Small reef tanks can be a lot of fun, allowing reefers to experiment with different ideas and techniques with a much smaller investment of time and effort. For years reef builders have been wondering how small we can go and we believe we’ve found the answer to that question, the ‘Planck Reef’, with PNW Custom’s all in one Micro Reef-Ready Tank that we’ve just set up for ourselves.
The creation by PNW Custom is less of a typical AIO nano reef than a miniaturization of nearly all the features we come to expect from a full sized reef tanks complete with tank, stand, and an adorable little LED light. Instead of using a small external drain the PNW Micro has a shrunk down overflow box complete with dual drains that we were able to lightly modify to create a more silent continuous siphon which immediately reduced the salt spray happening in the ‘sump’.
正如我们在视频中提到的那样,这种新颖性设置的40盎司卷绝对是不是推荐给初学者,因为在1182毫升的水箱水中不足以缓冲温度波动或由于蒸发而盐度的升高 - 您真的希望有一些经验来应对微型矿山中的这种挑战。认识到将像这样的小盐水储罐保持成功的独特障碍是成功的第一步,考虑到这一点,我们就这个微型礁石就绪的水族馆将需要壮成长。
After filling the tank with water from an existing reef aquarium we added two small plugs of zoanthids, one small frag of greenAnacropora,细红色的几个小分支马尼拉间谍蒙蒂托拉and one mostly encrusted tile of Meteor ShowerCyphastrea。仍然有一个空间可以添加一个息肉Caulastrea或邓肯(Duncan),但我们想拭目以待,看看40盎司的钙和碳酸盐在与太多石质珊瑚过载之前,碳酸盐含量和碳酸盐。
同样,我们将等到棕榈礁坦克生长一点藻类和生物膜以添加一些Aquilonastra(asterina)海星and a pair of气孔蜗牛可以帮助清理工作,并为概念纳米礁(Nano Reef)增添一些生命。我们将来会娱乐一下,将来添加一个微小的装饰虾sexy shrimp或者更好的是,佩德森的虾可以游泳。
Altogether we are incredibly pleased with how the experiment in miniaturization turned out and while we don’t know if we’ll keep it running in perpetuity, we’re going to aim to see what it can do over the next six months. We’re curious to see which other reefers will ‘rise to the challenge’ of tryingPNW Custom的Micro Reef Ready坦克他们将如何处理它,但是这种坦克是对特定类型的设置和礁石水族馆寿命的微型设置和微型展览的实验的肥沃理由。