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45 gallons planted tank (mostly live plants and fish) - A planted tank on the cheap.

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Country: United Kingdom
Description: Juwel Rio 180 with Juwel filter External Fluval 304 filter NO CARBON (Causes excessive algae) 4 x 36w T8 standard tubes; Interpet Daylight, Life Glo2, Aqua Relle and JBL Natur Water is RO with DI using Seachem powder to set correct hardness. Substarte is Tetra plant and Flourite mixture.
Advice: Watch the small problems.... if you leave them they grow very fast into unmanagable ones. Make water changes and cleaning an enjoyable exercise not a chore, and get into a routine.
Fish Kept: 4 x baby Sajica Cichlids, 2 x clown loaches, 1 x garra garra, 4 Pristella tetras and three algae eating shrimps.
Corals/Plants: Java moss, anubias nana, crypts, echinodorus bleheri, java fern normal + windelov, rotala and african lotus. 2 x Hagen yeast CO2 units used.
Tank Size: 45 gallons
Quote: Infamy, Infamy the've all got it infamy!
About Yourself: Just bought a 5ft tank 400litres for some serious cichlid keeping, Severums, Sajicas and Keyholes. A few plants such as anubias nana but more rugged and lots of rock work. Breeding is the aim.

COMMENTS

Gorgeous! beautiful balance,not TOO much plants. Absolutly Perfect! One of my favorite tank ever! fish avatar
i absolutely love your tank! could you let me no how you achieved the look on the right hand side of your tank with the plants growing out f the wood and up the side. because i would like to do something like that my self fish avatar

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