Hi
This is my first new tank for a long time, about a year and half. In that time, I've just had a few shrimp from my last tank in a small cube. But this new tank marks my return to aquascaping. I've been collecting the stuff for a few months now and hope to plant up in a week or two.
Specs:
Tank: 20 Litre Dennerle Cube.
Lighting: x2 9watt Dennerle Nano Lights
Filter: Azoo Mignon 60
Heater: Aquael 25watt Easyheater
Hardscape:
Substrate: ADA Amazonia II Aquasoil
Wood: Manzanite
Rocks: Seiryu Mini Landscape Rocks
I think I over-ordered on all this!
CO2 and Ferts:
For CO2 I'll be using a DIY mix, using two Dennerle containers from an old set-up. I used to get about two-weeks' worth of CO2 out of each one and alternate refilling them each week so I got a steady supply. Will try with the diffuser but switch to an airstone if the pressure is low. Hopefully I can upgrade to a pressurised system at some point in the future.
Using Seachem ferts and additives as they always seemed reliable in the past.
Flora:
Foreground: Glosso carpet
Mid: Dwarf Hairgrass, Echinodorus tennellus, Hemianthus Micranthemoidies
Back: Undecided, probably Ludwigia among others.
I'd like an interesting moss for the wood too, suggestions appreciated.
Fauna:
Eventually a betta, but also looking for some small 'natural' coloured schooling fish to complement it. Any suggestions?
Cherry Shrimp, maybe some more exotic shrimp later.
Nerite Snail
I had a long time to think about the layout while I was collecting the equipment. Being fairly limited with space, I couldn't get a larger tank, but I'm aiming to create as much of a sense of scale within this tank as possible, so this is what I had in mind:
And this is the tank set up... critiques on the layout, suggestions for stem plants and fish would be much appreciated.
This is my first new tank for a long time, about a year and half. In that time, I've just had a few shrimp from my last tank in a small cube. But this new tank marks my return to aquascaping. I've been collecting the stuff for a few months now and hope to plant up in a week or two.
Specs:
Tank: 20 Litre Dennerle Cube.
Lighting: x2 9watt Dennerle Nano Lights
Filter: Azoo Mignon 60
Heater: Aquael 25watt Easyheater
Hardscape:
Substrate: ADA Amazonia II Aquasoil
Wood: Manzanite
Rocks: Seiryu Mini Landscape Rocks
I think I over-ordered on all this!
CO2 and Ferts:
For CO2 I'll be using a DIY mix, using two Dennerle containers from an old set-up. I used to get about two-weeks' worth of CO2 out of each one and alternate refilling them each week so I got a steady supply. Will try with the diffuser but switch to an airstone if the pressure is low. Hopefully I can upgrade to a pressurised system at some point in the future.
Using Seachem ferts and additives as they always seemed reliable in the past.
Flora:
Foreground: Glosso carpet
Mid: Dwarf Hairgrass, Echinodorus tennellus, Hemianthus Micranthemoidies
Back: Undecided, probably Ludwigia among others.
I'd like an interesting moss for the wood too, suggestions appreciated.
Fauna:
Eventually a betta, but also looking for some small 'natural' coloured schooling fish to complement it. Any suggestions?
Cherry Shrimp, maybe some more exotic shrimp later.
Nerite Snail
I had a long time to think about the layout while I was collecting the equipment. Being fairly limited with space, I couldn't get a larger tank, but I'm aiming to create as much of a sense of scale within this tank as possible, so this is what I had in mind:
And this is the tank set up... critiques on the layout, suggestions for stem plants and fish would be much appreciated.