Thor's 2.5 and a Bowl(9/11/12)

[tenzero1]

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Bowl: The bowl is a brandy bowl not sure on specs.
-Flora: Crypt wendtii, Java moss, Wisteria, Java fern, soon Red root floater.
-Fauna: RCS
-No filter or heater
-substrate: flora max
-light: residual light from my 2.5 gal.

2.5 gal. Standard
-Flora: DHG, HC, Java fern, Java Moss
-Fauna: None
-Red Sea Nano
-Substrate: flora max
-Light: 20W CFL

Comments and Suggestions welcome!

Bowl as of 3/23/125 RCS added!



3/5/12



2.5 Gal as of 3/23/12 Newly painted stand and light



3/9/12


3/7/12

[FisheriesOmen]

Excited to see the progress! Now that I know how to sub I will :P I was thinking of doing DHG and hc in my bowl so it'll be nice to someone else do it before me

[tenzero1]

Hopefully it turns out well. I put 4 pots of DHG in and 1 pot of HC. I will try to get better pics once its brighter in the room. Ill keep up to date and tell you what goes right and more likely what goes wrong lol

[tenzero1]

Just got RRF put in my bowl today and thinking of calling the 2.5 gal Pride Rock. My fiance said thats what it reminded her of haha

[dasob85]

awesome 2.5! and it does look like the pride rock

[tenzero1]

Thanks.

And an update. I just bought a cabinet (pictured at beginning) that is 2ft wide by a foot deep on craigslist for $10 which I will be painting all black. Pretty pumped it should turn out nice.

[GMYukonon24s]

That's a interesting shaped bowl.

[tenzero1]

Originally Posted by GMYukonon24s

That's a interesting shaped bowl.

Got it at walmart. Its called a brandy glass shape I guess. Its pretty sweet!

[Wicket_lfe]

Does it get direct light? any issues with temp?

Thanks!

[tenzero1]

It does get some direct light its in a south facing window so not high intensity but my growth is good. Also no problems with temp for what I keep. It got down to 60 in the winter at times.

[tenzero1]

Just bought 5 cherries for my bowl going to remove the ghost shrimp and beta. Hopefully the cherries breed so I have shrimp for the 2.5 when I start it!

[tenzero1]

Got my craigslist stand painted and set up with the 2.5 gal. Also getting great root growth in the 2.5 its agonizing waiting for it to become dense. I want to wait to be sure I have the best chance for success once I fill er up!

[tenzero1]

(4/30/12)

Well its been a long time since I have updated this but I finally built my small co2 system and got it going so I decided I would go ahead and fill. Hopefully my lawn transitions well. Also have pics of the bowl.

[Overgrowth]

I'm pretty sure that bowl you have there is a 1.75G.

[pedropete]

these look great!!! so you just filled up the 2.5 gal tank today? the growth looks awesome. i can't decide which i like better - the bowl or the tank! the bowl has flame moss, right?