new microtope
 

made a new tiny planted tank last night

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1.../microtope.jpg

The holding area is roughly a 2.5-3"cube
Ada aquasoil (amazonia II) mixed with a little eco-complete
a sprinkle of natural gravel for color
A few tiny pieces of slate
driftwood branches
And a couple of java ferns

Now sitting on my desk at work, getting Lots of sunshine. Depending how it goes, I might be adding more plants shortly. I need to do some trimming in my other tanks, so I should get some small plants out of it. Lol.

cool... any fauna inside?

not yet. im thinking of doing a shrimp or something.

maybe you can add horned nerite snail will look cute in your tank. :D

im not sure if we have those here, but i may check into it. never really liked the idea of keeping snails. or shrimp for that matter. but i guess your options are pretty limited for a planted cup. lol

12/14 update ***

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TEyNS5qcGc.jpg

Tings are looking really good! Quite abut of growth you've got there bro..so chosen your fauna yet?

cherry shrimp/crs are not able to import here, so i may just get a couple of ghost shrimp, or wild caught red shrimp if i can find some.

*** 12/18 ***

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TIwMC5qcGc.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TIwMS5qcGc.jpg

got some of these guys the other day.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TEyMy5qcGc.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TEyNS5qcGc.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TIyMi5qcGc.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TIyMi5qcGc.jpg

hopefully they will be going in on monday or tuesday. whenever i get back to my shop
for now theyre just hanging out in a little 1/2g marina tank

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...TEyMi5qcGc.jpg