Uberhoust
Fish Herder
I am setting up a nano tank, for the sake of a nano tank not as a hospital or quarantine tank. I have a reasonable amount of experience with larger tanks but never looked at a 10 gallon tank as anything but a temporary residence for my aquatic friends. If successful might set up a similar tank in the office after COVID issues reduce, perhaps going for a rimless solution.
The parameters of the tank will be:
The main criteria for the fish/creatures are:
Image below is the tank as currently envisioned.
Thanks.
The parameters of the tank will be:
- 10 Gallons normal form factor tank, not rimless but the tank will not have a cover
- Input water typically 6.8 to 7.2 pH which stabilizes in my other tanks to 6.4 to 6.6 pH (Not RO water)
- Input water has 0 nitrates
- Input water has 2 degrees of hardness or less
- Substrate is aquarium soil (though could be changed if need be)
- Heated
- Internal filter
- Single 15 watt 6500k LED lamp for illumination but could get more if needed
- Natural wood and rock (no carbonates in rock)
- Will be moderately to heavily planted (no CO2)
The main criteria for the fish/creatures are:
- Must be happy in a small tank
- Must be seen, not always hiding
- Must be relatively well behaved
- Must not be jumpers (though the tank will not be filled exactly to the top)
- Optional - cohabitate with a female betta (I can provide a different home for her if best)
- Optional - interactive with owner or unique behaviors
- Optional - tolerant of activity outside the tank (I can change the location if the fish are sensitive)
- Optional - pretty or unique (I tend to prefer fish that are closer to their original form)
- No restriction on origin of the fish for this tank
- Chilli Rasbora - don't know if I can reasonably obtain them (still in the running)
- Neon Tetras - I can get them but...don't know if I really want them
- Cardinal Tetras - Too large I think to allow enough for a school
- Endler - Big departure from where I normally go with fish, would be fun, but water conditions do not fit well with them well
- White Cloud Mountain - Don't really care for them that much
- Zebra Danios - Don't really care for them much
- Celestial Pearl Danio - fear they may be like the Zebra's but they seem interesting (still in the running)
- Sparkling Gourami - don't really know anything about them, OK if they act similar to the much larger Pearl Gouramis worried if they would be happy in smaller tank (Still in running)
- Cherry Shrimp - Seem interesting but I am concerned that the low water hardness will adversely affect their growth (sort of in the running)
- Snails - my Wife's thing, I see them as secondary parasite hosts but would use them if deemed important to the health of the tank
Image below is the tank as currently envisioned.
Thanks.
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