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Well I decided to start a new pico based on this really nice square glass vase from Ikea.

 

It holds about 9FL OZ of water not including live sand and live rock. I have built from scratch a base and hood but have not sanded and sealed it yet, below is a picture of the whole thing put together. I not sure what to stock in this so any suggestions are welcome. I will be running a HOB with some macro in the back and a 7W white/blue and a moon light. I will post more photos later.

 

The light is gutted from a Azoo FireFly, and the filter is a Azoo Mignon Filter

 

 

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Yup have tweezers from my GF (She will never know) so I am all set. When I get home I will post some photos of the hood off and the filter setup. I am going to try and sand finish up today so I can get started this weekend. I am thinking either a few little zoo's or a little carpet of GSP.

 

Also the water level is about .25 above the hood so I am thinking of cutting off some of the intake tube to make the whole thing clean so that if you look at it from eye level you do not see anything.

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Just got home and sanded a bit, I just took some new photos with the whole thing setup and the filter setup. On the filter I cut the intake to make it a bit shorter so that you cannot see it in the tank.

 

So far looks good.

 

Here ya go.

 

 

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that's wild! The hood / base looks great!

 

Don't cut that tube too short - With evap, you'll likely suck air and burn up the pump

 

I'd try and get a little xenia frag along with the zoas, maybe a shroom or ric?

 

It would be kinda cool if you could find a bitty shrimp to put in there - The Petland by me has got a couple pistols that are about .5" long

 

I'll be watching this thread for sure

 

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First of all thanks for all the replys.

 

Yankeereefer evaporation is a problem but what I did was put a cut piece of plastic over the top and it is shaped around the filter. I ran a couple of tests and only need to add a few drops of freshwater a day with a dropper. The filter inlet runs about 1/2 inch into the water so with the cover I should be ok, but without the cover the evape would be too drastic of a saliniity change in the little tank. I am going to try to make it as stable as possible for my ocean friends.

 

I will try to take some photos once I decide on the finish for the hood and base, I am thinking a Minwax dark walnut stain for it would waterproof the wood also. If this is successful I might pic up a few more of those glass vases and make like a shelve, each one having a different focus from the ocean.

 

Irishtexan, Yankeereefer for stocking I still have not decided I would love to have a shrimp but I think it is too small. I will be heading over to the local fish store this weekend to see if anything sparks my excitement.

 

I will keep posting and will try to have the hood and base finished this weekend, I still need to install the lighting into the hood and will take pictures of that also. I still need to pic up a LED blue moonlight.

 

i am so excited about getting some LS and a piece of Figi Rock in the tank.

 

Stay tuned!

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Hi everyone, thanks for the comments. I am on the minwax site and here is a link to the color selection.

 

http://www.minwax.com/products/woodstain/w...based-color.cfm

 

I am thinking the "Botanical", "Deap Ocean" or "Antique Jade"

 

I am going to head over there later today, let me know if any colors sound good for there is a good amount of wood surface area to water and I would like to compliment the color coming off of my water and possible softies.

 

Thanks

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I wouldn't do the Antique Jade, or Deep Ocean if I were you. I really like the Botanical and Onyx. But it is totally up to you!

 

 

Post pics when you get it stained.

 

 

 

 

 

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Thanks Texx,

 

I went to Home Depot and your right... The colors just did not look good when I got there plus those were custom mixes and I had to by one quart but as you can see by the size I only need the little can. So after some browsing me and my Girlfriend went with a nice cherry that is on the medium side. It is real close to the botanical in color and darkness. I hope everyone likes it, plus it goes with the dark cherry shelve I am going to have it on the the room. I am going to take some photos tonight once I have the sand and rock in. Stay tuned!

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All finished and super excited about stocking this bad little ocean. I love how I do not see the HOB filter stuff. Enough of my typing... Here are the photos.

 

When I get a chance I will take some high res photos, these are off my camera phone.

 

Enjoy!!!

 

 

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I love the color! Great aquascaping too!

 

 

What do you want to keep in it coral wise? I would do some xenia isolated on a little rock on the sandbed, some GSP, and zoo's.

 

 

 

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Thanks everyone for the great comments and love the LOL... Ya right now I have about 6 different zoo's in my main tank and some GSP and BSP I am attaching a photo of my tank to see if anyone thinks I should put some of that in. Though this might be a good excuse for getting a few more differnt zoo's from the LFS.

 

Here is a photo of my zoo's.

 

 

 

Some more photos of zoo's.

 

 

 

A few more.

 

 

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that is awesome, it is exactly what I had in my head for the last few weeks that I wanted to do. Except you have a way cooler canopy/base, I was just thinking about the litlte square vase. Can you take a pic of your light, I am trying to figure out what to use, I was thinking about using a spare Coralife 50/50 20w that I have but I may need to find something a bit bigger or else it may be a little overkill on light.

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Forgot about these zoo's in the back. Also the new FTS of the pico that needs to be stocked.

 

 

 

PhatSOB,

 

I am using a Azoo FireFly 7w that I took from work for now until I finish wiring my 7w white/white and 7w blue/blue lights with a blue LED moonlight. I will upload some pics of my lighting when I am finished but this works pretty well. Here is a pic, enjoy!

 

 

 

Also FYI the filter is a Azoo mignon that I took from work and inside the filter is a small sponge and some Fiji Liverock Rubble.

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Mahi,

 

Thanks, I am really happy with the color also. i am thinking about making a few more of these little guys and maybe staining them each a different color. This tank is to test how much work needs to be done weekly and also the stability. I was able to build this little tank in two days after work so total was about 4 hours and most of that was waiting for the wood glue to dry. I cut all the wood with my miter box and saw, then did some light sanding for about 30min. Staining took about 15 min and then I let it dry outside for the day.

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