Stand and Hood for 2.5g Pico - Aquarium Advice

hyewiz · 10-11-2005, 12:16 PM

Finnaly just finished the Stand and Hood for 2.5g with 3x 20w 50/50 Coralife and Coralife Moonlght

need your feedback

Inside hood

Full image

Moon Light

**BillyZ** · 10-11-2005, 03:33 PM

Welcome to Aquarium Advice!

That's a lot of light for such a small tank, but it looks great.

What do you plan on keeping in there?

hyewiz · 10-12-2005, 12:09 AM

To be honest with you i donno its my first time in all this.
All i was reading was Light more Light and Light so i started up with the More Light

mrcrazypants05 · 10-12-2005, 02:10 AM

Very nice, but from what you say thats like 24wpg... i think a lot of people recommend around 3wpg or so for high light... Don't quote me though. Very nice though! Is this going to be a freshwater tank?

JProx · 10-12-2005, 07:57 AM

just to clarify, 5wgp is considered the highend these days, 3 is medium, and 1-2 is low, believe it or not. however you will hear people running reef tanks on 2 - 40watt shop lights [on a 55gallon tank] following the garf.org mode of operations every once in a while though.

stand and hood look rather nice, i have always wanted a cherry tank setu[p myself, but i always end going with oak for some reason... wish i could figure out why anyways, i really like what you done, but you might want to tone down the lighting just a bit though.

hyewiz · 10-12-2005, 08:19 AM

Its going to be a [acronym:1fd1f3d6e4="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:1fd1f3d6e4] tank with Corals and Invertebrates

**BillyZ** · 10-12-2005, 11:43 AM

since you had it already built I assumed you already had information on running a nano [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] tank. do you have a sump planned? You should.

You know what you should do... post in the [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] getting started forum and detail your plans and start fleshing this out. a 2.5 gallon [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] tank will be a fair amount of work. [acronym:c58883e327="Just My Opinion"]JMO[/acronym:c58883e327].

greenmaji · 10-12-2005, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyewiz

Its going to be a [acronym:369bfde094="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:369bfde094] tank with Corals and Invertebrates

Welcome to AA!!!

It will likely be asked of you in the [acronym:369bfde094="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:369bfde094] forums wich types of coarl you are going to be intrested in keeping..
You might want to consider a [acronym:369bfde094="Do it yourself"]DIY[/acronym:369bfde094] protien skimmer, or a small pre-fab unit, on top of the sump to your plans... I wouldnt worry about the skimmer being rated too big for your tank, those numbers are usually liberal [acronym:369bfde094="In my opinion"]IMO[/acronym:369bfde094].

Toirtis · 10-12-2005, 04:09 PM

Nice picoreef....just the [acronym:1bf7ec4d03="Activated Carbon"]AC[/acronym:1bf7ec4d03] (I assume a 10 or 20?) for filtration....are you going to make that into a mini-refug? What inverts are you considering?

hyewiz · 10-12-2005, 05:13 PM

Toirtis Its AC300 with Live Sand, piece of live rock and chaeto, inside as refugium. And for the inverts did not deside yet.

greenmaji Do you think i need protien skimmer?

10-11-2005, 12:16 PM	#1
hyewiz Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 25	Stand and Hood for 2.5g Pico Finnaly just finished the Stand and Hood for 2.5g with 3x 20w 50/50 Coralife and Coralife Moonlght need your feedback Inside hood Full image Moon Light

10-11-2005, 03:33 PM	#2
BillyZ Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Western NY Posts: 3,622 Images: 6	Welcome to Aquarium Advice! That's a lot of light for such a small tank, but it looks great. What do you plan on keeping in there? __________________ Acronyms and Abbreviations

10-12-2005, 02:10 AM	#4
mrcrazypants05 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 458 Images: 7	Very nice, but from what you say thats like 24wpg... i think a lot of people recommend around 3wpg or so for high light... Don't quote me though. Very nice though! Is this going to be a freshwater tank? __________________ 125gallon - 3 Giant Danios - 1 7" Jack Dempsey - 1 5½" Green Terror - 1 9" Lutino Oscar 65RR - SW - 30g Sump w/fuge - 40lbs MI LR 30lbs Base - 4-5"Sand Bed - 2 false black perculas, 1 six line wrasse, 1 peppermint shrimp, 6 zebra hermits, 6 blue leg hermits, 6 nassarius snails, 6 astrea snails

10-12-2005, 11:43 AM	#7
BillyZ Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Western NY Posts: 3,622 Images: 6	since you had it already built I assumed you already had information on running a nano [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] tank. do you have a sump planned? You should. You know what you should do... post in the [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] getting started forum and detail your plans and start fleshing this out. a 2.5 gallon [acronym:c58883e327="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:c58883e327] tank will be a fair amount of work. [acronym:c58883e327="Just My Opinion"]JMO[/acronym:c58883e327]. __________________ Acronyms and Abbreviations

10-12-2005, 04:09 PM	#9
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	Nice picoreef....just the [acronym:1bf7ec4d03="Activated Carbon"]AC[/acronym:1bf7ec4d03] (I assume a 10 or 20?) for filtration....are you going to make that into a mini-refug? What inverts are you considering? __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

10-12-2005, 12:09 AM	#3
hyewiz Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 25	To be honest with you i donno its my first time in all this. All i was reading was Light more Light and Light so i started up with the More Light

10-12-2005, 07:57 AM	#5
JProx Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cleveland ohio Posts: 359	just to clarify, 5wgp is considered the highend these days, 3 is medium, and 1-2 is low, believe it or not. however you will hear people running reef tanks on 2 - 40watt shop lights [on a 55gallon tank] following the garf.org mode of operations every once in a while though. stand and hood look rather nice, i have always wanted a cherry tank setu[p myself, but i always end going with oak for some reason... wish i could figure out why anyways, i really like what you done, but you might want to tone down the lighting just a bit though.

10-12-2005, 08:19 AM	#6
hyewiz Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 25	Its going to be a [acronym:1fd1f3d6e4="Saltwater"]SW[/acronym:1fd1f3d6e4] tank with Corals and Invertebrates

10-12-2005, 05:13 PM	#10
hyewiz Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 25	Toirtis Its AC300 with Live Sand, piece of live rock and chaeto, inside as refugium. And for the inverts did not deside yet. greenmaji Do you think i need protien skimmer?

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