I ordered a 2g spec yesterday, and it arrives tomorrow. I am going to see what plants I can grow with its LEDs. It is a shallow tank, so I am hoping it will be able to grow dwarf baby tears. I won't be able to set it up until next Wednesday, though.
Mr.Albiman said:Awesome, love to see how it turns out.
What inverts are you gonna stock?
I ordered a 2g spec yesterday, and it arrives tomorrow. I am going to see what plants I can grow with its LEDs. It is a shallow tank, so I am hoping it will be able to grow dart baby tears. I won't be able to set it up until next Wednesday, though.
aqua_chem said:Did you mean dwarf baby tears?
I am not going to stock inverts, I was thinking baby dwarf puffers. I have a 10 gallon that I am going to set up soon that I can use as a grow out tank, if they ever get that big.
maxwellag said:I got this tank because I admire the design and functionality. It has a built in sump that even has room for a heater inside. Here is a video showing how the heater fits into the sump (kudos to pecktec for the video):
Fluval Spec: Unboxing and Setup - YouTube
I plan to "instant cycle" it with some of my used filter media. I will dose some ammonia and see how fast it goes down. If it can't go through 2 ppm of ammonia in 24 hours, I am going to keep dosing until it can. Dwarf puffers are messy eaters, and this is a relatively small tank, so I want to make sure it's cycled. I bought some freeze dried brine shrimp cubes, freeze dried krill, frozen bloodworms, and frozen daphnia. If these foods aren't accepted, I will just use pond snails as a last resort.
Fishandmusic81 said:Awesome video! These tanks are really nice and the layout he did was really nice makes me wanna get one with RCS lol
Fishandmusic81 said:Awesome video! These tanks are really nice and the layout he did was really nice makes me wanna get one with RCS lol
Idk if all petcos have this but over here they have a 10 gal filled with pieces if driftwood and some would fit in a two galmaxwellag said:Maybe I will be able to find some driftwood that small. Who knows...
Idk if all petcos have this but over here they have a 10 gal filled with pieces if driftwood and some would fit in a two gal
maxwellag said:My petco just has random sized and shaped pieces laying on shelves. I'm sure I will wind some, it just might take a while.
Fishandmusic81 said:Also say I am gonna buy one where's the cheapest place I can buy one I know they do tend to be a bit expensive
I already told them in a PM in case I broke any rules, but its fine. LOLI helped him find a decent deal. They've dropped in price recently. They go about 50-60 shipped.
On wag.com if you type in the code WAGNY25 then add a 3.99 item to your cart, it drops the whole order to 40.00 roughly shipped. A great deal in my opinion. I'm going to purchase one, too.
maxwellag said:Here are some pictures.
full tank shot of a near empty tank:
Here is the HC I added. It's a small chunk, so I figured if it died, it's not a huge loss.
MABJ said:Hc is the dwarf baby tears?
And it looks good. I actually just shipped my order, but I just read in fine little print (We can not ship to PO boxes) which as you should know is where I am.
My uni has a shipping and receiving center, so hopefully it'll wind up there. I placed the order at 5 and they said it'll arrive tomorrow. Oddness.
What are you officially planting? What are the foreground/background and ornament plans?