jimnyo Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 hello all jus, started a cookie jar pico reef august 20132.5 gal jarwalmart lamp with 20 watt 50/50 coralife bulbno heater yet, still deciding if i want to add one. temps range from 74-77. opinions?4" airstone and whisper 10 airpump2 ceriths, 1 nassarius, 1 peppermint shrimp, 1 blue/purple mushroom, and just added some zoa and sand polyps yesterday. please feel free to share feedback...i'm here to learn! here are pix after setup, before stocking, right after first round and most recent: Link to comment
jjaro Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 nice, do you have a filter? or how does this work? Link to comment
gogo Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 are you feeding or doing water changes? Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 the best advice i can offer is switch to a 50/50 bulb. in the long run i fear the warmer color temp is going to lead to algea issues. im also scared of that green macro you have in there Link to comment
jimnyo Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 weird, i didn't get any email notifications. but so glad to get some responses and feedback!! i will check more regularly! jjaro, no filter. between live rock and weekly water changes, i don't need one. just a 4" airstone bubbler at the bottom. if you want to know how this works, read this: http://www.nanoreefblog.com/features/pico-reefs/the-history-of-pico-reef-biology. make sure to read all the comments, starting from the oldest to the newest. i am currently feeding some kind of pellet my friendly lfs guy gave me for free to tide me over until i decide what to feed. do you have any suggestions? i know brandon suggested a mix of cyclopeeze, oyster eggs and roti feast (don't know exact proportions, do you want to chime in brandon?) and to eventually dose w/c balance (he talks specifics about dosing on the blog posted above), but i haven't gotten to that yet. still trying to research a little more about the food and then i'll buy everything at once. thesmallerthebetter, i'm confused. my bulb IS a 50/50, so do you mean switch from that to something else? and what is wrong w/the macroalgae i've got in there? you're talking about the feathery green plants in the sand, right? my nice lfs gave me a blue led light that i think got returned that's used for those glo fish and i plugged it in and it looks kind of cool. will this help w/the color temp? i believe my 50/50 bulb said on the packaging that it was 10,000K? oh p.s. that very first picture looks yellow b/c that was BEFORE i got the 50/50 bulb and it was just a LED desk lamp i had lying around. please advise, thanks!! Link to comment
jimnyo Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 just posted update here: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/333342-help-me-obi-wan-i-mean-brandon-429or-anyonewith-my-cookie-jar-pico/?p=4542648 any feedback/help would be much appreciated!! thanks a TON!! Link to comment
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