IBOX Nano log

Tuesday I added water, primer for chlorine, some bacteria-in-a-bottle and a pinch of flakes to kick of the cycling process.




Normal light



Blue light

 

And this is what it looks like today

 

Man I love this little tank of yours, any idea on what plants you are going to plant or is this still a deciding factor?

 

I will be trying a treescape like on the first page but it will not be so dense. Because of the size of this tank you can regularly change the look without doing to much work so I foresee it will be evolving. First off I need to try the tree.

I am really stoked about this little project

 

woerman, I also did a 'treescape' in a small tank which I thought worked pretty well.

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?7879-my-30cm-nano&p=106834#post106834

 

Are you not using ADA soil?

 

I have seen this one before - very nice looking!!!

 

Not for now

 

I need help with a heater. I have visited a few LFS but have not found anything small enough

I want to fit it in the back chamber with the pump

 

I looked high and low and the smallest I could find was a 50w which isnt particularly small :-\
maybe contact one of the sponsors and see if they can get you a 25?

 

that "underwater Bonsai" project you want to do its absolutely amazing, i think its called "Pinheiro Manso" if users want to google it, its a Portuguese architect who came up with it! i also would like to do something alike one of these days so keep posting photos, lets see how it turns out and the best of luck mate

 

You could try Moolis at Pet Stop! I got two 25 watt heaters from him and think he still has stock. He will gladly order for you if needed! These are good heaters and fit perfectly into my 1foot tanks

 

Are those the little Sicce ones @Barry.M ? Bit more expensive than the generic asian cheapie heaters,but well worth it - real tiny...

 

I found a 50W which fits perfectly!! You will see in the next pics I post

 

Thanks for the info @Rico

There are some awesome scapes. My next task is to get the wood part of the tree done. I will go hunting for some donor wood this weekend.

 

THAT LPS in atterbury has quite a selection of twisted vine type wood. cheap too cause it's light. just sterilise thoroughly as it lies about open in the shop for everybody and their grubby hands to touch

 

The tank has been cycling along nicely
I added a few pebbles


Here is my donor tree I will be using to build my bonsai


I have been a bit distracted with another tank I am setting up but that will be a new thread.
It an old 50 liter I am stripping and resealing and I intend to set it up for Endlers.
Eish, bad case of MTS

 

I love tbe nano tanks that bonsai is going to be awesome cant wait tp see tbe end result

 

Looking good.

 

@woerman I am also looking for a nice piece of drift wood that looks like a small bonsai tree, meanwhile i have started growing some nice java moss balls and started my own diy java carpets, i read a couple of forums and if you create this java moss carpets, once you remove the mesh the java is nice and strong for you to mold around any surface you want! for the Tree you can take small sized dish wash scrub (green ones will do just fine) cut the rectangular shape of it to desired size and simply tie the moss with a fish line or nylon thread and hook it to the already made trunk. It will look terrible in the first go but let it bloom, you'll end up with your own bonsai inside the tank.

Cheers