Muffin Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 I'm bored at work so I guess I'll officially make a thread for this tank (seeing as though I have been better at updating lately). I'm going to start the thread with it's current stocking and state. If you want to look at older pictures of the build, I have a pretty extensive record on my Instagram account: pico_reefer. Equipment: - Fluval Evo 5 - MP 10 - Cobalt 50 watt heater - Kessil a160we Livestock: - Gold nugget maroon clownfish (female) - lightning maroon clownfish (male) - 1 sexy shrimp - various types of bubble tip anemones (the original plan was to be a bta only tank). - mini maxi anemone - green and red Monti caps - rainbow Monti - bubble gum digi - sunset monti - yellow and black sun corals - dendro - utter chaos zoas - green/red bowerbanki - jack-o'-lantern leptoseris - branching psammacorra - space invader pectinia - a green platygyra? - darth maul porites - a two tone red streaky chalice - sinularia - toadstool (The ultimate goal was to keep the theme green and red, I've diverged a little bit but that's ok) Maintenance: I typically do at least a 100% water changes weekly if not more (seeing as though it's only roughly 4 gallons of actual water volume) Long term plan: I've realized that this is probably not a feasible tank for a long term, I'll probably upgrade to the 13.5 gallon version eventually. I haven't had an issue with nutrient control or algae due to my weekly water changes. The one thing I am concerned about is the size of the maroons (however they are couch potatoes and rarely leave their btas, only to eat and attack my hand lol). All I know is it's pretty difficult to chose a favorite between this system and my 2.5 gallon. Here are some pictures: DSLR pic under a whiter spectrum: Blue spectrum with aquariclip: Top down with DSLR: Macro of the lighting: 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Muffin said: I'm bored at work so I guess I'll officially make a thread for this tank (seeing as though I have been better at updating lately). I'm going to start the thread with it's current stocking and state. If you want to look at older pictures of the build, I have a pretty extensive record on my Instagram account: pico_reefer. Equipment: - Fluval Evo 5 - MP 10 - Cobalt 50 watt heater - Kessil a160we Livestock: - Gold nugget maroon clownfish (female) - lightning maroon clownfish (male) - 1 sexy shrimp - various types of bubble tip anemones (the original plan was to be a bta only tank). - mini maxi anemone - green and red Monti caps - rainbow Monti - bubble gum digi - sunset monti - yellow and black sun corals - dendro - utter chaos zoas - green/red bowerbanki - jack-o'-lantern leptoseris - branching psammacorra - space invader pectinia - a green platygyra? - darth maul porites - a two tone red streaky chalice - sinularia - toadstool (The ultimate goal was to keep the theme green and red, I've diverged a little bit but that's ok) Maintenance: I typically do at least a 100% water changes weekly if not more (seeing as though it's only roughly 4 gallons of actual water volume) Long term plan: I've realized that this is probably not a feasible tank for a long term, I'll probably upgrade to the 13.5 gallon version eventually. I haven't had an issue with nutrient control or algae due to my weekly water changes. The one thing I am concerned about is the size of the maroons (however they are couch potatoes and rarely leave their btas, only to eat and attack my hand lol). All I know is it's pretty difficult to chose a favorite between this system and my 2.5 gallon. Here are some pictures: DSLR pic under a whiter spectrum: Blue spectrum with aquariclip: Top down with DSLR: Macro of the lighting: Looks good. 😊 That second pic is awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment
Muffin Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 2 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: Looks good. 😊 That second pic is awesome. Thank you! I wish I was better photographer to capture what the tank actually looks like in person. It's somewhere between the first and second picture. I find that the filter for the camera with blues really embellishes what the corals/anemones actually looks like in person. 1 Quote Link to comment
kimdawg Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Your tank looks great. Do you have any coral warfare going on. The one time I had a BTA he would move a little when I least expected it, and sit right next to my other coral. I am thinking about putting a very tiny regular clown fish in my 2.5 gal contest tank in a month or so. It would just be a very short time until I was sure it was healthy and then he would be added in to the 75 gal as a mate for my other clown. Based on your experience with 2 clowns in a 5 gal. do you think this would work? 1 Quote Link to comment
Muffin Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Thanks! Yeah I've had to do a little shuffling with the corals as expected with the btas. In terms of a clownfish in a 2.5, if it's hosting an anemone or coral and it doesn't swim around much I don't see a reason why not to (if you can keep the water quality clean). That is likely an unpopular opinion though, so be prepared for people disagreeing with you. 1 Quote Link to comment
Muffin Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 May update: No livestock changes as far as I can remember, nothing else to report. May pictures: I love these clowns The montis seem to be growing pretty well Quote Link to comment
Muffin Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 OOF well this tank thread was short lived, unfortunately I messed up and didn't turn back the pumps after feeding the tank at night. I got home from work with the maroons dead, and most of the livestock not happy. I decided to move the living livestock to my new system and to break down this tank. It truly is a bummer to see this tank end like this 😞. The mushroom Pico will remain running. 1 Quote Link to comment
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