10 Gallon - Low Tech

Looks great! It'll really look nice when it gets a little height.

The Java sp 'wedelov' in the back right will not grow tall. It just kinda stays short. You might want to move that forward some. (Looks like they might use a little iron as they are quite pale.)

Awesome tank, Steve. Really love the layout and the plants. Nice looking betta too.

Darksome said:

I have a ten gallon with nothing but java fern, but mine has wood instead of rocks. Planning on adding other plants after I'm done cultivating a good amount.

I like your set up. Other than the betta and the otos, do you plan on putting anything else in it?

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Thanks. I'll be moving the betta out in a couple of weeks and adding some small cory's and that will probably be all I add.

Tex Gal said:

Looks great! It'll really look nice when it gets a little height.

The Java sp 'wedelov' in the back right will not grow tall. It just kinda stays short. You might want to move that forward some. (Looks like they might use a little iron as they are quite pale.)

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Everything is beginning to respond to being fed and turning the green color they should be. All the algae has finally cleared up too.

The wedelov was just sort of parked back there until I could figure out which of the leaves were going to recover. It's going to be moved to the far right side of the tank towards the front.

gravy9 said:

Awesome tank, Steve. Really love the layout and the plants. Nice looking betta too.

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Thanks Ravi, I have enjoyed watching your tanks come together as well.

Nothing much to update other than the addition of 6 amano shrimp. Well into a good fert routine now and the plants are becoming healthy and the algae is all but gone.

Going to give it a couple more weeks and then I'll prune out the sick leaves and properly plant the ferns.

I'm happy with the amount of light, I think it is going to be enough to keep the ferns healthy.

The ferns have completely taken over the tank. I've uprooted all of them and will be removing probably half of them.

I have 3 2.5 gallon tanks that I'm going to tear down and rescape. They're going to be setup the same as the 10 gallon as sort of a collage of tanks.

I'm going to be adding a few more varieties of plants and moss from my larger tanks that I'm tearing down.

The goal is four or five really low budget small tanks with a common theme.

I have the bolbitus fern in a 150, and it has grown along the back to stick out above the water surface. I have some of the tirdent Java fern, and it would be a good choice for a ten or smaller. Like the Windeloff, it can stay small, or at least so far it's growing slowly enough to need only very rare trimming back.

I'm happy the ferns took off like thy did. When I first put them in there they were in a questionable condition.

I never did add the corys. I added 20 or so minami shrimp that are breeding like crazy.

The tank looks a lot different now. I'm going to take some photos this weekend.

This is the tank the otos are breeding in.

StevenLeeds said:

August 02, 2009

Thanks for looking.

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That looks really great. Can I ask what you're using for lighting?

Using 2 stock All Glass light strips. 2 GE Plant and Aquarium bulbs from Wal-Mart. Low budget...

Nice looking setup.

Steven, I love your rocks.

I'm looking forwards to getting some from you.