Project PICO

CURRENT FTS :

9-10-2012







Tank : 3g JBJ Picotope (drilled)
Sump: AGA 2.5g
Return : Maxi-Jet 1200
Lighting : LEDTRIC Full Spectrum PAR38
ATO : JBJ / aqualifter

Tank was rescued from the tank graveyard in my closet. Still have a bit of cleaning to do to get it 100% ready, but its coming along.

STOCKING

So far I'm staying in the goby section. I am going with 2 fish max.

1. Barred Convict Goby


2. Yasha Goby
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along with

3. Pom Pom Crab
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Coral : undecided , but have my eye on some really nice acan frags at the LFS[b][i][u]

doing things a bit different this time. I couldnt find a bulkhead small enough for what I had in mind so I decided to go with this :



It is 1/2"x1/2" john guest bulkhead union. I will be using 1/2" john guest tubing along with an inline ball valve to adjust flow as needed. The bulkhead did not come with a gasket so I did what most reefers hate and used silicone to secure it to the galss and ensure a water tight fit.

Here are a few quick pics :








And here is where I shed blood making the sump :

Leak test SUCCESSFUL !!!!

Order placed for :

Reefkeeper Lite
InTank AC50 Mediabasket
ChemiPure Elite
Purigen
Hydor Pico Powerhead (180gph)

That is all for now. The tank is up and running , but no pics as of yet. Hope to have them soon.

Great to see you back. And with an innovative build too. I like the look of the sump, plenty of flow, but also looking as though it should be quiet too.
With LED moonlights, it should be hypnotic, and getting to sleep will be no problem...... then again with a toddler around the house I guess falling asleep hasn't been an issue for a while.

looks good, I make my own gaskets for the bulkheads I buy the 1/4" rubber sheet from Lowes and cut it out, of course I always use silicone in the end just to make sure

Welcome back! :-)

OK so, I have been testing water daily looking for some signs of any potential cycle and have come up empty. Rock is about 5-6 years old and has been making the journey through all of my previous tanks. It has been wet the entire time so I'm not expecting much from that. My concern is that I used 100% new water , and about 2# of new carib-sea live sand. 1 week in, still no sign of diatoms or anything. SO, if my tests tomorrow show the same , I may add a few zoa frags this weekend and see how things go. I will continue testing and have things ready just in case I end up with a surprise cycle. I did add 5ml of MB7 on day one and again on day 4 , at an attempt to help with the bacteria population.


Let me know if you think, I may be jumping the gun here.

Thanks

Made a small order today :

Also

Im looking at swapping the 2.5g sump for a 5.5g , but Im still undecided.

However, I just made a deal with a local reefer and I picked up the following polyps

superman
radioactive de
rainbow
Orange delight
sunny d
red halo

and

4 head orange aussie hammer

everything is still adjusting to the LED's so not photo ready yet

What an awesome start up package, it'll look awesome.

yeah, I'm super excited to get them. They are set to arrive on thursday.