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Post by scoobnoob on May 25, 2013 7:04:41 GMT -5
I'll be honest I thought wouldn't it be cool to have a pico reef in a jar, but the struggles are in water circulation, evaporation, and temperature. It looks like there may soon be a product on the market, and though I feel it's visually appealing, I fear that many of the uneducated masses are going to buy it and fail in marine aquaria killing livestock and reinforcing the thought that Corals etc are too hard to keep hope no one puts a clown fish in one and god help us if anyone ever stuffs a tang into one. To his credit all the coral in these jars are easily propogated weed corals looks like he'll market the tank then mail the liverock with basic corals, I don't buy the fresh water top off of once monthly or the recommended water change every 3 months anyway what are your thoughts on this potential product?
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Post by industry on May 25, 2013 7:26:37 GMT -5
As much as I would like to believe otherwise; this will not end well. people are inherently lazy and forgetful(wait, maybe it's just me  ) and these will be tiny jars of dead material.  |
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 25, 2013 7:34:47 GMT -5
It's so tiny! It just makes me think of those terible small keychain pouches of liquid that people keep turtles, fish and amphibians in.
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Post by Cowdogz on May 25, 2013 8:52:59 GMT -5
It looks like it's a closed or at least fairly well-sealed system, which would eliminate evaporation, bu then how does do you get oxygen into it, other than through water changes?
I call BS on all his "experience." No one sets up a nano reef as a "first tank" and wins awards with it.
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Post by stephen on May 25, 2013 9:35:06 GMT -5
Its just a nano reef in a jar.
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Post by seamonkey84 on May 25, 2013 10:52:24 GMT -5
Ultimately a bad idea for the average joe, but add a temp probe and controller to a heated base, and some sort of flow will make it better for the critters. Advanced "ecosphere" kinda. I wonder if a lab type heated magnetic stirring plate and pellet will do the trick...
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Post by jason on May 25, 2013 11:09:38 GMT -5
It looks like it's a closed or at least fairly well-sealed system, which would eliminate evaporation, bu then how does do you get oxygen into it, other than through water changes? I call BS on all his "experience." No one sets up a nano reef as a "first tank" and wins awards with it. Off topic but i love The healers in your avatar photo their such a rare breed to see in Maine. I brought mine from FL. |
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Post by lindsey1984 on May 25, 2013 11:56:50 GMT -5
What about acclimating... You would never have enough water in that jar to acclimate any new corals
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Post by scoobnoob on May 25, 2013 12:43:29 GMT -5
In his Q&A I read something about the bacteria making the oxygen, hence you'll see bubbles on the glass....wouldn't this be nitrogen from the end of the cycle? I agree with gotareef if the base was a heater/chiller and somehow added flow I would think this was cool and doable but should still not be a product aimed at a first time reefer.
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Post by Cowdogz on May 25, 2013 19:39:55 GMT -5
Off topic but i love The healers in your avatar photo their such a rare breed to see in Maine. I brought mine from FL. Thanks, I got mine from a rescue in Connecticut about a year apart. They were both dumped on the side of the road as puppies in Arkansas. The red boy's a little monster. The blue girl's a bit of a worrier, but one trainer told us she's the smartest dog she'd ever seen. They do something to make me laugh at least three times a day. |
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Post by Cowdogz on May 26, 2013 8:27:28 GMT -5
Cowdogz - I meant to comment on your blues too. Im not a real dog person, but they are just incredible pups. A friend of mine had one, talk about high strung but SUPER intelegent. I love thier size and thier coloration, just wish I could find one that was a little more laid back. There are rescues who do extensive evaluations, and occasionally you will find one that claims one of their adult dogs is a couch potato, but in general they are a 100mph-hyperfocused-everything-is-an-adventure type of dog. Definitely not for everyone. Honestly, they can be exhausting sometimes. Every evening mine stage a rousing game of "let's bite each others' heads and play tug-of-war with our collars." But I can take a tennis ball and put a small storage bin upside-down over it, then another bigger bin, and a third bin, and the blue girl can retrieve that tennis ball in under 10 seconds. |
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