5.5 Litre Tank?

[Knox213]

what? it would look nice though

 

[aly_starh]

will look nice

and woop 1000 posts : P

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It does get irritating after some time...

I would put shrimp in that tank, i have 10 in 10L, and they are doing great. They are very low maintance too, saying that you do need to do water changes etc.

 

[mini_matt]

came to my parents today and the tank measures 8x8x8inches so thats around 8L, apparently it is a fish tank from when showing fish at display shows (there is a similar show pen for showing hamsters made from wood) so its a bit larger than I remembered but thats a good thing

 

[Knox213]

8 litresi s around 3-4 gallonsd right?

I MIght get some small 5.5 gallon tanks during the year.

get a halfmoon for one tank

and Cherry's for the other!

 

[kizno1]

will look nice

and woop 1000 posts : P

Postings like this will get you up to higher than 1k posts in less than 4 months! Just wanted to point that out

TRUE!
It does get irritating after some time...

I would put shrimp in that tank, i have 10 in 10L, and they are doing great. They are very low maintance too, saying that you do need to do water changes etc.

yh i know what you mean

8 litresi s around 3-4 gallonsd right?

I MIght get some small 5.5 gallon tanks during the year.

get a halfmoon for one tank

and Cherry's for the other!

its about 2g

 

[Honeythorn]

It's just over 1 gallon so still useless for fish, bang on perfect for shrimp though. Perhaps a pair of shrimp and a nerite snail, plus some interesting aquascaping using Java moss ( purely because it's easy to grow and would survive under something like a desklamp)

You could probably make a small DIY sponmge filter for it using the old fishfood pot method stickied in the DIY section.

 

[theshadowinc]

8 litresi s around 3-4 gallonsd right?

I MIght get some small 5.5 gallon tanks during the year.

get a halfmoon for one tank

and Cherry's for the other!

its about 2g

8 litres = 2.11337642 US gallons
8 litres = 1.75975326 Imperial gallons
1 US gallon = 3.78541178 litres
1 Imperial gallon = 4.54609188 litres

Depdend what you use for gallons and where you are and what you consider a gallon
Can check on google!

 

[Knox213]

yea im getting some 5.5 gallon tanks soon shrimps and betta's here we come

 

[mini_matt]

I think It will be great for shrimp and some moss and bits, I think I will still use a diy hob/sump purely to make sure the water is as crisp and clean as it can be for fussy little shrimp

 

[theshadowinc]

I think It will be great for shrimp and some moss and bits, I think I will still use a diy hob/sump purely to make sure the water is as crisp and clean as it can be for fussy little shrimp

Check out youtube there is a homemade external canister someone made for a small tank

 

[mini_matt]

yeah im on youtube constantly think i know what ur on about, probs something similar to the one bitteraspects made there is a link in my origional post

 

[bitteraspects]

BAHAHAHAHHA. i didnt even see the link.
thats such a dumb filter idea. it was fun to make though.

ghetto DIY for the win!

 

[mini_matt]

yes mate its all about the ghetto DIY! lol you should see my sump! cant wait to get this little tank home it looks so cute! bit of sand at the bottom some moss a nice dark rock and some type of wood/twig (any ideas on what wood?) i will post a pic of this cute little cube but not much to see as it is right now lol

 

[theshadowinc]

No not the hang on back, but the external one here is the link http/www.youtube.c...h?v=6wU9pyHqWd8
It looks awsome! I was thinking of making one for my 5gal and turn my 5 gal into a planted ^^
http/www.youtube.c...feature=related
I don't think that one would be very well in the end

This one isn't bad for a drip system of some sort
http/www.youtube.c...feature=related

There are many ways I wish i could find the one about the first link I posted there is one on youtube that is the same and shows how well it works

small tanks i think something like this works well enough with a good pump

Edit sorry forgot to add this, seen you mentioned getto DIY sump LoL you should see my design it contans a filtration as well as return pump all of wich is plastic containers special containers food safe so I think its adf approved. I wouldn't mind seeing your setup at all mind posting pics?

 

[mini_matt]

oh right, thought you meant this one >> http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=suNJXpzTkUM << yeah will post up a couple pics tonight, will put some sand and some water in the nano cube too and show you what its like but yeah my sump uses a diy pvc overflow, goes through a hole I put in my diy tank stand then into my diy sump! lol can you tell I can't afford to buy decent stuff lol neways the sump/wet dry filter is made using one of those desk tidy things with all the drawers , hole in the top for the overflow top draw is a drip tray so holes all over and a scour pad to filter the crap then the rest of the drawers I cut the bottom out of and has 2 layers of plastic scourers then load of bioballs , my other tanks lid is home made too