The Pico Tank SHOWDOWN & GIVEAWAY! 2 Winners WIN a Deskmate & WWC Corals!

[razorskiss]

Congratulations to @razorskiss and @Abarge16!! You are our winners for this giveaway!!! You each win a World Wide Corals Coral Box and an Eshopps Deskmate Pico Tank!! Please PM me to claim your prize!

*Winners must claim prizes within 72 hours or we will redraw for new winners.

Whoa! Thank you! PM sent!

 

[WWC]

Congratulations to @razorskiss and @Abarge16!! You are our winners for this giveaway!!! You each win a World Wide Corals Coral Box and an Eshopps Deskmate Pico Tank!! Please PM me to claim your prize!

*Winners must claim prizes within 72 hours or we will redraw for new winners.

What a great contest! BIG congratulation to the 2 winners!!

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Nice! The tanks were great to look at and drool over, and big congrats to the winners!!

 

[WWC]

Curious minds want to know, what equipment did you both use on the Picos?? Lighting, skimmer,reactor, etc .

Sure, here is the run down of my @Eshopps Deskmate set up. I did not use any powerheads so I wanted to go with a stronger return pump. I changed out the original return pump for a Sicce return pump, then I coupled that with a @Vivid Creative Aquatics Random Flow Generator Return Nozzle. This set up gave me the good random flow I was looking for. For the light I went with the Aqua Illumination Prime HD with the AI Gooseneck Arm. I did not run a skimmer or any reactors however I did do weekly water changes. I also changed out my filter sock weekly while I was preforming the water change. For the feeding the tank I used Poly Lab Reef Roids 3-4x's a week religiously.- Lou

Stocking list
No Fish
1 Nassarius Snail
4 Turbo Snails
53 Corals & 1 Anemone

 

[WWC]

This was a hard decision but something about the colors in Lou's tank grabs me by the eyeballs.

Thank you very much!

 

[I.AM.MR.MIKE]

Ok I would like a chance to win Lou's tank! A raffle for a good cause? Oh, that includes everything in it(corals,equipment). Make it a $25 for one entry for a chance to win. Excess to a reefer in a bad situation.

 

[KevPool]

Congrats to the winners WTG Woot Woot

 

[razorskiss]

Sure, here is the run down of my @Eshopps Deskmate set up. I did not use any powerheads so I wanted to go with a stronger return pump. I changed out the original return pump for a Sicce return pump, then I coupled that with a @Vivid Creative Aquatics Random Flow Generator Return Nozzle. This set up gave me the good random flow I was looking for. For the light I went with the Aqua Illumination Prime HD with the AI Gooseneck Arm. I did not run a skimmer or any reactors however I did do weekly water changes. I also changed out my filter sock weekly while I was preforming the water change. For the feeding the tank I used Poly Lab Reef Roids 3-4x's a week religiously.- Lou

Stocking list
No Fish
1 Nassarius Snail
4 Turbo Snails
53 Corals & 1 Anemone

For a tank this size were you doing near 100% water changes?

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Congratulations to @razorskiss and @Abarge16

We are throwing in your choice of Limited Edition DeskMate Flow kits to go along with your new DeskMate tanks - you have two to options to choose from - a single or a dual 1/4in Random Flow Generator Setup.

Each kit features the 1/4in RFG in Sunset Orange and a Flex-series adapter for the perfect fit and color match.

Send us a DM for the flow kits when you have a moment, and we'll get you setup.

You can view the options here:

Eshopps Deskmate Compatible Flow Kits | Vivid Creative Aquatics

vividcreativeaquatics.com

 

[Abarge16]

Congratulations to @razorskiss and @Abarge16

We are throwing in your choice of Limited Edition DeskMate Flow kits to go along with your new DeskMate tanks - you have two to options to choose from - a single or a dual 1/4in Random Flow Generator Setup.

Each kit features the 1/4in RFG in Sunset Orange and a Flex-series adapter for the perfect fit and color match.

Send us a DM for the flow kits when you have a moment, and we'll get you setup.

You can view the options here:

Eshopps Deskmate Compatible Flow Kits | Vivid Creative Aquatics

vividcreativeaquatics.com

Wow that's awesome!

 

[WWC]

For a tank this size were you doing near 100% water changes?

I am doing around 40% per week.

 

[WWC]

Ok I would like a chance to win Lou's tank! A raffle for a good cause? Oh, that includes everything in it(corals,equipment). Make it a $25 for one entry for a chance to win. Excess to a reefer in a bad situation.

Interesting indeed! We chatted about this today in house @ WWC, however not sure how we could ship the entire tank and contents successfully. Local pick up could be an option but may not seem fair to all other R2R members. @revhtree any thought on this? If it did work out we would want the proceeds sent to Hurricane Ian Relief.

 

[I.AM.MR.MIKE]

Interesting indeed! We chatted about this today in house @ WWC, however not sure how we could ship the entire tank and contents successfully. Local pick up could be an option but may not seem fair to all other R2R members. @revhtree any thought on this? If it did work out we would want the proceeds sent to Hurricane Ian Relief.

Well if anyone can figure out how to ship the live stuff you should be able to.

I am in for one or two $25 tickets.

 

[razorskiss]

It's here! I plan to start a build thread as well but in the meantime I'll probably upgrade the lighting and return pump the way Lou did. Time to start working on the aquascape and then time to get the tank wet and cycling.

 

[razorskiss]

It's here! I plan to start a build thread as well but in the meantime I'll probably upgrade the lighting and return pump the way Lou did. Time to start working on the aquascape and then time to get the tank wet and cycling.

Thank you @ESHOPPS.INC and @WWC !

 

[WWC]

It was a fun battle, but a winner rose to the top! Congratulations to Lou Schiavo for winning the REEF2REEF.com Pico Tank Challenge! Better luck next time Aquaman Shalom!!

 

[WWC]

Thank you @ESHOPPS.INC and @WWC !

You're welcome!!

 

[twocats922]

Sure, here is the run down of my @Eshopps Deskmate set up. I did not use any powerheads so I wanted to go with a stronger return pump. I changed out the original return pump for a Sicce return pump, then I coupled that with a @Vivid Creative Aquatics Random Flow Generator Return Nozzle. This set up gave me the good random flow I was looking for. For the light I went with the Aqua Illumination Prime HD with the AI Gooseneck Arm. I did not run a skimmer or any reactors however I did do weekly water changes. I also changed out my filter sock weekly while I was preforming the water change. For the feeding the tank I used Poly Lab Reef Roids 3-4x's a week religiously.- Lou

Stocking list
No Fish
1 Nassarius Snail
4 Turbo Snails
53 Corals & 1 Anemone

What kind of Sicce pump are you using?

 

[BZreef16]

Sure, here is the run down of my @Eshopps Deskmate set up. I did not use any powerheads so I wanted to go with a stronger return pump. I changed out the original return pump for a Sicce return pump, then I coupled that with a @Vivid Creative Aquatics Random Flow Generator Return Nozzle. This set up gave me the good random flow I was looking for. For the light I went with the Aqua Illumination Prime HD with the AI Gooseneck Arm. I did not run a skimmer or any reactors however I did do weekly water changes. I also changed out my filter sock weekly while I was preforming the water change. For the feeding the tank I used Poly Lab Reef Roids 3-4x's a week religiously.- Lou

Stocking list
No Fish
1 Nassarius Snail
4 Turbo Snails
53 Corals & 1 Anemone

Can you please share your Ai light settings. I have essentially the exact same set up

 

[WWC]

What kind of Sicce pump are you using?

Sicce Easy Line Micra Mouse Multifunction Pump, 90 gal/h​