[BGJ223]

Current Full Tank shot 9/4/2011​

Just thought I would share my Pico Vase with everyone. The Vase holds about 1.5 gallons of water (actual water volume after rocks and sand). Probably upwards of 5lbs of live rock on there and xx pounds of sand.

Lighting: 4 Cree LED setup. 2x Cool White and 2x Royal Blue
Flow: Airstone is used for water movement

Maintenance:
1 Gallon water changes any where from 1 to 3 times a week. Depends on schedule
Siphon out detritus at each water change
Feed cyclopeze 1/4 cube or less once a week or less
Clean glass once a week
top off maybe once a week, but usually do not need to

Stock:
Zoas
Pallys
GSP
recovering LPS (Not quite sure of the type)
Small Monti Frag
2 snails
1 small hermit



Here is how it started.

8/7/11

Decided to take out the Crushed coral shortly after setting it up.

8/9/11

And here are some pics of what is in the tank

8/9/11

9/4/11

9/4/11

9/4/11

Hope you like.

 

[fsureefer]

Thats really cool! Does the airstone turn the whole tank into a skimmer with foam on the surface?

 

[lightsout2184]

very cool but just please dont put a tang in there lol.

 

[BGJ223]

Thats really cool! Does the airstone turn the whole tank into a skimmer with foam on the surface?

The bubbles are not as fine as the ones produced by a wooden air stone, so no real skimmer action taking place. Large particles could be removed from the water this way, but it is not very likely.



No Tang??? really? what if I get a small one? Sure it will grow, but I can take it out when it does. LOL

 

[Nate_Bro]

+1 to the good looks

also +1 to the large bubbles not skimming, but IME it dose skim a little at first until things settle down..

 

[fsureefer]

Cool to know! I love the idea, Ill bet sexy shrimp would be perfect in there!! BUY SOME!!

 

[BGJ223]

I love sexy shrimp, but I am scared of them too. This tank will be mostly zoas, and they can get an appetite for them. Of course you can counter this by feeding them regularly, but I really don't want that much food going into the tank.
Since this tank is some what of an experiment, I just might do it though.

 

[obmas]

I like this inn fact now I want one like it. Does the airstone move the water enough?

 

[BGJ223]

I like this inn fact now I want one like it. Does the airstone move the water enough?

You will have to define "Enough".
The bubbles displace the water creating water movement, but it is not the sand dune making current that you would see in a power head. When I feed cyclopeze you can totally see them moving throughout the tank though.

 

[ktellerman]

I have a pair of Sexy Shrimp & they don't eat my zoas - they just pick at food particles that settle into them (they close a little then open right back up when the shrimp move on). They are very cool! Nice idea - looks good.

 

[fsureefer]

Yeah I have never heard of them eating zoas, just picking for food around them. I think like 4 or 5 of them would be really cool! I would imagine that feeding would be really easy too, they cant eat that much..

 

[BGJ223]

I have seen tons of posts in various different places of people talking about Sexy shrimp eating zoas. As long as you keep them fed they should be ok though. Maybe in a month or 2 when the tank is a little older I will give them a shot. They are the perfect size

 

[cutietwo]

very cool!

 

[BGJ223]

very cool!

Thank you very much!!


Hopefully this weekend I get a chance to go frag shopping. Trying to get as many different zoas in that as I can, maybe nice mushroom too.

 

[Kaiden32]

Try some ricordeas. Those would be cool. Or maybe a small candycane or acan frag.

 

[lightsout2184]

how do you have the lights mounted or set up?

 

[BGJ223]

Rics would be nice in there, but their single polyp size can be an issue, and the fact that they do not play well with others.
LPS will be a no go for this tank. I want fast growers.
SPS will be clippings from my 5.5 tank, pretty sure they will mostly brown out the vase though. THat is what has happened with the monti frag so far, but it is growing very well.

 

[BGJ223]

how do you have the lights mounted or set up?

The vase is on my kitchen counter with a cabinet above it. I just have the heatsink with the leds mounted to the under side of the cabinet. Used a standard wall wort for the power supply, cut the cable really short (won't be able to use it for much after this) so I wouldn't have excess wire to manage.

 

[Kaiden32]

Nice.

 

[BGJ223]

New frag in the tank.

And my monti is growing quite well.