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  1. Sun, 16th Dec 2012, 09:45 PM #1
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    http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e5d...FZGiPAod8yEAKA

    Has anyone seen an attempt at reefing one of these yet? It holds around a qt. I'm trying a few zoas, cloves and a trumpet augmented with dragons breath, micro stars and pods to see how it goes. I also added 2 mollies but I'm not sure they are a good idea. I did augment with a chepo led, removed the interior base, and added a 1 1/2" peice of bubble tube onto the end of the faucet (return) to cut the splash out. I plan on 100% water changes several times a week. If all goes well I'll be getting all around upgrades.



    This is right after the corals were added. We'll see how the cheap leds do...
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    Very interesting pico
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    How long did you acclimate the molly's to full salt water?
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    Actually they are born to it however when I buy breeders I just temp acclimate and plop them in. I did a water change this morning. I'm thinking due to the extra small size I should augment the tank with a large filtration system. The trick to that will be keeping the flow down.
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    Something like an AC70 with an AC20 impeller might work.
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    I really can't do HOB on this. Possibly a really low flow canister or a sump with a computer water cooler pump. It's a tricky one that's for sure.
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    So I did some looking and found this:
    http://www.petmountain.com/product/r...m=11442-521005

    It sits at 80gph and people complain of them getting gunked and slowing down. I think its my best bet for super low flow. What do you think?
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