1 Gallon Pico Reef, 1/2 gallon sealed SPS reef tank, 19 gallon bog terrarium globe, 75 gallon planted tank with Co2 injection. Keeping ecosystems in odd containers changes the chemistry and dynamics interestingly and has a direct correlation to evaporation rates, nitrate binding or export, and temperature stabilization to name a few.
For example, a fluted vase design allows for an inner-diameter resting lid, which changes the salinity and saltcreep maintenance drastically vs any other shape. It also provides an angled surface for detritus accumulation, which is easily wiped for maintenance and this is (nitrogen) export.
A small square palmtop design, with an internal plant sub-division, becomes the first and still the only longterm sealed (non evaporating) coral reef aquarium, growing acroporid coral specimens into 3 inch tabular forums documented over a two year course.
Shape matters in pico reef design, and pico reef design matters to marine biology as a whole because it influences coral morphology, allelopathy, and new observations for science unique to hyperconcentrated niche environments.
thank you for stopping by!
I invite everyone to discuss the biology or problems associated with any aquarium care, and feel free to link your own micro reefs if you keep them.
Anyone who would like to research pico reef history can start at Reefs.Org and Reefcentral around 2002 and nano-reef.com
These forums paved the way for the explosion in popularity and are 95% of the existing documentation regarding progress of this layman’s science
It seemed interesting for all of us to share pico reef design concepts on this video, so post anything you know about them please or any reference material on the matter.
nice to meet you all and thank you for watching!
I stay active enough on this forum and in the marine and fish forums it won’t be too hard to find me so we can chat about marine biology and aquatic sciences if not here. I will also help you build and stabilize these, so hit me up in the comments if you start one.
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I really appreciate that fo sho! Feel free to vid response me if you make some snaps of your system Id like to link many small pico reefs in one big thread grouping. Thanks for the update, I assure you ten months on a 2.5 puts you in the top 10% of pico reef keeping/age. Were those test scores you’d be accepted into pico harvard thanks for posting~
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B Man, it has been …
B Man, it has been about a year since I first wached one of your vids. Since then I started a 2.5 gallon, it has been up and runing for 10 months now and is thriving with life. It is filled with 12 corals 5 of them being SPS. You are so right about having to have bug life and corline alge. I just want to thankyou for showing everyone that picos can be done and thrive when everyone else said it won’t work.
Ursula thanks for …
Ursula thanks for stopping by. You are right, no fish are kept in the micro tanks. The corals only care about their immediate surroundings, and whether or not the nutrient load is healthy and consistent but they do not care what size the tank is.
I do watch them for countless hours, thats the reason for designing such bare bones systems…same animals, minus fish, minus cost and technicality!
I would presume you …
I would presume you wouldn’t keep any fish in such aminute tank…but this is really rather lovely…actually I could sit+just relax looking at this for hours..thanks Ursula
google:
“The …
google:
“The History of Pico Reef Biology”
check around for …
check around for gallon tanks with coralline and sps that are grown into place, not just glued nub. try to find one older than six months, post back if you do~
What I was providing was repeatability and certain methods for salinity control that are not found elsewhere, but yes in some form or another anyone can keep saltwater in a glass. id be curious to see the pics and documentation you know of
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just to ask what is …
just to ask what is so hard about keeping a little reef tank but it still looks awesome youo make it seem like no one has one and can keep it up
its good you …
its good you mention the animal care part Im assuming you are talking about the shrimps. my angle was to give them frequent water changes so the purity rivals that of the best-skimmed 100 gallon, and they are fed a huge amount of frozen food just before a water change, they are always full with this timing of feed/change I have utilized for all small pico aquaria. This allows animals to feed regularly, because w changes are so easy. all too often they are given size, but not knowledge of care…
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the current is highly variable in each system. The vase is a makedly low current, so low no one would agree it’s good for a tank. But, the corals adapt in time because it is exactly enough, this along with temperature control affects the overall metabolism and oxygen cycling in the bowl sufficiently, the key is finding the low end of life support and sustaining that. The square tank was high current by design, the sps shaped as it grew into the current. thank you both for stopping by
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thats a fair …
thats a fair opinion animal Ive heard that before. the best I can offer is that the corals physically reproduce in the bowl, and the inverts are free to molt and sustain food, and that a 15 gallon tank is no more preferable if the water params match between the two, that’s my take. Just to let you know it was highly scientifically worked out, not haphazard. Like you said though I recommend starter setups have half this much, this is the turbo pro not the norm. fair call
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Dou you have to have such a high current running thru it?
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proper tank instead of tht it is not right tokeep them in a tank like tht it would be ok if there was only a bitof caoral and 1 live rock, but u havent. Get a bigger tank man.
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Im going to send you via youtube comments a tutorial I wrote for a science teacher. If any of this is unfamiliar Id say do a freshwater vase set up the same way for live plants, far simpler. But, if you know about preparing saltwater and the usual saltwater stuff, the vase is easier than a large tank because it doesn’t do unpredictable things.
Strawberry thank …
Strawberry thank you I feel the same, its the most you can pack in a vase lol
I did invent it, this one and about 4 or 5 others from my friends are the only ones worldwide that have been reported back to the web.
As far as just building one they are very easy in terms of marine tanks, but I believe some aquarium experience is needed or at least an in-person marine tank coach to help with things like water prep and very important little details. do you have sw experience?
awesome!! where can …
awesome!! where can i get one?! the coolest kitchen decoration ever by far. if u made this your amazing!
wow its pure art …
wow its pure art ive never seen anything like it amazing 100 stars
Wow.. very cool dude
Wow.. very cool dude
That was an …
That was an acropora crab that came in on the yellow scroll coral frag I think. after some research it appeared to be a destructive variety, lives on coral tissue, rather than the tiny masked ones that are commensal.
The 2 inch tank is a plastic tank with slits, it lets current flow through it for water exchange. it has a tiny sand bed and some live rock chips and living mushroom pedal tissue for coral or any other little fraglet that can be tweezed off the tank
do you have that …
do you have that crab inside the sub gallon tank in order for your corals to not over grow?
so sorry don’t know …
so sorry don’t know the name just a calm piano tune
So beautiful. What …
So beautiful. What is the song called??
Hey thank you nice …
Hey thank you nice to meet you. For the vase, it would start out with a small chunk of live rock and a simple coral, added to over time.
The filtration, from ammonia to nitrate, is handled by the live rock and the current from the airstone, nothing else.
Since the water changes are weekly, and only a gallon, nitrate is exported totally and this completes all filtration better than large tanks.
my invention centers around simple timing and the size remarks of the stability in timing~
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what do you use for …
what do you use for filtration/ set up in a tank this small?
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I think this is the most beautify display I’ve seen on the Tube and it really made my Day. Thanks. I’d love to learn more about your process ot setup as I am a naturalist with my tank and want to keep it simple.
This is absolutely …
This is absolutely amazing!
Hi about two days ago i set up a 2.5 gallon reef im letting the cyclr begin although the critics say its difficult i am chaleging myself and i will make it thrive one day my question for you is do you have any tips on cycleing so when its ready to have beautiful corals in it that i ensure them to survive( sorry for spelling iphone has a mind of its on) also i have always had fw tanks currently a 70 gallon munba tank so i have little experiance in sw alone but i have done and still am doing research
Also a close friend is my “coach” he has ownedany teef tanks and gives me a lot of help but still if u hve any important tips and times also of when to actually introduce livestock to the tank