1.5 gal pico

[littleshark]

Hi there everyone. Im new to the site and this will be my first pico. MY tank is set-up for about a week now. Havent done any water test yet. Ill be taking water paraments at the end of this week. I'll post some pictures when i get some time. HEre are the tank specs and wat i want to keep in there.

Equipment:
1.5 tank
mini filter (40GPH)
Light is a mini compact 10watt 50/50

Things in tank now:
2 lbs live rock
2 lbs LS
Found 2 bristle worms(keeping for scavenging)

Livestock in the future:
Hairy mushroom
Zoathids
Xenia
Candy cane coral
Some sort of shrimp
2-4 hermits
2-4 snails
And u can give me advice on anything else i can add.

 

[reefman23]

Everything sounds great except I one suggest only one small hermit and one or two small snails in a tank that size. As far as the type of shrimp, I would suggest a couple of sexy shrimp. They should host on of the corals, probably the hairy mushroom.

Do you mind me asking where you are located?

Jesse

 

[littleshark]

Located in St. Paul, MN(USA). Thx for the advice. Just did a water test cause there was nothing to do.
Water paraments.
PH:8.2
No3(Nitrate):10
No2(Nitrite):0.05
Ammonia:0.5

When the tank is at zero, thats when ill be adding some livestock. Here are some pics. Tell me what you think

 

[littleshark]

Did another water test today. Its finally starting to do its cycle.

Nitrate:20ppm
Nitrite:0.05ppm
Ammonia:0.25ppm
Ph:8.2

 

[Ritsuko N]

Sounds good so far. I agree that one hermit with a shrimp and a couple of snails should be plenty for a tank like that size wise. Corals you listed should do pretty good under some decent lighting just might want to get really small nano frags with just a polyp or two on them instead of colonies. A tank that small will fill up fast! Should look pretty sweet though once you get the ball rollin on it though. Post some updated pics when you can as it progresses!

 

[littleshark]

Thnks for the advice. Ill look into 1-2 hermits. And ill go look for some nano frags when i go fish shopping.

 

[littleshark]

Update on water paraments and inhabitants.
PH:8.2 (It's cool how it stays constant =D)
Nitrate:10
Nitrite:0.05
Ammonia:0.25

I added one snail to the tank so far. And found like 10 mini starfish and some mini featherduster on the LR. Maybe ill be adding corals next week or so.

 

[littleshark]

FINALLY ITS HERE! Ok. So today i bought my first 2! and i mean TWO frags. sound a little excited. Well i picked out a hairy mushroom and a coral that seems to be a galaxea coral. They're in the tank, but needs to open up b4 some pics. So its gonna be a while. B e patient

 

[reefman23]

Sounds good. Watch out for the galaxia though as they have sweeper tentacles that can easily reach any other coral in a tank that size and do some stinging.

Jesse

 

[littleshark]

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v671/ ... 8_0833.flv
Heres the vid. i dont have a camera now so i record a video using my phone. ill get some pics later. I cant wait till this friday, gonna go frag shoppin again .

 

[littleshark]

HERE's SOme Pics. Tell me how they are.
Heres the tank FTS.

Hairy musroom

The galxea coral, my fav so far.

Well more coral shopping this week and ill try to get some more pics when i update it.
My snail wanna say hi

 

[Marshs]

That's a small heater

Looking good!

What type of heater are you using and how is it working for you?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[TimSchmidt]

Awesome! I love the mushroom. I second the sexy shrimp, interesting and very size appropriate.