7 gallon Nano Tank

FrancisFloe

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Hi guys, I just set up a nano tank, the reason is because my brown rabbit snails ate all the plants in my 60g tank! Tomorrow Im gonna plant some java ferns, xmas moss, probably some hornwort and guppy grass, cuz they dont mind those and also floaters. I' ll also put some of my nerites because they are better at cleaning algae.
Dimensions for the tank btw is L=15" H=12" W=9.5", Sponge filter and natural sunlight,. I placed the tank on the porch.
My initial plan for the tank is a betta and will put one but Im looking for the perfect betta or maybe rescue one idk, I wanna also put some khuli loaches and rasboras maybe but do yall think its too much and should I only go with a betta? Inverts are gonna be some dwarf shrimps, nerites and rabbit snails.
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I have some botanicals here, but they are still floating, how do I make them sink sooner?pleasseee! Also will add some tannins and leaves tomorrow cuz I wann try to make it like a biotope setup, the hardscapes I found em all lying around, the sand I bought and the driftwood was taken from a beach a few years ago.

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FrancisFloe

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2nd day:
I finally added some plants:
Hornwort
Guppy Grass
Hydrilla
Christmas moss
Java fern
monte carlo(just a little bit)
I also added some floaters:
duckweed
salvinia
To finish it up I gathered a bunch of dead leaves amd seed pods i could find. I'll try to list it
Sterculia comosa seed pods
Glass-looking mangrove seed pods
premature coconut seed something
foxtail palm seed pod
3-4 species of dead palm leaves from my garden because I neglected them.
Banana leaves
Oak leaf fern
Indian almond
Mango leaf
Yeah i think Ive gone overbored, an effective way to make them sink right away is I boiled them for like 30 minutes to waterlog and sterilized which made the kitchen smell like tea🤤 and also pissed off my mom because I was boiling dead leaves, I realized I coulda just boil them for 3 mins, anyways I put them in some water let it cool down till they start sinking.

After allat I tried to arrange it in a pleasant way, I found more seedpods and cool twigs and leaves I wanna use but will use it tomorrow cuz Im done boiling stuff.
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I also added three nerites.

I'm just waiting for the water to look tinted, will add some final details tomorrow.

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FrancisFloe

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Jul 16, 2023
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Philippines
2nd day:
I finally added some plants:
Hornwort
Guppy Grass
Hydrilla
Christmas moss
Java fern
monte carlo(just a little bit)
I also added some floaters:
duckweed
salvinia
To finish it up I gathered a bunch of dead leaves amd seed pods i could find. I'll try to list it
Sterculia comosa seed pods
Glass-looking mangrove seed pods
premature coconut seed something
foxtail palm seed pod
3-4 species of dead palm leaves from my garden because I neglected them.
Banana leaves
Oak leaf fern
Indian almond
Mango leaf
Yeah i think Ive gone overbored, an effective way to make them sink right away is I boiled them for like 30 minutes to waterlog and sterilized which made the kitchen smell like tea🤤 and also pissed off my mom because I was boiling dead leaves, I realized I coulda just boil them for 3 mins, anyways I put them in some water let it cool down till they start sinking.

After allat I tried to arrange it in a pleasant way, I found more seedpods and cool twigs and leaves I wanna use but will use it tomorrow cuz Im done boiling stuff.
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I also added three nerites.

I'm just waiting for the water to look tinted, will add some final details tomorrow.

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Some more pics, tried to go for a biotope-y style IMG_20240224_134037.jpg

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