Merthynia Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 My entry into the Creative Container Contest. Container: 2 gallon bowl/vase from Tuesday Morning $9 Light: 14W PAR30 LED 18K Vibrance Reef Light from Coral Compulsion $59.99 Flow: Hydor Koralia Nano 240 Heater: Archaea Mini Aquarium Heater (25W) Ultra Slim from Aqua Forest Aquarium $28.99 ATO: AutoAqua Smart ATO Micro - $0 I had this on hand. Coral: Sunny D's Frag Unnamed Acan Frag Unnamed Zoa Frag x3 Yellow polyps Campfire Zoa Frag Green and blue spotted mushroom x 4 Merletti x 2 Trumpet Frag Small Hammer Frag Small Leather Frag Photosynthetic Sponge Livestock: Blue legged Hermit crab Tiny peppermint shrimp Snail x1 Tiny Brittle Star Tiny Feather Duster Tiny Bristle Worms x lots Full Bowl Photo: 03/31/18 02/25/18 01/30/18 12/31/17 11/28/17 10/7/17 9 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Yeah, you are joining the fun! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 Here is the required condiment picture. Styx was helping me inspect the tank. This container is two gallons filled to about an inch below the rim. I will not have it quite that full while running. One of the reasons I chose this particular container was the interesting glasswork. I am hopeful that it will make the contents interesting to look at. I'm sure it will make taking pictures challenging at the very least. I wanted to do something unique and even though it is just a vase/bowl, it isn't smooth-sided which could be an advantage/disadvantage. (My cool ideas were taken before I could get my hands on the containers) Here is the current rockwork. I will be running this with a small amount of sand to help stabilize the rockwork. I do not want to come home to a broken container and water on the ground. I may add a few more pieces of rubble to build up the height of the structure before I'm done. 11 minutes ago, vlangel said: Yeah, you are joining the fun! Yes! Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. I've never entered a contest on here before so I'm pretty excited. 6 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 What a pretty bowl! Tuesday Morning here closed a while back. I'm the same with never having entered a contest in all these years so I am looking forward to it! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 20 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: What a pretty bowl! Tuesday Morning here closed a while back. I'm the same with never having entered a contest in all these years so I am looking forward to it! Thank you! This is the first Tuesday Morning I have been into. They sure have a LOT of random stuff in there! Do you have lots of plans for your contest pico? Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 34 minutes ago, Merthynia said: Thank you! This is the first Tuesday Morning I have been into. They sure have a LOT of random stuff in there! Do you have lots of plans for your contest pico? At the moment, rock, sand and water. I have a few ideas I'm bouncing around but nothing concrete yet. At least I have a bunch of frags to pick from for initial stocking. 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 23 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: At the moment, rock, sand and water. I have a few ideas I'm bouncing around but nothing concrete yet. At least I have a bunch of frags to pick from for initial stocking. I hear you. I don't even have my rockwork completely figured out yet. I want a little more height in the tank but I'm not sure how to get that yet. I don't want to worry about it topping over either! I have a few things that I can frag out of my IM10, but not a ton. I need to go searching for some tiny frags. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 10 minutes ago, Merthynia said: I hear you. I don't even have my rockwork completely figured out yet. I want a little more height in the tank but I'm not sure how to get that yet. I don't want to worry about it topping over either! I have a few things that I can frag out of my IM10, but not a ton. I need to go searching for some tiny frags. Yup, I got lucky finding an amazing, affordable LFS only an hour away so I can actually go on occasion. They even have a $5 frag section! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 9, 2017 Author Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Lula_Mae said: Yup, I got lucky finding an amazing, affordable LFS only an hour away so I can actually go on occasion. They even have a $5 frag section! That's awesome! I have one that is fairly closeish (20 minutes), they are so-so. The friendliest one I've found is about 45 minutes straight south through the city. I'll have to make a trip down there in a few weeks to see what kinds of odd-n-ends corals I can find. They were pretty awesome last time about me grabbing a bunch of loose coral from the bottom of the frag tanks. 2 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 So cute! Good luck... but not too much 3 Quote Link to comment
GunslingerGirl Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 12 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Yup, I got lucky finding an amazing, affordable LFS only an hour away so I can actually go on occasion. They even have a $5 frag section! Want to send me some of those $5 frags? Lol my LFS sucks the life out of your wallet. :/ I love this little bowl! For height can I recommend a PVC pipe with rubble glued on it? It'll look like rock... But it'll be more stable! 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3 hours ago, GunslingerGirl said: Want to send me some of those $5 frags? Lol my LFS sucks the life out of your wallet. :/ I love this little bowl! For height can I recommend a PVC pipe with rubble glued on it? It'll look like rock... But it'll be more stable! Haha it's mostly GSP and rhodactis shrooms but still...they do have good prices, unlike a lot of stores I've been to. Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 9 hours ago, kimberbee said: So cute! Good luck... but not too much Haha, thanks Kimber! I need some of those great Chicago stores down here! 8 hours ago, gena said: What a great bowl Awh thanks! 8 hours ago, GunslingerGirl said: Want to send me some of those $5 frags? Lol my LFS sucks the life out of your wallet. :/ I love this little bowl! For height can I recommend a PVC pipe with rubble glued on it? It'll look like rock... But it'll be more stable! Thank you!! I'll have to play around with it a bit! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Light should arrive tomorrow and heater is set to arrive on Friday! I already found a wonderful frag to add into the pico once everything is here! 4 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 minute ago, jbb_00 said: MARTHA !!! Yah HAHA! You FOUND me! 2 Quote Link to comment
Cannedfish Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 I could not figure out how to attach it as a PM. So here you go. As you can tell, I'm certainly not a graphic designer. I hope it turns out great! 3 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Cannedfish said: I could not figure out how to attach it as a PM. So here you go. As you can tell, I'm certainly not a graphic designer. I hope it turns out great! Cute! Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 11 hours ago, Cannedfish said: I could not figure out how to attach it as a PM. So here you go. As you can tell, I'm certainly not a graphic designer. I hope it turns out great! Thank you! 9 hours ago, gena said: Cute! 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I feel so behind cause my tank still sits empty. I've spent all week watching YouTube videos!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 5 minutes ago, kimberbee said: I feel so behind cause my tank still sits empty. I've spent all week watching YouTube videos!! I just got the light plugged in and tested 3 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 3 hours ago, kimberbee said: I feel so behind cause my tank still sits empty. I've spent all week watching YouTube videos!! Mine was empty until today. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 13 hours ago, kimberbee said: I feel so behind cause my tank still sits empty. I've spent all week watching YouTube videos!! I don't even have a container yet 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted October 27, 2017 Author Share Posted October 27, 2017 Light installed over the tank. Everything looks so big in such a small space! Acans Acans and Sunny D's, got these from a sale one of the LFS was having. Couple more zoa frags obtained from the same sale! Almost Halloween! 3 Quote Link to comment
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