Smithjm5 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 So this pico wasn't really by choice but by necessity. Basically I have a ada 60-f where I had a yellow-tail damsel and a few other fish, but the damsel was terrorizing it's tank mates so he had to go, and I had some extra equipment laying around and this tank was born from that haha, so i'm running with it! **This is a temporary set-up, I realize it's not adequate room for the damsel** Getting that out of the way, I plan on upgrading this tank to a 5 gallon in the coming weeks. Not sure on which one yet but suggestions would be appreciated. Equipment List Standard 2.5G glass tank Cobalt 50watt Heater Aquaclear 20 W/Purigen & Filter floss IM Skkye light (just cause I had it laying around) Live rock from my main display & Caribsea sand The Tank Link to comment
Angeles Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Damsel actually looks good in that size tank if he is the only fish. Shame he will outgrow it... Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Damsel actually looks good in that size tank if he is the only fish. Shame he will outgrow it... Yea it fits him great right now, but like I said i'm going to be upgrading to either a pico 5G or maybe the spec V Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Trade him in turn that pico into a sexy shrimp micro Algae tank Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Trade him in turn that pico into a sexy shrimp micro Algae tank Haha that be pretty cool! Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Haha that be pretty cool! Just seems like a lot of work to keep a $3 damsel I mean mean unless you have some sort of emotional attachment Could start a new thread Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 23, 2014 Author Share Posted August 23, 2014 Just seems like a lot of work to keep a $3 damsel I mean mean unless you have some sort of emotional attachment Could start a new thread It was $5 actually lol, No I do like the little guy, but I had been wanting to start a smaller tank for awhile now and this gave me the excuse to I was actually just looking at the cadlights zen series tanks, they have a 5 gallon that I think I might pick up. Anyone here used/heard anything about them? Link to comment
Angeles Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ive heard that the artisan series is good quality. idk bout zen… Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 It seems a lot of people use them in the planted community, they seem nice so I'm keeping it as a possibility. I emailed Chris @ pico to get a quote for a custom tank we'll see Link to comment
Angeles Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sweet. Pico is really great quality. Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Sweet. Pico is really great quality. Yea they are awesome tanks, They made me a custom life net cover for my 60-f, love it! Link to comment
Angeles Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ive always want a 60-f lol. How do you like it? I wasn't sure if it was too shallow or not.. Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Ive always want a 60-f lol. How do you like it? I wasn't sure if it was too shallow or not.. It's a really cool tank, it is pretty shallow i think 7 1/2" tall but if you're into that it's a sweet tank lots of options with corals and fish! Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I have their 7 gallon zen tank,pretty good quality for the price of the tank and it being low iron glass. Tbh,TruAqua has better quality tanks ( I have their 2.1 gallon. TruAqua bevels their edges and I think does a better silicone job and offers free shipping and only a $5 S&H charge and their tanks are cheaper. And from my experience,yellow tails are horrid. Such aggressive little bastards. In my 15 gallon I had,he scared my clown for bad he wouldn't come from behind the skimmer,not even to eat. And the clown was 2 times bigger. I'd swap his ass out for some neon gobies or Trimma gobies lol or a YCB,they have such cool personalities. Link to comment
Smithjm5 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 I have their 7 gallon zen tank,pretty good quality for the price of the tank and it being low iron glass. Tbh,TruAqua has better quality tanks ( I have their 2.1 gallon. TruAqua bevels their edges and I think does a better silicone job and offers free shipping and only a $5 S&H charge and their tanks are cheaper. And from my experience,yellow tails are horrid. Such aggressive little bastards. In my 15 gallon I had,he scared my clown for bad he wouldn't come from behind the skimmer,not even to eat. And the clown was 2 times bigger. I'd swap his ass out for some neon gobies or Trimma gobies lol or a YCB,they have such cool personalities. I'll have to check out the tru aqua tanks, That's the reason I have this tank, he was terrorizing my royal gramma so I set this up to get him out haha, i'm gonna try and trade him in if my LFS will take him! Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Majority of their cubes are out of stock ATM,but check them out. I'm sure your lfs still take him as a trade or store credit. Link to comment
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