A testament of life.......
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, 01-15-2011 at 07:18 PM (2413 Views)
So I have a 10g tank, in my soon to be fish room, with some old substright, a bio wheel backpack filter and a light. The tank temp is below 60 degrees and the salinity is at 1.023. The light stays on for about an hour a day and has some natural light for the rest of the day. It has been running like this for about a month.
The first few weeks there was no life at all. Then I saw some small snails moving around the sandbed. A few weeks later I found a small pure white aptaisa and some small copepods. I was amazed that from a lifeless setup that these small creatures adapted to the cold water of the tank.
I am planning on keeping this tank going as is to see what happens, to see what grows, and to see what stays alive. I will try to post pictures of everything as I go.