Planted .5L Nano? Fine. But with fish??

[Leopardess]

Okay. I like to look at planted nano tanks. It's neat to see how small you can go and still maintain a balanced aquascape. However, there is a point at which no creature should be forced to live in that tank - no matter how "good" it looks or how well you maintain the water quality...Right? I know a lot of people will place certain fish in their tanks (larger and nano, likewise) just for the picture, to get a certain look. But I was going through some nano tank competitions, and stumbled across way too many "tanks" that had fish in them that just plain shouldn't. I'm not even convinced that they were only placed there for the photos - their colors leave a lot to be desired:(

I mean, come on folks - enjoy the planted tank hobby - but realize that the fish have different needs than the plants:
.5L
http://www.akwarium.org/_img/KoM03/16%20d.jpg

.5L
http://www.akwarium.org/_img/KoM03/15%20d.jpg


http://www.akwarium.org/_img/KoM03/18%20d.jpg

You know, you can have a 3,000 gallon tank - that is utterly useless to fish if it is skinny, tall, and cylindrical...

Okay, I just had to say something....I don't like seeing fishies like that:(

[simbadda]

that last pic is horrible :mad:


Anyways you hear about this?




Jul. 7, 2004. 08:15 AM Aussies discover world's tiniest fish SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ? They must have needed a really small hook, but Australian scientists say they've caught what they believe is the world's smallest and lightest fish. In fact, researchers at Sydney's Australian Museum say the Stout Infantfish is so minuscule ? it would take a million of them to tip the scales at one kilogram ? they are seeking to have it listed as the world's smallest and lightest vertebrate. The microscopic fish, first discovered by Australian scientists in 1979 but not classified until today, is formally identified as Schindleria brevipinguis. Males of the species are just seven millimetres long while females average 8.4 millimetres. The world's current acknowledged smallest vertebrate is the dwarf goby fish. Males of that species reach 8.6 millimetres and females 8.9 millimetres. The Stout infantfish, a wormlike thread with big ? comparatively speaking ? eyes but no teeth, scales or pigmentation, has only been found near one island off Australia's east coast. It was listed as a new species in the Records of the Australian Museum, Volume 56 Number 2, published Wednesday after two American researchers, William Watson of the National Marine Fisheries in La Jolla, Calif., and H.J. Walker of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, confirmed it was a separate species.

[Somethingsfishy]

That's terrible :( Poor fish but the plant aquascape is very nice for such small nano's!

sim I heard about that over on another forum:
http://fishinthe.net/html/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15569