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[CooKieS]

Hi all,

As my passion for rare plants grown up since 2 years, and my bank account reduced more and more, I decided to setup a budget friendly small tank to grow rare plants and sell some eventually.

So here’s the equipment used:
-Viv mini S optiwhite tank 31x18x26cm
-Ledstar Aqs-Pro 45 led (superb finishing on this one)
-Intank aquario co2 diffuseur
-Dennerle scaper’s flow

So what’s inside the tank:
-Tropica aquarium soil
-Ada la plata sand
-Ada gravel
-River wood
-Lava rocks

At first i just wanted to do an Dutch style tank but I quickly realized I wasn’t able to keep up with an hardscape empty aquarium so…I assembled this:

To be continued …

 

[seedoubleyou]

Love the hardscape. Well done

 

[G H Nelson]

Love it, no water changes or maintenance!.....

 

[Aqua360]

Viv Mini S, is this a new tank manufacturer? Haven't heard of them yet!

 

[seedoubleyou]

Viv Mini S, is this a new tank manufacturer? Haven't heard of them yet!

Might be the ADA mini S.

 

[Aqua360]

Might be the ADA mini S.

Makes sense!

@CooKieS interested to see the hardscape in situ, I've been looking at getting a Mini S for a while!

 

[seedoubleyou]

Makes sense!

@CooKieS interested to see the hardscape in situ, I've been looking at getting a Mini S for a while!

Yeah @CooKieS we can’t handle the suspense.

 

[CooKieS]

Viv Mini S, is this a new tank manufacturer? Haven't heard of them yet!

Hello it’s an Chinese brand:

VIV --- high quality aquarium product manufacturer

Our craftsmen are dedicated to producing the highest quality products. It gives us a great sense of pride and accomplishment that people are not only choosing us, but getting a great deal of satisfaction for their beloved hobby through our well-designed glassware.

viv.com.hk

 

[CooKieS]

 

[seedoubleyou]

Hello it’s an Chinese brand:

VIV --- high quality aquarium product manufacturer

Our craftsmen are dedicated to producing the highest quality products. It gives us a great sense of pride and accomplishment that people are not only choosing us, but getting a great deal of satisfaction for their beloved hobby through our well-designed glassware.

viv.com.hk

Ah of course. I’m familiar with Viv, they’ve been around for many years. I believe they make those glass HOB overflows for sumps.

 

[seedoubleyou]

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Looks great.

 

[Cazza]

Looks superb.

 

[CooKieS]

Ah of course. I’m familiar with Viv, they’ve been around for many years. I believe they make those glass HOB overflows for sumps.

Yes, I had multiple nano tanks, pipes and glass feeder from this company, and the quality is great at 1/3 the price of Ada.

Looks great.

Thanks !

Looks superb.

Thanks a lot!

Sorry guys, but because I have been too much on this stupid social media called Instagram, I forgot how nice it was to run a proper journal here and in the same time learn and share some real knowledge, so you’ll see a bit of a fast forward journal here , because this tank is from last year and already rescaped since.

 

[FrozenShivers]

Looks great so far!

 

[CooKieS]

So guys, here’s my recipe for easy high tech nano setup :

-Light 6h per day for the first 6 weeks then 7 hours
-Don’t dose anything until 6-8 weeks and then some K and micros for 3-4 months (with new soil)
-Use nicely balanced aqua soil, tropica is my fav.
-do a darkstart or use an already cycled filter
-I run my co2 24/24 but at a low rate (1b every 3 sec), this is valid for nano tanks up to 60 liters
-add livestock slowly, after 6-8 weeks only.

 

[Aqua360]

So guys, here’s my recipe for easy high tech nano setup :

-Light 6h per day for the first 6 weeks then 7 hours
-Don’t dose anything until 6-8 weeks and then some K and micros for 3-4 months (with new soil)
-Use nicely balanced aqua soil, tropica is my fav.
-do a darkstart or use an already cycled filter
-I run my co2 24/24 but at a low rate (1b every 3 sec), this is valid for nano tanks up to 60 liters
-add livestock slowly, after 6-8 weeks only.

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Really nice proportions in this aquascape, I also do the 24/7 co2 at a lower rate, I think it works well (though my tanks do not look as nice as yours haha)

 

[CooKieS]

Really nice proportions in this aquascape, I also do the 24/7 co2 at a lower rate, I think it works well (though my tanks do not look as nice as yours haha)

Well; co2 injection is all about stability, and I find it easier to achieve when injecting 24/24

 

[CooKieS]

I realised I haven’t told which plants I used in this one so:

-hygrophila pinnatifida
-eriocaulon feather duster
-buce moss
-Crepidomanes vietnam sp 2
-rotala blood sg
-Rotala Florida
-bacopa salzmanii
-bucephalandra ghost 2011
-many other buces
-microsorum petite

 

[CooKieS]

And this is how it went after a few weeks:

I had to replace some mosses due to some small fuzz algae I had in the beginning, erio feather duster is quickly taking over after a few weeks of adapting…an beautiful plant but definitely a bit long for this mini S sized tank, so an tank update was necessary! To be continued.

 

[seedoubleyou]

I’d really like to see this in a 60p, with that little bit more room to one side.
There are some fantastic colours in there.