Hey Everyone! Ive been out of reef keeping for several years and recently decided to get back in, so I set out to make a peninsula pico reef tank based off of spare parts I had lying around, and thought it would be fun to document it so without any further ado here is my pico franken tank
So the Equipment is as follows
Tank: old fulval spec v 5 gal I got from my buddy
Sump pump: a cobalt 606
Flow pump: ???
Doser: Jebao 4 channel auto doser
Heater: Random 10watt I just kinda had
Sump light: mingdak submersible led (on 24/7)
Main light: Kessil a80 with super stripped screws I got from another buddy (on 10 hrs daily)
ATO: Smart aqua ATOmicro
Filtration consists of 1 packet of chemipure nano blue, some filterfloss (not very useful), and a bunch of chateo
live stock consists of
2 separate acan frags
1 og mummy eye chalice frag
3 other random chalice frags
1 goldeneye chalice colony
1 (greedy) croc island scoly
1 og bounce frag
1 rainbow ricordea florida
2 trochus snails
1 astrea snail
1 star astrea snail
So far I've been running for 3 months with no major issues
Mantience includes
Occasional glass cleanings, and coral pellet feedings
Weekly 20% water changes, and auto doser function checks
Monthly Chemipure replacement and cheato pruning
So far I'm loving this tank, I designed it to be a chalice dominated mixed reef since I love chalices. Let me know what y'all think, if yall have any questions, or if you want to see close ups of any frags
So the Equipment is as follows
Tank: old fulval spec v 5 gal I got from my buddy
Sump pump: a cobalt 606
Flow pump: ???
Doser: Jebao 4 channel auto doser
Heater: Random 10watt I just kinda had
Sump light: mingdak submersible led (on 24/7)
Main light: Kessil a80 with super stripped screws I got from another buddy (on 10 hrs daily)
ATO: Smart aqua ATOmicro
Filtration consists of 1 packet of chemipure nano blue, some filterfloss (not very useful), and a bunch of chateo
live stock consists of
2 separate acan frags
1 og mummy eye chalice frag
3 other random chalice frags
1 goldeneye chalice colony
1 (greedy) croc island scoly
1 og bounce frag
1 rainbow ricordea florida
2 trochus snails
1 astrea snail
1 star astrea snail
So far I've been running for 3 months with no major issues
Mantience includes
Occasional glass cleanings, and coral pellet feedings
Weekly 20% water changes, and auto doser function checks
Monthly Chemipure replacement and cheato pruning
So far I'm loving this tank, I designed it to be a chalice dominated mixed reef since I love chalices. Let me know what y'all think, if yall have any questions, or if you want to see close ups of any frags