Restarting the Old School Pico Reef

[Ratvan]

The Maxi Mini continues to colour up, also gone for a walk up the main rock pile now and sits next to thr Blue Mushrooms where the Crab hangs out...

Can just make out one of his legs in the shot here

 

Bubble tip showing signs of improvement, bubbled tips and start of some colour

 

The hermit is doing a decent job of keeping algae from growing on the rocks and sandbed so far.

 

The only main area of GHA I am seeing is on the astrea Snail, but I do enjoy seeing my crew with wild "haircuts" like the hermit in the mantis tank 🤣

 

[Ratvan]

Action shot of the anemone Crab

 

Om nom noms

 

 

[Ratvan]

Bit of a heat spell here in the UK at the minute thankfully due to lids not too much evaporation from the tank

It does mean that the controllers have been working well and both tanks sat at 25.5-26C which is perfect.

 

Full Tank Shot

The anemones are shuffling around less and less now and I can more or less predict where each will be. 

 

Crab seems to stay close to the Maxi Mini, still colouring up nicely.

 

slow but i would say steady progresss with this one too

 

Xenia isn't doing anything in this tank so is back in the Mantis Manor. Thr mushrooms and Kenya are doing well, with the former dropping babies in awkward places

 

[Ratvan]

Raise your fans if you love lobster eggs

 

Also seems to be getting an algae coating

[Reeflover1121]

hello @Ratvan lovely tank. i was thinking to start a 5 gallon pico reef tank. my first tank. i was wondering if a par38 coral bulb would work to grow some softies and lps ?

[Ratvan]

Snail caused a small rock slide, so was able to do a small rescape

 

BTA is gone, cannot locate on rocks unless deep inside a crevice but Maxi Mini looks good

 

These red shrooms will eventually infect @InAtTheDeepEndtank as soon as the lose one's grab some small rubble large sand grains. 

Blue shrooms doing the same and developing lots of little clones 

 

Kenya Tree looking nice and full too