Yes, you read correctly, after two long and dark years without fish I am finally, DEFINITELY getting back into fish keeping.
As many of you will know I've been planning this for a few weeks and have finally settled on a tank - a 6 gallon hex. The plan is as follows:
6 gallon hex tank
Double sponge filter (to avoid a strong current and for ease in the small space)
50w heater
Clip-on LED lamp
I'll be making slight modifications to the tank - I'll be replacing the lid with a codensation tray so I can use the clip-on light and get as much natural light in as possible. To do this I'll probably have to silicone some small rectangles of glass just under the rim, I've got friends in the glass business who will cut it for me.
The stocking will be as follows:
1 betta (male/female.. not too fussed!)
Cherry shrimp (or whatever's available..)
I'm going to go quite naturalistic with the decor. I'm going to find a small, twiggy branch of oak to sit in there at the back, with some pebbles over a sand substrate. I'll soak the branch in a bucket for a few weeks so it sinks and any rubbish comes out of it. Planting wise, from the back forward I'll be using vallis which I hope will extend over the surface a bit, in front of which will be some cryptocoryne. These will grow up in between the twigs of the oak branch. In front of that I'm hoping for a carpet of dwarf hairgrass.
I'll be slowly stocking up on equipment as money becomes available, hopefully with the sale of my 67 gallon, and I'm hoping to have it set up in my new house by october
Thoughts, feedback and advice appreciated muchly!
I'm so excited!
As many of you will know I've been planning this for a few weeks and have finally settled on a tank - a 6 gallon hex. The plan is as follows:
6 gallon hex tank
Double sponge filter (to avoid a strong current and for ease in the small space)
50w heater
Clip-on LED lamp
I'll be making slight modifications to the tank - I'll be replacing the lid with a codensation tray so I can use the clip-on light and get as much natural light in as possible. To do this I'll probably have to silicone some small rectangles of glass just under the rim, I've got friends in the glass business who will cut it for me.
The stocking will be as follows:
1 betta (male/female.. not too fussed!)
Cherry shrimp (or whatever's available..)
I'm going to go quite naturalistic with the decor. I'm going to find a small, twiggy branch of oak to sit in there at the back, with some pebbles over a sand substrate. I'll soak the branch in a bucket for a few weeks so it sinks and any rubbish comes out of it. Planting wise, from the back forward I'll be using vallis which I hope will extend over the surface a bit, in front of which will be some cryptocoryne. These will grow up in between the twigs of the oak branch. In front of that I'm hoping for a carpet of dwarf hairgrass.
I'll be slowly stocking up on equipment as money becomes available, hopefully with the sale of my 67 gallon, and I'm hoping to have it set up in my new house by october
Thoughts, feedback and advice appreciated muchly!
I'm so excited
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