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A couple of new pics:

The first is one showing the tank next to my 72g. It show how little this nano really is. My wife actually like the little guy and said "Why don't you get one for the otherside. Sooo, who am I to disagree , I guess I'll see how this one does before I fulfill my wife's request.

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Here's a shot showing my three tank fish kitchen. Very sneaky way of getting three tanks into my kitchen.
When you don't have a "Fishroom" these are the things you have to resort to, a 0.5 gallon tank.

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and finally since Wings asked for it. A closeup of the new nano. To be honest, I might not keep the hairgrass. I thing it might look better with riccia filling up the back and mid and I was actually looking for some glosso to plant in the front, but I couldn't find any locally. As I said this was all done locally in one day. When I bought the rocks in Petland Discounts, they just happened to have dwarf hairgrass.

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I thought the thing was a 5 gallon not a 1/2 gallon! Sorry about that! It really shows its size next to your 72. Isn't it always nice to have the wife behind you when it comes to fish stuff.

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Thanks for the close up. Probably should have waited until things grew in to show it off up close. Looks much better in the first set of pictures. I guess I should be nice the tank is only a couple of days old.

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Very nice tetratech Even though you told us the size, I didn't picture in my mind how small it was until, you show the "together" shots.

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TW

Oh your nice, you ask for a close-up and then:

...Probably should have waited until things grew in to show it off up close.

Ever see a one-day old baby, Wings, not to pretty.
That's the last time I show a tank at startup.
Only kidding Wings , it's obviously has to grow in, will see.

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Probably should have waited until things grew in to show it off up close. Looks much better in the first set of pictures. I guess I should be nice the tank is only a couple of days old.

buwahaha. Ah that is terrible. I wouldn't show wings pics again if he did that to me. I'm sorry tetratech, that just cracked me up. I think it looks pretty darn good for a one day old baby.

EDIT: I was laughing so hard I forgot to comment on how much I like those rocks. They are very interesting little rocks.

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Probably should have waited until things grew in to show it off up close. Looks much better in the first set of pictures. I guess I should be nice the tank is only a couple of days old.

HaHaHa

Poor Wings, I'm sure he didn't mean it to sound so funny. Emails, texting & forum postings can be funny things. You can go back later & think - what am I saying, I didn't really mean to say exactly that.

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Tetratech is right, a one day old baby is not all that handsome. Except mine, of course

I like the small tank, and given the low cost of the whole setup it is for sure worthwhile to experiment with it. I am just glad tetratech didn't fill it up with Wisteria

Ingo

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I like the small tank, and given the low cost of the whole setup it is for sure worthwhile to experiment with it. I am just glad tetratech didn't fill it up with Wisteria

Yep, that's pretty much what it is "An experiment" so will see. As for the Wisteria. It did cross my mind

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Sorry tetra! I didn't mean to be a poophead! I started my last set of classes yesterday just to find out that my class load is going to be "extremely intense". I am a little brain fried already.



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Sorry tetra! I didn't mean to be a poophead! I started my last set of classes yesterday just to find out that my class load is going to be "extremely intense". I am a little brain fried already

Just busting on ya. ALL commments are welcome

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That might work, but I think you run the risk of blowing everything around in there. I don't think it'll be a problem with large WCs a few times per week. This isn't exactly high light/ high stocking here, you don't have huge plant mass either, and there isn't a ton of area in the tank.

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I really like the hair grass, Especially when you look at it up close. It looks VERY huge when shot close up. The hairgrass peaking up over the rocks gives it a very vertical feel I think.

This isn't exactly high light/ high stocking here

. Well I do have 26 wpg on I'm using water from the 72g, so I am treating it like a highlight tank w/excel.
I'm torn between taking fresh water and excel or using tank water.

Mr Wizard,
Thanks for the comments, yeah hopefully it will fill in, will see.

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I'm torn between taking fresh water and excel or using tank water.

I am in the same boat with my 2G Hex. I have been using water from my 40G to do the 1G WC but I just finished my pythhon system so its not as easy to remember to take the water out for the 2G. The thing I don't like about the idea of doing freash water WC's is then you have to use ferts and with a small tank you can go over board in a split second. With water from my 40G I know that I am adding in only about 15ppm of Nitrates onces a week. 90% of my plant mass is Java Moss so how much ferts will I really need in this thing? Just seems simpler for me to use water from the 40G.

What have you been doing in the 12G? Weren't you doing water from the 72G at one time?

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What have you been doing in the 12G? Weren't you doing water from the 72G at one time?

I think I was for a while, but now I'm adding fresh water for WC and adding pinch of Flourish for some micros. I fiqured the fish and some food will give off enough macros since it's lowlight and pretty heavily stock for a 12G.

The new nano has (I think) alot of light and no fishload so I feel like I should add water from the 72g.



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The new nano has (I think) alot of light and no fishload so I feel like I should add water from the 72g.

If I was you thats what I would do.

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Right now my big concern with the tank is flow - there is none. I'm not sure plants need this to survive or if it's a species thing.

I have my first fauna in the tank. Two CRS and a small I think pond snail. How's that for flow?

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tetratech,

No flow would worry me as well, but I would not know of any other way to create flow than to add some kind of pump to the tank. What kind of pump this would be though is another problem in itself.

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No flow would worry me as well

. I guess I'll wait a few more days and see how the plants look. I know this sounds silly, but the two little CRS that are now in the tank at least move the water around a bit.



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IMO there's no reason for flow in such a small volume of water. The reason for flow is either to bring dirty water to a filter, mix up the water so there's basically similar water params everywhere(dead spots, stale water), or to try to keep detritus and food and whatsit from settling. Basically you should be doing water changes frequently enough to take care of the "filtration" and stale water plus such a small volume of water MUST have the same qualities everywhere, and there won't be any detritus or food of significant quantity without fish.

Of course some flow won't hurt anything, so if you figure a way to do it inconspicuously that suits your needs (again)I say go for it.

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What about a sump made from a gallon jug or something using a very very small pump? Something that has a hose the size of an airline hose.

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Well hopefully you guys are right about the flow not being an issue. I guess we'll see. The sump from a gallon jug is an interesting idea anyway so I guess I wait alittle longer and see. In the meantime, meet the new nano inhabitants:



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Nice find, tetra I've rarely seen bee shrimp for sale in an LFS

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Nice find, tetra I've rarely seen bee shrimp for sale in an LFS

Thanks Nowher, I prefer the term "Ninja"

Unfortunately they match my rocks

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Very nice. Are you thinking CRS too or just this guy?

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Thanks Wings, actually there's already two of the bee/ninja shrimps and two CRS. I guess I'm overstocked

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So,

What is the story here? Are they now Ninja or Bee shrimp? Or is it the same and tetratech selects Ninja because it souns more stealth?

Ingo

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Very Cute shrimp

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TW

Or is it the same and tetratech selects Ninja because it souns more stealth

Absolutely! From what I understand they are one in the same, actually they are hybrid CRS.

Thanks Robyn

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I guess I'm overstocked

Yeah just maybe!

actually they are hybrid CRS

Interesting. I have always liked thoughs guys!

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Been a while since I updated this log, unfortunately I had a big mishap in my small little tank.

When your dealing with 0.5 gallons it's very easy to overdose and I'm pretty sure I did this with Excel. The tank only requires a drop or two which I believe are called units, but I probably put a couple of millilitres in. That evening the tank was getting cloudy and by morning the tank was very cloudy and all my shrimp were dead, even my Ninjas. I also think the overdose killed my riccia. The hairgrass is actually doing well and I could see new runners forming and roots against the side of the cube, but the riccia looks like it was nuked. My only other thought is that thre riccia doesn't grow in completely still water. Any thoughts?

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An over dose of Excel can melt plants in a blink of an eye. I have done it to Crypts before. I am not sure the effects on your riccia though. Chances are it is what took out your shrimp too but maybe it was too much of a bio load for too small of a tank too. Just my thoughts on the matter.

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Sorry bout the losses Tetratech. I wish I could comment on the excel, but I've actually never used the stuff. I've never tried growing riccia in .5G tank either. I'm entirely useless here, but I do have to say I'm going to be VERY careful for awhile. Everybody has been having problems in this forum.

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Sorry to hear of your losses. Are you planning to replace the shrimp?

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TW