Well, as some of you already know, I have about 100 lbs. of Fiji rock just sitting around here in a Rubbermaid container, waiting for a 90 gallon tank. Unfortunately, I still don't have that 90 gallon, and it driving me nuts to have all that rock doing nothing. So, I decided to set up a nano, which ended up being a pico!
My original plan was to use a 5 gallon or a 10 gallon, to get an incandescent hood, and to use the screw-in CF bulbs for lighting (a pc strip is sort of out of the budget at the moment), but I realized that I wouldn't really have the wattage I was looking for when I found out the bulbs were only 10W instead of 20. I went for the Minibow 2.5 instead so I would have enough light to keep some softies.
Here's all the equipment, and my white dog who thinks he owns the place:
Shown here are the Minibow, the Coralife 50/50 bulb, the smallest heater I could find, my sand and salt, and super cheap filter. I generally don't buy cheap filters, but this one is just going to be full of LR rubble anyway.
The tank is in my kitchen. I started to pick out my LR pieces, and hung the Aqua Tech filter.
Here's where I ran into a problem- D'OH! The intake tube on the Aqua Tech sticks out too far into the tank. I didn't want to mod the hood, so I swapped it out for the Aquaclear 20 on my betta tank. Don't worry, I stuffed the AC media into the Aqua Tech. Then I added the heater and some more LR:
Here's the AC, full of rubble:
Then I changed the 'scape, and added some different rocks. I really like the one with the hole.
Another shot:
My plan for the tank is to keep some shrooms and zoos, and that's about it. I also plan to add some snails and probably a cleaner shrimp. Hopefully it will work out.
My original plan was to use a 5 gallon or a 10 gallon, to get an incandescent hood, and to use the screw-in CF bulbs for lighting (a pc strip is sort of out of the budget at the moment), but I realized that I wouldn't really have the wattage I was looking for when I found out the bulbs were only 10W instead of 20. I went for the Minibow 2.5 instead so I would have enough light to keep some softies.
Here's all the equipment, and my white dog who thinks he owns the place:
Shown here are the Minibow, the Coralife 50/50 bulb, the smallest heater I could find, my sand and salt, and super cheap filter. I generally don't buy cheap filters, but this one is just going to be full of LR rubble anyway.
The tank is in my kitchen. I started to pick out my LR pieces, and hung the Aqua Tech filter.
Here's where I ran into a problem- D'OH! The intake tube on the Aqua Tech sticks out too far into the tank. I didn't want to mod the hood, so I swapped it out for the Aquaclear 20 on my betta tank. Don't worry, I stuffed the AC media into the Aqua Tech. Then I added the heater and some more LR:
Here's the AC, full of rubble:
Then I changed the 'scape, and added some different rocks. I really like the one with the hole.
Another shot:
My plan for the tank is to keep some shrooms and zoos, and that's about it. I also plan to add some snails and probably a cleaner shrimp. Hopefully it will work out.