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small
tanks
(50 X 26 X 35)
Working
with big tanks is quite easy because you have a lot of space and is
possible to create elaborated "landscapes"; but when you
have only 50 cm of space, there comes the real challenge! First of
all, you need very small objects to put inside, therefore you have
to search with great patience every single stone and every plant.
Second, you have to achieve a remarkable sense of perspective, much
deeper that the real dimension of the tank. Third (and maybe more
important) the aquarium you create, must work well, a very difficult
thing to realize, because, as everybody knows, small aquariums are
biologically more overbalanced then big ones.
I
have to tell you that, for all this reasons, I enjoy to create the
interior design for small tanks! It's difficult, therefore more
exciting to do!
In
the following pictures, you can see how it is possible to create
something peculiar in small space.
Oriental
Morning (upper
photo) &
Oriental Morning 3 month later (lower
photo)
Data:
Tank
: cm. 50 X 26 X 35
Temperature : 24 - 25° C.
Lights : 1 neon 15 Watt
Mechanical parts: 1 Biological filter of 1 lt.,
1 pump 300 lt/h, 1 heater 30 Watt.
Plants: Echinodorus amazonicus, Anubias spec., Cabomba
caroliniana
Animals : 5 Cheirodon axelrodi, 10 Paracheirodon innesi, 5
Copella arnoldi
Chemistry : Kh 1-2, Ph, 6.2- 6.5, Gh 3, No2 0, No3 0
Water change: every 2 weeks, 1/3 of the total.
Notes:
Sometimes, after a while, nature reorganize, by her needs, the tank.
I like to follow her will, paying attention of the interior design,
trimming the plants every day to keep them in shape.
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