I couldn't miss ordering a Spec as it was only £36.99 and it arrived today. It's so dinky! I've wanted RCS for a long time and this is the perfect little tank for having a few in. I've set it on my bedside table but I'm not going to set it up until tomorrow. I have nothing to put in it because I wasn't sure of it's size, but I have ordered a bunch of low-light plants that can go into my 20 gallon tank if there's too many.
I love all these little "Spec's" - they all look so good!
Blackphantom09 - welcome to the club! I have mine on my nightstand as well and set the lights so it's lite about 30 minutes after I crawl into bed. You'll love it!
Esworp - you have better patience then I! It looks great now that it so grown in. Great job
Esworp - I'm starting with small stuff too. I put three baby Crypts I'd grown in my goldfish tank and put them in my Spec. I've got a veryyy long wait ahead of me. I might put a couple of Java fern in the back but I'm undecided.
I've also put a diy CO2 system on it using a wooden airstone whilst I'm waiting for my glass on and bubble counter, but I've got a feeling it's overkill. There's bubbles everywhere!
Can I ask, where does your co2 go to? A diffuser or to the filter outlet? I'm researching ideas for mine but everything I've tried looks ugly. I'm a bit reluctant to cut a hole in the filter outlet tube to put the co2 tubing into but if it works...
if you put the end of the co2 line right next to the intake for the pump, and sliiiiiide them both down at the same time into place, the co2 will get blurped into the impellors. works fine for me.
What substrate do you use ? Planning on getting this tank and im going for NatureSoil. Dont know if i should go for black or brown, normal or fine size ?
Theres going to be crystal reds in there.
i bought one of these tank but never cycled it, i am re-decorating room then setting it back up lol what is a good fertiliser to use instead of using co2 ?
Fauna: 3 PFRs, with several Class N Lime Green Endlers coming tomorrow (thanks again somewhatshocked/Jake!)
Equipment: Fluval Ebi 13 watt PCL, stock filter, nano glass drop checker
CO2: Pressurized paintball CO2 @ 1.2 BPM
Ferts: RootMedic RootCaps, Seachem Flourish Excel, soon to be replaced by RootMedic OneStep!
WC schedule: 40% once weekly
Let me know how it looks and please give any suggestions!
Kiran, your spec is looking AWESOME. Take out that drop checker and it'll look even cleaner. @1bps you're not going to kill anything....so I don't think you have to worry...unless you come home and see your bubble counter going crazy.
And kiran. I love the overall shape of your scape such a nice flow to it great job! can't wait to see it progress further.. im always a sucker for triangular shaped scapes
Yeah, it was quite interesting getting it trimmed that way. I always do love scapes leading to one corner and the shape of this tank lends well to it. Fish should be here today -- will post pics. Also, this tank has been set up since August (my bday present) but I just rescaped it to look like this a week or two ago. Since I added the Fluval Ebi light on Saturday, some of my red plants are turning, well, red
I got rid of the neons I had in it last night (brought them to LFS) to make room for the endlers that Somewhatshocked gave to me for just the price of shipping!
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