Comments on: 1 Gallon Saltwater Aquarium and Globe Ecosystems

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:01 +0000

The feeding …
The feeding mechanism contributes 80% to the health of the corals and inverts, and this can’t be done in larger tanks so again the size of a pico reef helps, not hinders the design.

You can swirly in half a cube’s worth of mixed frozen coral food/mysis and saturate the system with protein.

Then, a thorough water change a few hours afterwards rips out the degrading excess, only full polyps remain. The surface area within the rock handles the wastes from *digestion, not uneaten food.

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000

what is shown on …
what is shown on the vid is just a light spot feeding for the dendros and to bring out the animals who smell it!

Full water changes are not harmful to corals that had time to adapt, this is a common reef tank misnomer.

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:59 +0000

The risks in these …
The risks in these systems are external, not internal. A good home or office A/C is required, max ambient temp for the vase is 79 and the sealed tank is 76. No min temp, these are 50w heaters. Also, knocking it over is a risk.

Warmer temps can be supported but this is not the right metabolism for a pico reef, 78 is ideal.
these picos don’t make unpredictable chemistry changes. No water testing is needed at any stage, again the size restricts variables that call for pH/no3/P04 testing.

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:58 +0000

here is the total …
here is the total maintenance routine for 4 years:
-sunday change water scrape out microalgae on glass
-monday dose in morning
-tuesday dose in morning/topoff a little
-wed can be a feed day, full water change or skip and don’t feed/change/dose
-thurs dose in the morning use micro scraper
-friday dose a.m. give light target feed
-saturday skip
Variations on these intervals are set by your animals. If you don’t pack the vase, it can go two weeks in between changes/feeding easily. 1 gallon/water

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:56 +0000

saturdays are …
saturdays are topoff days too, forgot to add. the vase is topped off with about two ounces of water, twice per week depending on the season and ambient humidity

By: coolice1112

coolice1112 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:55 +0000

wow amazing man! …
wow amazing man! pls send me tips on how to do these.. i want to save my pico reef in the future too and the philippines is the center of reef biodiversity, i may be able to share these in the future. thanks.God bless…..

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:54 +0000

sent you a pm, …
sent you a pm, thanks for commenting and stopping by!
Brandon

By: peakmaxbest

peakmaxbest — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:53 +0000

Brandon. I am glad …
Brandon. I am glad to find this clip.
Very amazing.
Also love the music, what is the name of this song?
Thanks.

Chingchai

By: brandon429

brandon429 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:52 +0000

Thank you so much …
Thank you so much for stopping by

we are getting people who enjoy reef aquariums from all over the globe, nice to meet you! Sorry I do not have the name of the song. the wonderful piano I thought went well with a calm reef.

By: Axel1238

Axel1238 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:59:50 +0000

is that a powerhead …
is that a powerhead on the top? also where are the bubbles coming from.