Sin's 8L pico in a bowl- End of comp update

[Sin]

This is reallt really cool Sin. How do you prevent algae growing all over the glass? Do you remove the rock and give it a wipe down, or is it naturally taken care of by the stomatella?

Thank you Sir!

This little tank gets next to no algae and i only see a light film forming after 2-3 weeks of not wiping the bottom / glass. I've spotted 3 stomatella's in there which came on the live rock and have gone from a match head
size to nearly 2cm long when they cruise the glass.

They do a great job of cleaning the glass.

[Mr Miagi]

Well consider yourself very lucky! Haha! I cant keep the algae off mine, but im certain it is the lighting! My Stomas dont make a dent! Very nice anyway man!

[Sin]

Here are my final updates for the end of the competition. As soon as i come close to the tank the corals start to close up, below is the best i could take.

It's been fun and I've learn a fair bit about tiny tanks and what it takes to look after them long term. Listed are some of the things i checked daily / weekly
- 1.2L water change 2 times per week
- In addition to the small heater, I had to wrap it in a blanket to keep the heat in
- Summer needed a 5cm computer fan to keep it at 26deg
- Change a small strip of filter wool every few days which sat in the back part directly under the overflow comb.
- Feed the tank with mysis and cyclops daily (mixed 1/2 of a block each for the main tank and took out 0.5ml in a syringe.
- Mixed up 2ml of KZ B-Balance, 2 drops of sponge power 3 times a week for the main tank and took out 0.5ml in a syringe each time for the pico.
- 2 drops of zeobak weekly.

It's been easy to maintain and keep with the only issue being the SPS losing tissue colour when i raised the light intensity, It still kept the bright green polyps and i have adjusted the light back to see if it recovers.

Thanks to all who organised and ran this competition, it's been fun and see you next year.













Sin

[cody.sheridan-2008]

Looking good mate, hope you continue to run it and update for years to come :D

[Sin]

Thanks Cody, This ones a keeper, My son claims and tells everyone what a great tank he built and looks after so i can't take it off him.

I think he fed the tank once this year

Looking forward to adding some more corals now that the competition is over.

[izzywitt]

Such an inspiration for pico reefing!! Are you using any sort of filter media still?

[Sin]

Such an inspiration for pico reefing!! Are you using any sort of filter media still?

Thank you!

I only cut a small strip of sponge and sit it behind the overflow comb to pick up particles in the water.

It lasts about a week before its dark brown and needs changing.

Sin

[Kah]

That's a fantastic garden piece happening right there!

[Rod the Reefer]

Well done Sin, looks excellent.

Rod.

[babyreefer]

Looks Astonishing!
Really Good!
Congratulations on your WIN!