Picotope Question

[dkoernert]

Hello all!

 

After several years away from the hobby, I am back and ready to start up another tank! I got the tip for the Picotopes on sale from DFS and went ahead and bought one. My plan is to keep some zoos, and shrooms. Other livestock would mabye be a pistol shrimp and maybe a clown goby.

 

My question is, has anyone run the stock lighting and filter with any success? I did a lot of research on the topic and the vast majority of people seem to be upgrading the lighting. This is an office tank so I really have no desire to try to maintain LPS or SPS. I just want something fairly easy, but interesting to look at.

[kylhcky]

dingusplease got some nice growth off of the stock jbj 50/50's, i wouldn't recommend any less than one though. if you're running the stock filter id recommend running a small powerhead in the tank with it, it just doesn't create enough flow by itself for saltwater

[badfish816]

Stock lighting will keep them alive but won't bring out the full potential of color. That and I don't think anyone has used one long enough to test the quality and longevity of the light. Go for it and see how she does.

[Mr. Microscope]

Stock lighting will keep them alive but won't bring out the full potential of color. That and I don't think anyone has used one long enough to test the quality and longevity of the light. Go for it and see how she does.

 

+1, you'll want to upgrade.

 

Hey Badfish! Long time.

[badfish816]

I know man. Dug out and cleaned up my picotope. Really itching to get it started again but the wife has a freeze on my spending. Trying to get a house right now. Haha. Priorities I guess. Sorry for the thread jack. Once I went t5 over my pico, there was no going back to compacts.