What is a Pico??

[James From Cali]

I keep hearing things about a pico tank or something. I looked it up and really didnt get any info any help would be apreciated!

 

[SALTY WATERS]

I believe that "Pico" comes from the spanish language reffering to a small quantity.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Pico is a really small tank (usually a saltwater tank), like a 2g tank or a 1/2g tank.

 

[Igor The Cat]

I beileve a pico is any tank under 2gal, and a nano is 2-10gal but everybody has a different opinion of exact definitions.

cheers

-Java

 

[James From Cali]

Okay. I was just wondering. There are people from petsmart asking me what a pico is and I didnt know. I do got a question now that I know just in case the question comes up.

What are the benefits of a pico?
What kind of fish can be placed within?
What about a cleanup crew?

Thanks I am the most educated at petsmart and I dont work there but I still try to make sure people get the right info.

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

What are the benefits of a pico?
What kind of fish can be placed within?
What about a cleanup crew?

benefits? its small.

fish? none

cleanup crew? thats pretty much all that can go in there. and not a crew really, maybe a cleanup triad.

 

[Lorna]

There are limited benefits but the main one would be it is cheaper than a large tank and takes up less space. It is a matter of what you like. A pico/nano or other small sw tank is harder to maintain as the fluctuations in water quality are magnified when there is only a small amount of water. You must be extremely dilligent in water changes and on top of water testing. Suitable fish are small non aggressive types of gobies and such that are suited to a small tank. A cleanup crew again is one suited to small spaces. A good choice in a pico is an invert tank or say a gobie/pistol shrimp pair or someone has even set up a small tank as a mantis tank......

 

[YahooFishKeeper]

could you really get a goby in a 2 gal tank?

 

[Lorna]

I was thinking of one small neon gobie....but mostly that would be in a nano for the gobie/shrimp pair.....I can't imagine anything other than a neon or a small banded green gobie in a pico....even then you would have to be on water changes

 

[James From Cali]

Wow. For all that I would say go bigger lol. Thanks for all the answers.

 

[Igor The Cat]

yes you can jenness, also melev did a pico seahorse reef before. i believe its on his site somewhere.

cheers

-Java

 

[James From Cali]

Seahorse are so interesting I would love to care for them but they tend to be difficult.

 

[Toggil]

pico is an extremly small unit in the metric system, I would assume it comes from that.