My friend is tattooing me for free, so as a favor for him I offered to set up a small aquarium in his shop.

I want to do a setup like the Nature Aquarium Club of Utah's PASS setup. We would de-rim a standard 10 Gallon and go to town.

( NACU - Nature Aquarium Club of Utah)

The thing is I would like it to be as low maintenance as possible. My friend has told me he wants to do nothing to the tank. I will stop by weekly to do a water change ect. , but I think daily dosing is out of the question.

The plan is to use ADA AS II and use mostly ferns and mosses. We're actually going to try to use part of an animal skeleton and some wood the give the tank an erie feel. Has anyone used bones in an aquascape before? I don't know what it will to do the water. Will the calcium in the bones dissolve into the water and increase the hardness? It really doesn't matter, but I was just curious.

The only fauna will be some type of shrimp.

How much light should I put over the tank to still have good growth rates and still not having to dose to keep algae away? DIY CO2 can be added if needed. I would like to use a USA Current CF fixture from a mail order retailer.

Whatcha' Think?

Thanks,
Creighton Tynes