Re: [GSAS-Member] desktop tanks

[Shamus Young <machismo@eskimo.com>]

Thanks for the information.

I ended up getting an Eclipse 12 off of the craigslist for $20.

There seems to be a crack in the acrylic, but it holds water.  Eh, if it
starts leaking, I'll use a blowtorch to melt it shut and use the thing as
a quarantine tank.

I need to wheel by the Fish store and pick up some substrate, and home
depot for a fresh light bulb, and this thing should be ready to start
cycling.

I'm only looking at Java fern / moss, Bolbitus fern, and anubius.
I'm surprised that you had problems with Anubius. i've got a 40g long
that's just lit with 2 x single 15W strip lights, and the anubius is
thriving, wheras the java fern all died off.  Leaves got big brown patches
and then fell off. I assumed it was too little light, and that the anubius
could tolerate lower light.  Perhaps something else was wrong. Like I
said, black thumb.

Once I get the eclipse going, I'm definitely going to turn the 2g hex into
a shrimp and snail tank.

Thanks to all for the advice.

Enjoy the meeting tonight.  I run a trivia night on tuesdays, so I can
pretty much never make it.

shamus


On Tue, 14 Oct 2008, Betty Goetz wrote:

> I've got a few tanks at work and since I get ZERO natural light in my
> office, I've gotten a good education on which tanks can grow aquatic
> plants at the low tech level and which don't. My favorite is the little
> 2.5 gallon nano tank with compact florescent, no heater, no filtration,
> plants and red cherry shrimp & snails. The 12g Eclipse is just too tall to
> do well with plants unless you stick with java fern, and java moss. Even
> Crypts and Anubias have not done well in that tank. My 6g Eclipse does
> better with plants but I prefer using a sponge filter to using the
> biowheel tray.
>
> Here's a version of my red cherry shrimp tank:
>
> http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3730+18534+15494&pcatid=15494
>
> This is a bit larger and the compact florescent fixture actually has
> replacement bulbs! Mine doesn't (sigh). I don't use the little outside
> power filter for red cherries.
>
> Betty Goetz
>
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