Rothany's 2.5 gallon Sexy Shirmp mini reef

[Rothany]

lol its hasn't hurt me yet, all jokes aside. the sockets are polarity protected, so positve and negative don't matter, As long as you wire in parallel and not series.

You need to make sure they are cool whites and not warm whites, warm whites I use for my refugium
Hot sell Gu10 Base 3x3W 9W Led Light Downlight Cool White Bulb Lamp New | eBay


blues
Gu10 3X1W High Power LED Lamp Light Blue 110V-220V 3W | eBay

sockets
10x GU10 Socket LED bulb halogen lamp light Holder base Ceramic Wire Connector | eBay

heres how I have them in my main tank and refugium

see the gu10s on the sides?

 

[chickenofthesea]

Cool Bro, thanks. I will check these out cause I need some for my fug.

 

[janky]

Very cool!!! I'm excited to see this tank grow!
What kind of livestock can you keep in something that small besides the sexies?

Also thanks for the link on those LED's.. I've always wondered how people set them up for such small tanks.

 

[Rothany]

Planning to house mix corals including sps, 3 sexies and what i already have in there a blue head chromis a snail and hermit crab. No problem on the links . You planning to use those leds also?

 

[Rothany]

Dang! No luck on sexy shrimp locally, might have to order some. Does any one know if there is any sexy shrimp locally?

 

[senji]

pet co in puyallup has a whole mini tank full 20.00 ea i think

 

[Rothany]

pet co in puyallup has a whole mini tank full 20.00 ea i think

Thank you Senji. I hope they healthy.

 

[Rothany]

I removed the big rock, it looks so much better this way. Light is more evenly spread out with the open space.

 

[janky]

Most petco's have sexies.. puyallup, tacoma, and lakewood definitely do - $12 a piece or $9 on sale.

I believe BRA has them as well.

And you can put a chromis in a 2.5?! Just grow em out and transfer em???
I ask cause I'm thinking about putting fish in my tank but not sure ..

and I may use the lights later on, I bought a CAD lights LED fixture. Those would've been a LOT cheaper, but I don't exactly know how to wire them or anything lol

Tank's lookin good man! I like it!

 

[Rothany]

Thanks Janky for the sexy info as for the chromis he, should be fine for a little bit. Your right about me moving him once he gets bigger.

The wiring for the gu10s super easy. So easy caveman like me can do it

 

[Rothany]

Sorry bout not showing how i built the hood. As it was already running these led over, when it was fresh water.

 

[Rothany]

A litte update added few more corals in there
I Freaking love this little tank:cheer2:
Thursday will be getting the sexy guys day =)

green birdsnest
porcillipora
and some mushshrooms

look how pretty this little thing is =)

 

[user 26995]

That is soo cute. I love the little tanks. They really are a lot of fun.

 

[fall0n]

Looking good so far!

 

[Skimmy]

looks great mang...
but that heater is making me cry inside a little every time i see it,
....even in the corner.

so heres my suggestion,
get a piece of pvc tube and drill holes in it,
take the suction cups off your heater, slide into pvc tube,
and hide the whole thing half buried in the back, behind the rockwork.

or get an inexpensive mini heater to either hide in your filter,
or again behind the rockwork on the ground, or even in sand:
small aquarium heater: compare prices and read reviews - Bing Shopping

also, you might like these: controlability and no wiring...
E27 3W 110-Lumen 6500K RGB Multicolored IR Remote Control Light Bulb (AC 85~265V) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

and dammit, pick up your free frags i promised you for the 'cano revival fest '12 tank if your ever in the everett area..

 

[pandora32]

Looks really good. You inspired me to try one. Good job. Ill post what i finished after the water clears a bit more.

 

[Rothany]

That is soo cute. I love the little tanks. They really are a lot of fun.

Thank you =) fun cute and easy to water change lol

 

[Rothany]

Looking good so far!

Thanks Jason come by some day check it out

 

[Rothany]

looks great mang...
but that heater is making me cry inside a little every time i see it,
....even in the corner.

so heres my suggestion,
get a piece of pvc tube and drill holes in it,
take the suction cups off your heater, slide into pvc tube,
and hide the whole thing half buried in the back, behind the rockwork.

or get an inexpensive mini heater to either hide in your filter,
or again behind the rockwork on the ground, or even in sand:
small aquarium heater: compare prices and read reviews - Bing Shopping

also, you might like these: controlability and no wiring...
E27 3W 110-Lumen 6500K RGB Multicolored IR Remote Control Light Bulb (AC 85~265V) - Free Shipping - DealExtreme

and dammit, pick up your free frags i promised you for the 'cano revival fest '12 tank if your ever in the everett area..

Thanks Skimmy I think I will just go with smaller heater, Also I totally forgot about the free frags you offered, pm sent =)

 

[Rothany]

A little update

It's been a long 4th of july week

still no sexies

I went and got a aquaclear 50 200gph and modded it. Wow! what a difference it made to the tank.

took out the little basket and cut it,then super glued the piece to the output area. That way I can grow chaeto =) and house extra live rock
since i've installed this flow is excellent not to much not to little. So piconation go for this as filtration/flow

please excuse the pictures I cracked my galaxy s3's camera lens