Wellydave Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 righto so yesterday i went down the lfs after spending the day sick in bed oogling nano tanks :slfg: (bad idea btw never go the lfs after youve been on the net all day looking at fish and tanks) so anyway story go's i walk in looking at buying a small 30 - 40ltr'sish tank to start a wee nano planted tank and whata ya know right there front and center staring at me is a aqua one aquanano 40.... so this thing is a 55l 40x40x40 cube it has a sort of sump system built into the back of it which consists of foam to start (going to replace with poret lol) then second chamber is bio noodles and in the thrid is the heater and pump (which is rated at 500lph so almost 10x's the tanks volume ) and a little 18w Pl light that clips on. happy days! i thought great this will fit perfectly in the spot i wanted to put a tank the lounge haha. so anyway i walk out of the store a happy man with my new baby get home and set the little bugger up then straight back on the net deciding what to do! what im planing on getting from this wee tank is a nice little iwagimi style tank which will house 4 - 5 micro fish ither Microrasbora ethromycron/emeral dwarf rasbora, Boraras maculatus/spotted dawrf rasbora and a couple ottos or corys or a couple dawf puffers oooor if my other lfs gets the little shrimps they had in a while ago mabie them :thup: im going to use flourite black sand as substrate this time so i can compare the difference between that and my monando in the big tank plants will be - glossostigma elatinoides foreground cover, dawf sag inbetween and behind the rocks and christmass moss on the rocks themself's im going to run co2 in the tank as i already have almost everything needed for it (bubble counter , anti return vavle, diffuser, co2 tank(ex paintball), adaptor for regulator) all i need now is the regulator and i will be using valrays ferts for dosing so what i need to know is the 18w pl going to be any good for growing carpeting plants eg glossostigma. or am i better off upgrading to something like this http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/fish/lights-lamps/auction-538247634.htm or any other sugestions? thanks! pics to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 nice choice in tank, I think they are one of the best nano designs around commercially. if you've got the CO2 setup I would say go for a heavily planted dwarf puffer tank just remember to leave the puffers til last to add to allow your snails time to begin, and also set up a snail breeding bucket as well before you start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Nice one dude, got a bad case of mts going on too aye :slfg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 nice choice in tank, I think they are one of the best nano designs around commercially. if you've got the CO2 setup I would say go for a heavily planted dwarf puffer tank just remember to leave the puffers til last to add to allow your snails time to begin, and also set up a snail breeding bucket as well before you start yeah i was realy impressed with the plug and playness of this tank it has everything and looks great i think the only thing i will need to upgrade is the lighting like i said oh and my 120ltr tank is a snail breeding bucket :slfg: Nice one dude, got a bad case of mts going on too aye :slfg: haha yep the gf thinks ive gone crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 You're on the right track with the CO2 and the PL lighting will be enough for HG, not sure about Glosso as my success with Glosso is limited. If you have a look at any well aquascaped tanks, you'll be hard pressed to find a decent looking cube iwagumi layout. Most of the iwagumis are at least 2:1 if not longer. Cube tanks do better with a steep slope and strong rock work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 my plan is to slope up the left back corner and have 1 large rock in the middle and 2 smaller rocks ither side and a few evin smaller rocks scattered around those. but we will see what happens still need to find me some rocks i like haha and yeah im not having a lot of luck with my glosso ither at the moment but im hoping it go's better in this set up. good to hear about the pl's tho im thinking if i keep them i will upgrade the bulb to one of these http://www.aquaone.net.nz/cart_product2431-1-2520.html?Title=AQUA%20ONE%20PL%20TUBE%2018W%20SUNLIGHT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 whoops cancle that it already is one of those bulbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I would recommend the PL tube with one side sunlight and one side tropical, higher in the red and blue spectrums which drive photosynthesis better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Would you mind linking me a picture of the sort of scape you're trying to achieve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 I think it only takes one tube doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 I would recommend the PL tube with one side sunlight and one side tropical, higher in the red and blue spectrums which drive photosynthesis better i thought about that but i cant find any links with colour spectrums of the tunes :an!gry Would you mind linking me a picture of the sort of scape you're trying to achieve? i havnt actualy found one thats like what i want lol i have the picture in my head lol this is the closest i can find i want the 2 smaller rocks closer to the large one tho http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?hl=en&safe=off&sa=X&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=GdVE9W8lIqgRrM:&imgrefurl=http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/nano-aquariums/47412-iwagumi-plan-cies-do-sul-4-a.html&docid=SGdmo6gt4hpl8M&imgurl=http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l207/deceptmasterjj/Iwagumi1-1.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=fKW2ULfqLobrygHlzYG4DA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=989&vpy=217&dur=305&hovh=140&hovw=190&tx=142&ty=119&sig=111160406894625169251&page=2&tbnh=140&tbnw=190&start=20&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:29,s:0,i:174&biw=1279&bih=679 and yes only takes one tube but you can buy ones that are half and half so half sunlight half tropical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 What are these worth? They look cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 I think it only takes one tube doesn't it? you can get PL tubes with oneside one colour one side another, Aquaone does Tropical/sunlight and Marine blue/sunlight tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 What are these worth? They look cool. Mine was i think $250 in the shop but i spend so much bloody money down there between the dog, fish and kitten the lady told me shed do it for $200 i think because she knows if i get discounts im usually more likely to buy sumit :slfg: And as for the light tubes i think i will go with the tropical / sunlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsmith Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 This tank is cool! I would probably set it up as a crazzzzzy densely planted tank. It's viewable from three sides so that makes it an ideal densely planted tank. I wonder if there's another clip on lighting system you could use? Even order another one of the lights it comes with as supplimentary lighting to keep with the look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 they do a couple of LED clip ons that suit that tank well but they are a bit pricey (still can't work out why LED lighting is so expensive :dunno: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 im really not that keen on another densly planted tank once the big one takes off that'll it make 2 densly planted and i want something a little different and more chilled in the lounge lol and also where it sits it will only be viewable from the front heres a pic of where its going to sit i was looking at led's did you see the link in the original post? how do you think that would do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 can I point out that the speaker right next to it will seriously stress the fish out, and certain fish will be seriously affected by the magnetism of the speaker. btw LOVE the art behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 oh yeah good point i didnt think of that lol i will have to move the speaker as for the art its all done by my flat mate hes super talented and has done heaps of big murals and dose heaps of canvas's as well! check out his website here http://gwilart.com/ and his face book here https://www.facebook.com/gwilart?fref=ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 wow, first pic is of bad camel toe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 good move on the speaker front, I lost 1 of my paired acaras from speaker vibration stress before I realised what happened. very much looking foward to following this build :spop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted November 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 wow, first pic is of bad camel toe Haha yeah that was a design he did for a girl we know whos started a clothing label she makes all kinds of crazy tights haha And yeah speaker shall be moved will have to extend the speaker cables haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted December 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 right i know im probably going to get flamed for this but im shutting this tank down and going to use it as a nano reef as i already have two planted fw tanks and want to try something different and a new challange. feel free to lock this thread mods there will be no further updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 1, 2013 Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 We do not like anyone flaming people in this forum. It is your choice to do what you want with the tank. Please start a new thread as you set up and update the nano reef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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