Majsa
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So I am starting a journal...
My holding-quarantine-shrimp tank has had it's better days so I am thinking of replacing it with a 45L low-tech tank for dwarf cories and perhaps otos. I have spent way too much money on this hobby the last couple of years and I need to cut it down a little bit so I will mostly use the stuff I already have. This will not be one of those beautiful scapes with all the gear, but hopefully an easy setup and a good place for cories...
Here are the plans:
50x30x30cm previous quarantine tank, open top
Aquael Versamax FZN-1 HOB filter (500l/h)
Dennerle nano M led
Sand and Tropica soil powder (don't have a lot of either so we'll see)
Koke stone and some pieces of spiderwood
Various crypt species
Anubias nana & petite
Leaf litter & alder cones
The tank will be in my 8-year old sons room. It maybe a bit optimistic to have an open top tank in a child's room...but the children have learnt a few things along the way, such as no "feeding the fish" or hide-and-seek with grandma's deodorant spray ("follow the scent!"). If it doesn't work I should be able to fit in a glass lid later on.
We have a 100L rain barrel since recently, would it be enough to sustain a 45L tank year round with 50:50 rain to tap water (about one 10L bucket a week)? There is nothing wrong with our tap water, but I'd like to try rain water for the first time. The tap values are about 8 for all KH, GH and PH (EC is ±550 microsiemens). 50:50 mix would cut the KH & GH to about 4-5 and PH to approximately 7.6. Would our 3 horned nerites survive in these values? My son would like to keep his "sea snails" as he calls them.
I had two big pieces of koke (or black lava?) stone, it was a family affair to get those into pieces
My holding-quarantine-shrimp tank has had it's better days so I am thinking of replacing it with a 45L low-tech tank for dwarf cories and perhaps otos. I have spent way too much money on this hobby the last couple of years and I need to cut it down a little bit so I will mostly use the stuff I already have. This will not be one of those beautiful scapes with all the gear, but hopefully an easy setup and a good place for cories...
Here are the plans:
50x30x30cm previous quarantine tank, open top
Aquael Versamax FZN-1 HOB filter (500l/h)
Dennerle nano M led
Sand and Tropica soil powder (don't have a lot of either so we'll see)
Koke stone and some pieces of spiderwood
Various crypt species
Anubias nana & petite
Leaf litter & alder cones
The tank will be in my 8-year old sons room. It maybe a bit optimistic to have an open top tank in a child's room...but the children have learnt a few things along the way, such as no "feeding the fish" or hide-and-seek with grandma's deodorant spray ("follow the scent!"). If it doesn't work I should be able to fit in a glass lid later on.
We have a 100L rain barrel since recently, would it be enough to sustain a 45L tank year round with 50:50 rain to tap water (about one 10L bucket a week)? There is nothing wrong with our tap water, but I'd like to try rain water for the first time. The tap values are about 8 for all KH, GH and PH (EC is ±550 microsiemens). 50:50 mix would cut the KH & GH to about 4-5 and PH to approximately 7.6. Would our 3 horned nerites survive in these values? My son would like to keep his "sea snails" as he calls them.
I had two big pieces of koke (or black lava?) stone, it was a family affair to get those into pieces
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