land shark Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 This is my 5 Gallon pico build. I did my best to plan as much as possible with this pico to avoid problems I have had in the past with small tanks like coral placement, algae issues, lighting, and too much maintenance/instability. I did the back chamber myself and it is for housing equipment and growing macro algae. If I did it again I would have gone with black tubing and black silicone but it does glow cool when the grow lights are on. The whole shelf glows purple too. Really cool twilight lighting actually. Equipment: Diy digital sensor ATO; Kalk with top off Random small heater Tiny 3W AC Return Pump (modified to slim it down) PicoMag 180 (2hr intervals 5 times a day full flow) Asta 20 (7hrs) 2 generic Led grow light tubes(5hrs on at night) cheap temp sensor Wifi Powerstrip Livestock: one dwarf blue leg hermit (only livestock I have while cycling) Ribbon Reefgoby or Rust Goby (either is gonna be hard to find) Bumble bee shrimp(not sure on color yet, I might get two kinds) https://imgur.com/a/UH3Yp0I 4 Quote Link to comment
land shark Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Things are looking great. Every thing is running smooth. Almost got the tank completely stocked. Unfortunately the ribbon reefgoby isn't collected despite being common and found everywhere(at least from what I can tell) so, I don't know when I will be getting a fish. Hoping I can get a store to find me one. My coral stocking changed slightly and I am really happy with placement so far. Oh, and I added a the diy ato(ReefDudes shout out) and my old picotope light that I put an all blue bulb in. I also decided to run my fuge the entire time the display light is off, 16.5hrs. https://imgur.com/a/FkDGjRd 2 2 Quote Link to comment
Bdub-67 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 What are the yellow and pink polyps? Quote Link to comment
1891Bro Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, Bdub-67 said: What are the yellow and pink polyps? Dendros Quote Link to comment
land shark Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Bdub-67 said: What are the yellow and pink polyps? Like 1891 said, dendros/suncoral or similar not 100% on which, leaning towards sun coral. The color is very nice but they only open when the flow is high and they do not fluoresce. Very beautiful nonphotosythetic none the less. I enjoy feeding them too though some find it annoying. Quote Link to comment
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