Brian's 2.11g Rimless Pico Cube (AquaTop)

[MyanRan]

Excited to see what you have planned for this rescape!

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Thanks! Nothing big... just different. It's a tiny tank so not much I can do with it... I want to keep it minimal with low light plants (it's all my light can handle anyway).

So, with that said.. I did a test run with the Africana substrate. I tied my needle leaf java fern to a piece of Malaysian DW, planted a crypt in the back, and squeezed in some Anubias sp. Petite where I could.

I'm still trying to get my hands on some Mini Xmas Moss as I think this would look nice to soften the transition from substrate to the DW.

Here are some pics

FTS's (multi-angle):

 

[octanejunkie]

Hey man, that looks killer already!

 

[Billbug68]

Agreed. Lookin good, dude!

 

[MyanRan]

Looks awesome! Love that Africana substrate. It'll be a great tank for some shrimp.

 

[Soulstar]

Hi Janis! I think some of your fissidens might look good in here!

Dan.. Haha... Agreed! That is indeed the shrimp stratum and your Seiryu stone after i took a hammer and chisel to it! Thank you again!

Here are some inspirational cubes to where I'm trying to go with this:


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I wonder what the light for that first tank is.

Doesn't look like a standard aquarium lighting fixture.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

It's probably a desk lamp with a CFL.

 

[Soulstar]

Thanks! Nothing big... just different. It's a tiny tank so not much I can do with it... I want to keep it minimal with low light plants (it's all my light can handle anyway).

So, with that said.. I did a test run with the Africana substrate. I tied my needle leaf java fern to a piece of Malaysian DW, planted a crypt in the back, and squeezed in some Anubias sp. Petite where I could.

I'm still trying to get my hands on some Mini Xmas Moss as I think this would look nice to soften the transition from substrate to the DW.

Here are some pics

FTS's (multi-angle):

That light looks amazing.

Was the shot taken with long exposure or does it look that bright in real life too?

I'm interested to get one if it is!

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Yeah it's a longer exposure... this light is good for low light plants (low tech -- maybe some medium variety).

 

[azmodan]

I'm still trying to get my hands on some Mini Xmas Moss as I think this would look nice to soften the transition from substrate to the DW.

I know it's a completely different moss look-wise but have you seen the mini-fissidens for sale on TPT? It's definitely on my to try list, although I may have to wait until I'm no longer a starving college student with that steep price!

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=440025

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Yeah that is steep. I'm a college student too (2nd degree/career change), so I know the starving student status firsthand. It sucks! Lol

 

[Soulstar]

Yeah it's a longer exposure... this light is good for low light plants (low tech -- maybe some medium variety).

So thats two things I need to learn from you, aquascaping and photography.

You take some good pics, may I ask what camera, shutter speed, aperature and lens you are using to take these pics?

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

LOL... it's my Galaxy S4 smartphone on night mode. Then I just do a little blur effect to the background in photoshop because I don't really want my kitchen counter in the pics! I'll also crop, resize, and do a minor adjustment to the curve in PS too... nothing major.

However, I do have a DSLR that I'll sometimes bust out.

 

[Rcguerra]

Only one thing came to my mind for this tank: clown killies!

 

[Fishman007]

What are you planning for stock? Shrimp? Or a betta? Or somthing else?