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Offline scifisarah

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Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« on: February 24, 2013, 07:22:43 PM »
Finished up our bathroom nano tanks! I think it all turned out quite nicely without me driving my husband too crazy with my OCD. The 2.5 on the left has about 20 cherry red shrimp, 2 nerite snails and "Tiny" the Scarlet Badis. I learned how to hatch bbs yesterday and he was all over those! "Monet" the betta is in the tank on the right. I still need to get black backgrounds for them the next time I am at Petco. I really like the look of the moonlight setting on the tanks at night.

Lighting: Finnex Fugeray 10"
Filters: Azoo Mignon 60 (w/ fluval edge biomax & foam)
Heaters: Fluval edge 25w
Substrate: Caribsea crystal river
Stands: Oak base & casing w/ Minwax "Riverstone" stain & gloss polyacrylic
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2013, 07:27:16 PM »
Here is Tiny, he is too cute to not include.  ;D
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2013, 09:15:42 PM »
Cool.  But I was disappointed to see 'bathroom shrimp' were not a new species.
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Offline Michael Zebrowski

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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2013, 09:37:04 PM »
Just showed your pix to my wife as we are planning a bathroom remodel.  From the looks of it, I must curb my fish OCD as far as the bathroom is concerned.

Your tanks look great.
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2013, 09:51:45 PM »
My wife would flush ME, if I even mentioned, putting a tank in any of the bathrooms.

I do really like the wood tank base and covers. Are those DIY?
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2013, 11:18:30 PM »
Quote from: NorthernAquatic on February 24, 2013, 09:51:45 PM
My wife would flush ME, if I even mentioned, putting a tank in any of the bathrooms.

I do really like the wood tank base and covers. Are those DIY?
Lol same here, except I'd Probably get a baseball bat to the head first. :P

Looks really nice Sarah
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2013, 07:29:50 AM »
The tanks look great. Water changing must be a breeze with them so close to the sink!
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2013, 08:37:44 AM »
Quote from: Ron on February 25, 2013, 07:29:50 AM
The tanks look great. Water changing must be a breeze with them so close to the sink!
Yes, no trouble at all. I just use a section of hose about 3' long and put it right into the sink. I think I need to buy some smaller hose though because it sucks out almost all the water before I can blink. Those shrimps had better hide!  ;D

The stand is DIY - I picked out the wood, planned it and did the finishing work, and my husband did all the cutting on the nice Hitachi miter saw he got last Father's Day, and got the base and canopy together and square for me.
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2013, 10:11:32 AM »
That looks really nice. 

BTW....I have the same faucet in my bathroom only ours is in bronze.  Lol.
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2013, 06:02:18 PM »
Very cool!
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2013, 06:47:28 PM »
Nice clean looking setup, I like it 8)
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2013, 10:23:44 PM »
Very nice!
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2013, 11:36:00 PM »
Sweet setup! I like the moss balls.
Makes a great night light  ;D
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2013, 04:45:48 PM »
Sarah, very cool tanks.  You make Me wish my bathroom was bigger to put a tank in it.
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Re: Bathroom Shrimp & Betta Nano Tanks
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2013, 05:18:23 PM »
Very nice.
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