phin
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my kids got me a 1.5g "glowfish" aquarium for my desk at work a couple years ago. I've since had it set up with a crayfish. I manage 1 or 2 one gallon water changes per week. Filter is a tetra whisper in-tank 3i Small Aquarium Filter: Internal Filter Perfect for up to 3 gallon Tank. I have it filled with seachem matrix and a cut of poly-fill on top. I change the poly-fill weekly.
The light that comes with it is a 9 blue led lamp.
After reading about some planted nano builds I've decided to overhaul my nano desktop tank and plant it.
Above the tank, under the cabinet over the desk is a 32" t8 fixture (about 10" from the top of the water). Currently it has a phillips TL70 4100K lamp in it. I could replace the bulb with a daylight lamp I suppose, or I could clamp a standard fixture over the tank and screw in a daylight CFL. Thoughts on this?
Substrate is black gravel mixed with black aquarium sand I scooped out of a broken down tank at my LFS, so I don't know exactly what it is. I'm not planning on changing the substrate as it is nutrient rich after a couple years of crayfish waste. I can add root tabs if I need to.
Well, I'm taking suggestions for flora and fauna. Shrimp I suppose, possibly a few rasboras? I'll rehome the crayfish, as it won't be compatible wth any type of aquascaping as shim constantly re-arranges everything.
I haven't thought about CO2 injection, but with a tank this small I might just do excel.
Any thoughts, suggestions, best practices when going planted this small?
I'm not dead-set on ANYTHING and am open to ANY suggestions regarding planting this tank, so all suggestions, criticisms, or random general comments are welcome.
The light that comes with it is a 9 blue led lamp.
After reading about some planted nano builds I've decided to overhaul my nano desktop tank and plant it.
Above the tank, under the cabinet over the desk is a 32" t8 fixture (about 10" from the top of the water). Currently it has a phillips TL70 4100K lamp in it. I could replace the bulb with a daylight lamp I suppose, or I could clamp a standard fixture over the tank and screw in a daylight CFL. Thoughts on this?
Substrate is black gravel mixed with black aquarium sand I scooped out of a broken down tank at my LFS, so I don't know exactly what it is. I'm not planning on changing the substrate as it is nutrient rich after a couple years of crayfish waste. I can add root tabs if I need to.
Well, I'm taking suggestions for flora and fauna. Shrimp I suppose, possibly a few rasboras? I'll rehome the crayfish, as it won't be compatible wth any type of aquascaping as shim constantly re-arranges everything.
I haven't thought about CO2 injection, but with a tank this small I might just do excel.
Any thoughts, suggestions, best practices when going planted this small?
I'm not dead-set on ANYTHING and am open to ANY suggestions regarding planting this tank, so all suggestions, criticisms, or random general comments are welcome.