ancystrus

Hi to all, definitely it's my favourite forum.
well i love the nano-cubes, i have 8 of them, and probably built some other in the short time.
you can see one of they here.





this nano have 15 liters (25 x 25 x 25 cms), and non co2, non fertilizer, the light it's 1 Philips TLd 840 and Grolux (18 w).

best regards

Sergio "ancystrus" Ledo

gnome

Hello, Sergio.

Welcome to APC! I LOVE your nano-tank!!! I have been trying to get C. hastatus for YEARS, but all of my attempts have been miserable failures. I've gotten a number of shops to special-order them, only to receive C. pygmaeus... EVERY SINGLE TIME . Are those Brazilian yellow-belly shrimp or some other species?

Amazing that you can get such wonderful plant growth without CO2 or fertilizer. Do you add Flourish Excel? You probably have enough fish in your tank to feed the plants.

Thanks for posting your photos! Hope to see some of your other tanks, too.

-Naomi

ancystrus

Hello noami: Thanks for your commentaries. The fish that there are in the aquarium are 2 females and a male of Apistogramma borelli, a small group of Corydoras hastatus. Both species are original of Argentina, like also the shrimps, probably of the Geneus Palaemonetes, Palaemonetes argentinus I think. add CO2 and fertilizer during the first 30 days, soon incorporates Hisonotus leucofrenatus (ex- otocinclus to niger) and the rest of the fish, from that moment it retires CO2 and the fertilizer. This it is the first nano-cube which I arm with a sense of aquascaping, the rest are single for "accumulating" plants.
you can see step by step here
http://photobucket.com/albums/v476/ancystrus/armado/
I do not add ningun type of fertilizer, unless some plant displays some deficiency.

best regards.

turtlehead

Nice tank, fish, and plant growth. How big is this tank?

ancystrus

fishfry

Cute tank. So those are corys that swim midwater?? I have never heard of Corydoras hastatus before. Also, what is the red plant in the background?

ancystrus

hi fisfry, yes c. hastatus are small corys that swim in midwater, i love it!
The red plant in the background is Ludwigia arcuata.