pj86's 3 gallon picotope (1 Viewer)

[pj86]

So I've been living in Houston for a year and half now. Got interested in saltwater aquariums 3 months ago and decided to get a 3 gallon picotope. I have documented most of what has happened in nano-reef.com but have decided to also join the MARSH forum. Hopefully will also be going to meetings once I join officially. Here are a few pictures of my tank.

 

[steveb]

Welcome to Marsh. Druel.... Very nice! Post a link to your build thread on nano reef.

 

[tektite]

Very cool! How's the dendronephthya and gorgonian doing? I love NPS corals

 

[soymilk]

Very nice tank! How do you feed the nps and keep water quality up?

 

[pj86]

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=250755

I feed the the sun coral in a separate container, and the rest get feed through phyto/roti/oyster feast that is administered 24hr a day.

 

[Guest]

Hey Pual,

NPS frag trade time!

 

[pj86]

Thai, let me know when you head to City Pets or Fish Gallery and we can swap frags there. I have an inch and half single branch piece that is pretty much lying around the live rock that is fully opened and seems to be doing well. PM me.

 

[Copingsaw]

How are those Sun coral babies doing?

 

[pj86]

Copingsaw, they are doing great. Getting larger and larger. I really hope they become large colonies later, it would make the tank look very unique.

 

[pj86]

Made a quick video of my tank. Will post a better one later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1TLLwdRn5I

 

[pj86]

Here are some updated pics of my 3 gallon picotope. Still increasing the amount of food I give the tank. Also, trying to raise about 150 baby sexy shrimp in another tank. Never thought I would have so much fun with this hobby.

10 day old baby sexy shrimp

 

[tektite]

Looking good! How are you caring for the sexy shrimp? That's really cool.

 

[flexrac]

AWESOME TANK!

 

[cichlidtx]

Great looking pico. You have selected some nice corals for a mixed reef.

 

[pj86]

Thanks, cichlidtx and flexrac.

tektite, I have a very detail breeding journal about the sexy shrimp with some nice photos and videos. Here is the link http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?m=50570.

 

[Tnconcept]

thats a nice little tank there! Almost makes me wanna do one that small!

 

[Copingsaw]

How are the sun corals coming along?

 

[fishrme]

that such a pretty tank ..i have a 29gal bio cube and my son has a 8 gal ...i hope to get them both looking like this ...nice

 

[pj86]

Thanks for the compliments.
Copingsaw, the baby sun corals are coming along. Growing but seem to be having a hard time making a larger skeleton. I have quite a few of them, but some have also just disappeared. Hopefully they become more apparent in full thank shots in a year or so

 

[thadscottmoore]

well, holy smoke! I been following your thread on nano reef and had no clue that you were a MARSH member too! that is one sweet tank and one of the few that inspired me to start building mine!