[chunkychun]

First tank journal! Wanted a simple tank for the office and maybe some shrimp in future. All new plants for me so I'm not even sure they all grow in low tech.

I started with 3 gal Mr. Aqua bow front tank.

Substrate: Flourite with liquid leondarite(I incorrectly bought) and some lava rock and then topped with ada aquasoil.

Light: 13 w CFL (FUGERAY WAS GREAT and I moved it to another 3 gal I'm starting at home)

Filter and CO2 : None

Plants: staurogyne repens, bacopa caroliniana, bacopa madagascariensis, bacopa lanigera, fissidens

inhabitants: 5 least killifish and 15 yellow neo, 1 malawai shrimp, 2 pond snail and 1 rams horn snail

Fert: occasional seachem comprehensive and iron or as needed.

 

[dacrax07]

Planning to add any driftwood or rocks?

 

[chunkychun]

No driftwood or rocks right now. I know its a bit boring but I just want to have plants for now to see how it looks grown in.

 

[chunkychun]

added some driftwood.

added some driftwood. plants are growing slowly but growing. Put a snail and malawa shrimp and they are doing well. some random worm, pond snails and maybe copepods or something whizzing by.

 

[AnotherHobby]

Cool! I have the same tank on my desk at work now too. It's a fun little tank. It looks like your plants are filling in nicely.

The driftwood added a lot. roud:

 

[GMYukonon24s]

Beautiful tank

 

[chunkychun]

Yeah driftwood added a bunch. Thanks! Next some shrimp

 

[GMYukonon24s]

Nice wood! Your welcome. What shrimp are you adding?

 

[chunkychun]

just bought some yellows. nothing too hard since this will be hopefully very low maintenance.

 

[chunkychun]

killifish

A little delay in my shrimps so I bought least killifish. Perfect fit ! Really like them. plants are growing well. aquasoil is awesome.

 

[chunkychun]

shrimps!

After getting lost by post office and idex kindly resending them, my shrimps are here. Tank stocked and just enjoying watching everything grow and looking for babies.

 

[Conrad283]

Great little tank you've got there

 

[hisxlency]

nice tank. Could you put a small HOB on that thing? Do they make them that small? Curious as I need a desk tank

 

[chunkychun]

Thanks!

I think they do have really small filters like azoo palm HOB but I've never used them. However, my hope is that the plants will be enough filter for this system.

 

[chunkychun]

I bought fugeray clip on. Nice looking. We'll see how everything grows.

Had a bit of potassium def with the lanigera now corrected. Madagascariensis not doing too well. All others growing well. A little bit of algae on glass but I'm going to let the snails and shrimp take care of it.

2 Baby least killifish. No new shrimp.

 

[bitFUUL]

Nice setup! I've got the same tank, but I "bowed the back" instead.
What kind of filter are you using?

 

[RobMc]

Really digging this tiny tank. How often do you think you expect to do water changes? Are you on the 50% weekly routine?

 

[chunkychun]

Thanks! I'm not using any filter and not doing any water changes. I am letting the plants do the work for me! I top off once a week.

 

[chunkychun]

failed betta experiment

I thought the tank needed more color and added a betta. I realize they may go after some shrimp but this beta got stuck in cholla wood which was lodged against the glass. His target also was stuck but alive.

Moved betta to his own bowl.

Any suggestions on non schooling colorful fish for small tank?

 

[chunkychun]

Made a few changes in the tank just because I can't help it. Moved some stuff around. Added a sponge filter and went back to CFL bulb. the Fugeray is now on a 3 gal at home.

Added 3 dwarf cories and 5 chili rasboras and took out all the least kilifish except one that is exceptionally good at hiding when I come around. The cories and rasboras are great and makes the tank much more interesting!

Repopulated my yellow shrimps and added Alternanthera Reineckii Mini and cryptocoryne petchii pink