stevereade
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I got this 1.8 litre tank for fathers day and it had a male fighter in it. I thought it was a bit cruel so put him in my community nano tank and was wondering the other day what to do with it. After a short convo with Ian I thought I'd go with a tiny Iwagumi style.
I got some plastic mesh I had left over from my moss wall, cut it to double the size of the tank floor, folded it in half and filled it with Riccia.
I smashed up a piece of petrified wood and fiddled around with a 5 rock formation which once the Riccia grows in I'm hoping will look pretty good.
This all depends on a few factors tho, the tank is just sitting on the kitchen window sill with about 8 hours daylight on it.
It is so small I don't think I could get a filter for it, unless anyone makes a tiny external with 6mm tubing attachments.
I add TPN+ 1ml every 2 days after a water change to keep the algae away which is working so far.
Also I'm a bit worried about the temp of the water being so low but I've heard people grow Riccia in very low temps so I'm hoping it will work and its not like I could fit a heater in the tank lol.
I'm hoping if it all goes well and grows and I can get the temp up in a warmer part of the house I may add a few CRS's.
Hope you like it, I think it has potential. It was a pain in the a**, esp as if you need to move a stone and put one finger in the tank it overflows lol.
Some of these might put it in perspective lol, ignore the blue wire holding the mesh together, it was the best thing for the job and the Riccia should cover it soon.
I got some plastic mesh I had left over from my moss wall, cut it to double the size of the tank floor, folded it in half and filled it with Riccia.
I smashed up a piece of petrified wood and fiddled around with a 5 rock formation which once the Riccia grows in I'm hoping will look pretty good.
This all depends on a few factors tho, the tank is just sitting on the kitchen window sill with about 8 hours daylight on it.
It is so small I don't think I could get a filter for it, unless anyone makes a tiny external with 6mm tubing attachments.
I add TPN+ 1ml every 2 days after a water change to keep the algae away which is working so far.
Also I'm a bit worried about the temp of the water being so low but I've heard people grow Riccia in very low temps so I'm hoping it will work and its not like I could fit a heater in the tank lol.
I'm hoping if it all goes well and grows and I can get the temp up in a warmer part of the house I may add a few CRS's.
Hope you like it, I think it has potential. It was a pain in the a**, esp as if you need to move a stone and put one finger in the tank it overflows lol.
Some of these might put it in perspective lol, ignore the blue wire holding the mesh together, it was the best thing for the job and the Riccia should cover it soon.
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since being on this forum I've learned so much that I've just wanted to keep going and going. Plus after pretty much finishing the Jungle Clearing scape I need something to focus my jobless time on lol. 
