Nano 8x6 inches (update 4/21/06 on last page)

**ianiwane** · 11-21-2005, 08:02 PM

what do you guys think?

11/21/2005

No filter on yet. Ordered a nano filter, and coralife mini aqualight. It is an ocean free tank thanks to Boun. Substrate is ada aquasoil.

Update 12/03/2005

Got the mini aqualight (18 watts) no filter yet. Things look like they are growing. Soon I will take out some plant species. Any opinions on what I should take out or leave?

Plants
Juncus repens
Polygonum muricatum
Hygro sp red
Hemigraphis trian
Downoi
Utricularia sp.
weeping moss
Ammania sp Bonsai

Fauna
Cherry shrimp
Male endlers

Ian

Raphael · 11-21-2005, 08:07 PM

No filter? No light? You can't cycle your tank without a filter. Other than that, your tank looks good for a start knowing that it's 8x6".

**ianiwane** · 11-21-2005, 08:10 PM

I have a temporary light on it right now one of those screw in power compacts.

Raphael · 11-21-2005, 08:13 PM

Ok, just out of question. Why don't you buy a filter from your LFS?

daFrimpster · 11-21-2005, 08:33 PM

I am Just curious why a tank wouldn't cycle without a filter?

Raphael · 11-21-2005, 08:43 PM

Well, you can but it's not recommended, you need a filter to keep it going and you'll find yourself doing water changes very often without one.

turtlehead · 11-21-2005, 09:21 PM

I have no nano filter and only do 2 water changes a week.

**ianiwane** · 11-21-2005, 09:40 PM

am getting a filter from bigals, getting it from there because I need to get other things, and things are a lot cheaper than in my lfs

Marc · 11-21-2005, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raphael

Well, you can but it's not recommended, you need a filter to keep it going and you'll find yourself doing water changes very often without one.

That's not really true. In nature there are no filters...everything is a cycle.

Plants will naturally take in ammonia and nitrite. If there were no plants in there- that would be a different story.

**ianiwane** · 11-22-2005, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raphael

Well, you can but it's not recommended, you need a filter to keep it going and you'll find yourself doing water changes very often without one.

the only thing a filter will really be doing is mechanical filtration anyway. But like I said I am getting one. Plus the endlers and cherry shrimp don't have much of a bioload, I put one flake it and they do not finish it totally.

Ian

shuks · 11-23-2005, 03:57 AM

you dont even need a filter. I didn't use a filter on my 75 gallon. If the plants are growing, they are filtering the water. If you do 2 waterchanges a week you shuld be fine. IMO, no nano tanks should have filters. They are too big for such a small tank,and make it look ugly.

Goldfishcrazy11 · 11-24-2005, 02:55 AM

I made a homemade filter for my 5 gallon... I simply found an empty fish food container, punched a hole in the center of the lid, stuck a tube connector on a tube, put it in through the hole, opened the lid, and added gravel from a cycled tank. You could also add filter floss to this. I then connected the tubing to an air pump.

I careful hid my "filter" in 10 lbs. of gravel. You could get an air diffuser (sp?) to slow down the flow.

No tank should be without a filter, besides betta tanks (since they don't like a strong flow).

gw11ucb · 11-24-2005, 06:36 AM

i have my nano 1 gallon running now for almost three weeks without any filtration or waterchange. it has a 9 watts over it. the plants are growing well. I beginning to see algae on the glass. I think I will have to clean it soon. I did ordered a nano filter from bigals just didn't have time to p ick it up from my friend yet

figgy · 11-25-2005, 02:17 PM

Maybe a matter of taste, but to my eye, there are too many different plant species in there...

Fig

**ianiwane** · 11-27-2005, 09:13 PM

i hear you figgy but I am also trying to see what will grow in the tank.

Ian

11-21-2005, 08:02 PM	#1
ianiwane Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (48/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Francisco (mainland transplant from Hawaii) Posts: 1,463	Nano 8x6 inches (update 4/21/06 on last page) what do you guys think? 11/21/2005 No filter on yet. Ordered a nano filter, and coralife mini aqualight. It is an ocean free tank thanks to Boun. Substrate is ada aquasoil. Update 12/03/2005 Got the mini aqualight (18 watts) no filter yet. Things look like they are growing. Soon I will take out some plant species. Any opinions on what I should take out or leave? Plants Juncus repens Polygonum muricatum Hygro sp red Hemigraphis trian Downoi Utricularia sp. weeping moss Ammania sp Bonsai Fauna Cherry shrimp Male endlers Ian Last edited by ianiwane; 04-22-2006 at 01:15 AM..

11-21-2005, 08:33 PM	#5
daFrimpster Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (16/100%) Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: springfield, IL Posts: 837	I am Just curious why a tank wouldn't cycle without a filter? __________________ Regards, Sam 20g planted 20g & 29g fw fish only 10g Hex planted 55g planted 65g SW Macroalgae & Fish 175g FW

11-23-2005, 03:57 AM	#11
shuks Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: vancouver, bc Posts: 626	you dont even need a filter. I didn't use a filter on my 75 gallon. If the plants are growing, they are filtering the water. If you do 2 waterchanges a week you shuld be fine. IMO, no nano tanks should have filters. They are too big for such a small tank,and make it look ugly. __________________ 75 gallon, fillstar xp2 with inline reactor, 12 Lb pressurised co2, 4.2 WPG-corallife 3x96 watt PC-, fluorite/silica-sand substright.

11-24-2005, 02:55 AM	#12
Goldfishcrazy11 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 74	I made a homemade filter for my 5 gallon... I simply found an empty fish food container, punched a hole in the center of the lid, stuck a tube connector on a tube, put it in through the hole, opened the lid, and added gravel from a cycled tank. You could also add filter floss to this. I then connected the tubing to an air pump. I careful hid my "filter" in 10 lbs. of gravel. You could get an air diffuser (sp?) to slow down the flow. No tank should be without a filter, besides betta tanks (since they don't like a strong flow). __________________ 10g- 1 Red Crowntail Male Betta, 5 Ember Tetras 20g- 3 American Flagfish, 1 Bristlenose Pleco 29g- 6 Glowlight Tetras, 1 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish, 1 Apistogramma cacatuoides pair, 1 Albino Corydoras Catfish Plants: Echinodorus amazonicus, Mayaca fluviatilis, Vallisneria, Alternanthera reineckii, Microsorum pteropus, Rotala indica, Echinodorus parviflorus 90g- 1 Shubunkin Goldfish, 1 Sarasa Common Goldfish, 2 Common Goldfish http://goldfishcrazy.tripod.com/home.html

11-25-2005, 02:17 PM	#14
figgy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The Hermitage, Michigan Posts: 330	Maybe a matter of taste, but to my eye, there are too many different plant species in there... Fig __________________ Soxus ichthys Silver Supporter of The Planted Tank Forum!

11-21-2005, 08:07 PM	#2
Raphael Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London Posts: 48	No filter? No light? You can't cycle your tank without a filter. Other than that, your tank looks good for a start knowing that it's 8x6".

11-21-2005, 08:10 PM	#3
ianiwane Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (48/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Francisco (mainland transplant from Hawaii) Posts: 1,463	I have a temporary light on it right now one of those screw in power compacts.

11-21-2005, 08:13 PM	#4
Raphael Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London Posts: 48	Ok, just out of question. Why don't you buy a filter from your LFS?

11-21-2005, 08:43 PM	#6
Raphael Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: London Posts: 48	Well, you can but it's not recommended, you need a filter to keep it going and you'll find yourself doing water changes very often without one.

11-21-2005, 09:21 PM	#7
turtlehead Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: May 2005 Location: Socal Posts: 686	I have no nano filter and only do 2 water changes a week.

11-21-2005, 09:40 PM	#8
ianiwane Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (48/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Francisco (mainland transplant from Hawaii) Posts: 1,463	am getting a filter from bigals, getting it from there because I need to get other things, and things are a lot cheaper than in my lfs

11-24-2005, 06:36 AM	#13
gw11ucb Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (116/100%) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Berkeley, CA Posts: 566	i have my nano 1 gallon running now for almost three weeks without any filtration or waterchange. it has a 9 watts over it. the plants are growing well. I beginning to see algae on the glass. I think I will have to clean it soon. I did ordered a nano filter from bigals just didn't have time to p ick it up from my friend yet

11-27-2005, 09:13 PM	#15
ianiwane Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (48/100%) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: San Francisco (mainland transplant from Hawaii) Posts: 1,463	i hear you figgy but I am also trying to see what will grow in the tank. Ian __________________ SFBAAPS 120cm ADA tank, DIY Stand 6 gallon rimless cave tank 60cm ADA tank 50 gallon Nano

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