| When I first started the hobby of marine aquariums I | | | | that you could put them anywhere. You didn't need |
| wanted the biggest, the newest and the best of the | | | | to have a giant stand or some extensive system in |
| fish tanks I could find. The first tank I started was | | | | place; all you needed was a table top or counter. |
| 200 gallons and had over 20 fish in it. It took me | | | | To start this tiny adventure I found a small all glass |
| months to get it up and running and even then I was | | | | aquariums. It was 3 gallons. I then decided on using a |
| never satisfied. I was always cleaning, or adding new | | | | small cabinet as the stand. This allowed me to keep |
| corals, or taking care of sick fish. I then decided that | | | | most of the filers and pumps hidden from view. I |
| this tank was too much for me. I decided to move | | | | used a second 3 gallon tank as the filter. I used all |
| to something a little smaller. I moved down to a 50 | | | | natural filtration. Once this Pico reef tank was setup I |
| gallon tank and gave a lot of my stuff away to | | | | could not stop finding the perfect coral to go along |
| friends. Once this tank was done cycling and I had it | | | | with it. I continued to add coral and shrimp until it |
| full of coral it still was not hitting the spot for me. I | | | | was full! |
| decided I wanted a challenge. I moved onto a new | | | | I could not stop with one tank. Now every room of |
| type of tank that was all the rage, a Pico reef tank. | | | | my house has a small reef tanks in it. These tanks |
| A pico reef tank is the same is the big ones, only it's | | | | range from 1.5 gallons to 5 gallons, but they are all |
| less than 5 gallons. My first one was 3 gallons and it | | | | beautiful! |
| was amazing. The best part about these tanks was | | | | |