Pico 5g

[sammwell]

Hey everyone,

So I just got back into the hobby (bittersweet). A friend of mine that I got into the hobby was giving away a 5g with stand, as well as the majority of the hardware, so I thought why not? I’m not gona spend much on it (should’ve known better). Started running this tank around March, and so far this is the outcome.

 

[Mrx7899x]

Very nice

 

[sammwell]

Thanks Mrx7889x!

 

[kabal2]

Looking good

 

[sammwell]

Thanks kabal2!

 

[kabal2]

@sammwell waht equipment and livestock do you have in your pico?

 

[sammwell]

@sammwell waht equipment and livestock do you have in your pico?

Equipment:
Kessil A80.
Aquaclear 50 - DIY refugium- LR/LS & Chaeto.

Live Stock:
Carpet anemone.
2 maxi anemone.
Wall frogspawn.
Green W purple branching frogspawn.
Pink hammer.
Green hammer.
Gold torch.
Green gonipora.
Pink gonipora.
Pulsing Xenia.
Acan.
Gsp.
Utter chaos Zoa.
Rasta Zoa.
Pandora Zoa.
Misc Zoa garden.
3 cerith snails (1 in refugium)
2 nassarius snails.
1 ninja star astrea snail.
5 sexy shrimp.

And I have 2 corals that I’ll need help identifying.

 

[sammwell]

This is the acan and pink gonipora I just picked up. And the 2 behind the acans are what I’ll need help identifying, if anyone can be or assistance.

 

[DangerDave]

Nice tank, and welcome!

 

[sammwell]

Nice tank, and welcome!

Thank you Dave!

 

[David]

Equipment:
Kessil A80.
Aquaclear 50 - DIY refugium- LR/LS & Chaeto.

Live Stock:
Carpet anemone.
2 maxi anemone.
Wall frogspawn.
Green W purple branching frogspawn.
Pink hammer.
Green hammer.
Gold torch.
Green gonipora.
Pink gonipora.
Pulsing Xenia.
Acan.
Gsp.
Utter chaos Zoa.
Rasta Zoa.
Pandora Zoa.
Misc Zoa garden.
3 cerith snails (1 in refugium)
2 nassarius snails.
1 ninja star astrea snail.
5 sexy shrimp.

And I have 2 corals that I’ll need help identifying.

My goodness you packed that little tank. Quite impressive especially for such a new tank.

 

[sammwell]

My goodness you packed that little tank. Quite impressive especially for such a new tank.

Thanks David! This tank is definitely taking off pretty quick. I guess I was able to pack it due to finding the smallest frags possible of the corals I liked. But I have a 30g I’m trying to set up, so I’ll have a back up tank for any of the corals that outgrow this one or use this as a frag tank, hah.

 

[sammwell]

Just a quick update, I just added this pink Goni, green hammer, and acan a few days ago. Waiting on a magnetic rock ledge for pico tanks to add so I can glue the green and pink goni’s to it.

 

[Sponge]

Your tank is beautiful. Well done.

 

[sammwell]

Thanks Sponge!

 

[Kovacjr]

Really sweet tank. I just got a great Pink Goni frag too! Great little corals.

 

[sammwell]

Really sweet tank. I just got a great Pink Goni frag too! Great little corals.

Thank you Kovacjr! Yes, they look very nice and adds a nice pop of new color to the tank.

 

[sammwell]

So I just got in my magnetic rock from Nanorox and it looks great, and perfect size for the tank. Being that most magnetic ledge / frag rocks are quite big. Here’s a pic. Hopefully now I can really keep my hands out the tank and let the corals do its thing and fill in.

 

[Mark_C]

Initially I thought 'Wow, that's small, even for a 5g', but it works really well and balances the tank nicely. All looks great.

Watch the Xenia. The stuff will spread by spore and take over the entire tank. Relatively quickly. If you don't want a Xenia specific tank, I'd get it out of there ASAP.

 

[sammwell]

Initially I thought 'Wow, that's small, even for a 5g', but it works really well and balances the tank nicely. All looks great.

Watch the Xenia. The stuff will spread by spore and take over the entire tank. Relatively quickly. If you don't want a Xenia specific tank, I'd get it out of there ASAP.

Thanks Mark_C! Even if I have the Xenia’s on it’s own separate rock? I made its own island specifically so it doesn’t spread like wild fire.