#pico reef
He uh. Twisted himself in half.
Ah the tank looks so nice right n-
I wasn’t going to put a fish in the 4 gallon, but this little friend was too irresistible. This fish is called a red lined pygmy goby (Trimma striatum). It’s pretty much at its max size which is less than 2 inches. They swim upside down and are often found in caves or near rocky ledges. I was worried that it was going to starve as it took him a few days to eat, but it’s eating well now. This bad video was actually the first time I observed it chomping down on some baby brine I hatched specifically for it. I’ll get a better pic soon!
As requested by @letsgetsalty. Needs a little love still, going to move some more zoas over from the grow out. All the inverts except for Godzilla (cleaner shrimp) were hiding. He’s probably going to go in the grow out, but he came from a tank that was infested with velvet so he’s got to stay in the 4g for several months.
Pico ja-tank? I still love the jar, but it’s so hard to scape! The 1 gallon has better dimensions, but is such a small volume of water that I really didn’t want to try it, but the 2.5 gallon was ridiculously tall and it’s hard to place corals on a completely vertical rock structure. Remember that my gf works at a saltwater store? She was able to snag this discontinued 4 gallon waterbox. Literally has almost the same dimensions as the jar, but because it’s a box, a lot easier to scape and get hands in and out of. We made a lid out of acrylic we had and my gf added silicone to create a lip for the lid to stay in place.
It’s still going to be a zoanthid/rock nem tank and it’s only other inhabits are a scarlet hermit, 2 bumblebee snails, 6 pom pom crabs and a porcelain anemone crab (who seems to hate anemones because he won’t stay near any of the 3 that are in there). The rock is a mixture of live rock from the invert QT and some dry rock.
