inssanity21
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So I was cruising though the local petco for some dog food and like I always do I head by the fish just to see, I came across a petco branded 3.7 aio for just about 50 bucks. I've seen some pico reefs and decided I'd give it a go, using sand, water, live rock, and then coral frags from my main tank.
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Seems like a pretty decent setup in my honest opinion. I opened it up gave it a little cleaning and started moving along. I'm pretty impressed with the overall filtration system. There's a filter with carbon in it and then a case with bio ball type of thing. Compared to some pico tanks I've seen there is a lot of room back there. I got a small heater back there and I'm going to upgrade the pump with an adjustable hydor unit.
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Got it setup and cycling with stuff from my main tank, had a couple hitch hikers make there way with the sand.
I know the light isn't going to do anything for me so I plan on using some led bulbs I picked up on amazon a while ago. Overall I'm impressed for the little money I put in it. Will probably find another ato to use for it. I'm definitely looking forward to this challenge.
Livestock I'm thinking:
A single hermit
2 snails
A sexy shrimp
Maybe a clown gobie if I end up being able to keep it stable.
Corals:
I plan on some daisy polyps I have to put down low as partial ground cover
From there a small Frogspawn
Going up my rock I want bright colorful zoas. I'm going to start with my candy apples and radioactives, look around for some fire pieces later.
On the rock there is a perch, thinking about some gsp there
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Seems like a pretty decent setup in my honest opinion. I opened it up gave it a little cleaning and started moving along. I'm pretty impressed with the overall filtration system. There's a filter with carbon in it and then a case with bio ball type of thing. Compared to some pico tanks I've seen there is a lot of room back there. I got a small heater back there and I'm going to upgrade the pump with an adjustable hydor unit.
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Got it setup and cycling with stuff from my main tank, had a couple hitch hikers make there way with the sand.
I know the light isn't going to do anything for me so I plan on using some led bulbs I picked up on amazon a while ago. Overall I'm impressed for the little money I put in it. Will probably find another ato to use for it. I'm definitely looking forward to this challenge.
Livestock I'm thinking:
A single hermit
2 snails
A sexy shrimp
Maybe a clown gobie if I end up being able to keep it stable.
Corals:
I plan on some daisy polyps I have to put down low as partial ground cover
From there a small Frogspawn
Going up my rock I want bright colorful zoas. I'm going to start with my candy apples and radioactives, look around for some fire pieces later.
On the rock there is a perch, thinking about some gsp there
