Just gave Tang’s tank (our betta fish) a fresh trim. The carpeting aquarium plant in this tank is Monte Carlo.
Freshly trimmed shallow desk aquarium
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Just gave Tang’s tank (our betta fish) a fresh trim. The carpeting aquarium plant in this tank is Monte Carlo.
While sometimes more difficult to maintain than larger tanks, due to more volatile water parameters, I love how nano tanks look — especially on the bookshelf in my office. In late June 2021, I re-scaped two of my nano tanks. Here are some photos 3 months later.
Currently, the only livestock these tank house is snails. I’ll most likely keep it that way.
Here’s an outline of the light settings for the Fluval above the 3.5 gallon tank. With the snails, it’s nearly algae free with this light intensity
I constructed a really fun shallow freshwater planted aquascape that sits on my desk next to my work station. Details after the photo.
Hardware:
Plants & livestock:
I suppose this could technically be considered a nano riparium, but this nano planted aquarium is the smallest little aquarium I’ve made. Sand in the front, and eco complete substrate in the back for the plants. It houses pond snails, blue leopard ramshorn snails, copepods, and detritus worms. It’s a tiny complete ecosystem.
One of my Blue Velvet Neocaridina shrimp likes to climb to the top of the rock in his planted tank. Blue Velvet Neocaridina are some of my favorite shrimp to keep. They’re fun and fairly hearty when it comes to freshwater nano shrimp.
Check out the full build for this nano tank here