12x12x12" 7.5g filterless planted
UPDATE: not filterless
Hello
I have a rimless 7.5g tank.
I added:
50W submersible heater
Fluval stratum
Aqueon Planted clip-on LED
Elodea
crypts
Sag
A few pieces of quartz for decor
No filter, "because music room"
I add seachem prime with water top up / fill / change.
Started adding seachem stability and diluted pure ammonia regularly. I currently have 1ppm ammo.
pH is so far 7.5 (out of high range test on the low side, top of low range test) and not dropping from the stratum yet although it's been a few days.
Still calibrating my heater, gradually, as it seems to be about 4 deg low.
No lid so far ... looking for options. I read that plexiglass is clearer in the longterm than Lexan. There are pieces of 12x12 plexiglass on Amazon that I guess I could cut notches out of if I can get a tool. I think I remember trying to drill that as a kid and having it melt around the drillbit...
I'm thinking about adding a few things, probably in a few weeks once I am convinced the plants are here to stay and the bacteria buffer is working.
Here are some of the options I'm considering.
Seachem excel (I figure this should be given as part of a balanced diet with the nitrates being produced by the bacteria buffer)
1 dwarf puffer, aka pea puffer
1 or more otos
small school of green neon tetras
small school of male endlers
1 badis (this may be too difficult)
shrimp (no experience with these, but it is a nano tank)
small, branching malaysian wood (pre-soaked)
The idea is, this tank is fun, and doesn't take up much space or make noise. The fish should eventually be sociable or at least tolerable of people.
In my past experience, I had a 35gal planted tank with HOB, java moss, anubias, swords, vals, dwarf val or sag, driftwood, otos and keyhole cichlids, flourite and play sand, with T5HO lights - I remember using some root tabs and excel when getting it going and eventually just left it. I had to tear it down a few years ago when I moved.
Before that, I had some basic experience with gouramis and platys.
Any questions or comments?
UPDATE: not filterless
Hello
I have a rimless 7.5g tank.
I added:
50W submersible heater
Fluval stratum
Aqueon Planted clip-on LED
Elodea
crypts
Sag
A few pieces of quartz for decor
No filter, "because music room"
I add seachem prime with water top up / fill / change.
Started adding seachem stability and diluted pure ammonia regularly. I currently have 1ppm ammo.
pH is so far 7.5 (out of high range test on the low side, top of low range test) and not dropping from the stratum yet although it's been a few days.
Still calibrating my heater, gradually, as it seems to be about 4 deg low.
No lid so far ... looking for options. I read that plexiglass is clearer in the longterm than Lexan. There are pieces of 12x12 plexiglass on Amazon that I guess I could cut notches out of if I can get a tool. I think I remember trying to drill that as a kid and having it melt around the drillbit...
I'm thinking about adding a few things, probably in a few weeks once I am convinced the plants are here to stay and the bacteria buffer is working.
Here are some of the options I'm considering.
Seachem excel (I figure this should be given as part of a balanced diet with the nitrates being produced by the bacteria buffer)
1 dwarf puffer, aka pea puffer
1 or more otos
small school of green neon tetras
small school of male endlers
1 badis (this may be too difficult)
shrimp (no experience with these, but it is a nano tank)
small, branching malaysian wood (pre-soaked)
The idea is, this tank is fun, and doesn't take up much space or make noise. The fish should eventually be sociable or at least tolerable of people.
In my past experience, I had a 35gal planted tank with HOB, java moss, anubias, swords, vals, dwarf val or sag, driftwood, otos and keyhole cichlids, flourite and play sand, with T5HO lights - I remember using some root tabs and excel when getting it going and eventually just left it. I had to tear it down a few years ago when I moved.
Before that, I had some basic experience with gouramis and platys.
Any questions or comments?