Splendor in the grass - 4 gal eheim nano with chilied crays.

[Atom]

I wasn't going to keep this tank, but changed my mind and decided to make it a betta tank. Moved some media from my ebi to cycle it faster.

It's a 4 gallon Eheim Aquastyle tank. It's almost exactly like the Fluval Flora and Ebi, but with a better filter and different light.

Flora
Vallisneria (not sure what kind)

Fauna
Black Orchid Crowntail
Norman's Lampeye Killifish
Amano Shrimp

Hardscape
Lace rock
Manzanita Branch

Substrate
ADA Amazonia

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Looking to add a mid ground plant of some sort to the right side. Thinking Staurogyne repens, but can't find any at the moment. Also looking for another smaller rock as well. Hopefully Aquariums West will get another batch soon.





So far everyone is getting along.

[Unicorrs]

nice and neat setup
how much is ADA Amazonia and is it good to use? Thanks

the mysterious rock looks like a meteorite, j/k!

[djamm]

Looks really nice setup for the betta. Kinda the setup I like for my betta's.

Cheers

[Morainy]

Lovely, lovely!

[Keri]

I like it! Nice work

[Ursus sapien]

beautiful. Clean and elegant. And I'm delighted by the choice to use lamp eyes.

[Atom]

nice and neat setup
how much is ADA Amazonia and is it good to use? Thanks

I got it at Aquarium's West. I think it was $20 for the smallest bag. I just started using it so I don't have any reports on it yet. I'll keep you updated.

beautiful. Clean and elegant. And I'm delighted by the choice to use lamp eyes.

Thanks. Debating whether or not to keep it simple or keep adding to it. Lampeyes are definitely under appreciated.

[teija]

Maybe the mysterious rock is petrified wood? Although, I have never seen it with holes...so... probably a better guess to say it is actually volcanic rock of some sort...

Any geologists around?

[Atom]

I found out the mystery rock is called Lace Rock. I got another piece today and will be adding it to the tank. Pictures to follow soon.

[Atom]

Since the last update I decided to remove my betta from this tank. He is my most docile betta, but even he wasn't playing nice with his fish tank mates. Snapped this photo of him before his big move.



For the most part he was fine, but once in awhile I caught him nipping at the lampeyes. No serious damage was done, but I figured in such a small space it was stressful for the others and safer just to take him out of there. I noticed two small holes in his dorsal fin. I wonder if he was flaring too much?

Oddly enough he had no interest in the amano shrimp. I guess they weren't tempting him enough because they were not swimming in front of him constantly.

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Today I added another piece of lace rock. Not sure I like it yet. I think one of the rocks needs to smaller or bigger than the other. The shrimp and the new inhabitant below seems to like the nooks and crannies!