VIDEO: nano tank + happy OTO

[apexi]

In case anyone is interested, I made a little video of my tank and my OTO :D

Dun ask why, just thought it would be a lil different from all the car racing videos.

Enjoy~


Right-click-save-as:
http://members.shaw.ca/rotapowered3/minitank.wmv

http://members.shaw.ca/rotapowered/nanotank2.jpg

[often dignified]

man, that Oto looks like a full grown pleco in there :laugh:

cool little tank :cool:

[matty150]

hehe nice video loved the music.

[~*LuvMyKribs*~]

Hey i don't remember if you mentioned this in the other nano tank thread, but where did you get that little heater? i need a tiny one and cant find any. so small!

[cdawson]

I'm sorry to say this dude, the video is cool and all but your tank is WAY too small for those fish. I sure hope you change your water alot (almost every day) because there are about a thousand things wrong with that setup that will eventually cost the lives of your fish. think about the welfare of the animals you're keeping. Keeping anything in a 1g tank is just asking for trouble.

[apexi]

Originally posted by ~*LuvMyKribs*~
Hey i don't remember if you mentioned this in the other nano tank thread, but where did you get that little heater? i need a tiny one and cant find any. so small!

It's a 50 Watt 6" Submersible TRONIC heater. Since it has an electronic thermostat, it keeps incredibly accurate temperature, comparable to the Ebos.

[apexi]

Originally posted by cdawson
I'm sorry to say this dude, the video is cool and all but your tank is WAY too small for those fish. I sure hope you change your water alot (almost every day) because there are about a thousand things wrong with that setup that will eventually cost the lives of your fish. think about the welfare of the animals you're keeping. Keeping anything in a 1g tank is just asking for trouble.

I did this nano tank as a project, just for something a little different than the other larger tanks I've kept. I can honestly say so far, I've spent much MORE time & money (relatively speaking), on this nanotank than any other tank I've owned. I perform water tests weekly, sometimes twice a week, water changes every few days, vacuum excess food/waste almost daily, and pay painstaking attention to small details with this nano environment.

No doubt that dealing with a smaller volume of water, there is a much smaller room for error. But like I said, this has been a project for me. If it weren't so, I wouldn't have gone through all the trouble of building a custom power glo lighting setup for this micro tank, nor would I have spent time doing thermodynamic calculations to figure out heating rates for this setup. Please don't assume I'm just another guy who saw a small tank at the LFS and wanted to stuff it full of fish despite the 1"/gallon rule of thumb, because he thought it would look "neat."

[Ryoken]

Nice little tank there. Like someone in the other thread said, it's nice to see something that looks cool, but isn't in the plants/rocks/wood category. Where'd you get that cool little gas station? Is it a real aquarium ornament or was it for something else?

[apexi]

Thanks for the compliments. The gas station is an ornament that I picked up at superstore chain called Petcetra, similar to Petsmart. Since I'm into cars, thought it would make a nice addition to the tank:D