ok i have a plan for my 26l nano i want to go low tec no water chances tank specs are
w 35cm d 25cm h 35cm
light 11w its 30 cm away from the water no reflector and 3 sides down to the tank are painted matt black so not as bright as it sounds.
filter is a fluvl 205 using a diy spray bar
there's just one red eye puffer in the tank
so my plan is to use a plastic mesh to cover the bottom of the tank to create a space to allow water flow under the Anubias barteri nana i will use to cover most of the bottom of the tank. then i will put one rock in with some java fern attached to it.
on the water surface i plan on using Riccia and Egeria densa the puffer fish seems to like the floating plants.
so i wont be doing water changes but it is open top so the plan was to top up from my high tec using that as a source of ferts
so that's the plan now for the questions
1. will the top ups from the large tank be ok its no more than 200ml a day or would that affect the co2 to much and introduce to many ferts
2.do i need a posh substrate i know the idea if el natural is to use one to alow margin for error but as ill have no plants growing in it i dont want/cant afforded to spend money on it and i don't mind dosing the water. also was thinking a substrate would imped flow to the anubias roots
3.where do i put my spray bar in the normal place or under the Anubias thinking about flow to the roots or maybe the in take would be better under them or maybe that doesn't matter
any thoughts help much appreciated as always guys
cheers dan
w 35cm d 25cm h 35cm
light 11w its 30 cm away from the water no reflector and 3 sides down to the tank are painted matt black so not as bright as it sounds.
filter is a fluvl 205 using a diy spray bar
there's just one red eye puffer in the tank
so my plan is to use a plastic mesh to cover the bottom of the tank to create a space to allow water flow under the Anubias barteri nana i will use to cover most of the bottom of the tank. then i will put one rock in with some java fern attached to it.
on the water surface i plan on using Riccia and Egeria densa the puffer fish seems to like the floating plants.
so i wont be doing water changes but it is open top so the plan was to top up from my high tec using that as a source of ferts
so that's the plan now for the questions
1. will the top ups from the large tank be ok its no more than 200ml a day or would that affect the co2 to much and introduce to many ferts
2.do i need a posh substrate i know the idea if el natural is to use one to alow margin for error but as ill have no plants growing in it i dont want/cant afforded to spend money on it and i don't mind dosing the water. also was thinking a substrate would imped flow to the anubias roots
3.where do i put my spray bar in the normal place or under the Anubias thinking about flow to the roots or maybe the in take would be better under them or maybe that doesn't matter
any thoughts help much appreciated as always guys
cheers dan