Mikes 2 Litre Cube - New Begginings...

[MojoDex]

whats the tank actually intended to be surley its not sold as a fish tank!

 

[mlawson]

whats the tank actually intended to be surley its not sold as a fish tank!

Don't know, a vase probably!

 

[Themuleous]

Nice idea Im a fan of seeing jsut how small we can take things.

Sam

 

[Grapey McGrape Grape]

Cool Idea! When I went to the Grape convention (Berlin, Germany), I saw a small glass cube (like the one you've got) and the Guys there did an incredible job with turning into a magnificant Grape Bowl! You should have seen it - inspirational! Grape job so far though, ML!

See you later!

 

[nry]

A hammer would make those rocks a bit smaller.....you know, for humours sake, you should stick one of those rocks in, some substrate and water than take some pictures and enter it into the PFK competition. If nothing else you may get a humourous mention

 

[mlawson]

A hammer would make those rocks a bit smaller.....you know, for humours sake, you should stick one of those rocks in, some substrate and water than take some pictures and enter it into the PFK competition. If nothing else you may get a humourous mention

Good idea!

 

[mlawson]

Cool Idea! When I went to the Grape convention (Berlin, Germany), I saw a small glass cube (like the one you've got) and the Guys there did an incredible job with turning into a magnificant Grape Bowl! You should have seen it - inspirational! Grape job so far though, ML!

See you later!

Who are you? JC? What is your obbsesion with grapes?

 

[DevUK]

Been doing any more on this Mike? Hows it going?

 

[mlawson]

Been doing any more on this Mike? Hows it going?

Well, I haven't done anything yet. The D. Riccia still hasn't come, and Richard from AE said it probably got lost in the with the royal mail, so he's sending me some more. I'm afraid after that I might have to let the riccia grow a bit at the top of my other tank so that there's enough.

I have my doubts about this tank, I'm not sure if the plants grow well, and it'll be hard aquascaping it.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[MojoDex]

u know your gonna love the challenge

 

[spankone]

hi mike im a long time reader first time poster to this thread i've seen a few tanks like this on another forum i think they call them picos it can be done, i've heard the only problem with going so small is that its hard to keep your water stable. good luck and keep up the thread

 

[lljdma06]

I have my doubts about this tank, I'm not sure if the plants grow well, and it'll be hard aquascaping it.

Cheers,
Mike

Mike, I've seen plants grown in shot glasses (A waste of a good shot glass, really ), so I'm positive you'll get your cube growing things. You just have to be flexible with the scaping in the beginning and get used to working with tongs and tweezers. A lot of craft stores sell small, stainless steel tweezers and such for beading. These instruments are ideal for scaping and working with small spaces where clumsy hands can't reach and cost considerably less than tools specifically for plants. In addition, a magnifying glass may help for those tiny corners. In the beginning, it will be trial and error.

You're making my 2.5g look like a monster tank!

 

[mlawson]

u know your gonna love the challenge

hi mike im a long time reader first time poster to this thread i've seen a few tanks like this on another forum i think they call them picos it can be done, i've heard the only problem with going so small is that its hard to keep your water stable. good luck and keep up the thread

I have my doubts about this tank, I'm not sure if the plants grow well, and it'll be hard aquascaping it.

Cheers,
Mike

Mike, I've seen plants grown in shot glasses (A waste of a good shot glass, really ), so I'm positive you'll get your cube growing things. You just have to be flexible with the scaping in the beginning and get used to working with tongs and tweezers. A lot of craft stores sell small, stainless steel tweezers and such for beading. These instruments are ideal for scaping and working with small spaces where clumsy hands can't reach and cost considerably less than tools specifically for plants. In addition, a magnifying glass may help for those tiny corners. In the beginning, it will be trial and error.

You're making my 2.5g look like a monster tank!

Thanks guys for the encouragement. Yes, they call these picos because they're too small to be nanos, I think my sis might have the sort of tweezers you mention Llj, so I'll see if I can 'borrow' them. It will definitely be a case of trial and error, infact I'm thinking of replacing the rocks again.

The D. Riccia arrived on saturday, but I realised it was the old Riccia that got lost in the post, from Easter Monday. Remarkably it's still alive (sort of), very yellow and brown, but it's been floating in my nano for a couple of days and it's starting to get a bit greener. It's a lot smaller and compact than I expected, I've only seen regular riccia, it makes D. Riccia look tiny.

Any way when I get more riccia and when it's grown a bit, I should start planting.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[blue acara]

A tank that can fin into ure hand-Ilove it. I agree with you aqua scaping will be hard in a tank this small. Mabie just 1 or 2 carefully selected plants is the way to go. We all want smaller mobile phones, why not tanks...

At least water changes arent too hard on this tank! GL

P.s where did you get the tank?

 

[Themuleous]

I recently got one of these 'tanks', the misses actually encouraged me to get it! I found it in John Lewis, High Wycombe, but any place that has a decent selection of glass vases should have them.

Sam