My Planted Nano

Tank- 26cm*25cm*25cm.

Filtration- Elite Mini Internal Filter 220lph (14x tank volume)

Lighting- 23W 6500k Energy Saver Bulb. Adding another soon.

Ferts-Flourish excel, And JBL fert balls.

Plants-Stargrass,Bacopa monnieri,Dwarf Sag, Brazilian Micro Sword,Vallisneria.Looking for more.

Fish-None yet,Adding 6 Cardinals tomorrow, then i want

some Pygmy Cory and Otto.

Substrate-River sand from Oderings.

Other- 25W Aqua One Heater,and getting a Nutrafin co2 Kit soon,Silver birch leaves and twigs to make the water yellowish and lower ph for cardinals.

I havent arranged the plants properly yet but heres a pic of what its like now:

Will add Better pics with a better camera once the cardinals are in.

Keep us posted as it grows in!

Hey.. if you're interested in a cheap backing option that you can cut to size you can buy some poster board (stiff poster paper) from whitcoulls or paper plus.. you get a pretty big sheet for just over $2 and it comes in a heap of colours. I'm using black stuff for the back of my bigger tank. I just have to be careful not to get it wet but on a small tank that should be easy. you can probably just tape it on or use blu-tack or something

It is coing to the collection time for oak leaves from Hagley park. They are the best I think. but should be used when the sap has retreated and they have been shed and dried.

Im curious Alan

What do you use dried oak leaves for. Am i missing something???

Opps, Now after reading posts properly i understand. Leeching tannins.