoe crab population. I only have 4 of them, so I don't want to lose any. Link to comment
gaberosenfield Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 If you pull this off you deserve to win something just for attempting such a crazy idea! This should be the new definition of an atto tank: less than 1 gallon total volume! Link to comment
Kfmmartin19 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I'm kinda confused...is this a joke? It better not be...this is the coolest tank I've ever seen. Link to comment
boxboy Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'm kinda confused...is this a joke? It better not be...this is the coolest tank I've ever seen. No this is no joke. this is a real entry into the 3 and under contest. OP. This entry is very cool. keep up the great work. and dont forget top ups. evap in 1 day in this would probable leave it empty. Would be very amazing to see a coral in there!! Link to comment
Kfmmartin19 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'm definitely following this tank thread! This is the coolest thing ever! Link to comment
Shallow Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 This is definitely... ILLEST Link to comment
Wizzy Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Please update this thread. Even if the tank is long gone just let us know lol Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Updates? You really thought this would work for more than 12 hours? Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 You really thought this would work for more than 12 hours? I'll give it a go... I have one of these filters laying around. I'll stop by Goodwill this weekend and pick up a tiny vase. I'll stock it with some of my nicer majanos. It'll work. 100% water changes weekly. Link to comment
gabe3eb Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I'll give it a go... I have one of these filters laying around. I'll stop by Goodwill this weekend and pick up a tiny vase. I'll stock it with some of my nicer majanos. It'll work. 100% water changes weekly. I'm sure someone like Brandon could "get it to work" but the way he had it set-up was kind of silly. I get where he was coming from on ignoring the top-off in favor of 100% water changes, but that just isn't sustainable with such huge salinity swings every day. Why not just put a lid on it to cut down on evap? He was talking SPS too, not just nicer majanos. Not to mention the LEDs he was using were getting drowned out by an old 9W PC and not capable of keeping SPS. Sorry if I came off too negatively. I just thought this tank is only as viable as the throne on which it was conceived. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I'm sure someone like Brandon could "get it to work" but the way he had it set-up was kind of silly. I get where he was coming from on ignoring the top-off in favor of 100% water changes, but that just isn't sustainable with such huge salinity swings every day. Why not just put a lid on it to cut down on evap? He was talking SPS too, not just nicer majanos. Not to mention the LEDs he was using were getting drowned out by an old 9W PC and not capable of keeping SPS. Sorry if I came off too negatively. I just thought this tank is only as viable as the throne on which it was conceived. Lol, I hear ya. Ambitious project, indeed. Honestly, something this small is probably better served with an airstone and some sort of cover to reduce evaporation. Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 We want updates! Link to comment
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