Coral_chef Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 This is my entry for the creative container pico contest. Its a 2gallon planters peanut jar from a thrift store with a slight pink hue. Thought it would be interesting to see how it affected coral color. mainly going to be a zoa garden with some small inverts. I'll be using the abi 12w aquarium par light. With a 40gph fountain pump. still deciding on a permant heater. Also need to find the perfect light fixture. Will update more later! 7 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Cool! Doesn't even look pink with water in it! @Coral_chef 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 Sand is already clearing up a bit. 4 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Another great thrift store find, very unique! It's clearing up nicely What's going on in that Crystal Skull vodka bottle? Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 55 minutes ago, Christopher Marks said: Another great thrift store find, very unique! It's clearing up nicely What's going on in that Crystal Skull vodka bottle? Had two much hawaiian black sand so I filled the Skull.... Lol 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 Reefin' and pancakes, I'm going to love this tank. 7 Quote Link to comment
Orangutran Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 18 hours ago, Coral_chef said: Had two much hawaiian black sand so I filled the Skull.... Lol Love the black sand! You should but the black skull in the jar! Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, Orangutran said: Love the black sand! You should but the black skull in the jar! It would displace so much water. Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 35 minutes ago, Coral_chef said: Reefin' and pancakes, I'm going to love this tank. You really are the 'coral_chef'. You do your reefing where you do your cooking! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 3 hours ago, vlangel said: You really are the 'coral_chef'. You do your reefing where you do your cooking! Yeah I'm actually a professional chef 6 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Coral_chef said: Yeah I'm actually a personal chef That's awesome. How many clients do you have? Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 12, 2017 Author Share Posted October 12, 2017 @gena that was ment to say professional chef*** oops it was early for me lol. I got my pump and light in today. 4 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 Just cooking dinner waiting on the cycle, I'm assuming with a tank this small it won't take long? 3 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 24 minutes ago, Coral_chef said: Just cooking dinner waiting on the cycle, I'm assuming with a tank this small it won't take long? Depends how you're cycling, it can really take just about as long I think. Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 10 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Depends how you're cycling, it can really take just about as long I think. Just been "ghost" feeding dry rock and live sand. 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 3 hours ago, Coral_chef said: Just been "ghost" feeding dry rock and live sand. You can also get a bottle of bacteria. Most LFS carry it. The added bacteria can consume the food you are adding to the tank, in case your live sand isn't very live. That's what I did. Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 You should do a compilation of tank shots with different food in the pan... 3 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I had 1 piece of LR from the seahorse tank and I added seachem stability and my tank cycled in about 1 week. I thought that was fast. 3 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Hey @Coral_chef how's your peanut jar pico coming along? Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 @Christopher Marks I've been crazy with work and my 14gallon lol. I'll get that tank cleaned up next week and ready for an update it currently has one zoa in it. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Hi! Just a reminder to please pm me your November full tank shot (FTS) along with a link to your build thread by the end of the day on November 30th. Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 A current FTS. Not much in the way of updates. Tank is finally running more stable will be adding snails next week. Have added dragons breath, a small gsp frag, and two zoa frags. Slow and steady wins the race. 8 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 5 hours ago, Coral_chef said: A current FTS. Not much in the way of updates. Tank is finally running more stable will be adding snails next week. Have added dragons breath, a small gsp frag, and two zoa frags. Slow and steady wins the race. I love dragon's breath. Wish I could find a nice big clump as it always dies on me and I'm hoping a big one will survive more easily. Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 36 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: I love dragon's breath. Wish I could find a nice big clump as it always dies on me and I'm hoping a big one will survive more easily. my lfs today had a 10gallon tank worth of just dragons breath today :-D dslr pics!!!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
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