1 Gallon Shroom Jar

[blasterman]

If the shrooms are the only things in there it won't hurt to crank the nitrate up a bit. The grow like crazy when it gets up to the 20-40ppm range.

[Siren's eye]

If the shrooms are the only things in there it won't hurt to crank the nitrate up a bit. The grow like crazy when it gets up to the 20-40ppm range.

 

 

Thank you, I'll try that. I do want to add some shrimp later, and I have some hermits. Will thay be OK?

[Euphyllia]

Wow that jar is cool!

Great idea.

[animalmaster6]

I do want to add some shrimp later, and I have some hermits. Will thay be OK?

Hermits and shrimp should be okay. Snails and hermits could be a problem though.

[blasterman]

Hermits and shrimp should be okay. Snails and hermits could be a problem though.

 

Not for the hermits :-)

[will46r]

At Petsmart I saw a small radiant heater for reptiles, it's flat and designed for the tank to sit on top of. That may be a more aesthetically pleasing heater solution.

[Siren's eye]

 

 

Here's a couple pictures of the mushrooms after they settled in.

[brandon429]

its possible for you to keep that alive for years and years I say fill it up with colored mushrooms and let em reproduce all over the walls and it will be so simple, no dosing just feed lightly once a week with cyclopeeze then change out most of the water a few hours later and it will run for years.

 

once a week a quick water change plus wiping the walls of the jar out, topping off midweek its bulletproof but they all run easy when new, till month 6.

[myjohnson]

This is one wild @$$ tank!

[animalmaster6]

Nice!

 

I can't wait to see it filled with shrooms.

 

Listen to Brandon. He has amazing stuff and knoweledge.

[drakkor]

I love this idea, I might have to try it

 

once a week a quick water change plus wiping the walls of the jar out, topping off midweek its bulletproof but they all run easy when new, till month 6.

 

What happens after month six? zombies?

[brandon429]

thats the universal algae outbreak date on partial water changes and feeding midweek technique in pico reefs heh

[evanski]

its possible for you to keep that alive for years and years I say fill it up with colored mushrooms and let em reproduce all over the walls and it will be so simple, no dosing just feed lightly once a week with cyclopeeze then change out most of the water a few hours later and it will run for years.

^This....

 

Love the idea and the tank is looking great!

[Siren's eye]

Is there a way to avoid or reduce the dreaded month 6 algae outbreak?? My 5 gallon is only weeks away!

[Siren's eye]

 

See how pretty....

[brandon429]

a pico to me is 2.5 and below...check w the nano guys!

[Siren's eye]

Oh noes! I added a tiny xenia bud to my jar! Xenia and shroom jungle in no time.

[brandon429]

xenia looks amazing as it moves. if you glue frag to the lower wall of the glass instead of the bottom substrate, it will climb off the frag and move around the tank within 3 mos bet~lol

B update pics of it when you can this was a really clean build.

[thesmallerthebetter]

At Petsmart I saw a small radiant heater for reptiles, it's flat and designed for the tank to sit on top of. That may be a more aesthetically pleasing heater solution.

 

i agree here. thats the route i take with all my new builds as far as heating. this is a near necessity when it comes to sub gallon reefs as real-estate and aesthetics are both damaged by a in tank heater. i use something called "Flexwatt heat tape" and a simple thermostate to control temps on my tanks

 

 

awsome build :)i love the simple ones. be sure to update as time progresses, id love to see a shoom forest in there

[Siren's eye]

i agree here. thats the route i take with all my new builds as far as heating. this is a near necessity when it comes to sub gallon reefs as real-estate and aesthetics are both damaged by a in tank heater. i use something called "Flexwatt heat tape" and a simple thermostate to control temps on my tanks

 

 

awsome build :)i love the simple ones. be sure to update as time progresses, id love to see a shoom forest in there

 

 

Would those be safe with the jar sitting directly on top of it?

[thesmallerthebetter]

Would those be safe with the jar sitting directly on top of it?

 

yessir

 

i have acrylic tanks sitting on the tape, a glass tank will take the heat and transfer it much better

[will46r]

Would those be safe with the jar sitting directly on top of it?

They're designed for tanks to sit on them and heat the substrate for reptiles. Their designed with the expectations of some sort of intank water storage to humidify the tank so the heater should be waterproof.

[Siren's eye]

They're designed for tanks to sit on them and heat the substrate for reptiles. Their designed with the expectations of some sort of intank water storage to humidify the tank so the heater should be waterproof.

 

 

And it won't burn my desk? If not it sounds pretty cool. I'll google them up right now.

 

are they radiant heat panels, or just heat pads?

[knives2886]

i have an old reptile heat pad layn around here somewhere if your interested pm me.

[thesmallerthebetter]

when used with some sort of thermostat the heater should never be close to burning the desk, it should only ever get "warm" never "hot" if that makes any sense