1 Pint nano

[GlitcH]

K.......so I been wanting to through together a nano for my desk.

So I picked up one of these from bigals and I like it but the light is beyond crap. So I looked around and found this and I have to say that I like it alot.
I took some substrate and water from my 29G. Threw in some rock and driftwood.....topped it off with some plant clippings from my shrimp tank and tada.

Oh ya I also tossed in two guppies two shrimp and a few snails.
It's been set up now for just about 2 weeks.
No filtration heat or ferts.....just light and excel.

I think I see red!

 

[rich311k]

Wow. Very nice.

 

[dapellegrini]

good find on the light! I might do something like this too... Very cool.

 

[dapellegrini]

Now that I think about it... How do you think this is going to hold up with no filtration? I was looking at a BiOrb: http://www.biorb.com/ and this would be a great replacement light.

 

[onah]

lol, everybodys doin it! lol, ever since Saphrion made his and his friend, even i have been looking for something to do one in!lol

 

[GlitcH]

Now that I think about it... How do you think this is going to hold up with no filtration? I was looking at a BiOrb: http://www.biorb.com/ and this would be a great replacement light.

I am guessing.....let me stress that....GUESSING.......because it's so small the plants should be able to handle the filtration.
As long as I keep up the water changes....which btw consist of about a full turkey baster's worth of water.
And the new water comes from my shrimp tank after I've done a PWC on that.

 

[CaysE]

Beautiful scaping! See if you can find some smaller fish though.

 

[GlitcH]

Thanks Cayse,
Ya .....they are the smallest fish I have........the idea is to let them mate and then take them out.....leaving some fry. The only reason I want fish in this at all is cuz I know I will have an ostracod epidemic if I don't.

 

[chantale101]

SWEET!!

 

[Zezmo]

Very nice little tank.
I have read the Biorb lights are LEDs, they may not be enough for growing anything more than moss. They make small UGF's for bowl type tanks.

Here is a good sourse for nano Fish:

http://www.franksaquarium.com/nanofish.htm

 

[czcz]

Sweet bowl. I think just keeping shrimp will make it look more like 2gals than a pint, fwiw.