1 gallon planted nano

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mjime714

mjime714

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I just thought I would share what I got on my desk at work. Here is my little 1 gallon planted tank.

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It has been running for a few weeks and is showing a lot of growth. Yeah, I got to trim down my Magenta.

-I do 50% water changes 2 times a week.
-DIY CO2
-Fertilize with FloraPride

I am waiting for it to mature a little more. At that point, I think I am going to add a couple Amano Shrimp.
 
very cool........ where did you get the bowl? never seen it before......... very clean......
 
OddBaller said:
very cool........ where did you get the bowl? never seen it before......... very clean......
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I got it from a wedding. It was part of the centerpiece. LOL
 
M|L said:
it's really cool, does it have any filtration unit?
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No filtration. Just water changes. Once I put the shrimp and/or fish, Ill do changes more frequently depending on how the plants and animals do with the new bio-load.

There is literally no water movement in the tank except for the small stream of O2 the plants give off and some bubbles from the CO2. There is a lot of pearling as well which is really nice.

Hakon said:
Nice. I tried that but I got an algaebloom. I think I had too much lightning.
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Yeah.. too much light will do that. Im hoping mine wont do the same. Im hoping that the Amano's will take care of the algae for me as well.
 
fishguy306 said:
How did you set up the co2? Id love to do something like that but wouldnt know how to set up the co2 imput without a filter
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co2 may be too much for such a small body of water....... you would have to trim back every few days depending on the plant...... i would just throw in a rusty nail for Iron....... a couple shrimp and your good to go........
 
fishguy306 said:
How did you set up the co2? Id love to do something like that but wouldnt know how to set up the co2 imput without a filter
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I just use an airstone. I know its waisting a lot of CO2, but I seem to be getting good results. Just enough of it is desolved into the water. You dont want anything too effecient for that small of a tank like oddballer said.

The first plant I put in was from my home aquarium that does not have CO2. When I put it in the Nano pre CO2, it looked OK. After I added the CO2, the green came out and it started pearling a few hours later.

FishHeadSoup said:
nice setup, i love pearling...
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Thanks!! The pearling is what I look for. It makes me feel like Im doing something right when I see that.
 
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