New 5 Gallon!

[FrozenFins]

I purchased this new 5 gallon aquarium which sits perfectely on my bedside table! 

Heres what I'm thinking for the setup:

• Pre-Cycled Spongefilter
• Fluval P Series Heater
• CaribSea Eco-Complete Black
• Hygger 24/7 Clip on

I want to use  lots of plants trimming from other aquariums in this tank. 

• Bacopa Trimmings
• Cyptocoryne Undulatus Red  Trimmings
• Amazon Frogbit Trimmings
• Anubias Nanna Petitte 
• Alteranthera Reineckii Green Trimmings
• Alteranthera Reineckii Minni
  • Thoughts about keeping this plant? anyt tips? a little nervous to try.
• Staurygne Repens

For hardscape some cholla wood. I was inspired by MD Fishtanks "Shrimp Playground" build with his cholla wood use. 

I wanna put a betta in this tank. 

 

[Atomicfish]

Hmm for just a betta a 5 gallon should be fine but the smaller the tank the harder it is to keep it healthy. I would go no smaller than that. If you would want anything else I would upgrade to at least a 10 or even better a 20.

[Guppysnail]

On 5/12/2022 at 11:05 PM, FrozenFins said:

Alteranthera Reineckii Minni

• Thoughts about keeping this plant? anyt tips? a little nervous to try.

 

I used a planter to keep it near the light and it did great for me. When I moved it lower it started not doing well. Bso defined intense light. 

[Martin]

Excited for you!  Quick question, is the price on that Hygger LED right?  I use Hygger pretty much exclusively due to the quality vs. price point and a small LED like that is very high-priced for that brand.  I would expect something in the 18 to 24 dollar range for Hygger.

[FrozenFins]

On 5/13/2022 at 7:44 AM, Martin said:

Excited for you!  Quick question, is the price on that Hygger LED right?  I use Hygger pretty much exclusively due to the quality vs. price point and a small LED like that is very high-priced for that brand.  I would expect something in the 18 to 24 dollar range for Hygger.

It's about $30usd ($38cad) on Amazon.com but $70cad($50usd) on Amazon.ca. I'm from Canada so I will be ordering from Amazon.ca so I don't have to worry about duty fees.