Juan's Picotope 3G tank journey
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jpsika08
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Well, decided today to begin modding my Picotope,
1. Brought in the Rio Mini Sun led lights, pretty cool, you can basically position them whichever way you want, even the leds body can rotate 360 degrees.
I'll try to take a picture of them in action.
2. Aquaclear 70 mod for Fuge/Sump
After reading many reefers do it in other threads I decided I to build my own (This is not my idea nor I take credit of developing it, this was the idea of some professional which felt the need to share).
The Aquaclear 70 kit:
This is as far as I have gotten, need to let the silicon dry up, I will be putting on chamber 1 (Left side where water flows in, some ChemiPure Elite, on Chamber 2 Middle section I will put in the heater and maybe some Phosphate remover filter floss and on the right chamber I was thinking of putting this baby
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This last one with some chateo for filtering.
I will post pics of the sump once it's in action!
1. Brought in the Rio Mini Sun led lights, pretty cool, you can basically position them whichever way you want, even the leds body can rotate 360 degrees.
I'll try to take a picture of them in action.
2. Aquaclear 70 mod for Fuge/Sump
After reading many reefers do it in other threads I decided I to build my own (This is not my idea nor I take credit of developing it, this was the idea of some professional which felt the need to share).
The Aquaclear 70 kit:
This is as far as I have gotten, need to let the silicon dry up, I will be putting on chamber 1 (Left side where water flows in, some ChemiPure Elite, on Chamber 2 Middle section I will put in the heater and maybe some Phosphate remover filter floss and on the right chamber I was thinking of putting this baby
This last one with some chateo for filtering.
I will post pics of the sump once it's in action!
jpsika08
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Ok, took a video of the finished mod, not quite the Steven Spielberg's quality/style
YouTube - Picotope 3g modded
YouTube - Picotope 3g modded
jpsika08
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Steve thank you, glad you liked it, here is the link from the original maker, he has also other pics I didn't put with important steps. Hope to see your buggin catches soon!El Fab's Simple Guide to Pico Tanks - Nano-Reef.com Forums
... I know it's bad to point out to other forums, but needed to share this link
Shamus
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I don't think RS has a problem with posts to other forums (could be wrong) - I've done it before to provide info to someone. Another thing I love about RS - if the info is out there, get it to those who are asking, even if it's not 'home grown'. The goal is to be successful and happy at reefing and RS definitely supports that!
Unlike some other forums that auto-block links to other forums, or can get you a warning or a ban for doing so. I usually try to avoid links to other forums, but at times it's the only way to get the needed information. I've never had a problem doing it on RS, and I think that in the true spirit of information sharing it's a necessity at times. It's been one of the things that puts Reef Sanctuary a step above many other forums.
