Firestarter's 5G pico tank

[Firestarter]

Just setup another tank for a place to hold my mushroom frags.

Seems like my mushrooms in my 2footer don't really like the current and kept detaching from the rocks.

Anyway, I got myself a HOB filter and coral chips covering the sandbed.

Only livestock will be mushrooms - no fishes

Will head down to get myself a clip on LED light fixture.

Here's a pic of the tank currently.

[Firestarter]

Just came back from the farms.. didn't find a LED that I liked, so I settled for a PL B/W lightset instead.

Took a pic of it on... super bright! Don't think my mushrooms will be too pleased. Will think of a water to lower the intensity down.

[Firestarter]

Shifted the lights to one side for now.

Added a flat LR with some mushroom heads.

[ambystoma82]

y dun go barebottom? easier to find ur floating shrooma,do look out for temp n precipitation of salt with reduce MG.. u might wan todo weekly water change than addin additives..

[Firestarter]

y dun go barebottom? easier to find ur floating shrooma,do look out for temp n precipitation of salt with reduce MG.. u might wan todo weekly water change than addin additives..

Thanks for the advise, I will take note of the precipitation. Temp seems to be around 29'C with lights on.

Didn't go BB cos I will be chopping up mushies and dumping the slices into this tank.. sort of like a mushroon nursery hence the coral chips.

One question, since this is a low or almost no bioload tank, do I need to be cautious about nitrates?

[Firestarter]

A small update... added more mushroom frags from my main tank. All seems to be doing well.

Surprisingly, almost 1 week and no signs of diatoms or algae outbreak.