Hello all, I've decided to start another tank, since my last nano went completely belly up (CO2 ran out, no money to replace. Big mess). This time, I've decided to use a long, shallow tank in an attempt to create a better sense of scale. Unfortunately, I'm a student on a very tight budget, so things are a wee bit ghetto, as you'll see...
The lights are 2x18w T8's I've had since I started keeping fish, housed inside a very DIY reflector made from guttering, foil tape, and a wire coat hanger! These are then suspended from an Argos £9 clothes rail. Told you it was ghetto!
CO2 is a little more high tech, injected from an FE into a Fluval 88g. Ferts are EI dosed in salt form.
Plants will consist of a Glosso foreground, with some low stem to fill out the mid and background.
Heres my preliminary hardscape idea
It's a little symmetical, admittedly, but I've given myself plenty of time to jig things around 'til everything is just right. I am, however, after some 'Mini Landscape Rock' small enough to compliment the wood, is the stuff from AquaEssentials small enough?
Anyways, more to come!
The lights are 2x18w T8's I've had since I started keeping fish, housed inside a very DIY reflector made from guttering, foil tape, and a wire coat hanger! These are then suspended from an Argos £9 clothes rail. Told you it was ghetto!
CO2 is a little more high tech, injected from an FE into a Fluval 88g. Ferts are EI dosed in salt form.
Plants will consist of a Glosso foreground, with some low stem to fill out the mid and background.
Heres my preliminary hardscape idea
It's a little symmetical, admittedly, but I've given myself plenty of time to jig things around 'til everything is just right. I am, however, after some 'Mini Landscape Rock' small enough to compliment the wood, is the stuff from AquaEssentials small enough?
Anyways, more to come!