Pico reef has made it to one year! I really like this tank and it is doing awesome. I may have to trim the sinularia leather soon.
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...and see some more robust color. I also dose small amounts daily phytoplankton, daily coral aminos, and weekly microbacter7. I had some very pale filaments algae and I added some copepods and that cleared up. Overall, I think it’s doing all right at 3 months in
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...snails from them to to add to the tank.
Ended up using Dr. Tim’s and nitrocycle to kick start the bacteria population. I also added some pre cycled small marine pure blocks to the sump.
Planning to add a few more corals next week.
Some more pictures for scale
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...fish (Biota raised hairfin dwarf goby and a neon blue goby), sexy shrimp, and a couple different types of snails.
Featuring multicolored ricordea mushrooms, ultra rock flower anemones, an alien hands sinularia leather coral, a white polyp toadstool coral, and a duncan coral.
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Added the first fish. A Biota raised hairfin dwarf goby. He is *tiny*.
A four ricordea mushrooms, an alien hands sinularia leather coral, a white polyp toadstool and a duncan coral.
Also did the second water change. Currently planning 2 gallons (~75%) once a week.
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...the dwarf gobies, mushrooms, rock flower anemones, sexy shrimp, assorted small snails. I do have a lid on order, and I won’t get any fish till that is
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...of the Lifegard rear compartment the light has to be attached off center, but the gooseneck holder for the Kessil (which unfortunately also has to be purchased separately from the light, allows the light to be still centered over the tank.
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