JustOneMore20
Algae Fighter
I have been itching for another tank for awhile, just haven't had the money to do anything big or crazy. I have had my RCS in a 20 long for months with the intent of moving them to something smaller. I just now decided that I have all the equipment and time to setup an empty 10g for them. I will be keeping the 20L, just using it for fish and didn't want the RCS to get eaten.
So here is the start of their shrimp sanctuary.
I have never done an Iwagumi type tank and I know my rock arrangement probably doesn't follow the rules for iwagumi (I have no idea what they are and don't care), but its as iwagumi as my tank is going to get. Basically iwagumi style is a tank with rocks and mostly groundcover/low lying plants, if you aren't familiar.
So today I got the substrate in and arranged the rocks. I'm not sure if I love it yet...might mess with it again tomorrow and change things up.
Here are the specs:
10g standard tank
2x24w T5HO lighting (had it lying around)
pressurized co2
Flourite black substrate (had it lying around)
seiryu stones (fancy!)
Aquaclear 20 moved from the 20L
Plants will be:
HC - Hemianthius callitrichoides
Microsword - Lilaeopsis mauritiana
Fauna:
RCS
possibly some Boraras merah or brigittae
And now for pics...the best part!!
My light fixture is a 30" and the tank is 20"...tacky I know, but I didn't have to buy a new light fixture...and the bulbs are 24" so they are closer to the length of the tank.
Plants came in today...and I will be planting either tonight or tomorrow. More pics will come then!
So here is the start of their shrimp sanctuary.
I have never done an Iwagumi type tank and I know my rock arrangement probably doesn't follow the rules for iwagumi (I have no idea what they are and don't care), but its as iwagumi as my tank is going to get. Basically iwagumi style is a tank with rocks and mostly groundcover/low lying plants, if you aren't familiar.
So today I got the substrate in and arranged the rocks. I'm not sure if I love it yet...might mess with it again tomorrow and change things up.
Here are the specs:
10g standard tank
2x24w T5HO lighting (had it lying around)
pressurized co2
Flourite black substrate (had it lying around)
seiryu stones (fancy!)
Aquaclear 20 moved from the 20L
Plants will be:
HC - Hemianthius callitrichoides
Microsword - Lilaeopsis mauritiana
Fauna:
RCS
possibly some Boraras merah or brigittae
And now for pics...the best part!!
My light fixture is a 30" and the tank is 20"...tacky I know, but I didn't have to buy a new light fixture...and the bulbs are 24" so they are closer to the length of the tank.
Plants came in today...and I will be planting either tonight or tomorrow. More pics will come then!
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