0.7gal nanos - Aquarium Advice

zenkatydid · 02-13-2007, 07:43 AM

Here's just a quick look at two of my nanos - the 0.7gal cubes (14cm on all sides). They are a tweezer-plant only

I "dose" with whatever the small snail in each tank produces, plus any residual powder that's left on my fingers from dry dosing the bigger tanks - but mostly they're pretty natural. They have only been set up for about a month, and I'm not sure if they are sustainable long term... but the plants sure grow and pearl like crazy for now!

majolo · 02-13-2007, 11:12 AM

Nice! What do you light them with?

theotheragentm · 02-13-2007, 01:01 PM

Cool. Did you built them yourself? I suppose building something as small as that I could even handle.

theotheragentm · 02-13-2007, 01:59 PM

Is there a place I can buy a cube that is pre-built like that or should I go buy glass and just use silicon to put it together?

zenkatydid · 02-13-2007, 05:48 PM

i didn't build them, these things are sold in pet shops everywhere here. they come in different sizes from this size up to about half a metre square - they're very nice. they come with lids but i prefer the open look on these.

i just have a halogen desk lamp over them that is marked as 50w, but there's a lot fo spillage because they're quite high, and wattage lost in heat.

newfound77951 · 02-13-2007, 07:59 PM

Wow, very nice. I like both of them equally, couldn't pick a favorite. They must be great zen-meditation devices!

clubsuperduty · 02-15-2007, 02:26 AM

Very neat I would like to do something like that with my 2.5 desk tank.

zenkatydid · 02-15-2007, 02:47 AM

thanks guys

if anyone has any suggestions about how i could scape them, i'm all ears. i am considering getting glosso or some other ground cover, but i would definitely have to up the fert regime for it to prosper, so not sure.

Atl300zx · 02-27-2007, 02:27 PM

nice, i want something like this for my desk!!

02-13-2007, 07:43 AM	#1
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	0.7gal nanos Here's just a quick look at two of my nanos - the 0.7gal cubes (14cm on all sides). They are a tweezer-plant only I "dose" with whatever the small snail in each tank produces, plus any residual powder that's left on my fingers from dry dosing the bigger tanks - but mostly they're pretty natural. They have only been set up for about a month, and I'm not sure if they are sustainable long term... but the plants sure grow and pearl like crazy for now! __________________ 50gal planted - yoyo loaches, BNs, SAE, odessa barbs 28gal planted - sparkling gouramis, dwarf cories (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) 5gal planted - betta, otos 5gal planted - glass shrimp, CRS

02-13-2007, 01:01 PM	#3
theotheragentm Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,173	Cool. Did you built them yourself? I suppose building something as small as that I could even handle. __________________ Box of Water - My Personal Musing and Photos on Fish Keeping

02-13-2007, 01:59 PM	#4
theotheragentm Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,173	Is there a place I can buy a cube that is pre-built like that or should I go buy glass and just use silicon to put it together? __________________ Box of Water - My Personal Musing and Photos on Fish Keeping

02-13-2007, 05:48 PM	#5
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	i didn't build them, these things are sold in pet shops everywhere here. they come in different sizes from this size up to about half a metre square - they're very nice. they come with lids but i prefer the open look on these. i just have a halogen desk lamp over them that is marked as 50w, but there's a lot fo spillage because they're quite high, and wattage lost in heat. __________________ 50gal planted - yoyo loaches, BNs, SAE, odessa barbs 28gal planted - sparkling gouramis, dwarf cories (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) 5gal planted - betta, otos 5gal planted - glass shrimp, CRS

02-15-2007, 02:47 AM	#8
zenkatydid Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 765 Images: 3	thanks guys if anyone has any suggestions about how i could scape them, i'm all ears. i am considering getting glosso or some other ground cover, but i would definitely have to up the fert regime for it to prosper, so not sure. __________________ 50gal planted - yoyo loaches, BNs, SAE, odessa barbs 28gal planted - sparkling gouramis, dwarf cories (hastatus, habrosus, pygmaeus) 5gal planted - betta, otos 5gal planted - glass shrimp, CRS

02-13-2007, 11:12 AM	#2
majolo Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Central MN Posts: 261 Images: 13	Nice! What do you light them with?

02-15-2007, 02:26 AM	#7
clubsuperduty Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 145	Very neat I would like to do something like that with my 2.5 desk tank.

02-27-2007, 02:27 PM	#9
Atl300zx Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 461	nice, i want something like this for my desk!! __________________ 55 Gallon Tank Log

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