2 Liter Nano Tank

[SmallFish]

Yup, nice tank !!
Let me know if you need to get rid of the hairgrass in yr next pruning

[hirowen]

Nice setup! I tried it before but using the black gravel, the HG melted eventually.. Good job!

[Fei Miao]

Cute! Good job I like the rocksacpe and the cherries.

[dc88]

I caught 3 Mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrookil) from the drain, and put them in this 2 liter tank a month ago.
Yesterday while doing water change I noticed there is one tiny new born Mosquito fish in there. The 3 "adults" Gambusia only measured may be 8-10 mm which I thought they were only juvenile and quite a surprise that they can multiply out of this tiny volume of water.

[avant]

how about some photos to show off those fish?

[dc88]

Mosquito fish (Gambusia holbrookil)
This is the female.

[plumboy21]

Could be too. As I find the tank size is too small (only 2 liter water volume) to manage CO2 injection. Even a slow DIY CO2 (1 bubble every second) can be too much. I am trying Seachem Excel as the carbon source now. Hair Grass seem to response with some new leaf.

Hi. We can use Seachem Excel to replace CO2? Never knew that. But will daily dosage be harmful to shrimps inside the tank?

[Jungle-mania]

Should be a weekly dosing and given the size of your tank. A few drops should be enough.

[dc88]

I tested the upper limit for this 2L tank size and 3 drops a day is where it's still safe. 4 drops a day will start knocking out some cherry.
The daily regime is 1-2-3 :
1 drop JBL trace,
2 drops KNO3+KH2PO4 pre-mix (4 tsp KNO3 + 1 tsp KH2PO4 in 500ml water),
and 3 drops Excel.
Follow by weekly 50% waterchange.

[jacquetlc]

very nice...

[juggler]

Dennis: Nice setup for a small tank!

[dc88]

Heres an update after battling off some algae:

[hirowen]

Looking good!