Monday, January 21, 2008

Nano Aquarium Update

I figured I'd give a quick update on the nano aquarium I started a few months ago. I've since decided to add some fish, and along with them a nano filter. I went with one from RedSea and it's perfect for a nano sized aquarium. For fish, I went with Boraras maculatus, a type of microrasbora, also known as the dwarf rasbora. I have one male and two females. These fish are tiny and three fit comfortably in this one gallon aquarium. They like soft, acidic water, so I've added some peat to the filter (which has plenty of room for adding your own media) which is why the water is tinged brown. The moss has grown the fastest of any of the plants in there, and I've actually taken out quite a bit to keep it looking somewhat neat. Everything else is growing very slowly in the low light.

A word of warning about these fish though, they are so small (less than a centimeter in length) that I nearly lost one within minutes of putting it into the tank. I nearly had a heart attack as I saw it struggling inside the filter intake tube trying not to get sucked into the impeller. I ripped the filter's plug from the wall as fast as I could and luckily the little guy swam out unharmed. After that, I cut up a filter media bag and wrapped it around the strainer filter intake to prevent further accidents.


4 comments:

  1. Adorable! Where did you get the fish? I've never seen them in a local fish store.

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  2. Beautiful...my friend will love this post since he's starting a nano aquarium as well..heck i might set up one myself :D

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  3. where did you get those fish

    they're really cool

    what plants besides moss

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  4. Set up a nano aquarium recently. So far, so good, but it's only been 2 months. Anyone else try a wall aquarium from BayshoreAquarium.com?

    Just a little bit of modification, but a great nano tank!

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