Let's get started! (Pico vase build)

Anya

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IMO, it looks prettier every day. :D

I used a piece of aluminum foil as a lid yesterday. It was PERFECT, until a little voice in the back of my head told me to google the effects of Aluminum on living creatures...so yeah. Cling wrap it is, lol. I hope it works! I have a marble and a little plastic hermit crab weighing down the center, so hopefully all the evap and splashes will drip back down like it did with the aluminum.

 
Anya

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My first coral! A cute lil mushroom. I know it's really too early for coral, but I had some rats to get rid of, and I traded them for this guy (Sort of. It was more like he felt he had to compensate me for the rats. :p I raise snakes, you see.) So we'll see if he lives!!
 
Mayja

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Looking good! My only concern is your plastic cover prohibiting gas exchanges thus messing up your PH balance. Just a thought.
 
nivek

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Interesting project indeed. One thing you will need to watch out for is how to clean the glass due to the vase neck and curvature of the vase.
 
Anya

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Thanks everyone!! It's still doing well this morning, so I'm pretty happy. Think it's time to add the CUC...I've spotted some hair algae. Noooo.

Mayja said:
Looking good! My only concern is your plastic cover prohibiting gas exchanges thus messing up your PH balance. Just a thought.
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See, I open it multiple times a week, so there's never really a chance for anything to buildup. It's mainly there to prevent evap and splashing all over the place, which is pretty vital.
 
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Anya said:
Thanks everyone!! It's still doing well this morning, so I'm pretty happy. Think it's time to add the CUC...I've spotted some hair algae. Noooo.



See, I open it multiple times a week, so there's never really a chance for anything to buildup. It's mainly there to prevent evap and splashing all over the place, which is pretty vital.
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Will you be placing any display type macro algae in there? It'd be interesting to see if you could balance gas exchange in a semi-closed system that small. It's been done but haven't seen it like this. :wave:
 
Anya

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Please forgive the salt creep and unhappy mushrooms! The poor mushrooms were removed from their plug and dropped repeatedly while attempting to place them on a rock...lol. Other than just now, they have been very happy.

I picked up some clove polyps, as you see...My theme is entirely blues and purples.


I took everyone's advice about macro algae, and picked some up as well. :D Also tested my water and found it to be perfect. Getting a master kit next week. (Yes, I do put the cart before the horse.)

Current stock:

2 mushrooms
a big 5 inch piece of LR covered in blue clove polyps (Only 19.99!! I'm feeling good about that.)
3 random snails (hope they're good...)
2 tiny generic hermit crabs (when they get too big I'll send them back to the LFS and buy some blue legged hermit crabs somewhere else)
1 big clump of unidentified macro algae
a crap ton of feather dusters and tube worms and what I'm near positive is aptasia on the LR that came with the clove coral...heh. Worth it.

:D:D:D:D
 
Anya

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Thank you! the macro screws with my blues...but I suppose I'll just have to suffer it's presence. :p
 
Anya

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Jackie007 said:
This looks awesome. Did you order the vase online? If so, where?
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Thank you both. I didn't, I got it from Goodwill along with another one virtually identical to it. It was under $3, and there was actually a third I left behind, haha. It's a vase Walmart carries in stores. Should be about $10 new. :
 
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Not the best pictures, but it's maturing nicely! I pulled the hermits a few days ago for eating my mushroom...naughty crabs! Back to the store you go!
 
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