Nano Planted Tank for Crystal Red Shrimp

[fort384]

God, I cannot believe I am already talking about starting a second tank...

Anyway, I want to start a small desktop type FW planted tank to house some ornamental shrimp and some plants. I really don't know what I want, but I have a few requirements in my head: 1. Would like something that is glass (not acrylic). 2. I don't want a hood. I want it to be open. I don't like hoods on small tanks... 3. No visible seams. Basically I want this thing to look like art, not a plastic bucket.

Anybody have any of the AZOO tanks? This one looks like it might be good... but the shipping on it is killer.

Azoo Mini Aquarium Mirror Bay 11.5l X 9w X 8h

or this one...

Azoo Mini Aquarium Mirror Choppy 11l X 7.5w X 8.5h

Or should I just go for it and get the ADA setup? I saw one of the small cube gardens setup as a FW planted shrimp habitat and it was STUNNING. I didn't look at the price tag, but I am guessing the whole thing is in the hundreds of dollars range... I could swing it, but hard to stomach spending that much on a glass jar

Anyone out there maintaining a small tank like this that could provide some insight?

 

[neilanh]

If you really want that crisp clean art-like look, the ADA tanks are what you want. Look here, if you want a small one it's not hundreds of dollars, just depends on what you mean by "small".

ADA Cube Garden trimless aquariums

They are gorgeous in person.

 

[fort384]

Well, I took your advice. I ended up going with the ADA Cube Garden Mini M, which is a shade over 5gal. Started getting the scape set up. I am using ADA soil, and it said not to rinse it, so the water is still really cloudy, but clearing nicely. I will post more photos later and start a log for this tank as well.