McNasty's 10" cube (update 7-30)

[JRB77]

Really like the harscape, but kinda miss some of the rocks you took out. Personally, I'm a fan of swords and think some along the back of your tank would help with the feeling of depth... (or put a black background on the tank so what you do have in there stands out a little better) But thats the beauty of doing your own tank, making it personal to please you!
Keep posting pics, would love to follow along as it fills in
James

[ColeMan]

yeah - what about the background? You should paint it black and add some more plants...things seem to be growing pretty well though. how are the new shrimp/snails doing?

[nate_mcnasty]

the shrimp are doing great. i've only seen one dead and as for the suwalies 2 died but i'm getting more for free`i'm not sure about painting it is there an easier way??

[Orlando]

Looks cool Nate! How are those snail doing?
As for the tank, maybe some more greens???

[nate_mcnasty]

put some plants out there i don't know a lot of types. this would help me alot

[nate_mcnasty]

here is what it would look like with a black back

[nate_mcnasty]

any thoughts on new plants

[@marko@]

they need to grow in. i know its noot what you are looking for though, sorry.

do you plan on having the back stems just randomly arrainged there? or will you group them by plant?

[nate_mcnasty]

random for now

[@marko@]

in that case just try to move the red ones toward the front right area (not now, let them grow. just when propagating, try putting them there). tanks often look better if set up with green more towards the center and red on the outer areas. but i have seen tanks that arent like that and they won contests.

[nate_mcnasty]

ok thanks for the help i wish there were rep points right now haha

[mattd390]

Originally Posted by nate_mcnasty

the shrimp are doing great. i've only seen one dead and as for the suwalies 2 died but i'm getting more for free`i'm not sure about painting it is there an easier way??

I tried to paint my 2.5 gallon and it didn't turn out so great. Instead, I just tinted the back of it. It turned out pretty good. All you need is a piece of tint, a credit card, a spray bottle of water, a spray bottle with water and baby shampoo and perferably another piece of glass to place the tint onto after you take off the protective backing and before you place it on the surface to tint. If you are thinking about trying this I could post some picks I took. Your tank looks nice!

MattD

[nate_mcnasty]

thanks matt but i already taped a black trash bag on it and i'm not quite sure if i like it i might just take it down

[nate_mcnasty]

here are some pics for an update every thing is doing great

[nate_mcnasty]

tell me what you think