Little-AL
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Hi Guys,
Been thinking of setting up an additional tank for a little while. Was torn between doing a fighter tank or shrimp only - i'm still not decided 110% on the final stocking as I still love Fighters having kept them before but am leaning towards shrimp currently!
The tank itself is an Askoll 23cm cube made from Acrylic - ordinarily they have a small filter built in to the lid - i've chopped this out and added an Aqua Manta corner filter (rated to 50 litres) alongside a 25w heater. Lighting is a built in tile with 3 LED's - they are a fairly cool colour so am unsure currently how plants will last under them. I have an Arcadia Arc Pod knocking around if they aren't good enough or will get a couple of the small Up LED fixtures from Tankscape.
The tank when it was purchased from my local Maidenhead Aquatics:
All cleaned up with filter and heater added:
I wasn't really sure what I wanted to use for hardscape - originally I fancied a small piece of wood but wasn't in a patient mood so bought these two chunks of Lava rock:
Some work with the hammer & chisel gave me these chunks...
Which looked like this in the tank with a bit of rinsed JBL Manado:
I stole some Moss from my main tank and tied that around the rock with green cotton - I also chucked in a couple of small bits of Stauro to see if they will grow under the LED's;
How it looked after being filled:
So after all that hard work it was time for a refreshing Green Tea
And how it looks tonight:
Going to let it run for a couple of weeks then will add a few bits of mature ceramic media out of my main tank so that I can add some live stock
Been thinking of setting up an additional tank for a little while. Was torn between doing a fighter tank or shrimp only - i'm still not decided 110% on the final stocking as I still love Fighters having kept them before but am leaning towards shrimp currently!
The tank itself is an Askoll 23cm cube made from Acrylic - ordinarily they have a small filter built in to the lid - i've chopped this out and added an Aqua Manta corner filter (rated to 50 litres) alongside a 25w heater. Lighting is a built in tile with 3 LED's - they are a fairly cool colour so am unsure currently how plants will last under them. I have an Arcadia Arc Pod knocking around if they aren't good enough or will get a couple of the small Up LED fixtures from Tankscape.
The tank when it was purchased from my local Maidenhead Aquatics:
All cleaned up with filter and heater added:
I wasn't really sure what I wanted to use for hardscape - originally I fancied a small piece of wood but wasn't in a patient mood so bought these two chunks of Lava rock:
Some work with the hammer & chisel gave me these chunks...
Which looked like this in the tank with a bit of rinsed JBL Manado:
I stole some Moss from my main tank and tied that around the rock with green cotton - I also chucked in a couple of small bits of Stauro to see if they will grow under the LED's;
How it looked after being filled:
So after all that hard work it was time for a refreshing Green Tea
And how it looks tonight:
Going to let it run for a couple of weeks then will add a few bits of mature ceramic media out of my main tank so that I can add some live stock
