Post pics and specs of your nano planted tanks

[hybridtheoryd16]

There seems to be a few nano's popping up here and there and I fugured it may be neat to have all of them in one thread.

So here is mine
2month old set up
5.5g tank
red sea nano 15gph HOB filter
2- 15watt cfl 6500k bulbs
2ml florish excel daily
dry ferts IE index

plants--
cabomba
dwarf narrow leaf sword (probably dwarf hair grass)

Fish--
2 pea puffers
1 wrestling half beak (aka my mini arrowana)
2 fancy guppie/ endler hybrid crosses (?)

Thinking about trying to do a glosso carpet here soon. And maybe add some java moss to the wood. The cabomba has been growing like crazy and has a bud that may flower soon. The dwarf sword stuff sends out runners allmost daily. I just keep clipping them back.

Sorry about the cell phone pics. I know they suck. lol

 

[iAndrew]

nice half beak.
i wanted those for a long time.

 

[sikoko]

they are really cool

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Yea the half beak is my all time favorite mini fish. They only get about a inch long and have the attitude of a 12" cichlid.

I started with 3 but they call them wrestling half beaks for a reason. And this one is the last man standing so to say.

 

[ridehardorgohome]

Hey just wondering what type of wood you used? looks good,I like the branchy look instead on the old bog log look Thanks

 

[Death Pony]

Eclipse System 6
11 months old
daily dosings of Flourish Excel, Iron, and Potassium

Plants
-Java ferns
-Java moss
-Anubias lanceolata
-Anacharis (removed)
-Echinodoris osiris
-Bolbitis heudelotti
-(recently added) Crypt. parva

Fish
-2 Otocinclus
-6 Dario dario (3 will be given to a friend soon)

 

[TRENT]

Nice tanks guys. Do you have an algae problems with that small of a planted tank?

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

Death pony Nice tank and dario dario are a awesome fish I have allways wanted to try out.

Hey just wondering what type of wood you used? looks good,I like the branchy look instead on the old bog log look Thanks

I got it from a lfs. It was labeled spider wood. I have had some huge pieces in my 125g for a year as well. The peice in the nano I did a little extra work on it with a propane torch to give it some more color. lol

Nice tanks guys. Do you have an algae problems with that small of a planted tank?

Not any different than a big tank. Actually easier cause you can use DiY co2 alot better in a nano. And any groomming that would need to be done can be done with out getting wet. lol

 

[Death Pony]

Thanks! The darios are proving to be a new favorite.

I'm not having any algae problems at all. There's just one spot at the top that I haven't felt like scraping off.

 

[LBathory]

literally the only pic I have of my picotope CRS tank. It is a 1.5gl black sand with a red sea nano filter, no heater and 3 LED's for lighting. The plants are flame moss and anubius nana. It is stocked with some varied grades of CRS from C to A and a few cherry shrimp. They all breed great and the plants do fine despite the lack of Co2 or lighting. I never change the water on this tank, but because it's open topped, the water evaporates quick enough that all I need to do is top it off a few times a week and it is the equivalent of a 40-50% change a week.