Wow. So get pico tank .so happy and excited to see building. I know you have best idea for setup for this cool kit. Richard is doing great for hobby. He is amazing person. ..Goldy
Haha ive heard that before! 🤣🤣🤣 but yeah think this will be a pretty interesting build, it's not going to be an easy tank to get right but will be an exciting challenge
This is going to be fascinating. Can't wait to see if you can get anything to survive in such a tiny reef. Might give one a go for my little lad. He would love it. 😊✨
Very cool - I'm actually thinking maybe I could use it to make a bigger tank into an AIO with that tank as the filter section in the back corner - very cool indeed ;)
What a cool idea. I think such a small tank might be easier to maintain..you can just do 30-50% water change every week whenever you do a water change on your bigger displays..I'm sure it would be quick to do as well. That should keep things stable and level. The only thing that might be a pain, would be the evaporation..you may need an ATO otherwise the water evaporation may be high and you need to top up more than once a day (maybe)..putting an ATO may make it difficult to hide the equipment (maybe). Keen to see what you do Ross.. However this gives me an idea to setup a Pico freshwater tank ..maybe sit it near the window on the tv stand. Always wanted to try one!
Thanks mate, yeah I thought so too, something a little different anyway, building the kit will be really satisfying too I think! A 1L water change every week should be more than enough I hope, not entirely sure what I'm going to do for an ATO yet, will do some tests first and see how it does. You should get one too and do a freshwater set up then show us the results 👍
@@BeardedReef More tanks, more time.. unfortunately something I treasure and have a little of these days. It's the sacrifice when you got a young kid lol, time to yourself...your hobbies takes a hit. Let me learn and how you get on, this could even be a great idea for a small frag or anemone only tank..looking forward to seeing what you stock and your aquascape etc!
Yeah that could work providing the evaporation rate isn't too slow, and the change in evaporation due to temperature, I will play around and see how it goes
Wow Ross that is an amazing idea!! Wow that is a small tank!! No Tangs please. Looking forward to both your new set ups now. Your Waterbox mini is looking very nice too!!
I've not long got back into the hobby (only 3 weeks lol) ,I use to have a 5x2x2 reef tank over 15+ years ago when UDA in Cupar was my go to shop but that's been closed for a lot of years now .really been enjoying your vids Ross (recently subbed) and amazed how much reefing has changed over the years . Really happy to find out about Nessie's Lair from your vids so will be making that my LFS from now on as its only a 20 min drive from me .I bought an Aqua One mini reef 120 so looking forward to getting it stocked up soon . I was that impressed with your tank especially the lighting that I have bought the same hd16 light as yours and hopefully it will be here before friday . Anyway keep up the good work Ross and who knows I might bump into you one day at the lfs lol 👍
Hello Rab, welcome back to the hobby, I bet you can't wait to get things going again! Thanks for watching the videos and also for subscribing, it means a lot! Nessies lair is a brilliant shop, it's the only place I buy my fish and corals from now! You definitely will be impressed by the quality of their livestock! 👍
Thanks Ross . Aye I was there the day ,really impressed with the shop . My prime came this morning so going to get that up and running the night hopefully lol ,ended up coming out of the shop with a zoa rock , acan, twin branching hammer and some snails .I will probably be back sometime over the weekend to get some more stuff lol oh and the 10% discount come in really handy 😉
Brilliant, that's great, glad you managed to get there for a look, Jamie really knows his stuff, oh glad you managed to take advantage of the discount too! 👍
Eager to see what you set up, looks like almost all application with these tanks are fresh water. Probably a good idea to make an acrylic lid to prevent evaporation
If I'm honest I'm not 100% sure yet, probably stick to soft corals, something quite tough/resilient and think I will add either a crab or shrimp to it, its hard to decide
I'm going to sound like a stick in the mud......but why buy one of these? Firstly, I would take a punt that probably 90% of these tanks end in failure....its like buying something to watch it die. Secondly, it's promoting something that shouldn't be done. Thirdly, £45 squids and you don't even get the pump with it. Not for me this one ( hay just my opinion 😬.......and looking forward to the waterbox build ✌)
Hello Andy, thanks for the comment, to answer your questions, I got one of these tanks as a challenge to see if I could manage to keep a healthy system in such a small volume, yes it will be difficult but it's something ove wanted to do, ive seen many successful pico tanks so it inspired me to try my own, also the fact it is a kit made it more appealing to me as building it yourself is more rewarding in my opinion, I dont feel like I'm promoting something that shouldn't be done, I won't be having fish in here and if anything I think people will see how hard it actually is, I'm under no illusion that this going to be easy, far from it, its going to be extremely hard, but it's something I really want to try. As for the price I think £45 is nothing for this kit, you couldn't go out for a meal for less than that now so I feel like £45 on a tank is fair, the time and effort that went into designing and producing these kits is also reflected in the price, to summarise, will it fail? Quite possibly but only time will tell will I learn from this? 100% I will, Is it worth paying £45 for? I believe so yes! Thanks for watching the video and commenting, hopefully you can follow along and see this one progress, I know its not for everyone tho and value your opinions! 👍
@@BeardedReef that's fair enough man, I really hope the mini tank is a success. I'm not one for being negative, I hardly have a bad word to say about anything in reefing but this is one part of the hobby I will never understand, and it surprises me how many people are interested in it. It first kicked off from the mini complete tank which was ridiculous and just a gimmick, unfortunately I just see this as the same thing just slightly bigger. All being said I am writing this in self isolation stuck in one room for 10 days (not after violins here lol...), It's probably one reason I'm going all Victor Meldrew.......😐. I hope it does work, take it steady ✌️
Of course they could, the whole point of these aquariums is that they are a DIY project and add to the enjoyment and satisfaction of building your own tank and then setting it all up, its a great idea!
Wow. So get pico tank .so happy and excited to see building. I know you have best idea for setup for this cool kit. Richard is doing great for hobby. He is amazing person. ..Goldy
Thank you Goldy! Fingers crossed it turns out well and looks good! Yeah he really is! 👍
That looks cool Ross can’t wait to see it up and running 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks mate, me too! 👍
Looking good Ross!
Thanks mate
LOVE IT!!!
Thank you! I do too!
Smart idea look forward to seeing what you do
Thanks mate, looking forward to this build
That new tank is going to be really cool!! Cnt wait to see what u come up with as live stock
Thanks mate, that's going to be the hardest choice I think, ive no idea what to go with!
thats pretty awesome!!!!
Thanks mate, looking forward to this build
First, just because 😉. Looks like the acrylic is laser cut, normally this doesnt leave a very smooth finish which causes bubbles when welding.
Haha first every week now, oh I didn't know that, I will keep an eye out for it and make sure it's all OK, thanks
I have the 60.2 it's a lovely little tank
Yeah they look really nice, can't wait for it to arrive
Jesus that's tiny 🤭😂 pretty cool looking setup mate. Looking forward to this build 😁
Haha ive heard that before! 🤣🤣🤣 but yeah think this will be a pretty interesting build, it's not going to be an easy tank to get right but will be an exciting challenge
This is going to be fascinating. Can't wait to see if you can get anything to survive in such a tiny reef. Might give one a go for my little lad. He would love it. 😊✨
Thanks mate, yeah its going to be a massive challenge but I'm looking forward to it, oh you should definitely get one too!
Very cool - I'm actually thinking maybe I could use it to make a bigger tank into an AIO with that tank as the filter section in the back corner - very cool indeed ;)
I'm sure if you speak to them they could help you out
What a cool idea. I think such a small tank might be easier to maintain..you can just do 30-50% water change every week whenever you do a water change on your bigger displays..I'm sure it would be quick to do as well. That should keep things stable and level.
The only thing that might be a pain, would be the evaporation..you may need an ATO otherwise the water evaporation may be high and you need to top up more than once a day (maybe)..putting an ATO may make it difficult to hide the equipment (maybe). Keen to see what you do Ross..
However this gives me an idea to setup a Pico freshwater tank ..maybe sit it near the window on the tv stand. Always wanted to try one!
Thanks mate, yeah I thought so too, something a little different anyway, building the kit will be really satisfying too I think! A 1L water change every week should be more than enough I hope, not entirely sure what I'm going to do for an ATO yet, will do some tests first and see how it does. You should get one too and do a freshwater set up then show us the results 👍
@@BeardedReef More tanks, more time.. unfortunately something I treasure and have a little of these days. It's the sacrifice when you got a young kid lol, time to yourself...your hobbies takes a hit. Let me learn and how you get on, this could even be a great idea for a small frag or anemone only tank..looking forward to seeing what you stock and your aquascape etc!
I’d set up a drip for ATO, similar to when acclamation is done.
@@philsreef746 a drip system? So it drips all of the time? How would you do it? It can't be automated can it?
Yeah that could work providing the evaporation rate isn't too slow, and the change in evaporation due to temperature, I will play around and see how it goes
Wow Ross that is an amazing idea!! Wow that is a small tank!! No Tangs please. Looking forward to both your new set ups now. Your Waterbox mini is looking very nice too!!
Thanks mate, something a little different, hmm no tangs? Will have to think about that 🤣🤣
I can't wait to follow this mate.. I'm setting up a little pico myself soon so will be interesting to get tips.
Thanks mate, I can't wait to get this build started
I've not long got back into the hobby (only 3 weeks lol) ,I use to have a 5x2x2 reef tank over 15+ years ago when UDA in Cupar was my go to shop but that's been closed for a lot of years now .really been enjoying your vids Ross (recently subbed) and amazed how much reefing has changed over the years . Really happy to find out about Nessie's Lair from your vids so will be making that my LFS from now on as its only a 20 min drive from me .I bought an Aqua One mini reef 120 so looking forward to getting it stocked up soon . I was that impressed with your tank especially the lighting that I have bought the same hd16 light as yours and hopefully it will be here before friday . Anyway keep up the good work Ross and who knows I might bump into you one day at the lfs lol 👍
Hello Rab, welcome back to the hobby, I bet you can't wait to get things going again! Thanks for watching the videos and also for subscribing, it means a lot! Nessies lair is a brilliant shop, it's the only place I buy my fish and corals from now! You definitely will be impressed by the quality of their livestock! 👍
Thanks Ross . Aye I was there the day ,really impressed with the shop . My prime came this morning so going to get that up and running the night hopefully lol ,ended up coming out of the shop with a zoa rock , acan, twin branching hammer and some snails .I will probably be back sometime over the weekend to get some more stuff lol oh and the 10% discount come in really handy 😉
Brilliant, that's great, glad you managed to get there for a look, Jamie really knows his stuff, oh glad you managed to take advantage of the discount too! 👍
Absolutely love it mate, definitely can't wait to see what's in store for this, definitely a great little project 👍👍
Thanks mate, yeah I think so too, won't be easy but I'm looking forward to it
Eager to see what you set up, looks like almost all application with these tanks are fresh water. Probably a good idea to make an acrylic lid to prevent evaporation
Yeah ive not seen anyone with these DIY tanks do a marine set up yet so I'm looking forward to it
@@BeardedReef What are you planning? Your got a great collection of frags... maybe a shrimp ands a couple corals?
Or make a macro algae refugium for one of your tanks, but probably cheaper ways to do this
If I'm honest I'm not 100% sure yet, probably stick to soft corals, something quite tough/resilient and think I will add either a crab or shrimp to it, its hard to decide
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Can’t wait to see what you have in this. Also looking forward to setting up our little pico so will be taking building tips from you on this 🤣
Thank you, at this point I still don't know what I want to put in it, going to be a tricky one, looking forward to seeing what you do with yours too!
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What you doing in the pico tank
Going to be adding come corals
I'm going to sound like a stick in the mud......but why buy one of these? Firstly, I would take a punt that probably 90% of these tanks end in failure....its like buying something to watch it die. Secondly, it's promoting something that shouldn't be done. Thirdly, £45 squids and you don't even get the pump with it. Not for me this one ( hay just my opinion 😬.......and looking forward to the waterbox build ✌)
Hello Andy, thanks for the comment, to answer your questions, I got one of these tanks as a challenge to see if I could manage to keep a healthy system in such a small volume, yes it will be difficult but it's something ove wanted to do, ive seen many successful pico tanks so it inspired me to try my own, also the fact it is a kit made it more appealing to me as building it yourself is more rewarding in my opinion, I dont feel like I'm promoting something that shouldn't be done, I won't be having fish in here and if anything I think people will see how hard it actually is, I'm under no illusion that this going to be easy, far from it, its going to be extremely hard, but it's something I really want to try. As for the price I think £45 is nothing for this kit, you couldn't go out for a meal for less than that now so I feel like £45 on a tank is fair, the time and effort that went into designing and producing these kits is also reflected in the price,
to summarise,
will it fail? Quite possibly but only time will tell
will I learn from this? 100% I will,
Is it worth paying £45 for? I believe so yes!
Thanks for watching the video and commenting, hopefully you can follow along and see this one progress, I know its not for everyone tho and value your opinions! 👍
@@BeardedReef that's fair enough man, I really hope the mini tank is a success.
I'm not one for being negative, I hardly have a bad word to say about anything in reefing but this is one part of the hobby I will never understand, and it surprises me how many people are interested in it.
It first kicked off from the mini complete tank which was ridiculous and just a gimmick, unfortunately I just see this as the same thing just slightly bigger.
All being said I am writing this in self isolation stuck in one room for 10 days (not after violins here lol...), It's probably one reason I'm going all Victor Meldrew.......😐.
I hope it does work, take it steady ✌️
you mean they can’t even sell it put together what a joke aquarium
Of course they could, the whole point of these aquariums is that they are a DIY project and add to the enjoyment and satisfaction of building your own tank and then setting it all up, its a great idea!
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Ahhh you are Irish then? Hello from over the water!