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Weekend... traveled far outside of the city to find some rocks. This is what I bought. I think shape wise, they more resemble what is natural in the rift lake, which would be smooth rocks. They threw in the sand for free plus a bag of tiny rocks with dirt etc. Once algae grows on them, I think...

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hi, I'm in Shanghai, China, and i'd like a Lake Malawi biotope tank filled with mbuna as a gift for my Brother. He's coming back in 3 weeks, so time is short! Key things: i'd like it to be as close to the natural environment in Lake Malawi as possible, biotope. That is of course impossible...

Hi, went out to a local place and got some more Chinese 'dragon stone', this time many much much smaller pieces. Unfortunately I don't have the tank in this apartment, so i just made a quick arrangement on my balcony. Any suggestions about rock placement? I know there are rule of thirds etc...

hi, i need some advice about aqua-scaping a tank for lake Malawi cichlids. I'm big into biotopes, but here is what I have so far in the photo attatched. I don't know what kind of stone it is, anyone know? Can't really find granite here, i live in Shanghai China. Also i'm not sure about the...

Here's some pics with a few plants, plus a short shaky youtube video. I'll still be adding almond leaves, maybe some kind of moss for the drift wood and also a kessil A150W Amazon Sun light. If anyone has any suggestions to improve the tank i'm open to ideas, it's a work in progress. Should...

Might as well post a couple of pics now that the water isn't murky with sand. Joeysdiscus, I kind of like the idea you have about keeping only half the tank lit up. It's hard to find almond leaves here lol, i'll try. The light might have to change since i'll have a few plants on the left side...

Ok here's a pic of it in the tank, i was very rushed for time, so the water is still murky with sand. I'll be lowering the vertical piece of wood a bit. Then there will be leaves etc on the sand etc. The floating plants look alot better in rl than in photos, the roots really do glow. The lamp...

picked up a few plants, floating Limnobium laevigatum and some Anubias, here's some pics, the anubias is easy to attach to driftwood. They also gave me some Pistia stratiotes for free, but they told me the roots won't grow to more than like 3cm. Not sure if i'll go for the anubias, it isn't...

I wish i had a 90cm long oven :dance: I need some plants in this biotope. I'd rather not have to make a layer of soil in certain places, so I'd like to attach some plants to the driftwood, and perhaps a few floating plants. If anyone knows of any plants/moss (ideally native to south american...

Cheers, what I can do is rinse it in the shower, then fill the tank with tap water to let it soak, drain the tank, repeat a few times. Don't have any container big enough to put it into boiling water. The bottom piece of driftwood is actually mostly hollow underneath, i think that makes a nice...

Ok, today I went out to a fish/flower market in Shanghai. I only went there initially to get 2 big bags of ada nile sand, but they had mountains of drift wood, and other types. I picked up a few pieces and put them together on my table. How does it look? This is just made up of three pieces of...

I've found ADA La Plata sand, looks quite nice, will have to see if I can find some pics of aquariums using it.

One pair of cichlids, some corydoras and some tetras. A bit wary of tap water lol, since i'm in China. The cichlids might be 'blue rams' which like really soft water.

hi, i'm going to make a 40g amazon river biotope tank. So far I only have the tank (90cm x 40 x 40). Today I traveled 30km each way to an actual factory (where they make the tanks) to pick one up. The build quality is flawless, although I was a big disappointed to find several tiny air bubbles...