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The 5.5 Gallon Nano tank

This is my blog for my 5.5 gallon Nano or pico or whatever, I lost track of what these things are called when they are under 10 gallons. Seems to be a different terminology between almost everyone in the hobby. I started this tank because I hadn't had a tank up for almost a year before 2/28/2010 and due to limited space and not knowing where I was going to be in the future the 5.5 offered everything I wanted. This is my second small tank the first one I had was a 2.5 and that was just too small. that tank filled up very quick and then was destroyed by an irresponsible apartment sitter while I was on vacation. Let's just say that the tnak was contaminated with Beer when I got back. I was pretty upset! In the past I have owned a 14 gallon Aquapod, 20 Long, 20 Tall, 125, 40 Breeder (my second favorite tank), and now the 5.5. This tank has really been the best tank I have had by far, and it is the first tank that I have actually been content with.







  1. Photo Progress of the tank

    About a month ago I dove head first into battling a cyano problem. Here are the updates from the start up until last friday

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    Updated 05-26-2016 at 03:36 PM by melev

    Tags: cyano
    Categories
    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry , ‎ Lighting , ‎ Equipment
  2. Quick update: More Progress

    After a few more water changes, adding some live sand and manually removing more algae I have come to this look.

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    I'm now heading out to add to my clean up crew and hopefully get rid of the rest of the hair algae in the tank.
    Categories
    Tank Entry , ‎ Water Chemistry