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#1 ·
I will be putting water sand and rock into it later on today
 
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#33 ·
i didnt realize a saltwater tank could be as small as a 3 gallon!
i'm pretty stoked about that.
and now i want to spend all of my christmas money on a saltwater setup
i'm so afraid of failing and killing everything though XD
 
#34 ·
really small tanks are not for the beginner or at least thats what i have been told if i were you i would start with a ten gallon or a twenty long.

GOT MY FIRST FISH FOR THE TANK haha take that Kellsindell :p

its a blue damsel and i guess he is in distress because its just coming off the cycling
im going to return him when i know its same parameters
here are my tank parameters
nitrite-0 good
amonia-0good
nitrate-10(i think but it was very low)
ph-8.1 a little low
saltinity-1.025
phosphates-none

sooo.. so far all my water conditions are dang near perfect, i might add some buffer tomorrow if the ph is still low but im sure you guys want more pics so here you go



 
#35 ·
You don't want to add any pH buffer to your tank. It does more harm than good, because it only changes it for a short while. Swings in pH can be very bad, especially in a small tank like a Picotope.

And I like your Damsel. :) A while ago I said I would never have a Damsel in any of my tanks, and now I'm thinking about getting one for my 40br. LFS sure has enough.
 
#37 ·
Hmmm...

Congrats! He looks good, and no hard feeling *cough on the cough outside cough* ;-)

Your PH isn't a bad # it's a little on the low side, but just because it's not pretty and perfect at 8.3 is no reason to change it with a buffer. If it were less then 7.9 (with the lights on) i would worry because when the lights turn off it would change to something like 7.6, but i don't even know if that's true in a pico tank... Cody?
 
#41 ·
a PH test kit from kent isn't too bad, and you really don't need an exact measurement unless you need it for something else, i guess like quarantine, otherwise an esimate of where it's around... Or a pinpoint PH meter is awsome. PH meter at marinedepot.com. I don't have one, but i want one.
 
#50 ·
My 40 Gallon tropical tank all of the fishh i have

40 Gallon Tropical

2 Black skirt tetras
2 Blueberry Tetras
2 cave tetras
3 balck neon tetras
1 glo-light tetra
1 3-4 inch pictus catfish
1 2-3 inch bala shark
3 bronze corydoras and 1 pepper corydora
1 6-7 inch algae eater
4 pristella tetras
2 bloodfin tetras
2 flame tetras
2 painted tetras
2 diamond tetras
2 serpae tetras
1 red eye tetra
1 black phantom tetra
2 bleeding heart tetras
 
#52 ·
40 Gallon Tropical

2 Black skirt tetras
2 Blueberry Tetras
2 cave tetras
3 balck neon tetras
1 glo-light tetra
1 3-4 inch pictus catfish
1 2-3 inch bala shark
3 bronze corydoras and 1 pepper corydora
1 6-7 inch algae eater
4 pristella tetras
2 bloodfin tetras
2 flame tetras
2 painted tetras
2 diamond tetras
2 serpae tetras
1 red eye tetra
1 black phantom tetra
2 bleeding heart tetras
I think he may have trouble fitting those fish into the tank... :lol:
 
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