Ibrahim's Evolve Pico Reef Build

[scottayy]

Well cool little setup there. Definitely following along!

 

[Ibrahim]

Well cool little setup there. Definitely following along!

Thank, I appreciate the kind words.

 

[Ibrahim]

Could you post a picture of the back section of the tank please? I'm really interested in getting one

Here it is:

There are two compartments; first holds a filter cartridge and second is where the 100gph return pump is. I added filter floss to the first then added bio-balls and chemi pure to the second compartment. In the future, first will be a refugium with cheato, heater, and rubble, then the second will have filter floss, a sponge, and chemi pure.

 

[Ibrahim]

New pictures, coral, and aquascape!!

I added a neon green blue mushroom, brown zoas, a feather duster, toadstool leather frag, and the tank's first SPS, a yellow Acro. I also added a couple hermit crabs and a Nerite snail. The ghost shrimp look like they are doing okay, but one already died . And when I reversed the mag-float it kinda reminded me of a nano vortech lol So I'm going to leave it that way lol To end the update, a couple pictures:

 

[TLTGF]

The magfloat has the same texture on both sides? Mine is coarse on the inside and velvet on the outside part.

Looks awesome - I really like the CBS.

 

[Ibrahim]

The magfloat has the same texture on both sides? Mine is coarse on the inside and velvet on the outside part.

Looks awesome - I really like the CBS.

Sorta, Since it's made for acrylic tanks it has a thick white ring on both sides so it doesn't scratch the tank. The ring wipes the algae of the acrylic but it can't wipe the hard algae, only the film. So the snails eat the algae until only the film is left and the mag float takes care of the rest.

 

[TLTGF]

Cool! I've never seen the acrylic ones.

 

[Ibrahim]

Cool! I've never seen the acrylic ones.

Thanks.

 

[Ibrahim]

I'm thinking of buying an 8g model then moving everything there. I just want a clown so bad lol I sold my 75g off so my only clowns are gone too. Question is, what will I do with my current tank? The store won't accept returns on used tanks and I can't set up more than 3 tanks.....decisions......decisions......

 

[TigerBarbs]

Craigslist

 

[Ibrahim]

Craigslist

I forgot bout that! I'll post the tank now and when I'm sure someone is buying it I'll move everything over to an 8g.

 

[scottayy]

lol i wouldn't put a clown in an 8g either

 

[Ibrahim]

lol i wouldn't put a clown in an 8g either

Forget it, upgrade isn't worth it then lol

 

[TigerBarbs]

Tank is too small for an anemone

Maybe if you have one of those mini maxi anemones and the clown hosts it.

 

[Ibrahim]

Maybe if you have one of those mini maxi anemones and the clown hosts it.

I'll wait until I get a frogspawn or torch since they are likely to host that too.

 

[TigerBarbs]

I wish my clowns would host my frogspawn! Its only got 3 heads so it prob needs to be bigger

 

[Sniperhank]

I wouldn't want a clown to pick a coral over a nem...it can kill the coral.

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

It can? Wow didnt know that... Haha okay thank you mr clown for not hosting my frogspawn or leather

 

[Sniperhank]

Indeed.

 

[Ibrahim]

My old clowns hosted almost all my wavy coral and I haven't seen any negative effects from it. They hosted frogspawns, toadstools, several anemones, long tentacled plate coral, frilly mushrooms, long tentacle leathers and so on. And by negative effects I mean coral closing, coral dying, coral's growth retarding, and such