My 2.5g Pico

[hyewiz]

Here is my newly started under Cycling 2 days old 2.5g Pico tank

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Moon-Light

 

[reefman23]

Looks great. Like the rock alot. I checked out your lighting from another post, nice job. Look forward to seeing your tank grow. What do you plan on keeping?

 

[hyewiz]

Did not deside yet, actually I will follow the members footsteps, need some ideas for that

 

[skipm]

I like the rockwork, you have quite a few cracks and crevices to place corals in. I look forward to more pics as your tank progresses. Skip

 

[sadielynn]

very nice cant wait to see it as you come along with corals ect good job
awsome job on the stand and canopy

 

[hyewiz]

Thank you all for a great reply. Do i need to glue the rocks to each other? coz now its not

 

[incysor]

I've never glued any of the rocks together in any of my tanks. As long as they're balanced well, it should be fine.

B

 

[hyewiz]

Another Shoot of the MoonLight

 

[hooterhead]

it'd look nice with a lot of bright zoanthids. that dark stand/canoy will really accent the colors.

 

[reefman23]

zoos are definetly my favorite. Mikes pico, the tank of the summer, is an example of how zoos can make a tank jump out. Look forward to seeing the progress.

 

[hyewiz]

I baught 50W Heater
http://www.all-glass.com/products/other ... ters.shtml
And waiting for the 9W 03 Actinic PC to arrive. then i will post the updated picture.

 

[hyewiz]

The tank is under cycle with LR and LS only. Just noticed in the AC300 he water surface looks like a very thin layer of oily, and noticed in the AC300 the water is like stand still although it is flowing in the tank.
any idea? what that could be.
thanks

 

[sadielynn]

Perhaps you could add an addtional power head for increased flow just get a small power head and that should help you out

 

[hooterhead]

yeah you might need to put a small ph in there to help out. i like these: http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem. ... uct=MZ3151 really small and my bud has had one for a year with no problems as of yet.

 

[hyewiz]

Are we talking of puting the PH in the AquaClear 300? beacause in the tank itself i have huge water movement coming out of the AC300

 

[sadielynn]

where is the oily surface at in the filter or in the tank?
If it is in the tank the power head would be in the tank if it is in the
filter try changing your filter cartrige out to see if that helps some . I wouldnt add a
power head to the filter just my .02 .

 

[hooterhead]

no i was talking about putting it in the tank. just to help stir the surface more. that film unfortunately is a part of reef keeping for most people. both my tanks have it and most other tanks i know have it unless they've got a surface skimmer.

 

[hyewiz]

no i was talking about putting it in the tank. just to help stir the surface more. that film unfortunately is a part of reef keeping for most people. both my tanks have it and most other tanks i know have it unless they've got a surface skimmer.

It is very small tank, and the water output from the AC300 in such a small tank, the Turbulence in the tank is like a wavy ocean.

I dont think i need a PH in there,

 

[hyewiz]

I am having Green Algae is there anything wrong or is there anything i cando to stop it growing. here are couple pictures i took

thanks for your help

 

[Anonymous]

some algae growth cannot be avoided until the tank fully cures - I would suggest you remove the rock and brush the algae off with a stiff brush and replace it since you don't have much else in there yet it shouldn't be much of a chore. Then let it continue to cycle till the rock ages a bit more and the coralines start to come in better. You may have to do this a couple of times but its better now then after you have a bunch of other stuff in there to work on it.