Ruan's Nano

Okay, its been a while.

So after selling the 3ft and being tankless for quite some time, I have seen the light once again.

I just came back from the petstore now. In my grocery bag I found these.(I still need to think of an excuse for the wife. :bigsmile

1x Boyo MX30 rimless 2.5 Gal Nano
1x Dolphin 50w Stubby heater
1x Resun ML11 Light Fitting
1x Hailea BT-200 Internal Filter


I'll post pics soon, I promise.

So now all i need is:
-H2O
-Some really fine gravel
-Ferts
-DIY CO2 bits
-Plants
-a suitable tankmate.

 

And a really big box of chocolates for the wife!

 

I was thinking, petstores should sell Flowers and Chocolates aswell. :bigsmile:

 

Kittens or puppy's usually do the trick pretty well too

 

Congrats on your new purchase
I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

So what fish were you thinking of putting in there?

 

Thank you, Either 5 tiny neons or 1 Betta. I'm leaning towards the betta as they are such rewarding fish. But the fish will be an afterthought as the main idea is having a planted nano.

Oh we have a little boy, Jimmy, our 4month old miniature Long-haired Daschund.

 

Okay Finally, I got some pics up after loaning a data cable from somebody.
Excuse the crappy Cell pics, but my camera, she no work no more.

These are the first pics after startup, so excuse the cloudy water.




Ooh, I love hair Grass




Thats all for now, the scape has been changed since these photos and I've added some rocks aswell.

Will take some updated photos soon. The water has since cleared up perfectly.

 

Nifty Ruan. Its such a pity that small external filters and inline heaters are so scarce and expensive. I may have a small HOB filter for you if you want it?

 

That would be so awesome, We could even swop, my little internal is less than a week old. Let me know if your interested.

 

Nah its cool, you are welcome to it. Save the internal for your next project =). Just gotta find it quick. PM me

 

thank you again bud. Remind me to buy you beer or 4 when we have a GTG.

 

The new HOB is working marvelously! I dont have to replant the plants every 5minutes, yes, I think the little Internal filter was a bit to strong for the tank volume I have. Will post some updated pics as soon as I find that darn data cable.

 

Very glad I am doing a bit of tank reshuffling this weekend and I may have some extra plants available. Will let you know.

 

Kewl stuff. I will definitely be interested, thanx again.

 

Got some new pics of the tank. I took them on friday, but by sunday the growth was already way more than it was on Friday. The tank is growing out at a quick pace.
Anyway, onto the pics:















Thats all for now, will see if I can get some more updated ones, but taking pics with a cellphone cam is nopt fun.

 

how much did u pay for the tank and heater?! i likie.. hehe..

 

Hi Ruan what is the broad grass on the left? Looks almost like normal lawn grass.

 

isnt that Lilaeopsis?

 

Dont know the Scientific name, but I bought it as Brazilian Microswords.

The heater was a freeby as I shop at that LFS alot, the tank was R190.

 

oops.. did i say heater? i mean lights.. R190!!?? gosh thats cheap!