the beginning

[akira]

hihi

i just started my nano on sun ! bought the tank, made salt water and now in process of cycling with rocks donated by my bf

tank measures

11x9x9inches

it comes with its own hang-on filter (five plan)

and a light (11W)

i haven add anything to the hang-on filter..

gonna add chemi pure soon.. any others to add into the filter?

the tank

the lights

the filter

inside the filter

will be measuring the water parameters frequently too ..

will need lots of guidance along the way

[chrisyew]

Woh, you must have paid a bomb for this tank and light.

[hammy]

chemipure is good ... i saw this tank in tamp mall basement . u bought from there ??

[Qxnviolet]

Maybe you can add rowa to control your algae too. I got got this filter pad from a LFS today. ROWAphos Sponge. Comes in 5s and cost around $30. Its a new product and its supposed to combine the effects of both ROWAphos n ROWAcarbon in one pad. Size of pad is around 10cm x 10cm x 1cm. Might be useful for a HOF.

[dreamzcape]

saw C328 selling that set for 75 bucks. looks pretty neat

[dreamzcape]

Maybe you can add rowa to control your algae too. I got got this filter pad from a LFS today. ROWAphos Sponge. Comes in 5s and cost around $30. Its a new product and its supposed to combine the effects of both ROWAphos n ROWAcarbon in one pad. Size of pad is around 10cm x 10cm x 1cm. Might be useful for a HOF.

wow combined effects....sounds good...care to msg me which lfs qxnviolet?

btw akira, is the PL light easily replaceable or it's some funny bulb that is hard to find? best if can post pic? thanks

[akira]

hihi

thanks all for the comments

i will put up a pic of the bulb when i get home

oh ... i got the tank for much less at petmart

Qxnviolet: can tell me where to find the filter pad? hopefully not too far from me

[Lester]

hmmm how many gallon ..?? look more like a pico to me

cheers

[cdckjn]

pretty certain that tank of this size is Pico.

[akira]

ehm.. its around 4.2 US gallon..or 3.5 UK gallon

pico?

btw do we use US or UK gallon here ?

[nakazoru]

Very nice tank.

BTW that is a very difficult tank to start with a pico. With also such a small filter, I will just use filter wool and carbon and labourlessly cleaning the filter wool.

LS, I will juz keep 2 fishes maximum and one shrimp.

Water top-up every day, water change every week with NSW. Thats the way I'll go.

Good Luck and welcome to SRC.

[dreamzcape]

i think akira has read quite a few articles and knows what to expect....after all...keeping a nano/pico is relatively easy. keeping a good nano/pico is hard. akira received my pm? u replying in schoolah?

[Qxnviolet]

I bought the ROAWsponge @ Harlequin.... Maybe some other shops have them too...can call them and check... Anyway, cool looking tank i love the colour!

[akira]

went celementi yesterday to buy chemi pure ..the smallest at half unit .. hmm.. then tried to fit into my filter cannot go in ! so in the end divded into two portions then can fit in .. hmm..

and bought test kit too.. now have pH, NO3 and KH kits

any others tat i should buy ?

i saw the sponges there.. but at 30 ah.. anyone interested to share ?

[hammy]

went celementi yesterday to buy chemi pure ..the smallest at half unit .. hmm.. then tried to fit into my filter cannot go in ! so in the end divded into two portions then can fit in .. hmm..

and bought test kit too.. now have pH, NO3 and KH kits

any others tat i should buy ?

i saw the sponges there.. but at 30 ah.. anyone interested to share ?

for cycling , u need ammonia , nitrite , and nitrate testkit ...

hey , u saw the rowa sponge at clementi ? think i might go there later . care to pm mi the price and size available ?? can share if u want .

for carbon , try rowacarbon , since it is in pellet form , easily stuff inside ur filter

[Oceandeep]

like you tank.. but oni the light abit funny.. is it a PL light??

[Qxnviolet]

I'll try post up a picture of the ROWAsponge later....i think its size makes it perfect for hang on filters since it combines both the effects of carbon and rowa. Dual effects in a small package. Don't know how effective it is though, its a pretty new product.

[Qxnviolet]

like you tank.. but oni the light abit funny.. is it a PL light??

I think the light is cute. Same colour as the tank....i think its a PL light, can see the reflection clearly on the water surface....

[c0ol]

ya..the new rowasponge is a great product

[hammy]

ya..the new rowasponge is a great product

just bought mine . but kinda pricy and small

[Qxnviolet]

Hrmz, cant be helped lehz, i think if it works, it'll be a great product for nano and pico tank owners.

[akira]

tank started on 12/02/06

first test parameters 19/02/06

pH:8.0

KH:6.7-7.0

alkalinity in meg/L : 2.4

NO3 mg/L : 1-2.5

tml will measure again ..

so far so good ..

waitin for everythin to stabalize now

and goin to get DI water to top-up ..

and i work in a laboratory with DI water TAP LOL

oops

[jervismun]

Looks good. You think there is such thing out there that can give your tank a 50/50 (white/blue) effect? It is very white right now

Can't wait to see live in it!

[akira]

today went Henry's and bought my very first inhabitants of the tank

bought 2 VERY small gobies.. around 1 inch

oh yar i also added an inch sandbed too .. looks much nicer

now thinkin of what mushies to add

candy cane goby

the other yellow one always hide in the rocks cant take a pic of it .. shy fellow

full tank shot

[jervismun]

Nice choice of fish... you probably need 1 or 2 fishes that will swim in the mid to top lvl all the time. Beware of "jumper" fish, you have no lid. I have none too, so planning to get one piece of acrylic if I want to keep my fishies wet (not dried). I read today, Royal Gramma is quite a jumper too.

I plan to add in shrooms too... maybe coming weekend. So do share with us your selection.