advice for a nano tank

thedudeabides · 03-05-2013, 04:47 PM

Have an old ~2 gal hex tank (7.5" wide, 9.5" tall) sitting around and decided to make a desk top aquarium for work. Planning on keeping CPO's and orange throated phanchax as the fuana. As far as the flora I am using plants I already have in an old tank which are.

X mas moss
Fissidens fontanus
Java Fern
Anubias Barteri "petite"
Maybe Crtyp. Wendtii if it will fit.

I am using cholla wood in the back ground to anchor the java ferns and Anubias along with a small rock and mopani driftwood I have laying around.

My questions are:

Would the Java ferns make a good background plant for a tank this size?

I have 2 options for substrate, I have eco complete gravel and flourite. Should I bother with the flourite if I don't put the crypts in and just use epiphytic plants? Will that just ultimately lead to algae blooms.

I am not the most technology savvy person in the world but if I can figure it out I will post some pics of the process. Any comments in general would be most appreciated, thanks.

thedudeabides · 03-07-2013, 01:53 PM

Anyone?

seuadr · 03-07-2013, 03:43 PM

i wish i could provide an answer, but i haven't grown crypts at all.. so i don't know if it makes a difference or not.

you might get better info in the plants forum.

mnemenoi · 03-07-2013, 04:22 PM

Crypts should be fine, though Wendtii grows a bit large. I might go with a smaller crypt. I honestly grow it in PFS

03-05-2013, 04:47 PM	#1
thedudeabides Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Baltimore, Md. Posts: 72	advice for a nano tank Have an old ~2 gal hex tank (7.5" wide, 9.5" tall) sitting around and decided to make a desk top aquarium for work. Planning on keeping CPO's and orange throated phanchax as the fuana. As far as the flora I am using plants I already have in an old tank which are. X mas moss Fissidens fontanus Java Fern Anubias Barteri "petite" Maybe Crtyp. Wendtii if it will fit. I am using cholla wood in the back ground to anchor the java ferns and Anubias along with a small rock and mopani driftwood I have laying around. My questions are: Would the Java ferns make a good background plant for a tank this size? I have 2 options for substrate, I have eco complete gravel and flourite. Should I bother with the flourite if I don't put the crypts in and just use epiphytic plants? Will that just ultimately lead to algae blooms. I am not the most technology savvy person in the world but if I can figure it out I will post some pics of the process. Any comments in general would be most appreciated, thanks. Last edited by thedudeabides; 03-07-2013 at 02:30 AM.. Reason: I can't spell.

03-07-2013, 04:22 PM	#4
mnemenoi Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2012 Location: Spring, Tx. Posts: 152	Crypts should be fine, though Wendtii grows a bit large. I might go with a smaller crypt. I honestly grow it in PFS __________________ "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" Desiderius Erasmus

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03-07-2013, 01:53 PM	#2
thedudeabides Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Baltimore, Md. Posts: 72	Anyone?

03-07-2013, 03:43 PM	#3
seuadr Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (3/100%) Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Eaton Rapids, Mi, USA Posts: 265	i wish i could provide an answer, but i haven't grown crypts at all.. so i don't know if it makes a difference or not. you might get better info in the plants forum.