Video: palmtop SPS reef, no evaporation
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mason
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by the way your forum shows the sickest resolution of pics and size I've seen, niiiice
So this is time lapse pics of the micro tabular growth form I was able to coax in the acropora inside the 1/2 gallon reef in the first pic. the pic succession is about 20 weeks, then 40 weeks then 105 weeks. These systems are not plumbed to anything that'd be cheating.
So this is time lapse pics of the micro tabular growth form I was able to coax in the acropora inside the 1/2 gallon reef in the first pic. the pic succession is about 20 weeks, then 40 weeks then 105 weeks. These systems are not plumbed to anything that'd be cheating.
coral keeper
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Are those your tanks?
mason
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Yes they are bubbling in my living room as we speak, this vid was from about a month ago. Also check this one too for another setup of two different picos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lhEeOCpao
i usually post under brandon429. i like to bring these to new boards, to have new discussions but these are old news. the vase one ranges back to posts in 2001 at nano reef.com
These are the oldest pico reefs on the internet, the first gallon and sub gallon reefs in the world, for fun i like to challenge people to find proof otherwise it makes for good discussion lol
they are not plumbed and are stand alone tanks. They are able to run so small because of the evaporation control. These tanks either restrict evaporation totally (the square one) or restrict it down to a three day topoff, which is inline with large reefs (the vase).
THese are built from wal mart items, see if you can spot them. If mcguyver spent years in the pet section of wal mart these might come about lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3lhEeOCpao
i usually post under brandon429. i like to bring these to new boards, to have new discussions but these are old news. the vase one ranges back to posts in 2001 at nano reef.com
These are the oldest pico reefs on the internet, the first gallon and sub gallon reefs in the world, for fun i like to challenge people to find proof otherwise it makes for good discussion lol
they are not plumbed and are stand alone tanks. They are able to run so small because of the evaporation control. These tanks either restrict evaporation totally (the square one) or restrict it down to a three day topoff, which is inline with large reefs (the vase).
THese are built from wal mart items, see if you can spot them. If mcguyver spent years in the pet section of wal mart these might come about lol
posiden
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I saw your posts on another site about a week ago. We can't post links to competitors here, it is refered to as "The Big Site". Anyway, you mentioned over there that the square one is totally self sustained right? How? You don't feed it, add water, or remove something if it should die, right?
mason
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Not sure which site you are meaning but I will refrain from posting other sites so I w be within the rules. I have posted at about 40 boards but that's only because there are a lot of valid discussions waiting to happen and sometimes I have to go to them as boards tend to keep loyal visitors...
the saltwater tanks get good care, it's the freshwater globe that is purely stand alone. It's true, when emersed plants die the snails degrade the matrix and complete recycling occurs, then hospital IV pumps take water out of the terrarium globe and send it to potted plants around the tank to create the forest effect
The sealed tank runs for a while but the lid is lifted occasionally for cleaning, replanting of frags the point is that it doesn't go stagnant during the running phase
the saltwater tanks get good care, it's the freshwater globe that is purely stand alone. It's true, when emersed plants die the snails degrade the matrix and complete recycling occurs, then hospital IV pumps take water out of the terrarium globe and send it to potted plants around the tank to create the forest effect
The sealed tank runs for a while but the lid is lifted occasionally for cleaning, replanting of frags the point is that it doesn't go stagnant during the running phase
novahobbies
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That's really impressive. I was equally wowed by your 75g planted tank, btw. I've often thought about returning to fresh water systems just to see if I have a green, er, DAMP thumb.
mason
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thank you both for stopping by
the turtle was a stinkpot, they do no harm to your plants and this is rare for a turtle! they will stay the size of a golfball for years living happily on shrimp pellets. Never doubt the power of plain old hagen shrimp pellets, i had a biology prof that kept a lungfish alive for twenty+ years on just these, he had old video to show it as a juvenile on grainy vhs
the turtle was a stinkpot, they do no harm to your plants and this is rare for a turtle! they will stay the size of a golfball for years living happily on shrimp pellets. Never doubt the power of plain old hagen shrimp pellets, i had a biology prof that kept a lungfish alive for twenty+ years on just these, he had old video to show it as a juvenile on grainy vhs
coral keeper
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Awesome pico's!!
mie
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mason
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Im starting to get that a little more frequently. not so much in 2003 but a lot nowadays and with all the bots out there or temporary pico setups I don't blame a skeptic. not for everybody
The variable you are looking for is water changes, all this is accomplished with water changes which at a gallon or less dont take a lot of time. Because of frequent water changes, which is the simple secret
Almost every detractor claims they are plumbed to a larger tank, even though in the *video I show the back, front and sides of all tanks. so they may not be interesting but they are not plumbed to any larger system or faked in any way just reinforcing that
The variable you are looking for is water changes, all this is accomplished with water changes which at a gallon or less dont take a lot of time. Because of frequent water changes, which is the simple secret
Almost every detractor claims they are plumbed to a larger tank, even though in the *video I show the back, front and sides of all tanks. so they may not be interesting but they are not plumbed to any larger system or faked in any way just reinforcing that
mason
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the pencil pic:
get a lee's betta cube, make a water throughput between the separator gate, run it with a minijet 14, light the back half as a refugium independently of the front. Because it's sealed it won't do wild things. Put some corals, some live rock and a hermit crab and heat it with a timed heating pad heater. Very crude, but it works. That was the first pico tank you will ever see posted on the internet at that size range. The heating was tricky, and I wanted more animals so I moved up to the square sealed SPS tank, that solved all the problems because it was long enough to fit a thermostat heater inside, but you can see how the designs build upon each other, they are all interconnected and improvements on the last.
These tanks bring about studies in allelopathy, desensitization pathways, and new mechanisms for tank balancing (as in my idea of sealing the reef totally) I would hope they at least generate ideas and good discussion. Least I got pics and vids, imagine how hard you'd be to convince with just a few pages of really descriptive biological type lol
In the classroom environment and public display forums that is shown in the *vid, all naysayers yield when they walk up to the little podium and take a gaze
get a lee's betta cube, make a water throughput between the separator gate, run it with a minijet 14, light the back half as a refugium independently of the front. Because it's sealed it won't do wild things. Put some corals, some live rock and a hermit crab and heat it with a timed heating pad heater. Very crude, but it works. That was the first pico tank you will ever see posted on the internet at that size range. The heating was tricky, and I wanted more animals so I moved up to the square sealed SPS tank, that solved all the problems because it was long enough to fit a thermostat heater inside, but you can see how the designs build upon each other, they are all interconnected and improvements on the last.
These tanks bring about studies in allelopathy, desensitization pathways, and new mechanisms for tank balancing (as in my idea of sealing the reef totally) I would hope they at least generate ideas and good discussion. Least I got pics and vids, imagine how hard you'd be to convince with just a few pages of really descriptive biological type lol
In the classroom environment and public display forums that is shown in the *vid, all naysayers yield when they walk up to the little podium and take a gaze
mason
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hey got a little where's waldo challenge for you all. In the up close shot just above the pic with my child taking montipora out of the reef (she took it in a ziplock bag for show and tell in kindergarten, live sps lol) there is a sexy shrimp posing in a camo stance relative to the corals he's mimicking. Can you find him? The vid shows where he is but not everyone has watched the vid Im thinking and they may just be going off still pics. That was the densest aquascape I have ever seen in a .5 gallon tank, which is a remarkable testament of corals' ability to alter their chemical signatures when they have time to adjust to cramped quarters. Plus it was just a challenge physically to hand glue all those frags into place, it's micro surgery. I used hemostats to position about 100 individual frags who were all chose and cut for scale size in the display. The mini canopy and stand is what did you in, refusing to acknowledge it's all really simply science I just did it first 
if I don't splash it all over the web I'll have no proof when some big company steals my idea
if I don't splash it all over the web I'll have no proof when some big company steals my idea
mason
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this pic shows the custom glass lid for the half gallon reef box. its almost a gallon empty, the displacement is what takes it to half gallon.
In the lid there are three holes. The lines for the pump and heater were cut, ran through grommets in the lid, then resoldered back to the heater/pump so that when the lid is seated, it is truly sealed with no salt creep or evaporation.
the other hole stays corked and is for feeding and dosing. simple water changes can be made through here as well with small tubing.
also the dates are messed up for the pics, the camera chose a new date each round...the actual time is about 1 of 2001-2
In the lid there are three holes. The lines for the pump and heater were cut, ran through grommets in the lid, then resoldered back to the heater/pump so that when the lid is seated, it is truly sealed with no salt creep or evaporation.
the other hole stays corked and is for feeding and dosing. simple water changes can be made through here as well with small tubing.
also the dates are messed up for the pics, the camera chose a new date each round...the actual time is about 1 of 2001-2
