3.5 Gallon Pico (1 Viewer)

[3rd Coast Reefer]

I've been eyeing pico builds for a while and saw this tank at the LFS so I figured lets give it a shot. I got the tank wet July 26 and cycled with fritz turbo start and water from my 40G. I was trying to create a budget friendly pico and I think I achieved that, I already had the rock but with the tank (on sale), light, heater, filter and sand I'm sitting right around $120. It's very exciting setting up a new tank, creating the aquascape, shopping for equipment and finally getting it wet and running to adding coral and other inhabitants. Can't wait to get this stocked with more coral and see how this progresses and grows.


Aquarium: Tideline 3.5 Gallons
Stand: Night Stand
Light: Lominie Asta 20
Filter: Nicrew Slim HOB Filter
Salt: Red Sea Coral Pro
Heater: AquaMiracle 50W
Inhabitants: 3 Sexy Shrimp

 

[3rd Coast Reefer]

 

[frankc]

50W seems like a lot of heater for a tank that size, but then I tend to underheat my tanks.

 

[3rd Coast Reefer]

It is oversized but the bedroom ranges anywhere from 65-68 at night and I wanted to make sure the heater could handle that temp swing at night.
We like to sleep cold

 

[Daniel92481]

Cool setup. I’ve always liked the Tideline tanks.

 

[3rd Coast Reefer]

Thank you, tideline does have some nice tanks in their lineup. The LFS usually has a few in stock.