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26 Gallon
T8 15 Watt CFL 6700 K - Seachem Flourish !!NOT EXCEL!!
Small Amount Of Laterite Clay for the massive Amzon Sword

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The last Pic is of Floating Duck weed/ Water lettuce - Grows really fast and easy I LOVE IT! lol people say its a pain to have but if u take a bit out daily or weekly depending on the growth rate you can keep it to a good quantity
In the last pic you can see a few gold barbs lmao at the top :) there little heads

Thanks everyone! :)

Plants are as follows:
Anubias Bateri
Anubias Bateri Var Nana
Java Fern / Java Moss
Cryptocoryne Wendtii Green and red
Cryptocoryne Mi Oya
Cryptocoryne Parva
Pygmie Chain Sword
Green Cabomba
Hygrophilie Difformus
Amazon Sword (Ruffled Leaf Sp.)
Duck Weed / Water Lettuce

My pygmie chain sword arent growing very well... I saved em from a CO2 Tank that they where gunna just be tossed out... The low levels of the CO2 in my lowtech tank cant bring em backk.. they started a little lawn thats bout it
 
#10 ·
Thanks for the great comments :)

I havent put much thought into a background.. I dont like the "Unnatural" feel I get.. let alone there are cords hanging and a HOB filt lol :p Do you buy black backgrounds or simply use like a garbage bag? lmao streatched across
just a question :p
 
#11 ·
I use black poster board on my tanks. Its cheap and it looks good in a little while I will post a picture of a tank I redid yesterday for some blue rams I will be getting next week and you can see the back ground on it really well.
 
#12 ·
That does indeed look very good, well done.

I agree on the background, black would be best with all the other colour you have with the substrate, plants and fish. Dull is best, construction paper or poster board as Amanda suggested is ideal. The plastic garbage bag would be too shiny and you would notice it too much. Backgrounds are always most effective at increasing depth perception when they are dull.

That's a nice looking aquarium.

Byron.
 
#14 ·
Thanks for the comments everyone!! I am going to go get a background for the tank at the dollar store today :) lol Im cheap when it comes to thing outside of the tank lol

Ive had the tank up and running since June, Its my first tank ever and fell in love :) i basically went into school mode when i was researching :p like i had an exam everyday to write so much research.. Payed off tho :)
 
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