freakintiger Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 I'm new to saltwater and new to nanos. neanderthalman turned me on to this section of the forum since I am running a 1.5l hex. My big question is what does "pico" stand for? I know nano, I found this site during a search for "nanotechnology". BTW, tommorow hopefully I will get my live rock and sand, is the cycling process really going to stink? I have the tank in my bedroom(I can move it if it gets too rank though...).
pet_doc Posted July 18, 2005 Posted July 18, 2005 Pico: a prefix meaning a factor of 10 to the minus 12th power in si units. or 0.000 000 000 001 or just really, really small. I think that a pico has to be 2.5 gallons or less, but please correct me if I am wrong?
freakintiger Posted July 19, 2005 Author Posted July 19, 2005 Thanks pet_doc, curiousity must be satisfied!!!!!!!
Pili Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 i think that the general definition for a pico tank is anything that you can't fit your head into:)
robmacy Posted July 19, 2005 Posted July 19, 2005 pet_doc - couldn't have said it better myself. Pico(s) are 2.5g or smaller. believe me, i've been corrected before on that one. remember, it's not the size that matters... it's what's in it!
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