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#21 shayne

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Posted 21 February 2014 - 07:42 AM

very nice,well done!!

#22 Redevilz

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Posted 21 February 2014 - 09:50 PM

What lighting do you have on the tank?

I am planning to set a beta tank similar to your 30L

#23 tunagirll

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Posted 22 February 2014 - 06:40 AM

I have an aqua one 18W T5 on the 30l which seems to be fine, just slow growth (java fern, crypts, blyxa japonica, US fissidens). The 60l has one of those nice LED lights from Aquotix, no idea what watts it produces other than lots!

#24 tunagirll

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Posted 26 February 2014 - 11:54 PM

Some footage of the tanks and their occupants :)

 



#25 Angelo

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Posted 27 February 2014 - 12:31 AM

nice video, always great to see bettas get a proper tank with heating and filtration rather than those glass cubes. well done!



#26 Redevilz

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Posted 27 February 2014 - 08:22 AM

Lovely Aquariums!

I love the shrimp and the gobies! Rather Unusual!

#27 tunagirll

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Posted 06 March 2014 - 09:39 AM

Busy, busy... all kinds of thing happening. First off Nigel was removed from this tank as the gobies decided his fins looks like a nice midnight snack. He's now in a new 20l tank. My female betta is now in this tank, and she gives as good as she gets. The gobies are now respectful and know not to mess with mama :)

 

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The pogo and dwarf hairgrass I ordered arrived, and the scape commenced. I still have to get nymphaea nouchalis in but I can wait. Looks pretty rough at the moment but it'll get there in the end.

 

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There was a lot of mess in the tank to clean up, it's still filtering this morning.

 

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And I went to pick up my order of purigen to clear the tannins from the tank - out of stock! The lovely gent at the counter recommended this stuff instead, so we'll see how it goes.

 

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#28 Mononoke

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Posted 06 March 2014 - 03:35 PM

Thanks for the heads up about the different native shrimp tunagirl, looking forward to getting some for myself! I'm setting up my first Betta tank as well soon, so am looking forward to your updates.


BTW tunagirl, where have you acquired your Bettas from... Fishchick or one of our local sponsors through AI?



#29 tunagirll

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Posted 06 March 2014 - 04:46 PM

You're very welcome! My bettas are from Fishchick, most of my gear is from Aquotix. The shrimp are from Aquagreen.



#30 Mononoke

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 03:38 PM

Nice thread tunagirl! I look forward to updates as I am in the procvess of developing a a nano project based on similar parameters (except mine is only about 30L... tank is going on the desk at work).



#31 tunagirll

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 04:35 PM

Nice thread tunagirl! I look forward to updates as I am in the procvess of developing a a nano project based on similar parameters (except mine is only about 30L... tank is going on the desk at work).

 

If you check out the video, the first section is of my salamander betta Fabio, in my 30l tank :) Kept with about 16 shrimp.



#32 tunagirll

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Posted 25 March 2014 - 02:44 PM

Busy busy :)

 

First off, a trip to Aquotix to empty the wallet (thanks Nathan). They were slightly confused by my turning up not in work clothes, but recovered well!

 

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A nice upgrade from the Fluval 88 to a 1 litre refillable and regulator with solenoid. That will stop me worrying about the plants fish when I am away at uni :)

 

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And a quick duck into Bunnings to pick up a couple of power timers to automate the CO2 and lights separately

 

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All assembled and tucked into the cupboard below the tanks. Note my professionally inserted hole in the back. 'Straya!

 

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Bubble counter doing its thing

 

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With three tanks, the CO2 gets split between them and I need something to control the feed to each tank but most air filter lever type jobs leak under CO2 pressure, so I opted for a couple of air splitters for the time being.

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The business end, looking like the business :)

 

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Fabio approves, and celebrates by building an enormous bubble nest, which he and his girlfriend Margie are busy filling with eggs as we speak :)

 

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#33 malawiman85

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Posted 27 March 2014 - 06:11 AM

Great update. I love seeing other peoples setups. Gives you so many ideas to apply in some way to your own setup. Cheers.

#34 tunagirll

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Posted 29 March 2014 - 06:26 PM

Just a quick tank snap from today. I've added some endlers to brighten up the top of the tank. Maggie chased them around for a while, but has quickly gotten bored of that game as they are much faster than she is.

 

In addition to the made up goby chow for the gobies and boiled lettuce for the DRNS, I've also added frozen daphnia for all the fish but mainly for the endlers. Seems to be going well so far.

 

We also have a lot less detritus in the tank now since most of the plants that were planning to die have up and died (mostly bits of hairgrass). Pogostemon stellatus growing roots and picking up now. Really pleased :)

 

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#35 Westie

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Posted 30 March 2014 - 09:17 PM

That is a really nice looking tank

#36 JackMack

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Posted 30 March 2014 - 09:24 PM

Nice tank! Got some of the Hydrocotyle Sp. Japan myself, seems to really take off once the roots establish.

#37 tunagirll

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Posted 31 March 2014 - 08:30 AM

Nice tank! Got some of the Hydrocotyle Sp. Japan myself, seems to really take off once the roots establish.

 

It does, but I'm having a bugger of a time keeping it anchored with the gobies being so rambunctious, I'm toying with the idea of mixing it with an even lower lying plant like hemi cuba or marsilea hisurta.



#38 tunagirll

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Posted 21 April 2014 - 12:23 PM

Discovering how much of a pain it is to take photos of fry. One of the fry in my nano tank. gg manual focus.

 

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#39 Michael the fish fanatic

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Posted 21 April 2014 - 05:32 PM

Is that a dumbo ear betta fry ????

#40 tunagirll

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Posted 21 April 2014 - 07:07 PM

Sure is, from my dumbo salamander HM pair






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