pics of my 2.5 Gallon

ShadowVengance

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It has 4 blue leg hermits and 2 turbo snails. Going to eventually set up a larger salt tank and use this as quarantine or something. Built a 2.5 sump level with it to see if I could and if it would work. Water is super good quality so far. I want to add some blue legs to the refugium to clean it up (unless it's not a good idea) and I want to keep an invert or perhaps a fish, maybe a small goby for a while. The tank has 25 gph of filtration. a 5 gallon submersible, a 10 gallon overhang and a 10 gallon pump in the biomediabox of the sump.

Let me know if this is a stupid idea, i'm basically just experimenting, yes water evaporates about a pitcher a day but i keep a close eye on it and have a drip set up. It's fun to monitor it.

Let me know if you have any advice, I'll probably build a small protein skimmer for the sump at some point when I figure it out.

Here is a link to the thread about my DIY Sump:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?569659-Micro-Sump-for-Micro-Reef



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dreadfish04

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if you want on small marine systems check out nano-reef.com and hit up the pico reef forum the things guys are keeping in tiny tanks will blow your mind :) full blown sps reefs in 2 gallons of water its ridiculous lol
 

dreadfish04

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i've run a couple of tanks less than 5 gal in the past , full of soft corals inverts etc maintanence is a hassle after a while, its not bad untill you realise your going on holiday for a week and your tank requires daily montitoring and upkeep and you need to find a tank sitter lol
 

Cu455

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How is your sump/overflow/pump set up? Can you post a close up of the sump? In particular the thing on the sump. Great looking tank.
 
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