Emmanuel's 10 Gallon

[emmanuelchavez]

Sneak peak at what I'm trying to do with my 10g that I set back up a couple of weeks ago.

It's going to have a couple of smaller 'lava rocks' in between the foreground as well, I just couldn't get this dang AquaSketcher to get me smaller rocks.

The plants I'm using are:

• Hygrophila Polysperma Rosanervig (Sunset Hygro, may replace later on with something else... maybe something green?)
• Blyxa Japonica (AquaSketcher didn't have Blyxa, so I had to use a sagitarria in lieu of it)
• Elatine Triandra (AquaSketcher didn't have this one either, so I had to use HC in lieu of that)

Specs on it so far are: 4wpg, AquaSoil Amazonia substrate, No CO2, 8 hr photoperiod, Fe dosing daily, excel every other day (it seems to melt my elatine ), Flourish once a week

Thoughts?

[Shark Bite]

looks good. i love small well layed out tanks.
i think the red / pink will look great too.
any fish going in this tank ?

[emmanuelchavez]

I haven't decided what to add yet, so I'm open to suggestions.

I was originally going to add my male betta, but he's going into the 29. I then considered adding the 15 or so green neon tetras from my 100g in here, since they stay at around 3/4", so that I could add my ~25 neon tetras from the 100 into the 29g with the betta, and then get some discus to go with my rams in the 100g.

But now, instead, I was thinking of doing a sorority tank, with female bettas, but I'm afraid the openness won't provide enough cover and territories.

Luckily, it's still cycling, so I have time to think it through.

[big54bob]

How about 5 oscars, 2 pacu and a wels catfish. Jk Jk Jk

How about some badises and some Galaxy rasboras.

[emmanuelchavez]

Originally Posted by big54bob

How about 5 oscars, 2 pacu and a wels catfish. Jk Jk Jk

How about some badises and some Galaxy rasboras.

Haha, sorry, I didn't see this until now. If I would've seen this before my impulse betta buy last week, I would've considered this, especially since I can find Galaxy Rasboras somewhat easily here in Houston.

I put one of the bettas in here though, and snatched some of the neon tetra from my 100g. The green neons were too smart to fall for my bait. They were faster too.

[emmanuelchavez]

Nothing much to report on this tank... Surprisingly, the sunset hygro didn't grow very much at all, it stayed pretty compact. I havent' spent any time on this tank since I got back home. I'm going to top it off so I can do a decent water change. All my red cherry shrimp disappeared. I told my dad to feed the fish lightly, and he did, and they feasted on the cherries. I've still got some in the 20 though.... tons of them, actually. I'll move some over again once I get back again in August.

[emmanuelchavez]

This tank somewhat became a "throw whatever plants you're not currently using but may will want to use later" tank... : /

I'll try scaping it later.

[emmanuelchavez]

I'm doing some emersed growth with java moss and HM in the tank. I'm going to let it fill in before flooding it and adding the betta from the 100g in here (as a temporary home). Pics to come later.

[emmanuelchavez]

I've decided to scrap the 10g planted idea and go with the 15g riparium.
I'll be moving the neons back into the 100, the betta will be in the 2.5 until I can get this set up and cycled. At best, it's a 2-3 months away.

I was going to sell the 15g tank that I had, but then got inspired when I saw some journals on ripariums on TPT forum. I'm going to grow some plants in the 20g first, and add them to the other tanks they were intended for, then I'll start to grow-out some for the 15g riparium. Once this is set up and cycled, I'll add the betta back in here. I'm excited about this build

[Newman]

sounds very unique. get some pics up in a month or when you start this lol.