Hello everyone. I had originally had plans to purchase a much larger aquarium for our house, which it would have been a miracle if we could fit anything much bigger than a 29 gallon, but never the less, creativity was at work. While my wife and I we're pricing aquariums, we came across a 12 gallon nano cube at our local fish store. The nano cube had been bought by a customer, and then returned shortly thereafter to purchase the larger version. After finding out that this nano cube was ONLY 60 dollars, my wife promptly purchased the tank, and the stand to go with it for only 120 dollars. I felt this was a deal myself, and my wife was extremely happy because it wasn't bigger than our house, lol. :dance2:
After getting the tank home, we promptly started building the stand, which I must say, is the hardest thing I have ever built. Those directions we're a nightmare. It wasn't anything more than just a picture of the stand. We finally finished building it after about an hour of figuring it out. We filled it up with water and some gravel, sprinkled some fish food, cranked on the heater, and the cycling process has begun. Checked it this morning, no leaks, everythings working perfect.
My wife and I decided to try our hands at a planted tank, since we've done reef tanks for over a year. We figured 12 gallons was a decent size, and to say the least, I'm really impressed with the tank. Even though it may not be huge, it looks great and the filtration system is really hard at work.
As far as the fish go, my tap water is 8.3-8.4 out of the tap, with moderate to hard water, so I know I'm probably limited, but we'd like to at least get a few fish. I prefer a more well rounded aquarium.. fish, inverts, etc... I don't have an RO filter yet, so tetras and the such might be out of the question, although I kept a school of bleeding heart tetras in my tap water in my 40 gallon and they did wonderfully. I've also kept tiger barbs, dojo loaches, bichirs, blood parrots, numerous cichlids, neon tetras, cardinal tetras, etc just to name a few.
I am planning on upgrading the pump to a Maxijet 900 for increased flow. The lighting is a 24w 50/50 power compact. I'm planning on adding 20lbs of eco complete for the substrate, with some small gravel over the top.
We are definitely going with lots of plants, but what would you stock in a tank like this? We've got a small list of plants we would like to have, but I'm not sure what would do well under a 50/50. I'm thinking of upgrading to the 6700k bulb.
What do you guys think? Any opinions on what to stock?
Thanks!!
After getting the tank home, we promptly started building the stand, which I must say, is the hardest thing I have ever built. Those directions we're a nightmare. It wasn't anything more than just a picture of the stand. We finally finished building it after about an hour of figuring it out. We filled it up with water and some gravel, sprinkled some fish food, cranked on the heater, and the cycling process has begun. Checked it this morning, no leaks, everythings working perfect.
My wife and I decided to try our hands at a planted tank, since we've done reef tanks for over a year. We figured 12 gallons was a decent size, and to say the least, I'm really impressed with the tank. Even though it may not be huge, it looks great and the filtration system is really hard at work.
As far as the fish go, my tap water is 8.3-8.4 out of the tap, with moderate to hard water, so I know I'm probably limited, but we'd like to at least get a few fish. I prefer a more well rounded aquarium.. fish, inverts, etc... I don't have an RO filter yet, so tetras and the such might be out of the question, although I kept a school of bleeding heart tetras in my tap water in my 40 gallon and they did wonderfully. I've also kept tiger barbs, dojo loaches, bichirs, blood parrots, numerous cichlids, neon tetras, cardinal tetras, etc just to name a few.
I am planning on upgrading the pump to a Maxijet 900 for increased flow. The lighting is a 24w 50/50 power compact. I'm planning on adding 20lbs of eco complete for the substrate, with some small gravel over the top.
We are definitely going with lots of plants, but what would you stock in a tank like this? We've got a small list of plants we would like to have, but I'm not sure what would do well under a 50/50. I'm thinking of upgrading to the 6700k bulb.
What do you guys think? Any opinions on what to stock?
Thanks!!