my SDMAS raffle win (Eco Pico)

[Sancho]

First day live rock live sand. 2 gallons from my established tank and 2 gallons of Catalina Water from Shipwreck Cove....Dont know what im gona do with this tank yet. I want to drill it soo bad and add a 15 gallon sump. Never had a tank this small. Any advice from you would be appreciated.

[Sancho]

I attached an image doesent seem to be working?

[specvjeff]

Pm me the link to the photo and I will take care of it for you.

Jeff Saurwein
SDMAS President
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[wholagan]

Nice. I'll post a thread to the one I won as well but it will be in the FW planted tank section.

[Sancho]

I added 2 more LED strips from Ecoxotic. I purchased one strip that is all blue and another blue and white combo. I also added a canister filter that has a bag of Chemi Pure and small amount of filter floss. I have lost 2 chromis during the cycle. My PH was 8.0 ammonia was .25 and nitrite was also .25 and my nitrate @ 0. So all I have done to expidite the cycle has failed. I am just gonna give it time and frequent water changes. I have been swapping out a couple cups of water with my established tank on a daily basis. I put a ricordia, red mushroom, some zoas and a mysterey mushroom. All the soft corals have been doing vey well. Today I noticed 2 small ricordia(that i didnt purchase) on the live rock that are openining up and showing color. Cool bonus at least it isnt aptasia or bristle worms. The tanks looks great unfortunatly I am unable to post photos as of now. I am still looking for advice on how to proceed and care for such a small tank.