Banana for scale

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · Apr 15, 2017

Specs:
4oz. - 120ml glass bottle
River sand/ garden sand with the garden washed out

-1 small piece of wood with java fern
-2 anubias petite

-Will probably have copepods at some point. Not opposed to this.

-Topped off with water from a tank being dosed with Excel

-Started April 13th

Immediately after filling

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TropicalAquarist

· #2 · Apr 15, 2017

LOL this is the kind of thing you can wear as a necklace around your neck, haha

xquisit

· #3 · Apr 19, 2017

TropicalAquarist said:
LOL this is the kind of thing you can wear as a necklace around your neck, haha

That's way better than flava flav's idea of a necklace around his neck - lol

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #4 · Apr 19, 2017

I'd report any changes but uhh... It's anubias and java fern. There aren't any. No noticeable algae either.

I mean, there might be copepods, but they're probably still too small to see

EDIT: On second thought, when the light hits it just right, you can totally see itty bitty moving things just catching the light. Sweet, stocking is done.

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Doc7

· #5 · Apr 19, 2017

But how many watts per gallon???

Kehy

Discussion Starter · #6 · Apr 19, 2017

Doc7 said:
But how many watts per gallon???

Well it IS 3" away from a Finnex Fugeray... :grin2:

Its' not directly in the path of light though, so it's actually only low light I'm guessing

TankedJay

· #7 · Apr 19, 2017

I like these miniature plant setups! very detailed light handed work

longgonedaddy

· #8 · Apr 19, 2017

How big is that banana? Need to put another banana next to it for true size.

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #9 · Apr 23, 2017

Well one of the anubias is getting a new leaf, so I think I get to call this a successful tank? Not much to take a picture of though.

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 25, 2017

Video update this time. Added some larger copepods from my pond. Soothing.
https://youtu.be/NYqUGpMZWxw

Kehy

Discussion Starter · #11 · May 8, 2017

New tank syndrome and an algae bloom have struck the tank. I've started a very careful-ish Excel regimen so hopefully that clears up. Unfortunately the daphnia are doing well, they've given birth (they do parthanogenetic live births) and the young are quite visible.

One of the anubias has just about grown a full new leaf, so obviously something is correct in this little bottle. Even the java fern is slightly and slowly growing a new leaf.

And another video update. No talking again, just bouncing daphnia. Apologies for the shaky camera
https://youtu.be/zUlKpajUC3c

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jul 25, 2017

Just wanted to update this. It's now sitting on a windowsill, and it's been ages since the last water change. There appears to be a thriving population of inverts, and the plants have done extremely well. Very little algae, I believe all there is is just a little greenspot. I did add a tiny MTS at one point, and it seems happy in there as well.

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longgonedaddy

· #13 · Jul 26, 2017

Looks good, but where's the banana?

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #14 · Oct 8, 2020

Btw...

This is still going. Still needing basically no care at all

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Econde

· #15 · Oct 8, 2020

It's like a ship in a bottle! Very nice.

monkeyruler90

· #16 · Oct 8, 2020

wow after all this time, it looks awesome!

Yeah the plants appear to have been growing some. what type of animals do you see in there?

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Kehy

Discussion Starter · #17 · Oct 8, 2020

As far as I can tell, one 1/4" ramshorn I don't remember ever adding myself is the only active life I can see. I'm assuming the daphnia and such left eggs that may/would hatch someday.

Plants have well over doubled in size, and there's a distinct layer of snail waste on top of the substrate that's well its way to becoming substrate itself. I did have to add a single pellet of osmocote in December though

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hyperheide

· #18 · Oct 8, 2020

Very nice project. I definitely share your interest in the very small things.
I think I almost spend more time watching daphnia, cyclops and other small moving things than for watching my fish.

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Seedreemer

· #19 · Nov 8, 2020

This is so interesting. Please keep us updated as the years go by.

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