PufferMan
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So I was cleaning up a bunch of old fish stuff a couple months ago and came across an old glass 1 gallon betta fish tank. Just for fun and kind of as an experiment to see what was possible, I decided to set up a tiny pico reef on my kitchen counter. I found an old HOB filter for aquariums up to 5gallons, and ordered a little 4 watt LED clip on light off of ebay, and voila, a little pico reef.
Grabbed some small pieces of LR and a few small frags of GSP, some zoas, kenya tree, and some mushrooms I had sitting around on a frag rack, and put them in. I originally had a tiny 1watt heater in there too, however it has since been removed.
Suprizingly, I have had this up and running for almost 2 months now, and haven't lost anything at all. I actually even have some coralline algae starting to grow. Now the little light I have on there is barely enough to support the few things i have in it currently, so I don't expect much growth from them, but its pretty amazing that something this small can sustain itself for this long. We'll have to see how it goes. Who knows, if it goes well, maybe I might upgrade the lights and see what it does!
Grabbed some small pieces of LR and a few small frags of GSP, some zoas, kenya tree, and some mushrooms I had sitting around on a frag rack, and put them in. I originally had a tiny 1watt heater in there too, however it has since been removed.

Suprizingly, I have had this up and running for almost 2 months now, and haven't lost anything at all. I actually even have some coralline algae starting to grow. Now the little light I have on there is barely enough to support the few things i have in it currently, so I don't expect much growth from them, but its pretty amazing that something this small can sustain itself for this long. We'll have to see how it goes. Who knows, if it goes well, maybe I might upgrade the lights and see what it does!
