Video of Palmtop SPS Reef

[brandon429]

Hello, nice to meet you all. I am using google translator I hope it does not mis-spell!

I work with only one gallon reefs and have been doing so for ten years. Some of you may have seen pictures of these reefs already years ago on the internet, these are the first pico reef designs ever posted on the internet or in books. I hope you like them, and I hope you can tell how old they are based on the coralline algae and the life inside

I have seen many aquariums on your forum that are beautiful and very well done, I hope to add mine as well

thank you

Brandon

here is the video of the worlds smallest reef aquariums in my house:

and here are some pictures. I am sorry I do not know how to attach because I cannot read the language in the directions, moderator feel free to post these in my thread if you don't want me to remote link them. They really help understand the life span of the micro reef aquarium:

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=27380

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=27374

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=27391

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=27392

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=27379

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=31928

[Iceberg]

Thanx Brandon for posting us your links and welcome to NR...well,your tank ring the bells,i allready saw it on the RSA forum and i must say,it's great job,the major think,u menage to keep it for such a long time and seams to work the natural way...only a reef maniac can think to make such a tiny scrubber,but we reef keepers,we're all nuts...watching your movie is quit relaxing,with the background music and the ambiance...as i see u're playing music,i"m not crazy about electronic drumkid ,but the Ibanez looks cool.the coraline algaes show the age of the tank,but it's not easy to watch,it's cover all the front view...well done anyway...greetings from a "Frogland"...

[zako]

Hi Brandon

Wow it's incredible

How you are keeping the purity?

my congratulations

[brandon429]

thank you very much for stopping by to watch

I use those drums to overlay tracks over mp3's to put me in the mix I never play live so no acoustic ones for me...

I rip the guitar every day and use the drums to lay tracks for songs that I build up with the instruments, cover songs...do you play man? I play queensryche, iron maiden, metallica and megadeth

The little reefs get water changes weekly and have much live rock and circulation for biological filtration. the weekly water changes really do the trick.

for feeding, I swirl in high quality mysis shrimp and let it circulate overnight. next morning I do a water change so there is no waste in the system and every coral and shrimp has been fed.

To scrape off coralline I use a bent wire and the miniscraper, you are correct I should scrape it clean I have become lazy recently it has been nice meeting you at your forum. Did you notice the reef in the car? It can be plugged into the cigarette lighter to run the pumps and lights if you need to transport it. I show mine at schools and colleges in my state.

[robi]

Magnifique j'ai tous compris , on va parler en francais ???

[Jader]

Impressive small worlds If You are interested in pico-reef you should check this 1.5 gallonn tank : http://www.nano-reef.pl/forums.php?m=posts&q=7771&d=0

[brandon429]

Thank you for posting that, he has done a great job in using the plants to provide a green and red color visual!

I have not found a way to include pictures so I will link a few more to show details.

To grow coralline in a small reef, one way that works is to use product C-Balance to get calcium and alkalinity correct:

Sunday do a water change or skip this day and do nothing to the reef.

Monday morning add 1/4 capfull of yellow bottle

tuesday 1/4th of the blue

skip wednesday or do a light water change depending on how old the reef is

thursday 1/4th yellow

friday 1/4th blue

skip saturday or make this a feeding day and water change day. to feed the system, add frozen reef foods then do a full water change. At one gallon, it takes only 5 minutes and is not big work like a large tank.

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=44311

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=44310

[brandon429]

robi,

I wish I could speak French! but I can not and google translator only translates the website I think, not the posts. I can read a little of what you have said because of I have watched movies that were subtitled

this thread has MANY pictures of the build steps and the reef as it travels to colleges and school showings for discussion.

http://www.reefs.org/forums/topic72558.html#p838223

here is another video micro reef. these are long, but its so the detail can be studied by someone who is setting up a tank of this kind.

[brandon429]

this reef can be plugged into the car and will run fully with lights and pumps on very low voltage. The cords are plugged into a cigarrete lighter through a converter.

http://www.reefs.org/forums/download/file.php?id=24230

[zako]

Something in the style of the animal

it's possible to go for a walk

[brandon429]

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Something in the style of the animal: D

It's possible to go for a walk: clowning

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the translator changes my words around its funny!