pablothebetta
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Firstly, I'd have to scrap as much as possible of the UGF to allow for a different substrate, which would leave the tank filterless. Would this be ok? HOB filters would be pretty much impossible to fit and it would be tricky to find a small enough internal filter and then only have the difficulty of affixing it to the side of the tank.
Secondly would be the lighting. Its only a 5W halogen light, would I be able to grow anything using it? I had the idea to use ferts and liquid CO2 (no way of attatching pressurised CO2) to help. I was thinking of a small piece of bogwood/driftwood, planted with java fern and java moss, possibly with some taller background plants and potentially a carpet plant. Would the java fern/moss grow under the conditions and are there any plants that may be suitable for the back of the tank/carpet?
I'm not entirely sure on substrate yet, though ideally I wouldn't want gravel. I would want something that is known to be of good quality, so any recommendations are welcome.
I had the idea to add a couple of shrimp to the tank if all went to plan and whatever plant life I had in there was successful, as I couldn't think of any fish that would survive in there due to the small volume and with it being filterless. What are your thoughts on this? Would a couple of male endlers do alright or is it too small-a volume for them, too? I would try to have the tank fairly heavily planted, hoping that the plants would absorb the ammonia etc and do waterchanges weekly. Would this work?
I have no idea if I'll ever actually be able to carry out this little idea, but I would like to give it a go sometime. Would it work?
Thanks for reading
