Ikea Flower Vase Nano Setup

[s11loop]

22 May 2010
Ikea Vase Nano Tank Scape


Got a Ikea Vase lying around, so went to seaview to grab some simple plant and badis badis which I wanted to keep long ago and a packet of gex soil to make the vase useful again! No air pump is needed for this tank as Badis Badis has breathing gill of their own.

[s11loop]

[s11loop]

That's all folks, hope you had enjoyed my minimal and really simple setup.

[Fuzzy]

very cute setup, what are you lighting it with?

[Fireball]

Very nice. By the way, what do you feed the fishes with?

[Fireball]

Double posting

[cdckjn]

very cute! I like your 2nd picture - the one that you photoshop with many colours - makes you have a double look. I like super-low-tech easy-to-maintain tank using recycled glass tank (unusual one especially). AWESOME!

[s11loop]

very cute setup, what are you lighting it with?

Actually this tank has no light on it, I put it next to my 14litre crs tank with 24watts of light so it may get some light from it and so far the plants are growing faster then I expected

Very nice. By the way, what do you feed the fishes with?

I tried shrimp food, even bought a can of bloodworm they just don't really seems to eat it, I heard Badis only eat live food?

[s11loop]

very cute! I like your 2nd picture - the one that you photoshop with many colours - makes you have a double look. I like super-low-tech easy-to-maintain tank using recycled glass tank (unusual one especially). AWESOME!

Thank you.

[boxedfish]

yes badis only eat live food. i have 3 of them to control the worm population in my tank. i feed pellet food to the other inhabitants but they never ever touched it. they just go searching for worms to eat

[wj tan]

would guppys work for this? i dont see any filter in the pictures, will it turn dirty fast? but nevertheless its beautiful.

[s11loop]

would guppys work for this? i dont see any filter in the pictures, will it turn dirty fast? but nevertheless its beautiful.

I guess guppy will work too, I have added in a small apple snail to help eat left over foor. So far the water looks clear and since the badis are tiny and small eater I think shouldn't produce much bio load.

[fatKillies]

Nice clean vase!

[boxedfish]

apple snails shit a lot.

[Fireball]

Actually this tank has no light on it, I put it next to my 14litre crs tank with 24watts of light so it may get some light from it and so far the plants are growing faster then I expected


I tried shrimp food, even bought a can of bloodworm they just don't really seems to eat it, I heard Badis only eat live food?

I kept Badis long time ago and heard that they only eat live food. But they lived with other community fishes, so they were too slow to get any foods. Eventually, I think they died off.

So I was really curious to see what you feel them or having any problem feeding them other food.

[Fireball]

yes badis only eat live food. i have 3 of them to control the worm population in my tank. i feed pellet food to the other inhabitants but they never ever touched it. they just go searching for worms to eat

What kind of worms do you have in your tank?

[boxedfish]

What kind of worms do you have in your tank?

small thin wriggly type that lives in the sand. not planaria

[reddragon343]

is seaview still carrying the Badis?

[s11loop]

is seaview still carrying the Badis?

Should be... When I bought them, they have a tankful of it at the planted section..

[unpluggedmusic]

just wondering if it will create a mosquito problem...