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Thank you!
Id be soooo very curious to know where that first pico you saw was located, or maybe just a description! I like to compile lists of the first/best/oldest nano/pico reefs invented just for fun and reference, to see which designs work the best for supporting inverts...lemme know and if you have an old pic that would rock
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there are a few functional reasons I'm tied to that vase shape, you wouldn't believe how much the shape plays a role in the balance. I found out all this after the fact, not before, the vase was just an easy starting vessel.
The neck is first and foremost...because of its shape exclusively, the lid rests on the *inner diameter of the neck and so therefore directs splatter back down into the bowl. I do believe it'd be nearly impossible to do an airstone driven pico and not produce saltcreep without this mechanism...im open to other shape suggestions that's for sure
also the skimming...ejecta gets stuck around the vase neck and this provides an area I can wipe occasionally, which removes a good portion of otherwise suspended crud. Square designs just dont give me these features, and the salinity control imparted from partial restriction just can't be matched in airstone setups until I can find a better working design.
also I didn't have to cram the rocks in there like so that would have allowed for more cleaning but I'm simply trying to fit as much living material in situ as I can, healthfully