Sons 12 gallon - overgrown

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dougiefresh

Discussion Starter · Jan 15, 2007

This is my sons 12 gallon nano cube. The plants have really taken off. Thought I'd show a before trim picture. It's a jungle in there. He's only three, so I'm the care taker of it, but all the kids love it. It's pretty low maintence.

His room has a kind of tropical/tiki themed room with organic green walls and leaf murals and bamboo accents. So this green box looks great in there.

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Solstice

· #2 · Jan 15, 2007

Very nice! Lucky kid.

Get 'em started young!

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Jdinh04

· #3 · Jan 15, 2007

Looks really nice, can you give us some specs of it? Plant list, dosing regimes?

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Perfectblue

· #4 · Jan 15, 2007

Very nice looking tank. I would also like to hear the specifications.

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fish_lover0591

· #5 · Jan 15, 2007

the tank looks awesome!! details please

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weaselnoze

· #6 · Jan 15, 2007

danio choprae! i've never seen anyone else with them. awesome fish. you can see mine in the nano section under 'my 2.5 nano build up'

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mr.sandman

· #7 · Jan 15, 2007

Looks very good. Can't really tell, but does the tank contains only plants and fish? Are there any rocks or wood?

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dougiefresh

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jan 15, 2007

Thanks for the nice responses.

Lighting: 2x24 watts compact flour. One bulb is 5700k and one is 10,000k bulbs.
Red Sea Co2 with a little glass nano diffuser(use red star champagne yeast - much betta than the bakers yeast)
Substrate: Flourite

Background Plants are:
Rotala Indica
Hemianthus micranthemoides (from jentheplantgeek, thanks)
Middle foreground:
Microsorum pteropus tropica
Cryptocoryne bronze wendtii
Hottonia Palustris

Can't see some plants:
Hair Grass
Red tiger lotus

Fish:
8-10 Danio Choprai
1 - Rainbow furcata
2 Glowlight Tetras
5 Amano Shrimp
4 Cherry Shrimp

I do have some wood that the java ferns are attached too. These are pretty plain pieces I picked up from a local creek and attached slate too. Still looking for a more decorative piece of wood with some curves.

Change 50% water every couple weeks.

Very light ferts. I dose a little on water changes. Maybe 1/4 teaspoon of KNO3 and 1/16th teaspoon of KH2PO4. Don't have any traces that I add.

It's been setup for about four months. Let me know if you have anymore questions.

Ciao

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JenThePlantGeek

· #9 · Jan 16, 2007

You're one of the only other people I've known to keep Danio Choprai - I have 5 in my 110 and I love them! I've never seen a more hyperactive fish, they are constantly zooming around. Impossible to photograph!

Your nano tank is lovely, and your son is lucky to have it in his bedroom!

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