snap of my almost nano tank

[wijnands]

Well, for the americans at least. This is a 54 liter juwel Rekord 60. It's inhabited by 10 cardinal tetras and 2 gold tetras. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2894006477_b6584178de.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2894006477_b6584178de_b.jpg)

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[fins_n_fur]

It looks great! Do those rocks have real algae and/or moss on them or is it painted effect?

Edit: Just saw your name/location! Are you Dutch or an import like Jess and me? LOL

[Fishalicious]

Very Nice... a credit to living in the Netherlands <winks>

[wijnands]

Thanks. Those "rocks" are plastic but covered in algae by now. Only the reds are painted. I'm dutch and living there.

[fins_n_fur]

Did the algae just grow naturally, or did you help it along somehow?

[Fishalicious]

Mine are covered in algae as well (the ones we got fins) think your shrimp are doing too good a job LOL

[fins_n_fur]

It figures, in one tank, I don't want any algae, but there it grows, and in the nano, there's none where I want it :hmm3grin2orange: Maybe I'll dig up Dave's algae primer and chuck my large "rock" in there and see what happens.

[wijnands]

My shrimp died out. Last one I spotted about a year ago. This algae just appeared. It's the same stuff that also tries to grow on the windows.

I still want to add some aspidoras but my wife wants to add more cardinal tetras.

[fins_n_fur]

My shrimp died out. Last one I spotted about a year ago. This algae just appeared. It's the same stuff that also tries to grow on the windows.

I still want to add some aspidoras but my wife wants to add more cardinal tetras.
I can help with more shrimp for free if you are interested LOL The nano's nearly a shrimp fertility clinic :hmm3grin2orange: More cardinals will look stunning, I think.

[wijnands]

Sounds tempting, what kind of shrimp?

[fins_n_fur]

LOL "tempting", no further comments. Cherry shrimp.

[wijnands]

Means I have to solve the puzzle wether I want aspidoras or not rather quickly. I'll get back to you on that generous offer. Do you live close to me? and do you speak dutch?

[fins_n_fur]

Take your time on the offer of the cherry shrimp, I've plenty and they aren't going anywhere. I live in Almere, but work at Schiphol--and it depends what you mean by living "near Amsterdam". And, no, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that my Dutch is appalling :hmm3grin2orange:

[wijnands]

Ah, that sounds good. I live and work near Schiphol. I'm dutch but can manage english.

[fins_n_fur]

Just drop me a pm when you want and will sort out the details.

[Tolley]

Very green, awesome tank.

[wijnands]

Thanks. I don't think it's green enough yet.

[troy]

Great tank!

[bereczky_sanyee]

How do you guys keep your plants that green and with no algae on them :(, mine aren't that green and have algae on some of them and it's ugly.

[wijnands]

Some of the older leaves of the anubias do have some algae on them. I've now started to add a liquid that should increase Co2 a bit, makes for greener leaves.

Apart from that, I'm not as scientific in the hobby as a lot of the people here are. I do try to keep nitrate and nitrite down. I prune regularely and try to keep the snail population down. They do seem to help keeping the algae down.