Rocky. The betta nano

Quick project. Turned up totally unexpected. Due to no one taken it as a quick sale tank for 35eur
I decided to setup a second tank. Said to myself some time ago to not go back to nanos
but could not resist this time with a quick idea of this one. Decided to keep it simple and with minimum maintenance.

So this will be my first low-tech tank with low light and no co2

About setup:
Tank: Fluval Spec 19v (19L)
Light & Filtration: Original
Heating: The one from my shed

about 7KG of Seriyu Rock
about .5kg of ADA and 1kg some cheap natural gravel

Fish: HMPK betta
Inverts: about 7 Horned Nerirte snails

Plants:
Elecharis Aciculris mini & Alternanthera reneckii mini

Ferts: EL Profito
Carbon source: EL EasyCarbo

Water: RO + JBL Aquadur

1st day




2nd day
Elecharis Aciculris mini & Alternanthera reneckii mini

Looks great keep us posted on the plant progress

Looks fantasic...everyone who didnt buy that tank is going to kicking themselves now.....me included

Amazing setup Lauris, can't wait to see how it develops and the betta

Regarding the dwarf grass, I planted a couple of pots and after a week or two it started to melt, I read on other forums that could be caused becase of the dry to water transition, plant was tropica 1-2 grow.

Looks amazing already Lauris,looking forward to seen the progress

Ger

Lydia, the grass yellow at the start as it it s putting all its ressources in establishing the roots, after that you should see it growing and spreading.

Anthony

Thank you all.

Lydia. this is my struggle as well. I know as in fact it happened the same in previous projects with my dwarf graas but not as much as I had a good source of co2. this project runs on EL easycarbo. will see how it goes on.

Seems to take ages to spread Anthony, it was so green and in a blink so bald . Thankfully I planted some montecarlo which is fabulous and have some green in there while the dwarf one thrive.

Lauris have you though in putting some of montecarlo between some rocks?

Aroshni wrote: Seems to take ages to spread Anthony, it was so green and in a blink so bald . Thankfully I planted some montecarlo which is fabulous and have some green in there while the dwarf one thrive.

I bought one container of eleocharis sp mini a few years back 4 months later it was covering the whole tank who was 35cmx35cm.It was on amazonia no ferts and co2.It took a few weeks to establish but after that it spreads,i got lazy so didnt plant anything else

Wow again! How do you get these little tanks to lol so huge?

Looks amazing already Lauris and nothing has grown....you have some eye for aquascaping....it looks way bigger than 19l too! Can't wait to see how it grows out...

Aroshni wrote:
Lauris have you though in putting some of montecarlo between some rocks?

Lydia, not this time. Will try to keep it simple. MonteCarlo is a lovely plant but it will take over and will turn it messy

Q_Comets wrote: Wow again! How do you get these little tanks to lol so huge?

thanks.
tip: some basic compositional rules. perspective is the key. especially in nano size tanks. and the size does not matter.lol

Gonefishy wrote: Looks amazing already Lauris and nothing has grown....you have some eye for aquascaping....it looks way bigger than 19l too! Can't wait to see how it grows out...

Thanks! I hope the plants will settle in. should be good in few months time. fingers crossed