Hello I have a 55 gal tank which is on the third week assembled, I made the common mistake, "no cycle period", despite this my fishes are alive, now I'm wondering if could I put in there some live plants? or it would be another mistake?; if Yes, it's enough having gravel?, I've heard (read) that to put some laterite under the gravel can help.
same size tank i got. i was actually thinking about getting that same driftwood root thing but i didnt know if it would fit in my tank or not. it looks good tho! is this your first planted tank?
thats really nice looking. this is also going to be my first planted tank. i had a couple plants in my 20 gallon i had but that was before i knew anything about actually taking care of them. i hope mine turns out as well as yours did!
As fish monger says, to spot the waste on the sand is easier, than the gravel, plus, the sand I have is white color, besides the sand is heavy and you can do vaccum very closer to it, although with my cleaning crew (Corys and Bothias), believe me I only use the vaccum system to make the water changes, the sand is always clean. In the 20g long I have 2 clown plecos but they're shy and lazy, so, I use a vaccum syringe to remove the debris I find.
Waste tends to stay on top of the sand because it's densely packed compared to gravel. You just hover over it with your hose or vacuum. Maybe wiggle it a little to create a little movement of the waste to help it along. Many folks find sand easier to deal with than gravel insofar as keeping it clean looking.
Yes, but it's obviously not the same, even with the site restrictions on size you can see the difference.
I got a cannon SX20 a few years back and thought I could get away without the proper manual focus so that everyone else in the family could cope with a decent resolution camera.. Until trying to take some decent aquarium shots, that silly rotary focus is such a pain unless you are taking stills and fish don't stay still. I REALLY just wanted to get a digital insert for my old film Pentax program plus but that wasn't something that was terribly feasible.
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