My 5 gallon planted!

**koaladarshana** · 11-30-2012, 05:54 AM

... and 5 camera-shy galaxy rasboras. I'm curious... What do you all think?

**Cyberra** · 11-30-2012, 05:59 AM

*peers at* Are you sure there are fish in there?

**koaladarshana** · 11-30-2012, 06:11 AM

LOL! Only when it's feeding time do they do me the favor of coming out of hiding.

**Cyberra** · 11-30-2012, 06:38 AM

So the tank looks unoccupied the rest of the time? Sounds like my bettas when the camera appears

**koaladarshana** · 11-30-2012, 07:08 AM

Ugh IKR! It's like they've got their own complicated life going on, they don't have time to put on a show for us basically... even though we spoil them so...

**Cyberra** · 11-30-2012, 07:13 AM

Or maybe they just want to mess with your head ^^

**koaladarshana** · 11-30-2012, 03:35 PM

You're probably right...

**gurglegurgle** · 11-30-2012, 04:17 PM

i really like the look of this tank. i have a spare 5 gallon tank and would like to take a stab at my first planted tank. could you post substrate, lighting, etc? Im looking to do a low tech type.

**SueD** · 12-01-2012, 02:33 AM

I have 5 galaxy rasboras also in a 5 gallon with a bunch of cory hasbrosus. Can't see any of them in the photo, but when sitting and watching this tank they are all flitting in and around the plants.

**koaladarshana** · 12-01-2012, 03:03 AM

Originally Posted by gurglegurgle

i really like the look of this tank. i have a spare 5 gallon tank and would like to take a stab at my first planted tank. could you post substrate, lighting, etc? Im looking to do a low tech type.

Hehe well thank you! There's really nothing fancy about my 5 gallon tank. The substrate is sold in large bags under the label "Art Rock" and is really just tiny pebbles. The lighting is the LED that comes with the Fluval Spec V tank. The plants are all hardy-type like hornwort that I was told require no special substrate or CO2. I dose the tank only twice a week with Seachem's "Flourish" trace minerals supplement and that's about it!