sweeet!
Hoochi's pint sized Pico
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It's actually a little over 2 pints
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Its a 10x10x10 cm cube
I don't really add any ferts and I normally just top it off after it evaporates. Water changes are whenever I feel like it.
Theres some Utricularia graminifolia and HC in there. No fauna except loads of seed shrimps. I've got some GSA starting on the glass in the corners but I think this tanks done OK considering that the light is a 23w spiral compact fluorescent.
Its a 10x10x10 cm cube
I don't really add any ferts and I normally just top it off after it evaporates. Water changes are whenever I feel like it.
Theres some Utricularia graminifolia and HC in there. No fauna except loads of seed shrimps. I've got some GSA starting on the glass in the corners but I think this tanks done OK considering that the light is a 23w spiral compact fluorescent.
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updated 9/23
here's an update
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Utricularia is filling in nice and slow
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From my point of view
here's an update
Utricularia is filling in nice and slow
From my point of view
Looks real nice? Do you do water changes? (Real tiny ones of course hehe )
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Time for another update. Finally got some fauna for the tank, a little Heterandria formosa. Got a bunch of these guys and I figured a tiny juvenile would do ok in the pico.
All the old HC leaves melted on me but new growth is sprouting. Utricularia melted too but came back strong with nicer looking leaves. I've started to dose excel at 1 drop a day and 3 drops at a water change.
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FTS and you can see the Heterandria formosa right in front of the rock.
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Here's a closup of the tiny guy looking for something to eat. Its only about 6mm long right now.
All the old HC leaves melted on me but new growth is sprouting. Utricularia melted too but came back strong with nicer looking leaves. I've started to dose excel at 1 drop a day and 3 drops at a water change.
FTS and you can see the Heterandria formosa right in front of the rock.
Here's a closup of the tiny guy looking for something to eat. Its only about 6mm long right now.
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Haven't updated this tank in a long time but I changed it again recently so I will show its progress. I'll try to update this journal and not slack off.
11/19/07
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Last photo I took before a battle with algae. You can see the water is slightly cloudy from greenwater. Lost most of the UG to algae.
Didn't really feel like rescaping it so I just threw some dwarf hairgrass in and let it go. Neglected it except for the occasional water change. No pictures taken during this time. The tank was a mess.
Over a year later....
12/16/08
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Had a real problem with gda for a long time until I threw some limpets in. They cleaned it right up. After harvesting cherry shrimp from my outdoor pond in the fall I threw some males in. Shrimp decided they didn't like the slope of my tank and just kept digging and digging till everything just flattened out.
I figured new year, new scape.
12/27/08
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I tore this down and I'm starting with UG again. Gonna try with smaller rocks too since that last rock took up half the tank. Took a hammer to one of my seiryu stones.
1/11/09
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Foggy FTS. UG has started making some progress and I can see lots of new growth shooting out.
11/19/07
Last photo I took before a battle with algae. You can see the water is slightly cloudy from greenwater. Lost most of the UG to algae.
Didn't really feel like rescaping it so I just threw some dwarf hairgrass in and let it go. Neglected it except for the occasional water change. No pictures taken during this time. The tank was a mess.
Over a year later....
12/16/08
Had a real problem with gda for a long time until I threw some limpets in. They cleaned it right up. After harvesting cherry shrimp from my outdoor pond in the fall I threw some males in. Shrimp decided they didn't like the slope of my tank and just kept digging and digging till everything just flattened out.
I figured new year, new scape.
12/27/08
I tore this down and I'm starting with UG again. Gonna try with smaller rocks too since that last rock took up half the tank. Took a hammer to one of my seiryu stones.
1/11/09
Foggy FTS. UG has started making some progress and I can see lots of new growth shooting out.
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