Hyoscine
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I'm sitting around, waiting for the mailman. Hopefully, today I can get started on this little tank I've been thinking over for a few weeks. I've got room for something small on my bedside table, and I really like the idea of nano (pico?) aquarium with a couple of planted HOB filters. I've seen a few threads where people have done this, and the results can be pretty beautiful.
I've bought a Mini S, I've got some driftwood in the post. I'm hoping I can mix up a substrate somewhere near as nice as this one. I've also got a bunch or small terracotta pipes I've found on the beach at Walton. I was planning on putting a smaller one in the tank to serve as a shrimp house and something to contrast with the wood, but I can imagine an aquarium this small looking too busy very quickly. Especially with the HOBs. We'll see.
I'm actually having a hard time choosing filters. I think it'll end up being a couple of Eheim Liberty 130s, as that would nicely take up almost the entire back of the tank. It's a shame they don't have very large, uh, spout bits though. I really like the look of these AquaClear filters, but the cost of importing them is a bit much. I might just see how I get on with an air-powered breeder box thing.
For lighting, I'm thinking an Eheim PowerLED. I don't need much, but I suppose I need something I can have suspended fairly high above the tank. Mounting might be fiddly, but I'm sure I can cobble something together.
Plant-wise, who knows? I've got a couple of favourites from our other shrimp tank: Ludwigia palustris, dwarf sag, Marsilea hirsuta, Bacopa 'compact', willow moss, Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown'... The obligatory Marimo ball (I hear they're lucky, and I'm not past needing that). I'll see what I can fit around the driftwood. I'm looking forward to getting a little more adventurous with the HOBs though. I'm thinking marsh plants could work well, so maybe something carnivorous? I'm not sure I'm horticulturist enough to pull it off, but yeah... We'll see.
I've bought a Mini S, I've got some driftwood in the post. I'm hoping I can mix up a substrate somewhere near as nice as this one. I've also got a bunch or small terracotta pipes I've found on the beach at Walton. I was planning on putting a smaller one in the tank to serve as a shrimp house and something to contrast with the wood, but I can imagine an aquarium this small looking too busy very quickly. Especially with the HOBs. We'll see.
I'm actually having a hard time choosing filters. I think it'll end up being a couple of Eheim Liberty 130s, as that would nicely take up almost the entire back of the tank. It's a shame they don't have very large, uh, spout bits though. I really like the look of these AquaClear filters, but the cost of importing them is a bit much. I might just see how I get on with an air-powered breeder box thing.
For lighting, I'm thinking an Eheim PowerLED. I don't need much, but I suppose I need something I can have suspended fairly high above the tank. Mounting might be fiddly, but I'm sure I can cobble something together.
Plant-wise, who knows? I've got a couple of favourites from our other shrimp tank: Ludwigia palustris, dwarf sag, Marsilea hirsuta, Bacopa 'compact', willow moss, Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown'... The obligatory Marimo ball (I hear they're lucky, and I'm not past needing that). I'll see what I can fit around the driftwood. I'm looking forward to getting a little more adventurous with the HOBs though. I'm thinking marsh plants could work well, so maybe something carnivorous? I'm not sure I'm horticulturist enough to pull it off, but yeah... We'll see.
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