Recommendations from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).The Revised Method described in this document incorporates: I may redo my plumbing a bit later with some PVC to make things more stable, and in the meantime I need to shorten the lower tubing visible in the above photo to get rid of that small kink you can see.Īnyway, thought I would share part one of this now, but I have two more ideas to keep things super clean here that I'll post about when I get them done.In November 2021, EPA released the final Biological Evaluation (BE) assessing risks to listed species from labeled uses of glyphosate. The term 'listed species' refers to those that are federally listed as endangered or threatened, as well as experimental populations and species that are proposed and candidates for listing. The final BE was conducted according to the Revised Method for National Level Listed Species Biological Evaluations of Conventional Pesticides. I would have chosen the inflow, but the heater is already on that and I don't think I have the space to make both work. This is plumbed into the return valve, so when the ATO turns on it just pushes freshwater straight into the outflow, all while being hidden underneath. I'll likely grab a second check valve as a backup, since I'm not 100% sure I trust this one being a cheapo Amazon setup. It was pretty secure with my original iteration, but I opted to add 1/2' tubing around the connection and use clamps to secure it JUST IN CASE, so I don't have an issue with the canister filter pushing water out of that connection. I went to Lowes and picked up a 1/2' barbed tee adapter, and spliced the check valve for the fill-pump into the middle part of it. So the second consideration with the ATO is the actual fill tubing, which normally wouldn't be a problem as far as being visible since it is clear tubing among other clear pipes already visible, but having been forced to make the sensor visible I wanted to remove one more thing from being visible. The scape looks better in person, since its a bit more obvious there is a cave in the middle:įorgive the dirty glass and pipes, I have had a lot of sand blowing around during the transition to the larger tank, and am waiting on my Two Little Fishies magnets cleaner to give me the motivation to clean the glass. Oh also, I forgot I haven't posted a shot of the new tank / scape yet, so here you go. I dislike the green coloration that you can slightly see in the tank, but it is minimally visible for now, and I have a secondary solution for that which I'll get to at a later date. I decided to go with the Magtool optical ATO found on Amazon, being one of the cheaper but still well-reviewed options, and it seems to fit the bill so far. Having a visible sensor is unavoidable without the aforementioned features, so I had to find one that was physically as small as possible, without breaking the bank. The big problem with an ATO on this setup is maintaining a clean aesthetic, as I have no sump or back chambers. I know I really wanted to run an ATO on this tank, as I really hate having to manually top off, and smaller tanks of course need as much stability as possible. I'm going to start with the auto top off, since I am a little proud of this one. Nice! I honestly think the Carib Sea Life Rock looks great in person, and it was cheaper than many of the alternatives since I could buy in smaller quantities. I’ll take a picture once the sand settles. I think I’m okay with the aqua scape even though it looks so empty now, but I should have plenty of room for coral grow out. So much for my pico idea!Īnd yeah I have actually had this same size cube before, my old ADA 30c was almost identical, although it had higher quality glass and silicone. Since 6 gallons isn’t really a pico (water volume total is about 7.5 gallons with the canister filter and rock/sand displacement), I suppose I should ask Marks to move it to the nano reef journals section now instead. Yeah, I know this is the better way to go, but I was kind of hoping to still keep it smaller. I need to order my overflow box from Tenecor Aquariums,get it set up and get some dry rock to scape. And now this tank,I hope is more amazing than anything I have ever setup. My last pico,the 10' cube was pretty awesome. My 8' cube was a little better,but was still a pain and that was acro dominate. I remember my 6' cube and omg.it was the worst. Kinda opens your fish selection up just a hair,more room for growth,more room to absorb more light/spectrum,and overall just more room. I think you made a wise choice by doing so.

Magtool jumper