pioneer1922 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 So I started this pico reef jar project 2 months ago and finally completed it came out pretty good all it needs now is some nice hardy corals. Pico reef jar 1g Lava lamp stand Toms mini internal filter Mini led zetlight Moonlight diode Cooling fan Link to comment
new-b-reefer Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Sweet, love seeing/doing these little projects. You have flow and decwnt light, think there is quite a bit you can get away woth in there. I would recomend some colorful zoas, maybe pulsing xenia, a couple ricordia... looking forward to more pics Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 Got some corals in the pico reef but growing too much hair algae have to get a cleanup crew now Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Really like what you are making here... Link to comment
BrandonD32 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Every time I see one of these I really want to do one. Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Just added a bubble tip hammer head coral little night shoot. Will take day shoot tomorrow see how it looks might change location. Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Love the frogspawn looks cool Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 This is turning out really nice, how much has this little build cost you? Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Not much the filter was $12 the moon light cost $8 and corals are coming from my nano reef. The mini zetlight my brother gave to me he sales zetlights. So I didn't really spend much on it I had a lot of the stuff already Link to comment
brandon429 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 very nice tank, could easily run ten years w the right maintenance no prob. pack more coral! Link to comment
Micro-Reefs Aquariums Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Not much the filter was $12 the moon light cost $8 and corals are coming from my nano reef. The mini zetlight my brother gave to me he sales zetlights. So I didn't really spend much on it I had a lot of the stuff already Very impressive in cost! I have only seen PJ Reefs up until yours. Not much the filter was $12 the moon light cost $8 and corals are coming from my nano reef. The mini zetlight my brother gave to me he sales zetlights. So I didn't really spend much on it I had a lot of the stuff already Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Clean up crew is doing a really good job they ate almost all the hairy algea. Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Share Posted July 17, 2013 Put some more hammer head corals in today from my 150g reef tank. I'm loving the way this pico reef is looking Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 My little pico reef jar project is doing really good i love the way it came out. I was thinking of putting a little fish in thier but i think its a bad idea maybe will be a bio overload i dont know plus its too small for any fish thathat i know of. What do u guys think? Link to comment
Based Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I love the idea of people turning household items into fish tanks and what not, cool tank so far, a lot of color already! Link to comment
franklypre Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I've never been much of a pico fan but that is cool, great job on the creativity and execution. Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Thank you all for the feedback im glad you guys liked it. I put alot of my free time on this but still needs a little more work for it to be fully complete and more colorful corals Link to comment
Evanski9 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 How is the hardware all work.. With evap and such... Show us in depth Link to comment
pioneer1922 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Well for hardware all i have is a toms mini internal filter and lighting is a mini zetlight and for cooling i have a little fan that i buit in on the clear plastic cover. And for evaporation it hardly does happen but when it does i just add a little r.o. water and check the salinity which i always keep withing the salinity range between 1.023 and 1.025 and weekly water changes. Link to comment
Lucubration Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Questions! That is, if you don't mind. - Is that a glass or plastic jar (you mentioned it was a plastic lid, so I'd guess it's all plastic)? - How did you you run the wires (pinched in the seal or drilled through the lid)? Anyways, looks brilliant! I was just wandering through Bed, Bath & Beyond last night ogling their kitchen containers and thinking it would be fun to do something like this. Link to comment
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