dz6t
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After Nano reef, now comes Pico reef.
What next?
After Nano reef, now comes Pico reef.
What next?
How small can you go?
- Thread starter dz6t
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this is me
I like turtles
thats pretty cool! but thats a lot of work and paranoia
TheUltimateNoob
TheUltimateNoob
yeah. it is pretty cool but way too much work to maintain it.
jovreef
I'm the girl
I had a 2 gal at work...not hard at all...(had a gal of fresh water under the desk for top off) used a scraper on glass during break every few days and did 1/2 gal water change once a week... Easier than my bigger tanks. no dosing, aqua scaping, disease or anything to worry about.
Matt L.
Non-member
Reeftarded
I've got another new term to throw out there: reeftarded
Technically speaking, if a 100gal tank is a reef, then a pico-reef would be (1.0*10^-12) * (100gal) = 1.0*10^-10 gal. That's a ten billionth of a gallon, which is roughly a thousandth of a microliter.
But all this science is irrelevant, because, really, what is the point of having a set-up so small that is so susceptible to fluctuations in temperature, etc.? Why just not leave your stuff in the bag and call it a reef?
Okay, okay. I'll lay off. I looked at the web site and it actually is very nice, even if I don't agree on the point. To each their own...
Matt
Yeah, I just mentioned this in another thread. After pico-reef (10^-12 reef) would come femto-reef (10^-15 reef), followed by atto-reef (10^-18).dz6t said:
I've got another new term to throw out there: reeftarded
Technically speaking, if a 100gal tank is a reef, then a pico-reef would be (1.0*10^-12) * (100gal) = 1.0*10^-10 gal. That's a ten billionth of a gallon, which is roughly a thousandth of a microliter.
But all this science is irrelevant, because, really, what is the point of having a set-up so small that is so susceptible to fluctuations in temperature, etc.? Why just not leave your stuff in the bag and call it a reef?
Okay, okay. I'll lay off. I looked at the web site and it actually is very nice, even if I don't agree on the point. To each their own...
Matt
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Nikkoli110
Non-member
I have a little 5 gallon nano that I set up a few months back, I have a little aqualight over it, and I keep a few snails, hermits and a peppermint shrimp in it. For corals there are a few shrooms, zoos, and some xenia. I was planning on bringing it into work, but for right now it is my frag grow out tank. I'm hoping someday to bring in a FOWLR tank into my office. I really don't do much to my nano, I do a little water change when I change the water of my 29, and I add top off water constatly. Its pretty easy, but then again I only keep simple stuff in there.
MelodyDurham
Non-member
~Flighty~ said:
That's how I see it. I think what he did with the space is beautiful.
Like a little reef bonsai!Melody~
Conlius
Fish Eater!
your going to see a lot of them dissapear over the summer. I have a 5 gallon as well, and it is way vulnerable to the heat. On hot days, those things will rise in temperatures over 82 degrees in a matter of a couple hours. Unless you have a chiller or a really good fan blowing on the top of the water, a lot of your livestock will die simply because of the heat from the lamps.
The chiller is too expensive for a nano, and the fan evaporates more water than usual. I have to top my nano off every day, and it drops a good inch every day. I don't have a fan blowing on the surface either, mine is in front of the window and it gets the draft from my fan in the opposite window.
the effects: your nano will turn into a bacteria pool if you don't do water changes every week.
when i told the guy at the lfs that i was running a nano and a 35 hex he said to just run the hex because the nano is too hard to keep the nitrates down. he dropped his 10 nano for a 54.
The chiller is too expensive for a nano, and the fan evaporates more water than usual. I have to top my nano off every day, and it drops a good inch every day. I don't have a fan blowing on the surface either, mine is in front of the window and it gets the draft from my fan in the opposite window.
the effects: your nano will turn into a bacteria pool if you don't do water changes every week.
when i told the guy at the lfs that i was running a nano and a 35 hex he said to just run the hex because the nano is too hard to keep the nitrates down. he dropped his 10 nano for a 54.
NateHanson
Non-member
The silicone in each corner covers about 1/2 of the front glass in a tank so small. I think I'd do it in bent acrylic if I were to try something that small.
Conlius
Fish Eater!
i kinda like to see one shaped like a perfect cyclinder. I mean...its not like you can't find a glass cylcinder and turn it into a pico, nano, x10^something tank
on another note, nano tanks could be good for small colonies that need to be hospitalized or that you want to help get larger before throwing them in your man eating 120 gallon tank or whatever.
on another note, nano tanks could be good for small colonies that need to be hospitalized or that you want to help get larger before throwing them in your man eating 120 gallon tank or whatever
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