sharing a simple 1ft tank

[tiintinn]

hi all,

after much reading and 1 small nano tank, have started an amatuer simple 1 ft tank and would like to share with the rest of the hobbyist here.

the tank have been running for about 3 months, and been through adjustments and replanting. Recently have found hair algae and tried to remove them manually.

* some plant were bought/donated from hobbyist here too


Front tank shot


Side


Top



Tank Specification
Dimension : 36cm x 26 cm x 28 cm
Lighting : Aquazonic 2 tubes
Filtration : Eden 501 with GUSH lily pipes
External Fan : ANS 1000
CO2 : 0.5 bps

Start of Tank : 26 Dec 10
Substrate : Gex light geen packet

Flora
1. Nana, Min Nana
2. C. Wendtii brown and green
3. Christmas moss
4. Windelov java fern
5. Tiger Lily
6. Bylxia japonica
7. Staurogyne sp
8. Rotala sp green
9. Ludwigia brevipes (i think)
10. Some moss and plants that i pickup from the gaps between carpark tiles

Fauna
1. 8 x rummy nose
2. 3 x Celestial Pearl Danio
3. Malayan shimps
4. 5 x Nerite snails


looking forwards to all comments and suggestion for improvement

will upload more snapshots since the start of the tank (26 December 2010) later

[rascal]

nice one!!! congrates.. do you have any more set up

[equidorz]

WOAH! Impressive tank you have there. Tell me you are not new to planted? Looks like hands of a pro aqua-scaper else you just have green fingers! Very nice and lush growth of plants you have in your tank. Anyway mind to share how you suspend your light set? And how efficient does the ANS 1000 cool your tank?

Cheers!!

[Apistoinka]

Look great... The scaping look nice... You sure you are beginner??? joking bro...

[tiintinn]

nice one!!! congrates.. do you have any more set up

thanks rascal, am also having a low tech nano tank, will upload image for that soon

WOAH! Impressive tank you have there. Tell me you are not new to planted? Looks like hands of a pro aqua-scaper else you just have green fingers! Very nice and lush growth of plants you have in your tank. Anyway mind to share how you suspend your light set? And how efficient does the ANS 1000 cool your tank?

Cheers!!

thanks equidorz, got lots of inspiration from lots of hobbyist here. for the lights, did a small stand (super amateur and spent about 30) will post images if interested
for the fan, so far have been able to cool to 27-28

Look great... The scaping look nice... You sure you are beginner??? joking bro...

thanks Apistionka for your comments

[equidorz]

Yes. I will love to see your DIY light stand! I am also thinking of diy-ing a light stand for my 31L nano. LOL! hope to see some pictures soon!!
cheers!

[leonard6july]

Looks larger than a 1 ft tank. Great work, what temperature can you maintain without a chiller?

[leonard6july]

Oh 27-28 DegC, just was it in your reply.

[tiintinn]

nice one!!! congrates.. do you have any more set up

a front tank shot of nano tank


flora :
christmas moss on driftwood
blyxia japonica
Staurogyne sp
small java fern
tiny bits of hairgrass

fuana :
2 golden white mountain
lots of cherry or sakura shrimps
2 cory (not sure what kind)
3 nerite snails

[tiintinn]

Yes. I will love to see your DIY light stand! I am also thinking of diy-ing a light stand for my 31L nano. LOL! hope to see some pictures soon!!
cheers!

hi Equidorz, sorry for the wait. below is the diy stand that i put together.
the materials were gathered from the hardware store near Greenchapter. Went with a rough sketch and a young chap there provided the advise.
there are also 2x 5kg weight used (place on the wood )as a counter weight

[Saiberg]

Bro, did the hardware store bend the stand for you? How much they roughly charge?

[tiintinn]

yup they did, but can't remember the cost of labor, but i paid about $15 for the rod (including the bending)

[icesee]

Nice set-up there... always find it very relaxing to look at such planted tank

[equidorz]

hi Equidorz, sorry for the wait. below is the diy stand that i put together.
the materials were gathered from the hardware store near Greenchapter. Went with a rough sketch and a young chap there provided the advise.
there are also 2x 5kg weight used (place on the wood )as a counter weight

Hi Tiintin,

Thank you for the images. Simple and nice stand. i did went to the hard ware store before to ask if i buy the rod from them will they be able to bend for me. they say no... how come double standard! haha. maybe you too handsome or i too ugly. LOL> anyway mind sharing how much you paid in all for the stand. If you do not mind and have the time can drop me a Private message. Thanks a million.

[zonkkie]

nice! Good choice of wood. Think you can remove the duckweed.. can see the staurogyne creeping upwards already.

[leonard6july]

What's the items in the picture on the bottom left?

[tiintinn]

hey Equidorz,

in total i paid about approximately $25 (excluding the counter-weight, cos took it from a spare dumb-bell), initially the chap was reluctant in helping out with the bending by after mentioning that i will pay for the bending, he was okay.

by the way, the need for a wood plank at the bottom was due to the limitation in drilling on the resting "metal box".

@leonard6july, those are joints used to attached the rod to the wood plank.

[tiintinn]

nice! Good choice of wood. Think you can remove the duckweed.. can see the staurogyne creeping upwards already.

hi Zonkkie,

thanks for the comments and suggestion, wondering if will it help if the lights is increase? (am using a 2 x 8w currently)
am keeping some of the frogbits for soaking the nitrates, most time i keep about 10-15 of them around

cheers, david

[equidorz]

hey Equidorz,

in total i paid about approximately $25 (excluding the counter-weight, cos took it from a spare dumb-bell), initially the chap was reluctant in helping out with the bending by after mentioning that i will pay for the bending, he was okay.

by the way, the need for a wood plank at the bottom was due to the limitation in drilling on the resting "metal box".

@leonard6july, those are joints used to attached the rod to the wood plank.

Hi tiintin,

Thank you for your help. I might go down soon to get my diy stand soon also. But first need to settle some other stuff like chiller and canister. Anyway thank you again for sharing. very nice of you!

[moomoo28]

very nice tank you have there tinntin !
love the moss and the wood layout, nice work