LauraFrog
Fish Gatherer
A couple of weeks ago I got columnaris (18 hour kill strain) through all the tanks in my room. Since all the fish died I decided to restart. So this is what my nano tank looks like now.
I am well aware that it is outrageously overstocked at the moment, I just chucked in every random half grown livebearer I could lay my hands on. I'm checking the filter which I cycled by using mature media - so I'm just making sure it's well and truly up to the job before I start introducing delicate fish. It's getting three 50% water changes daily. So please don't flame me for the overstocking...
The intended eventual stocking is a few glass shrimp and eight or nine ember tetras (6 gal).
Planting is 1 x Anubias nana (on wood) 1 x Anubias sp. barteri? (confirm anybody?) 1x thin val (bunch) 1 pot lilaeopsis (spread into 2 clumps, should carpet up nicely). Substrate is sand, using liquid ferts dosed daily. I chose less challenging plants because the lighting ain't up there and there's no CO2. Picked up the big anubias today, $10. Cheap as. I think it's either barteri or coffeefolia but I'm not expert on plants so if anybody could ID it I would be grateful. I hope it's not paco, that has plant breeders rights attached and I want to be able to propagate it and sell it! Decor uses three pieces of wood, all found on the hill behind my house. Authentic Aussie eucalyptus root. Best tank decor there is. The branches are nice too but you gotta soak em for ages.
Also rock from the creek.
Pretty happy with the pricing too...
Tank, filtration, lighting, lid (all in one set) $60
Sand - got from the creek - free
Rock - got from the creek - free
Wood - got from the hill - free
Val - $7
Anubias nana - $10
Anubias sp. $10
Lilaeopsis $6
The stocking probably won't cost more than about $40.
I am well aware that it is outrageously overstocked at the moment, I just chucked in every random half grown livebearer I could lay my hands on. I'm checking the filter which I cycled by using mature media - so I'm just making sure it's well and truly up to the job before I start introducing delicate fish. It's getting three 50% water changes daily. So please don't flame me for the overstocking...
The intended eventual stocking is a few glass shrimp and eight or nine ember tetras (6 gal).
Planting is 1 x Anubias nana (on wood) 1 x Anubias sp. barteri? (confirm anybody?) 1x thin val (bunch) 1 pot lilaeopsis (spread into 2 clumps, should carpet up nicely). Substrate is sand, using liquid ferts dosed daily. I chose less challenging plants because the lighting ain't up there and there's no CO2. Picked up the big anubias today, $10. Cheap as. I think it's either barteri or coffeefolia but I'm not expert on plants so if anybody could ID it I would be grateful. I hope it's not paco, that has plant breeders rights attached and I want to be able to propagate it and sell it! Decor uses three pieces of wood, all found on the hill behind my house. Authentic Aussie eucalyptus root. Best tank decor there is. The branches are nice too but you gotta soak em for ages.
Also rock from the creek.Pretty happy with the pricing too...
Tank, filtration, lighting, lid (all in one set) $60
Sand - got from the creek - free
Rock - got from the creek - free
Wood - got from the hill - free
Val - $7
Anubias nana - $10
Anubias sp. $10
Lilaeopsis $6
The stocking probably won't cost more than about $40.
nice and natural! Shame about your other fish, but it's always nice to change the look of a tank!
