zoohed Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Ok so I ordered some mangroves to put in a chamber of my AIO 15g and they came as a bundle of 5. Well I didn't want 5 in my AIO so I had this 2.5g lying around so I decided it would become a mangrove pico. AC 70 for flow and some media, thinking I will swap out impeller to try and stop it from moving the sand around. Light is just a cheap LED off Amazon I had bought to cycle rock for my main. I will more than likely be changing to a PAR bulb at some point. Also put this in the window to allow the mangroves some natural sunlight. Just using a 50w heater I had lying around. I will be adding a piece of LR when my rock arrives on Friday and not sure what else will happen as far as stock. Now for the whole reason you're all here pictures. Link to comment
zoohed Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 Clearing up nicely. Just need to dial down the flow of the AC70. Link to comment
zoohed Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Added a couple pieces of rock that came with my gulfliverock.com shipment. I also swapped the AC70 for an AC50 to reduce the sand getting pushed around. Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Added a couple pieces of rock that came with my gulfliverock.com shipment. I also swapped the AC70 for an AC50 to reduce the sand getting pushed around. Ooh, sargassum! I had that as a hitchhiker once and watched it sprout from a tiny brownish nub. Kept it for quite a while till my zebra hermit ate it down to the nub, and then ate the nub. Tank has nice lines, I like the curved front corners! Do you know who the manufacturer is? Link to comment
flatlandreefer Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 whats your plan for lighting the mangroves, are you going to raise this light up to give the leaves the light they need? Link to comment
zoohed Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 Ooh, sargassum! I had that as a hitchhiker once and watched it sprout from a tiny brownish nub. Kept it for quite a while till my zebra hermit ate it down to the nub, and then ate the nub. Tank has nice lines, I like the curved front corners! Do you know who the manufacturer is? Hoping it bounces back. Did a water change and most of it was dying off and got vacuumed right out. I don't have a clue. Bought it from a LFS that is no longer in business probably 6-8 years ago. whats your plan for lighting the mangroves, are you going to raise this light up to give the leaves the light they need? Switched the light today for a new API Tuna PAR 38 on a desk lamp. I'm hoping that mixed with the natural sunlight will be sufficient. If not I'm not opposed to adding a PAR bulb strictly for the mangroves. Link to comment
zoohed Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 I have a piece of Marine Pure bio block I cut up soaking in RODI water to put in my filter to add some more biofilter to the pico. Link to comment
zoohed Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Made a few additions today. Link to comment
zoohed Posted March 15, 2017 Author Share Posted March 15, 2017 Some of my zoa garden. https://instagram.com/p/BRo0sOlD_VW/ Link to comment
zoohed Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 21 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Nice frag! Utter Chaos? Campfires Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 They are very pretty and bright! Link to comment
hinnenkm Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 This is cool - I've had the same idea for awhile now and just haven't followed through because I've got a couple other tanks already. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one! Link to comment
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