Aysha Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) So, After my filter on my ebi went sideways I decided to start again! My husband bought a Mr.Aqua 12 gallon long in San Diego It lasted in our house about 3 minutes before I jacked it for my new project. I aquascaped this tank using only bits and pieces lying around the house. I multipurposed it by moving all of my husbands (blink) cherry shrimp out of his 30 gallon when he changed into the Solana. I decided to go with a soft semi blackwater biotope to make my little fishies happy. Equipment: 3 bags of black sand substrate 8 peices of random driftwood 1 piece of mopani aquaclear 30 12 gallon long random heater. 2 large blue LED strips I had left over from a previous project Desk lamp. My goal with lighting is to drill 3 spotlights underneath the counter where it's housed. My goal for filtration is to drill a hole in the counter and run all the electrical and my canister filter down into under the counter. This isn't a journal because I have already finished my project except for those 2 things. Stock list: 15 red microraspbora boraras maculatus 6 microrasbora kubotai (neon green/yellow rasboras) 3 Garra flavatra (Panda Garra) 70 Neocaridina heteropoda (Cherry shrimp) 2 Caridina multidentata (Amano shrimps) 1.1 Betta Splendens crowntail random crypt and sword plants and some subwassertang that mysteriously appeared one day. The Bettas do not eat the shrimp. Here is a link to the flickr to keep me from adding 2 gazillion photos Thoughts,Suggestions, extra microrasboras welcome. Edited December 19, 2012 by Aysha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blink Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Here is the link, wifey forgot it http://www.flickr.com/photos/aasha/sets/72157632284109912/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gBOYsc2 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Lookin good. I'm totally jealous I've been eyeing up those Mr. Aqua tanks for years. How is the flow in the far side of the tank. THink you'll eventually need a powerhead or 2nd filter on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aysha Posted December 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 it's pretty quiet but the way I have the filter set up it does move the water around enough for my small fish. I may add a powerhead in the future or hide a sponge filter. With the fish and plants I've got in it the AC30 seems to do the job. AC can import the mr.aqua for you. It's marked up accordingly (If I tell you what they cost in San Diego you'll be mad) but they can do it for less then the cost of a Fluval edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 Looks really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gBOYsc2 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 it's pretty quiet but the way I have the filter set up it does move the water around enough for my small fish. I may add a powerhead in the future or hide a sponge filter. With the fish and plants I've got in it the AC30 seems to do the job. AC can import the mr.aqua for you. It's marked up accordingly (If I tell you what they cost in San Diego you'll be mad) but they can do it for less then the cost of a Fluval edge. Thanks a bunch for the info I'll surely look into it in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 2 bettas, so jealous my boyos are way too dominant to be together, but it looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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