LuminousAphid
New Member
Greetings,
First of all, I have no working shift key right now, so if I miss a few capital letters I apologize.
I have been eyeing the little 2 gallon cube rimless tanks at Aquarium Co-Op for a while now, and yesterday I finally went for it and bought one. I have surprisingly been fairly successful with my little 4 gallon cube, even having some red cherry shrimp make babies in it without even knowing, so I have decided to try something even smaller. It should be a challenge, but a good sort of challenge.
I am probably going to keep this tank in my room next to my bed, using just the north-facing window for light and no heater. In the past I have kept tanks with filters and heaters and air pumps in my room, and along with being just too noisy, the water tends to evaporate very quickly when it's above room temperature. I'm hoping that not heating it, as well as the smaller volume, will stop the water evaporating so quickly and then condensing on the poorly insulated window.
Mainly, though, this will be a 'show' tank for my room, so I may end up lighting it if I am not happy with the growth of the plants. Right now I plan on going with all java moss and maybe a bit of lace java fern in the future, but I may get bored with it and need to get a light for the tank. I think I will stick with the unheated/unfiltered aspect though, especially since those items end up using a lot of space when there is only 2 gallons to work with.
Creatures right now are about 10 red cherry shrimp of various sizes, and probably 12 juvenile H. formosa. I think some tiny snails came in with the java moss, but I plan on keeping this tank snail-free if I possibly can.
Sorry the images are so washed out, I am using a crappy camera and without lighting it's hard to get good contrast.
First of all, I have no working shift key right now, so if I miss a few capital letters I apologize.
I have been eyeing the little 2 gallon cube rimless tanks at Aquarium Co-Op for a while now, and yesterday I finally went for it and bought one. I have surprisingly been fairly successful with my little 4 gallon cube, even having some red cherry shrimp make babies in it without even knowing, so I have decided to try something even smaller. It should be a challenge, but a good sort of challenge.
I am probably going to keep this tank in my room next to my bed, using just the north-facing window for light and no heater. In the past I have kept tanks with filters and heaters and air pumps in my room, and along with being just too noisy, the water tends to evaporate very quickly when it's above room temperature. I'm hoping that not heating it, as well as the smaller volume, will stop the water evaporating so quickly and then condensing on the poorly insulated window.
Mainly, though, this will be a 'show' tank for my room, so I may end up lighting it if I am not happy with the growth of the plants. Right now I plan on going with all java moss and maybe a bit of lace java fern in the future, but I may get bored with it and need to get a light for the tank. I think I will stick with the unheated/unfiltered aspect though, especially since those items end up using a lot of space when there is only 2 gallons to work with.
Creatures right now are about 10 red cherry shrimp of various sizes, and probably 12 juvenile H. formosa. I think some tiny snails came in with the java moss, but I plan on keeping this tank snail-free if I possibly can.
Sorry the images are so washed out, I am using a crappy camera and without lighting it's hard to get good contrast.