First attempt on planted- Nano 2.5G

[meowink]

Hi all!

Just sharing my humble office setup, it is my first attempt at planted tank and hope to get more guidance through this forum.

Specs
Tank : 20.5x22.5x25 (CM)
Filtration : Fluval C2
Substrate : Cheap shrimp substrate
Lighting : 22.5W (11hrs photo period)
CO2 : NAG aqua! music atomiser with cheap disposable paintball cylinder @ 0.2BPS (Unfortunately, there is no solenoid to turn this off it is running 24/7)
Ferts: EIHO Plant Complete & Potassium 1-2 drop per week

Plants:
Monte Carlo (Micranthemum)


Rescaped Tank is now 1 weeks old:




**** New light set only arrived yesterday (8 September 14), and I am surprised to see the plants starting to pearl! ****

[AhGene]

Totol cost?

[meowink]

Totol cost?

Approximately $350.

[kurty]

Wow, nice and simple setup.

Why would that cost you $350?

My mini tank is $30, with net and food.
Shrimps, cherry. Cost me $20 for 40 of them.
Reuse my led light, Cost $15.
Plant and Moss ball, $5.
Drop in filter, re use, should be $10.
Sand, quartz type, those black in color. $4 for a kg..

[Phillipians]

Lol. I help him answer. His filter is Fluval Approx 60-70 bucks
His tank I am not sure but tanks nowadays for clear glass 50 -80 bucks
His light either OEM ADA lights or ADA lights anything from 130 bucks to 280 bucks
Soil is ADA - 40 bucks per pack
CO2 another 100 bucks

Lol, you can see it can go up to 500 bucks for a nano

[Phillipians]

If there are 2 things I learnt about excelling in this hobby - Spend now and as much as you can initially to avoid regret and expect a bad back from scaping.
Cheers~

[limz_777]

If there are 2 things I learnt about excelling in this hobby - Spend now and as much as you can initially to avoid regret and expect a bad back from scaping.
Cheers~

true , proper lights , soil and a good flow filter

[meowink]

Lol. I help him answer. His filter is Fluval Approx 60-70 bucks
His tank I am not sure but tanks nowadays for clear glass 50 -80 bucks
His light either OEM ADA lights or ADA lights anything from 130 bucks to 280 bucks
Soil is ADA - 40 bucks per pack
CO2 another 100 bucks

Lol, you can see it can go up to 500 bucks for a nano

Thanks for clearing the air up!

[zhaoronglim]

Nice scape! However I'm not so sure if you're going achieve a good monte carpet with shrimp soil.

[meowink]

Thanks for the kind comments but the scape really isn't anything much.

Appreciate your direction on the shrimp soil too! I guess it is too late to change the soil, is there anything else I which I could do?

[zhaoronglim]

Haha the only thing you can do now is wait and see. Just remember the ferts and co2

[meowink]

I only have co2 in there now. No fertiliser though, any recommendations?

[meowink]

went down to fishy business earlier today, backside itchy and bought some rocks.

Rescaped as of 15 Sept:



The Monte Carlos are growing well with new roots, some spreading side ways. (And yes, unfortunately to make way for the rocks some suffered injuries.)



Lastly, with or without the moss ball on the rock? Any opinions?

[meowink]

Updates on 29 September 2014:

Monty Carlo growing slowly but surely



- Upgraded to 2L co2 cylinder with solenoid to control daily dosage and increase BPS
- Dosed Seachem Excel, Tropica Specialised Fertilizer, Potassium on a weekly basis as recommended by manufacturer
- Scraped down the sides of the tank to rid excess algae
- Stocked up on distilled water for water changes and top offs

[meowink]

Added Repens Staurogyne on 01/10/2014

[eugenepang]

Wow, nice and simple setup.

Why would that cost you $350?

My mini tank is $30, with net and food.
Shrimps, cherry. Cost me $20 for 40 of them.
Reuse my led light, Cost $15.
Plant and Moss ball, $5.
Drop in filter, re use, should be $10.
Sand, quartz type, those black in color. $4 for a kg..

Hi, can I know where to get the cherry shrimps for that price?

[meowink]

Hi Eugene, you may want to try the following:

THAT AQUARIUM (Y61
Blk 618, Yishun Ring Road, #01-3236, Singapore 760618

Tel: 6758 5488, 6758 1233

[Urban Aquaria]

Hi, can I know where to get the cherry shrimps for that price?

Can check at places like C328 or Y618... they usually sell various grades of shrimps in pre-packed bags, can range from $10 for 50 x low-grade cherry shrimps, or $10 for 20 x sakura grade, or most recently i've seen $10 for 12 x fire red grade (mixed quality), just depends on their stock availability (prices and package composition may also vary slightly between re-stocks).

Here is a thread on buying cheap low-grade cherry shrimps in bulk bags: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...lk-bags-at-LFS

[eugenepang]

Thanks for the info guys!

[Mrhello88]

Ur tank looks nice