r/nanotank

My mom is getting me this tank because I'm doing good rn and this is like the only chance at a pet for her house I'm gonna get lol

She knows basically nothing about fish, I would've preferred a 5 gallon honestly because I could've at least had a betta or a guppy but it's a gift so I'm gonna make do lol

I need something easy to take care of that won't cost me like all my money lol, I really want shrimp but I'm worried about how they'd do in this type of tank and how expensive they might be

I've taken care of fish like my entire life lol and I'm just starting to get better with making sure they're properly set up so I really wanna do this right

Any and all advice is welcome and needed!

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I still dont know what type of aquascape i wanna pull, but im thinking of a 10 or 8 gallon cube, do you guys have any sort of habitant besides the usual shrimp or bettas? Would like to know, first time going out of the usual(bettas,shrimp and 5 gallon tanks basically lol)

Hi all! Currently managing a 10 gallon community tank (pictured first) and building a 2.5 gallon shrimp tank.

The ten gallon features the following Aquatic plants - Eleocharis acicularis, Hellanthium tenellum 'Green', Dwarf Water Onion, and a Water Banana Plant (Nymphoides aquatica), with plans to add a floating Java Moss ring and a Java Fern. I was wondering if you have any other plant recommendations for the tank. The tank houses Ghost Shrimp, a school of Ember tetras, and some Pygmy Corydoras. It also has a ceramic shrimp hideout, silk leaves for pygmys and shrimp to rest on, and a Eucalyptus root. (with an adjustable heater and HOB sponge filter.

Also working on making a 2.5 gallon for neocaridina (Blue Dream or Jade Green, not sure yet). All it has for now is a Java Fern and a mini air pressure powered sponge filter; I want to add some Java Moss and some Marimo Moss Balls. Looking for recommendations here too!!

Let me know if you have any plant recommendations for either of these! Preferably unique/underrated ones.

Hey everyone. I set up this happy little UNS 3G nano on my desk this week using an assortment of rocks from our local beaches and some leftover fertilized substrate and filter material. At the moment I have a small number of Ramshorn snails in there to keep the algae down but I’d like something a bit more dynamic. The stones are such a great opportunity for microhabitats that I’m trying to think of an occupant that could really take advantage of them. Bumblebee gobies come to mind, but I think the tank may be a bit small for even them (and I might have to change the substrate). I originally intended to get pea puffers, but I’ve rethought the wisdom of that because of the live/frozen food requirement, and because the tank is too small for them to be peaceful. Obvious choices are snails only, or a small number of Neocaridina sp. with some moss. Chili rasboras seem possible but it might be tough to keep them happy since I could only have a few. Thai micro crabs came to mind but they live very short lives. Any other cool ideas? I’m not really a Betta kind of aquarist, but maybe that could work… Thanks, all!

New UNS 45S

What would you put in here?

Planning to put only cherry shrimp in here, should I go for Java or Christmas Moss?

Hey all! So I’ve kept fish in the past for 3-4 years and did incredibly well with them (Mollys, Small pleccos, and snails). I gave up the hobby due to school but decided to get back into it but go nano tank for a small but fun vibe on my desktop table!

I setup the tank about 3 days ago now and plan on letting it cycle 4 or more weeks until parameters are right for the lil shrimpy dudes.

I conditioned the water as usual, added Fluval Bio starter, a small 1mL dose of Flourish by Seachem and planted 1 x Java Moss, 1 x Anubias Nana, and 1 x Watersprite. I boiled cholla wood and added that as well! Today the sprite looks a little brown though near the roots and has like 2 black spots near the joints of 2 stems. The anubias also has a small spot on a leaf or two which almost looks rotted? I included pics of these for y’all.

Is that the melting people mention all the time? Will it bounce back I hope? I went out today and bought a simple Aquaeon LED clip on light to bring the PAR up a lil bit to 15-27 (average/peak) because the stock led just sucks, I knew it did. Just in case light problems are happening or would happen in the future. Didn’t want to go too crazy on the light though as these are apparently low-medium light/PAR plants?

I repotted the sprite into its own little isolated cup either holes and topped it up with gravel and a root tab at the bottom of the cup (root tab made by ThriveCaps).

Is there anything else I should be doing to get this jump started or just stay patient? I know my ammonia levels were kinda high yesterday, as well as nitrates but no nitrites… I feel like I’m missing something with this nano build and just wanna ask you experts for some advice on what I may or may not be doing right or wrong. Bunch of pictures included for y’all! Thanks!

Been wanting to for years. Set this 6.5G up yesterday. Hopefully these plants survive but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet. Happy with how it looks though.

I'm looking for a scarlet badis pair for a 5g...I should have got these when I first saw them before they sold..I'm devastated that I didn't order them as soon as I saw them and I'm very upset with myself.

New to keeping planted aquariums and I set up both a nano bowl situation and a 5.5 gallon tank at the same time. I split the plants between the aquariums and had some difficulties with the light on the larger tank for a while and used peroxide treatments in both for bladder snails that hitch hiked which I may have overdosed in the large tank. Now about 2 weeks from planting the two tanks have VERY different colors on both my dwarf baby tears and rotalas. Will the discolored plants survive? I have more tannins in the large tank but the plants themselves are definitely a different color. I've replaced the light today and hope for recovery but is that realistic at this point?

Both tanks are set up with RO water, aquasoil capped with aquarium sand, a squeeze of a friend's aquarium filter sponge, and some shrimp liquid minerals. The larger tank has a heater and very low flow filter for some circulation. The only other thing that should be alive in either tank is a single assassin snail each now that its been several days and a half water change since the peroxide.

Thank you in advance!

Gave up on trying to make this yee tank i found on Temu a pico and went back to my roots with a good ole fashioned planted betta tank . I made a little pedestal for it and added a make shift trellis of some sort to give pothos room to climb up and adhere to it , my salt water tank looks good but this little tank has a big smile on my face lol was supposed to be my office tank but might not make it out of the house now lol added a ai picture to get a better feel of the true final product

What plants should I buy? Hoping to keep some Japanese rice fish or shrimps so it needs to be well-planted. Just set this up last night and waiting for it to cycle; will switch out for a better light at some point