What a great tank! Must be nice having a little oasis of peace in your office.

 

Nice tank silverdubb03, the plants are growing really fast and healthy. Blyxa J. is a great plant, shame I can't find it in Mexico City.

I have a question... why don't you fill the tank to the top ? It would look even nicer than it actually is.

Cheers

 

Someone accidentally bumped my cubicle and the water spilled on my paper work. It try to keep it ~1/4" away from the top and evaporation of the water surface is a lot since my office is around 70-76 F.

 

Hope you could recover those papers Clinton. I put my nano in a stand at 1.5 ft. from my desk for security reasons but it's an "open" office, in cubicles that's not possible.

Keep up the good work.

 

Thanks for sharing. It looks great and its nice to know I can grow HC under that light...I bought two of em. I am using one on ADA 30cm cube.

The comment about filling it to the top is on point. I wish I filled mine when I took my photos.

 

I haven't seen an actual cherry shrimp, but I saw that you have 8 of them in your tank. How small are they? Isn't it too crowded? I'm thinking of getting some low maint shrimps in my 5g tank...

 

I took them out for a little bit because I added some chemical algae remover containing copper. I have a little BBA in the tank right now.

What a cool little tank, Silver!!!! Very nice looking, love your rocks and choice of fish! Great choice of plants, too! The blyxa worked out very nicely for you!

Thanks!!! I think one of my Blyxas is growing a flower or something. It is a brownish stem and I can't get a clear picture of it.

Do you add any ferts to the water column?

Thanks,
Creighton

Yup........~1mL of ADA Brighty K, Lights, and Step 1 (once a day) and a pinch of KH up powder for the HC (after water change).

Man, you're allowed to plug in appliances at work. Even with water.
Is this your own office.

Management is pretty cool with my little tank. I'm at the bottom of the totem pole and I just get a small cubicle. If I had an office, I would have order something like an ADA 60P.

 

What a cool little tank, Silver!!!! Very nice looking, love your rocks and choice of fish! Great choice of plants, too! The blyxa worked out very nicely for you!

 

Do you add any ferts to the water column?

Thanks,
Creighton

 

Man, you're allowed to plug in appliances at work. Even with water.
Is this your own office.

 

Here is a couple of updated shots from yesterday after a water change. I took out the heater because it is usually ~72-76 F in the office all the time. I think it looks a little cleaner now.

02/21/2008:

 

Thats it Im installing co2 on the office tank!!!

Looks really nice man. I am sure it is a sight for sore eyes at the office.

 

Well, I had this setup for 6 months now and feeling a rescape is needed. Should I do another Iwagumi or driftwood? Any suggestions?

 

A quick update........I wanted to try something new, so I chose UG. Hopefully, it will start to grow.

 

WOW! i love the look!
Please give us tips on how you are getting your HC to grow like that. I heard that you need a smooth substrate so that they HC could grow. (I have rather chunky substrate, 2-3-4 mm.) is that why they have a hard time expanding?

 

WOW! i love the look!
Please give us tips on how you are getting your HC to grow like that. I heard that you need a smooth substrate so that they HC could grow. (I have rather chunky substrate, 2-3-4 mm.) is that why they have a hard time expanding?

Thanks......I don't know if it is a tip, but here are my parameters:

• Substrate: Aquasoil Amazoina II Powder (the smaller the better because it fills the voids where the small roots are)
• CO2: ADA CO2 System 74/YA ver.2 (1-2 bps)
• Heat: ~74 F (ambient air temp in the office)
• Lighting: Home Depot Special 27W CF (9 hours w/timer)
• Water Change: 1 gallon a week; pH ~6.8
• ADA Brighty K, ADA Special Lights, ADA Step 1 (6-8 drops)

High lights, ferts, CO2 is the key.

It took about 3-4 months for me to know the difference. Hopefully, my Utricularia graminifolia grows in like that. Now, it is spreading faster than my HC.

 

I'm thinking about your ADA CO2 setup for my 10G. At a rate of 1-2bps, how long does the cartridge last? I like it because it's small enough to conceal behind the tank. Also, do you turn it off at night (if at all possible with it)? Ah! One last thing: how does it smell? Do you have the scented cartridge?
Wow, so many questions... sorry!

 

Ask away......at a rate of 1-2 bps, if no leaks about 6-8 weeks @ 9-hours a day using the ADA EL-Valve (worth every penny) with an electrical digital timer (8am-5pm). The smell of the water or cartridge?? My tank doesn't have any smell, but if you unscrew the cartridge, a hint of fragrance comes out (using #2 right now).

But, remember I have a 3-gallon tank and you have a 10-gallon tank which will use more CO2 due to more volume of water. Thus, you're looking at maybe 4-6 weeks perhaps?

 

Thanks for the prompt reply. I'm considering both the ADA CO2 setup and the Hydor CO2 Green NRG, that also uses CO2 cartridges, but I guess not on a proprietary format. If we could only know how long the Hydor system lasts now
I think 20 dollars a month for CO2 is a bit steep, but it's such a nice system, though. Well, as an analogy, ADA is the Apple of aquariums, you can find the same performance for less, but never as sexy.

 

It is nice . I wish i have a tank like this .

 

any update on the UG?

 

Please update us I would love to see this tank now with the UG! I did notice you have the same 27watt light I have on my 3 gal nano from Home Depot! Best $19.99 I ever spent! Nice tank!
Reef

 

Here is an update on the UG. Sorry, for the bad pics.

 

Wow that is really awesome! How easy was UG for you? What's the full name of UG?

 

Thanks Reverance! Urticullaria graminofolia = UG; It is fairly easy to grow, but you need high lights and ferts.