This tank has had another rescape. It was always part of my plan to 'practise my aquascaping' with this tank so please dont be too shocked if nothing is staying still for more than 5 minutes!
I actually need to get some better pictures so bear with me as some of these are from when it had been 3 weeks with no maintenance but it shows what I was going for! I have got a light for the tank too.
The tanks inhabitants are not really working out like id hoped... Glass shrimp getting very large (see photo of pregnnt one). I can't decide whether to get a heater and do fancy shrimp or, like I was thinking before, get a pair of least killifish (
https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/heterandria-formosa/) which for what I can find out will be just fine in there unheated despite the small space available and Maidenhead can get them in for me. Or of course I could do both!... I get the impression cherry shrimp will tolerate low temps too just not breed etc... so much research and decision making to do!!
Either way I think im going to DIY a small hidden air powered filter for the tank as another experiment. Last one was too bulky.
Anyway im happy for now as im getting pearling off the plants when the lights are on!! Presumably the surface area to tank volume is small enough and the lighting period short enough (1 hour only) to facilitate this at the moment.
I will enjoy experimenting before probably looking back round to having this back to no tech at some point. Theres something so satisfying about it being like that. Or I did have a plan for a hang on back filter with integrated heater... oh the possibilities!!!...