Ryan's 2 gal Pico

[Orion]

Figured I would start a new thread in the nano section.

Picked up a clown goby yesterday, and my GSP has finally started to come out. Will probably get some small frogspawn to put in there today. Weekly 50% water changes.

 

Currently have -

Zoas

1 Clown goby

Green Star Polyps

4 blue legged hermit crabs (they are funny to watch when it comes to feeding time)

Mini brittle star (somewhere in there)

 

PH 8.1

Temp 79

SG 1.025

Nitrate 2ppm

 

 

 

 

[smallreef]

Very cute!

[flooddc]

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Very cute!

+1

[Orion]

Thanks! The goby seems to be eating up any little copepods that fly by him. He just sits and waits in that corner for something to come along.

[Orion]

Got some frogspawn from fellow WAMAS member Mr. Chalice yesterday.

Also starting to see some brown algae (diatoms) on the glass. It removes easily with the mag float.

 

 

[Orion]

More and more brown algae showing up on the glass. Not too much on the sand or live rock yet. I think the hermit crabs are eating at it.

Also seeing a lot of copepods on the glass where the brown algae is.

 

I take it the copepod population and brown algae will settle down over time?

[kjamaya]

I like the little guy. Is he still alive?

I haven't been successful with them but am going to try again when I build my 16g.

Pictures are great too so clear!

[Orion]

Yep!

 

Tank still going strong. Going to upgrade the lighting to a par30 from boostLED

[Orion]

Quick update. Added a frag of Green Sinularia and a tiny branch of a Pink Pulsing Leather yesterday. Surprisingly I was able to superglue them both to the live rock with no issues. Slimy little guys.

 

Ricordea continues to grow, and Frogspawn remains the same. Occasionally I'll see the frogspawn on its side when the lights come on. Has to be the hermit crabs... Would like to see the GSP turn more green. Hopefully the Par30 fixes that.

 

Removed a lot of brown algae from the glass during a water change yesterday. It's a never ending battle. Finding out that 75-100% water changes are working very well to keep the parameters in check once a week. Dosing is a two part dose for Nano Reefs from Kent Marine. Chemi pure elite and Purigen are the only two bags in the filter chamber along with the heater.

 

Par30 from BoostLED is on order, and I found a small $6.89 fixture from Target for it.

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2012 by Orion

[smallreef]

Lookin cute!

you may want to just do 2 50% changes a week.. just incase the water isnt exact when you do the change so you dont kill anything...

[Orion]

 

Got the par30 lamp today. Makes a huge difference!

 

Frogspawn isn't happy right now. A hermit knocked over another coral on top of it the other night. Seems to be recovering better now

Edited December 20, 2012 by Orion

[Coral Hind]

It's looking nice. I guess those zoas are the goby's favorite spot to perch at.

[NamReefs]

really nice

[surf&turf]

Looks great!

[Incredible Corals]

Tank looks great and awesome photos! I really want to put one of those at the shop. Is that the eco pico?

[Orion]

It's a Fluval Spec 2 gallon.

I removed the filter floss it came with, put a bag of purigen, chemi-pure elite, and a small heater in the filter chamber.

 

Those are the only mods to the tank except for the light.

Edited December 24, 2012 by Orion