Worlds Smallest Brackish Tank

[poopsydrew]

Water quality is not an issue. For a least killifish I will use Zeolite as a stubstrate. Zeolite works like activated carbon. The zeolite looks just like crushed coral except amonia and nitrites= 0. The biggest obstical is lack of space. It just may not be fair to put a 2 cm. fish in there. Granted most specimens I will get will be less than 1.5 cm., they will grow to 2 cm. i still think this is possible but, I would like to add plants too. I have no clue what to put in it as far as plants.

I hope it works and I think it is creative idea. But, Water quality will be an issue eventually, its just too small a system not to. Zeolite is not a long term fix for ammonia not to mention nitrites or nitrate spikes that could occure very easily. The zeolite eventually will leach ammonia too.

Please dont put a fish in there, just too small for any freshwater fish I can think of ATM.

Keep us updated, I wanna see what you do with this, well done

 

[dizzied]

It might be just me, but I'm not impressed with any "pico" tanks unless they're very well 'scaped. I mean, I could just as easily put a guppy in a shot glass and claim to have the smallest freshwater tank around.

 

[Pimp]

It might be just me, but I'm not impressed with any "pico" tanks unless they're very well 'scaped. I mean, I could just as easily put a guppy in a shot glass and claim to have the smallest freshwater tank around.

WHAT A HATER!!

 

[majik]

that is sooooooooooooo cute boring i know but wota bout sea monkeys?just a thought real cute tho gud luk

 

[dizzied]

It might be just me, but I'm not impressed with any "pico" tanks unless they're very well 'scaped. I mean, I could just as easily put a guppy in a shot glass and claim to have the smallest freshwater tank around.

WHAT A HATER!!

Just being honest.

Besides, it feels like the only reason this tank was made was simply to hold the title of "smallest brackish tank". It could've just as easily been saltwater.

 

[n3ont3tra]

It might be just me, but I'm not impressed with any "pico" tanks unless they're very well 'scaped. I mean, I could just as easily put a guppy in a shot glass and claim to have the smallest freshwater tank around.

WHAT A HATER!!

Just being honest.

Besides, it feels like the only reason this tank was made was simply to hold the title of "smallest brackish tank". It could've just as easily been saltwater.

Yup... not that impressive, IMO.

 

[Pimp]

its not about the size of the boat, its about the motion in the ocean

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

It could be saltwater but I can do water changes with my 75 gallon brackish tank which also houses these starfish, a moray, and about 35 brackish anemones! I figure if the water quality craps out I can quikly change it. The filter is made out of a mechanical pencil. It is airdriven. Basically like a canaster that water runs trough. It actually is very effective. As far as scaping goes it was beautitiful in the begining, but do to the secretive nature of bristle stars I could not leave it that way. They would hide! It made the tank look empty.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

its not about the size of the boat, its about the motion in the ocean

i'm not certain a half-cup of dilute seawater scores well by that rubric either

i have to say that i'm suspicious as well of just how sustainable this is as a system. size effects are not negligible in even the largest aquarium systems and should be particularly pronounced for a sponge filter ~1 mm in diameter. that's a long-winded way of saying that i bet you aren't getting as much airflow/filtration as you think.

give a month or two and it should be fairly clear whether or not this qualifies as a working tank. it definitely is not an appropriate size to house any fish, judging by the quarter you have in the photograph as a reference of scale.

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

I've had it running since Nov. 15. No porbs so far. As I stated earlier a Least Killifish(Heterandria formosa)
is my best option as far as fish goes.
Here is a link that says that they ay are perfect for microtanks.
<a href="http/www.animalnetwork.com/aquariumfish/...925&sts=all" target="_blank">http/www.animalnetwork.com/aquariumfish/...925&sts=all</a>
It is not like I will be killing anything any way. If there are any problems I can just return the killifish to the lake where I plan to get it. It is only a short bike trip away.
FYI: I was not planning on making a freshwater one for quite some time. This means no killifish for a while. Anyway my brackish tank is healthy. Astecics are the only problem with it.

 

[Fella]

No, you don't have a "best option" for fish. It is too small to sustain a fish. Period.

 

[mlawson]

Even if the water quality is good enough for a fish, the actual size is WAY too small. A fish actually needs room to swim, putting any fish in a tank this size is cruelty. Do you really want to see a fish stuck in there with no room to move? As a fishkeeper I like to see my fish active and happy looking.

 

[Marine/Freshwater?]

For the last time I did not say that I was planning on stocking it any time soon. " FYI: I was not planning on making a freshwater one for quite some time." It is still in the development stage! Give it a rest. Torturing a poor fish is not the aim of this project. The killifish idea was an idea not a fact. Enjoy it for what it is. It would be great if I got more suggestions on what I can do. I'd really like some ideas on plants. I think I might be able to get some type of macroalgae but I do not no which type to get. I also do not know where to get plastic plants small enough. For a freshwater version would a snail work. Also would a cherry shrimp work. I am happy with the hard ware for the tank but I am at a loss as to what to stock it with. I finnally made a better stand.
The new stand I made houses a small air pump. I think it looks a lot better than the previous one. Heres the new stand:

 

[pica_nuttalli]

I'm sorry, but *2 weeks* of operation is absolutely nothing to brag about. Give it a few months and then you can start to make judgments about how viable your system is.



Now let's talk about "stocking" the tank:

• unless you can provide us some measurements or a precise volume, I'm just going to have to guess about the size of this pencil sharpener. And based on the photos that you have provided, I can't imagine that there's more than a cup of water in there.
• There is absolutely no fish that deserves to live in that small of a space. Even a .5 cm fish needs more swimming area than that.
• Given that the world's smallest fish is stil .4 cm long, I think you're just going to have to give up on the idea of keeping any vertebrates in there.
• That being said, there are a number of small shrimp that might be acceptable for a freshwater version. Cherry shrimps are probably a good starting point.

As far as I can tell, the aim of this project is to plant it? I think part of why you're struggling with the decorative aspect is that the sides of the pico are dark and difficult to see through. Similarly, you don't have any way of lighting the interior, so you're going to have problems getting any live plants/macroalgaes to work in there.


I guess it would help us skeptics if you did explain exactly what you had in mind to do with this tank. It's pretty much too small to house anything on a permanent basis and you're going to be fighting water conditions all the time. It's also not really a good setup for decorative purposes. So I'm having a hard time understanding what the point of this is.

 

[severum boy]

So I'm having a hard time understanding what the point of this is.

Attention?

Some small snails would be ok in that tank if you wanted them.