My 2.5g pico - post yours too!

[95cx]

Hey guys,

Thought I would share a couple shots of my ~2 month old project.

I'm a workaholic and have been out of the SW game for a little bit, so I figured I'd bounce back with a little tank on my desk that I can fiddle with while I work. Only problem now is the thing is distracting me too much... I just stare at it all the time hehe.

Being a small tank I decided to go "all out" and go with the sump and skimmer route, also to add more water volume and a tad bit more overall stability.

I'll post progress as I go along, but if you have a pico or nano... post your pics too! Happy reefing!

[Snider82]

wow very nice idea.    im almost interested in doing something like that.   seems like it would be high maitenence because of such a small water volume tho.     can you add specs?  like lighting, sump size (or pics), looks like thats a drilled 2.5G.... u buy it like that?
nice office too BTW!  Dual screens--*Drule*

Edit: fixed my error (1.5g -> 2.5g)

[LEROY]

Looks awesome I want to do one of these too, maybe a 5 gallon version. What lights are you running on it?

[ordi260]

Wow it looks awesome!  Good job.

[johnrt]

What distro are you running?

[HomerJ]

What distro are you running?

Geek! ;-b

Looks like Windows Vista or 7 to me from the windows logo on the left screen's taskbar.  Ok, I'm a geek too!

A.W.E.S.O.M.E. on the pico... I wonder how people at work would react if I had that on my desk! 

[95cx]

It's Windows 7 hehe

The specs on my setup are in my sig. As for the lights, it's a Coralife 2x 18w PC which I retrofitted into a little wood hood I made quickly.

[95cx]

I drilled the tank myself, I used a 3/4" "bulkhead" I found at Home Depot, it's like a electrical wiring conduit for cardboard boxes.

The glass on these 2.5's is VERY thin so I used a dremel and slowly made the hole - took a little while but worked pretty well.

[Snider82]

thanks 95cx,  i may have a project in the summer :-)

[holachicka]

honestly, that is the best looking office setup i`ve ever seen....granted, it is the only office set up i`ve seen

[95cx]

A couple more changes.

I decided to move the tank on the other side of my desk and have a better sump (20g long). I had some old lighting (2x65w PC and 175w MH SE) so I retrofitted that. I'm also keeping this sump clean, so I built frag racks since I'd like to get into propogation.

Now I need to organize the wires a little better, and setup some more powerheads. I also want to build a front "canopy" that would hide all the lights.

Here are some pics:

[93GTCANADA]

Looking good dre. Now get that frag tank full so I can have some frags lol.