Hey y'all...At the lfs I work at, a guy droped off his 8 (I think) gallon nano-cube. He just got tired of it, and we were just going to throw it away, so I saved it.
Anyways...I've been looking for a 20 long for my cherry shrimps, but I"m gonna put them in this instead. Planted of course. I"m gonna try to go with low light, low tech. Flourish (if it won't hurt the shrimps) but that's it.
Here's the catch...There's no hood :icon_frow That means that I"ll have to buy some lights somewhere to use on it. What should I use? You don't have to answer now...We can wait till I have my plant list up so y'all know what size I should get.
Stats:
Dimensions:
Length (side to side):14"
Width (front to back):12"
Height (top to bottom):13"
Substrate:
Just regular gravel...
Flora (some of these plants will get cut out, others will be added, but this is what I"m thinking about as of now)
Dwarf Sags
Various crypts (wendtii, lutea, petchii, etc.)
Moss ( Christmas? Flame? Peacock? I'm still deciding. Whatever I happen to have or find avialable...)
Anubia nana 'petite'
Java fern (narrowleaf or windelov)
Sunset hygro
Fauna:
Cherry shrimps (for sure, as I already have them)
Ottos (I like them :red_mouth )
All the rest of these are possibilities...
Tiger shrimp
CRS
Amano shrimp
Micro rasboras (still debating...this still might be a shrimp only tank, except for the ottos)
That's all I got so far...It's not a big tank, so, you know...I only have so much room. I"m planning on some driftwood (possibly manzita) that I can tie my moss too...prolly gonna be flame, cause it's sweet.
So...Lights...I'm looking for cheap. There's no lid on this, so it needs to be something with legs, sit on the top of the tank, clip ons, and most importantly, cheap, but still be enough for my list of plants. Remember, I'm prolly not gonna be fertalizing this too much, nor will there be Co2.
Should I make the back wall a moss wall? I really like them, but I'm not sure how well it would work with the 'overflows'. I guess I could always try it, and if I don't like it, get rid of it. *thinks*
The tank was used for saltwater, and the guy had metal halides on it, which is why there's no lid. I smelled nasty when I got it (it rode home in the trunk of my car :iamwithst ). I've since cleaned it out, all the sand is gone, the salt deposites, everything. The only thing I have left to do is clean out all the sponges. They are filled with sand, so it might be a while...haha The pump is 'broken', meaning it stops and goes. You have to hit it occasionally...haha Anyways, I just took it out, cleaned it really well, and replaced. But it was really strong, so I just put a pump I happened to have here in it, cause it's not as strong. The tank isn't gonne have that great of a bio-load, so I don't need to much stuff.
So...That's all for now I guess. Any help?
p.s. The tank was free :biggrin:
Anyways...I've been looking for a 20 long for my cherry shrimps, but I"m gonna put them in this instead. Planted of course. I"m gonna try to go with low light, low tech. Flourish (if it won't hurt the shrimps) but that's it.
Here's the catch...There's no hood :icon_frow That means that I"ll have to buy some lights somewhere to use on it. What should I use? You don't have to answer now...We can wait till I have my plant list up so y'all know what size I should get.
Stats:
Dimensions:
Length (side to side):14"
Width (front to back):12"
Height (top to bottom):13"
Substrate:
Just regular gravel...
Flora (some of these plants will get cut out, others will be added, but this is what I"m thinking about as of now)
Dwarf Sags
Various crypts (wendtii, lutea, petchii, etc.)
Moss ( Christmas? Flame? Peacock? I'm still deciding. Whatever I happen to have or find avialable...)
Anubia nana 'petite'
Java fern (narrowleaf or windelov)
Sunset hygro
Fauna:
Cherry shrimps (for sure, as I already have them)
Ottos (I like them :red_mouth )
All the rest of these are possibilities...
Tiger shrimp
CRS
Amano shrimp
Micro rasboras (still debating...this still might be a shrimp only tank, except for the ottos)
That's all I got so far...It's not a big tank, so, you know...I only have so much room. I"m planning on some driftwood (possibly manzita) that I can tie my moss too...prolly gonna be flame, cause it's sweet.
So...Lights...I'm looking for cheap. There's no lid on this, so it needs to be something with legs, sit on the top of the tank, clip ons, and most importantly, cheap, but still be enough for my list of plants. Remember, I'm prolly not gonna be fertalizing this too much, nor will there be Co2.
Should I make the back wall a moss wall? I really like them, but I'm not sure how well it would work with the 'overflows'. I guess I could always try it, and if I don't like it, get rid of it. *thinks*
The tank was used for saltwater, and the guy had metal halides on it, which is why there's no lid. I smelled nasty when I got it (it rode home in the trunk of my car :iamwithst ). I've since cleaned it out, all the sand is gone, the salt deposites, everything. The only thing I have left to do is clean out all the sponges. They are filled with sand, so it might be a while...haha The pump is 'broken', meaning it stops and goes. You have to hit it occasionally...haha Anyways, I just took it out, cleaned it really well, and replaced. But it was really strong, so I just put a pump I happened to have here in it, cause it's not as strong. The tank isn't gonne have that great of a bio-load, so I don't need to much stuff.
So...That's all for now I guess. Any help?
p.s. The tank was free :biggrin: