10"x10" cube! and mini-m

[ovenmit331]

if you acclimate them correctly, i've found them to be very hardy. and they seem to help with the algae problems too. i personally love em and don't think i'll set up a planted tank in the future without them...

[garuf]

You'll be surprised how useful they are, Mine help keep all my wood and rocks algae free, they seem to be always, always, whirring away at something, such a characterful and useful fish.

[bsmith782]

how many do you think for a ~7g tank with rcs in it already?

[ovenmit331]

i have 3 in my 10g, 5 in my 30g (not enough), and 1 in the cube you sent me, but i want to add another.

2 or 3 should be sufficient.

[bsmith782]

sounds good i just want to make sure to not buy cae's

[ovenmit331]

they look totally different. CAE and SAE can look very similiar. check out my 10g thread for a pretty closeup picture of a little cae.

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cae:


sae:

[ovenmit331]

also, oto's are between 1 - 1½ inches long and sae's and cae's are about 2 - 2½inches long when purchased.

the cae from my 10g is now in a 50g and is gettin quite large. 4+ inches now.

[bsmith782]

Im currently trying to aquire some nice oto's but im having no luck. Here are some pictures from today, after a serious algea scraping!

[ovenmit331]

dude. that looks very very awesome! i like the little plants in front of the rock on the right... what are they? and also, the "moss" (???) behind the rocks on the right... what is it?

it looks awesome man. you doin co2 or excel?

also, my tom's canister filter on my 10g (after talking it up so much) started making some terrible noise. I've gotta tear it apart today and find out what the heck is going on with it...

[ovenmit331]

check this thread. i think this is how i'm gonna get mine up and running. not sure if it'll work though.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...new-setup.html

[bsmith782]

Originally Posted by ovenmit331

dude. that looks very very awesome! i like the little plants in front of the rock on the right... what are they? and also, the "moss" (???) behind the rocks on the right... what is it?

it looks awesome man. you doin co2 or excel?

also, my tom's canister filter on my 10g (after talking it up so much) started making some terrible noise. I've gotta tear it apart today and find out what the heck is going on with it...

Thanks allot bro!

the plants on the right in front of the rock are Eriocaulon sp Thailand, and the moss behind it is Flame moss, it's bad a$$.

[bsmith782]

Originally Posted by ovenmit331

check this thread. i think this is how i'm gonna get mine up and running. not sure if it'll work though.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/pl...new-setup.html

I just dont think I have the patience for the wait. Are you going to use hc?

[Madfish]

Its looking great in there. I can see a large amount of groth since you took out your snails.

[bsmith782]

Originally Posted by Madfish

Its looking great in there. I can see a large amount of groth since you took out your snails.

Those snails were not a good choice in a nano, maybe in a larger tank where they may be more to eat but not in such a small environment.

[ovenmit331]

Originally Posted by bsmith782

I just dont think I have the patience for the wait. Are you going to use hc?

nope. hairgrass and anubias nana maybe try a couple other things... we'll see how the patience thing works out...