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Hello fellow reefers,
I guess its about time i started a little journal of my little pico tank. quick history, been reefing for about 5 years with a 45 gallon then took a 3 year break from the hobby. some coworkers got into the hobby and found out i used to own a reef tank. they were able to convince me to get back in. so with limited space in my apartment and wanting something simple yet challenging i always wanted to take a crack at a nano/pico tank. after some research i found the fluval evo line. i wanted the 13.5 but didnt have a place that could support the weight so i settled with the evo 5. so here we go





Equitment


  • Tank: Fluval evo 5 gallon 20.5 x 11.6 x 7.5"
  • Return pump: NEWA MN606 - 159gph
  • Lighting: stock 11k LED with 12inch ebay blue led strip
  • Filtration: intank media basket with Top. floss Middle. carbon. Bottom. MarinePure Bio gems
  • Circulation: Sicce nano 1000
  • Temperature control: inkbird ITC 308A WIFI, and TP link kasa wifi outlets
  • Heater: Aqueon preset 50 Watt heater



Livestock:


Fish
  • Green Clown Goby
Invertebrate


  • Sexy shrimp X4 (X5 now)
  • porcalien crab
  • Scarlet hermits X 2
  • blue legged hermits X 2
  • nassarius snail X 3
  • Astrea Turbo snail X 4
Coral
  • Red spotted Mushroom ,Discosoma
  • Blue spotted Mushroom , Discosoma
  • Neon Orange Mushroom, Discosoma
  • Lava lamp mushroom, Discosoma
  • Neon Green Mushroom, Rhodactis
  • Red mushroom, Rhodactis
  • Forest Fire Mushroom, Rhodactis
  • Neon Green Ricordea
  • Green Ricordea
  • Orange RIcordea
  • Yuma orange Ricordea
  • Blue Ricordea
  • Serenity zoanthids
  • Green star polyps
  • Mystery chalice (ID unknown)
  • Blue trumpet, Caulastrea curvata
  • Lord Red & Blue Acan, Acanthastrea
  • Duncan, Duncanopsammia
  • Rock Flower Anemone X 6












FTS First day of tank 09/01/2021
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Current FTS 12/01/2021


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After a couple days Mr.Popo is getting comfortable
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There was a reason I left the hobby it hurts the wallet but reasons I came back "it's cheaper then therapy"
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After a week of getting my first corals a copepod population blew up.
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At this point my tank is already a month and a half old and I've been moving a bit fast on stocking the tank lol but one of my goals was to make this a sexy shrimp tank and I was able to finally find some at my LFS and ofcourse more coral hehe
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They settled in rather quickly
 
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...it all happened so fast... then there were three...



I didn't think that sexy shrimp would be cannibalistic, strange cuz they had been well-fed. My guess is that my three females caught the male mid-molt.




I was able to witness this coming home from work and I started recording right away. There was nothing I could do it happens very fast
 
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*Delicious mexican entree walks to a podium* *Taps mic* eeeeeeeeeee! "Is this thing on. Oh... Ahemm. Hello everyone, my name is instant taco and I have a problem."
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I got a feather duster but he turned out to be a dud
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I got 2 more sexy shrimp
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A blue ricordea
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And I got some GSP for my little frag rack rock
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I removed a pest the other night
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I did a mini upgrade to the stock light on the tank I got a blue led strip from eBay and attached it to the light. I like the result of my little upgrade.
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I went to a local frag swap and got some new stuff

Forest fire mushroom
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Neon green ricordea
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And a beautiful RFA
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FTS 10/02/2021
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Tank is looking good.

Some times Feather Dusters move or stay dormant for a time . Leave it there. I had one that left its tube and is back after several weeks..
I should problem date these photos that picture is like a month old. Sadly that worm died. I have a bunch of photos I'm trying to upload to catch up to current time. I'm almost there lol
 
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