Hi! As I have discussed with a few fellow members with 12 gallon long tanks, it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to just 12 gallon long tanks. Its basically a thread dedicated to our small 12G long community in hopes of keeping it always exciting and drawing new interests everyday. This thread is open for ideas, questions, suggestions, etc. as a whole. Whether you already have a 12G long, looking for ideas how to design it, or simply thinking to get one, I want this thread and its members to help you in whichever way possible :biggrin:
Goals:
* Have your very own community focusing on 12G longs.
* Learn, inspire, share & support (Remember it as L.I.S.S).
* Give RAOK(s) from your very own 12G tank(s) for newcomers or to those in need when you have extra.
* Have fun! This is what it is all about
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Ive added some plants and a few fish will get some better photos soon and update! Can anyone identify these two plants, I should have paid attention when purchasing, basically just asked for low growing low tech plants, I think the foreground is glosso and the plant in the bg is type of grass... will get some better photos soon
Looks like the foreground plant is Micranthemum micranthemoides and the background plant is a Lilaeopsis sp., probably brasiliensis. Also, Rummy-nose tetras will get too large for a 12G long.
I just noticed member Notorius93 has a "12 Gal Long" in the For Sale section here for $50. San Diego. That's all I know, but it might be a chance to grab one if you're in the area.
I'm sold on this tank. I'm going to do a classic iwagumi setup with seiryu stone, DHG (deciding between regular, mini, belem, or a mix), and HC. I'd like to stick with medium to medium-low (30-50 PAR?) rather than high lighting (mostly for the fish, which won't have much shade in this setup). What LED lighting will work for this? Current Satellite LED+ is a lot of PAR on such a shallow tank... Any nice lights out there with lower output? Some kind of light cycle would be good too.... (my dream light for this setup would be a 36" Finnex 24/7 that allowed you to dim the max, but keep the 24/7 cycle on...)
The idea is to have enough plant mass that it doesn't need a filter. Just bi-weekly water change of 1 gallon to keep the water clean. The Mini Pellia in this tank grew from a few patches to about enough to cover a large dinner plate right now. 6 months of growing, plucking and replanting here and there :grin2: Very easy for me to maintain at the moment. I would have a thicker HC patch on the right side but a 2 week vacation, my mister died and they dried out. This is what's bouncing back from a 90% wipe-out :crying:
The idea is to have enough plant mass that it doesn't need a filter. Just bi-weekly water change of 1 gallon to keep the water clean. The Mini Pellia in this tank grew from a few patches to about enough to cover a large dinner plate right now. 6 months of growing, plucking and replanting here and there :grin2: Very easy for me to maintain at the moment. I would have a thicker HC patch on the right side but a 2 week vacation, my mister died and they dried out. This is what's bouncing back from a 90% wipe-out :crying:
Thank you. I don't measure humidity, but it should be relatively high because the mister is on whenever the light is on so it doesn't dry out. I am using fishing lines to hold up the light. Didn't intend for the stems to use it like that but I guess it just kept growing so it works out well in the end
Moved some plants around in my random planted 12g, think ill let it grow into a jungle then pull it all down and replant / rescape with a little more structure!
Husband's 12g long (I take care of) as of today. Just waiting for the micro swords to fill in Flora:
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lilaeopsis mauritiana
Lilaeopsis nova "mini"
Lilaeopsis ??? (taller micro sword)
Pogostemon helferi (Downoi)
Ludwigia sp. red
Alternanthera reineckii
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping jenny)
Fauna:
Neocaridina davidi (various graces from wild to painted fire red..a dn some that are almost chocolate) unknown #s
MTS (just a few)
Pseudomugil gertrudae 13-15
The largest female shrimp is as big as the fish!
'big momma'(shrimp) + the dominant male blue eye
ummm... how has no one said anything about this. Holy [censored][censored][censored][censored]! Is there a post about the equipment?
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