My nano build

Hi Everyone... I'm GLA$$...

Brief history:
Been keeping Aquariums since birth pretty much, Everything from 100 Gal Reef to 1 Gal Picos both freshwater & Salty but haven't keep any Aquariums in the last several years.

The Build Details:

Powering everything:
18 watt Kasa Smart Plug Power Strip by TP-Link (KP303) - Surge Protector with 3 Smart Outlets and 2 USB Ports, Works with Alexa Echo and Google Home, 2.4GHz WiFi

Lighting:
Emitever Full Spectrum Sunlike Plant Grow Light with Auto ON & Off Timer, 108 LED /10 Dimmable Levels

Aquarium:
Serine (Hydra Aquatici) 6.5 Gal Rimless Starfire Glass - 45° Beveled Edge - 23.6L x 6.8W x 9.5H inches in size got it from www.angelfins.ca

Substrate:
Fluval 12693 Plant and Shrimp Stratum
lava rock, Pumice & Calcined Clay mixed together from a bag of ( Bonsai Soil )
Bag of River Stones and a bag of Akadama

Filtration:
Jhua mini submersible water pump 90 gph (350L/H , 4 watts.
Going to build a DIY Filter.

Various other items:
2x Plastic Mesh bags

Livestock:
Nothing yet.

Currently collecting items till I'm able to get things started up...

Welcome to the forum!

Is that tank going to be freshwater, or saltwater?

PheonixKingZ said:

Welcome to the forum!

Is that tank going to be freshwater, or saltwater?

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Hi thanks for the welcome ☺ this is planned to be a low tech planted nano shrimp tank

I'd be happy if you and others followed my journey here, this is mostly a place for me to have a organized place to keep track of the build and its progress...

The Nano Aquarium will sit inside my entertainment unit shelf... I actually had to pull the backing off the shelf to get this to slid into place lol

Here is everything from the unboxing going forward so far...

GLA$$ said:

Hi thanks for the welcome ☺ this is planned to be a low tech planted nano shrimp tank

I'd be happy if you and others followed my journey here, this is mostly a place for me to have a organized place to keep track of the build and its progress...

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Sounds good! Should be a perfect tank for it as well.

That’s gonna look super good. That tank is beautiful.

Built a frame to support this tank underneath.

Nearly finished the aquascape, just need some sand for the right side area and maybe some small seashells...

It's my 1st aquascape in like 10 years...



The "gravol" is made up of:
Fluval Plant and Shrimp Stratum
Crushed Pumice
Crushed Lava Rock
Crushed Akadama
River Stones

In the back left side where the plants are going is mostly the Stratum...

The gravol "Mix" is to allow Benifical Bacteria to grow And help with filtering the water, same as the plants... will be heavily planted and will be running for atleast 3 months before any Livestock are introduced... After all we are building a mini ecosystem...

The mini water pump is the only "tech" going into this besides the lights. So I'll be getting low/med light plants for sure compiling a list and researching each one before I make a finalized choice.

No need for a heater as my home is generally pretty dam warm, like 22 to 25°c in the winter and summer.

Just Ordered some plants.

1x Potted Anubias nana 'Mini Kirin'
1x Potted Anubias 'Golden Coin'
1x Potted Abubias Barteri var. Nana
1x Potted Hygrophila Corymbosa

Hopefully once I pull some of them apart I'll have enough to cover the tank with loads of plants....

I also ordered API Perfect Start Kit to get the tank cycling started and some Shrimp Safe ThriveS for the plants...

GLA$$ said:

Just Ordered some plants.

1x Potted Anubias nana 'Mini Kirin'
1x Potted Anubias 'Golden Coin'
1x Potted Abubias Barteri var. Nana
1x Potted Hygrophila Corymbosa

Hopefully once I pull some of them apart I'll have enough to cover the tank with loads of plants....

I also ordered API Perfect Start Kit to get the tank cycling started and some Shrimp Safe ThriveS for the plants...

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Sounds good!

Keeping tanks since birth? Holy shamoly! Look forward to seeing the finished result

Now with sand

Ugh man I hope the plants make this come together. Cause I'm not satisfied with this scape yet. Probably cause I didn't buy rocks lol I let my kids pick rocks from outside ( it made them smile alot ) so I had to do it ...

Ohh went for a walk and got some Lesser
Duckweed plants from a local mini pond... came with some floating seed pods or something

GLA$$ said:

Ohh went for a walk and got some Lesser
Duckweed plants from a local mini pond... came with some floating seed pods or something
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Interesting - no clue what they are though.

GLA$$ said:

Ohh went for a walk and got some Lesser
Duckweed plants from a local mini pond... came with some floating seed pods or something
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NOOOoOOOoOoooooO Not the duckweed!!! AAAA don'tttt please

Looks very nice so far! Will definitely follow this thread

Tacocat said:

NOOOoOOOoOoooooO Not the duckweed!!! AAAA don'tttt please

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Can't get red root floaters thanks to covid...
I'll tell ya what, you send me a care package of floaters and I'll toss the duckweed out
I'm in Ontario Canada I used to mail freshwater plants back n forth between friends when I was into the Planted Tank community years ago