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I would be intersted in either maybe both. What are you asking?

I have a long feeder that looks like a turkey baster kind of. I just use that to blast before a waterchange. #multipurpose

This is my sons current favorite. As he would say "This is our urchin pokey thing."

Super cool! Paradise coral has desktop versions of this that intrigued me.

Good luck with trade what I have that I thought would work is a little larger

I blame lefty, look at all that purp hes packin

Why they gotta be so crabby?

Had my eye on that golden torch, definitely interested when it's ready for its new home.

Makes me feel more comfortable that I just purchased the Nero 5 over the MP10 😮

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Seeing yours is what made me want one! Start me a shopping cart hahaha

Looking for a golden torch to add to the reef...

A+++ seller was a pleasure meeting ya Dodge!

Thank you for hosting! Plan on swinging through to meet some reefers HAHA

Good to know another method of removal. Once my apistasia was going getting these buggers out was a fight! Had to suck them out with my siphon tube during water change 😮

I may move away from the bubbler, my thought was beings I have a sealed lid it would be a good idea to pump fresh air into the tank for gas exchange. Also for some surface agitation as the outlet from the filter is submerged.

I recently came across a build thread for a Pico Jar that really intrigued me to give it a try. My biggest draw back before was dealing with top offs without having any bulky equipment hanging out the side of the jar. Reefsmart developed a light that was integrated into a lid that reduced the amount of evaporation by having a tight seal, and directing the water back into the jar. With seeing how much joy our display tank has brought my wife, I decided this would be the perfect Valentines gift for her desk at work. Steve at reefsmart.com was amazing to deal with, providing tons of hand holding information so get me started with success. I headed out to Target to purchase my 2.5 gallon jar that would house our mini reef. I found that the clarity of the jars varied greatly from jar to jar, and choose the best that I could find. Once I got home I water tested it to see just how clear it was, and decided to head to a different store with more options to have the best view possible. I did however have to accept that there was no perfect jar out there, and settle for one that had the optimal viewing window for about a 130 degrees around the jar. Selecting the jar was the hardest part thus far. I purchased a few different air stone defusers to experiment with, and found that just the air tube itself with no defuser created the largest bubble that created the least salt creep. Other difusers also created micro bubbles that bothered me aesthetically. The other examples that I followed used just the air pump for filtration. I have always approached the hobby by over sizing, and over filtering everything I set up. I opted to put a small internal filter to be able to seed some filter floss from my display tank, as well as create a little more flow. One thing that I found to be pretty cool about the jar was that beings the sides are curved, you can actually hide the equipment on the sides as it obscures the view. The internal filter is a little to large to completely hid, but some coral placement should make it hidden pretty well over time. As for aquascaping I put 2.5lbs of CaribSea Bahamas oolite live sand in the base, but decided to add just under another pound for looks. I was able to find the perfect size rock in my sump and left it to cycle. The first light you see in the tank was a bendable air stone with light that I used to test the clarity, and experiment with the entire back of the jar being bubbles. The back of the jar beings solid bubbles was cool, made a lot of flow, but created a ton of micro bubbles. The 2nd picture is just a extra light that I had that I used for cycling while I awaited the reefsmart light. We are now a day before valentines day, and I have placed my first few corals to be ready for the day. Again for over filtration and for more color, I placed some red macroalgae. I am very excited to try this back to the basics approach to reefing. I will be completing a 50%-80% water change weekly. I will include the equipment that I am starting with. Filter: Aqueon X_small filter quiteflow internal, 3 gallon A 3.5w air pump by Imagitarium An Aqueon 50w Heater. Nimble Nano glass cleaner Light: Reefsmart Picopro

I had wonderful success with peppermint shrimp

This is awsome! how goes this project? How often did you have to do water changes?

Would love to pick some up from ya! PM sent

Wow this looks very celestial!!!! We love it

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