FrozenFins Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Lets say you had a empty 5-10 gallon, what would you do with it? Explain what kind of scape you would want and what kind of fish you would stock it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) I'll go first... I would do a nano asian themed aquarium. After seeing the co-op video of Jimmy's fish tanks I wanted to setup a heavily planted rimless 5 gallon. I want it to be kind of an "asain" themed. As far as plants I would do... Hydro Pinnatifida Hornwort Rotala Indica Crypt Wendetii Red Red Root Floater/ Amazon Frogbit Java Fern I know not all of these plants are from asia, but most are As far as fish I would do... -Sparkling Gourami -Celestrial Pearl Danio -And possibly some kind of shrimp Edited January 15, 2021 by James Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Probably a temperate forest type tank, using java moss as conifer trees attached to some wood. Then have just some dirt on the bottom, with some shards of wood in it. Maybe some short plants on the bottom too. Then maybe a few pebbles thrown in randomly. A few spots of algae here and there might make it look pretty good. As for stocking: - 1 betta (Who doesn't want to see a huge betta floating towards you from behind a tree next time you go outside???) - A small colony of cherries shrimp to keep the algae fairly at bay and to add some red to the green. Edited January 15, 2021 by FlyingFishKeeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I would hard scape a mountainous scene, carpet dwarf sag under high light, keep a little giant duckweed for cover and water cleaning, and stock with celestial pearl danios. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I would do a dozen Ember Tetras. A Crypt garden in the foreground, a piece of driftwood in the middle with Anubias Nana Petite attached, with some Rosette Swords mixed in the middle of it. In the background, I'd go with a couple Dwarf Aquarium Lilys mixed in with Bacopa Carolinia, Jungle Vallisneria, and Red Flame Sword. Lastly, maybe some small-ish rocks to go sporatically around where you see fit, near the drift wood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 The week before last I had just such a dilemma, a small tank and conflicting urges. I had been reading the excellent new George Farmer book 'Aquascaping' and was thinking about a Farmeresque aquascape. But I also reflected on just how valuable and interesting my pygmy sunfish were so instead of the formally aquascaped nano aquarium I went for the eco-zoo wonderland fry raising nano tank. First I added Daphnia and green water and let it percolate for a week. Then on Monday of this week I added nano versions of a nano fish, that is, I added newly fertilized pygmy sunfish eggs. As of today, I have a little tiny aquarium with little tiny invertebrates and little tiny fish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec2cool Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I'm still waiting on the funds but I have a plan to do a 10g with black sand, ohko stones (tall enough to reach the water's surface) and an absolute mass of java moss throughout the whole tank. Not sure what inhabitants to stock it with but I'm leaning on some kind of shrimp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 ill be that guy, i'd trade it in on a bigger tank! LOL 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanTruth Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, lefty o said: ill be that guy, i'd trade it in on a bigger tank! LOL Lol. Nanos are pretty cool too though. I've seen some outrageous ones every so often so I have an appreciation for them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I use them for fishless experiments, quarantines etc. Currently thinking about 10 gallon, crushed red/black lava rock substrate, Anubia, and similar plants. I might go for the Avatar look with a hanging rock or two, or just a specimen rock or plant. There are going to be a lot of contrasts, so I won't give the fish any thought until enviroment is set up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 19 hours ago, James Black said: As far as fish I would do... -Sparkling Gourami -Celestrial Pearl Danio -And possibly some kind of shrimp You read my mind! I'm even thinking of a much bigger tank with sparklers and CPD being the friends of some larger fish. Glad to hear I'm not off-base thinking how cool those two would look together. I already have a 10g betta tank and a 5g pea puffer tank and both are great. But I think if I had one more nano tank I'd try a brackish, unfiltered "supershrimp" tank with macroalgae and try to breed my favorite nerites in the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 My marineland portrait 5g has been great for my pea puffer so far. Definitely recommend (though I definitely recommend boiling any mopani wood you put in it. I boiled mine and it's still leaching tannins months later!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Nice tank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 59 minutes ago, Kirsten said: My marineland portrait 5g has been great for my pea puffer so far. Definitely recommend (though I definitely recommend boiling any mopani wood you put in it. I boiled mine and it's still leaching tannins months later!) Nice setup! I was thinking of buying that tank for a shrimp tank until I relized it came with a internal filter (aka not shrimp safe) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 If I had an empty 10 gallon I'd do a shrimp tank with some snails. Probably get some frogbit for the top, and then lots of big, fluffy stem plants. Maybe a nice bit of spiderwood for decoration among various sized rocks. Probably would do plant-only filtration with just an airstone. Man that sounds fun. Now I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsten Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 5 hours ago, James Black said: Nice setup! I was thinking of buying that tank for a shrimp tank until I relized it came with a internal filter (aka not shrimp safe) Thanks! Yeah you could try twist-tieing some sponge material to the inlet but that is surprisingly hard and frustrating (from my experience, back when I was worried about snails getting into the back room). For shrimp, better to get a bare-bones 5- or 10-gallon with a lid and a light and add sponge filtration as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Kirsten said: Thanks! Yeah you could try twist-tieing some sponge material to the inlet but that is surprisingly hard and frustrating (from my experience, back when I was worried about snails getting into the back room). For shrimp, better to get a bare-bones 5- or 10-gallon with a lid and a light and add sponge filtration as needed. exactly what I was thinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Billy Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I think i would try a bonsai tree driftwood, with split open marimo moss balls as foliage to look like a real life bonsai tree. For stocking i would go with cherry shrimp and neons for some color splash and a couple of zebra nerite snails, or maybe ramshorn snails. I love the shape of their shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Will Billy said: I think i would try a bonsai tree driftwood, with split open marimo moss balls as foliage to look like a real life bonsai tree. For stocking i would go with cherry shrimp and neons for some color splash and a couple of zebra nerite snails, or maybe ramshorn snails. I love the shape of their shell I have been wanting to do a scape like that for a LONG time. Only problem is that I dont trust my artistic skills to attacth the moss to the tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Billy Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I also like what Lisa from KG Tropicals did with her rocks and substrate in her king beta tank on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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