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I like mine, but it took me a while to figure out how to stock it. I really don't have the room for a big tank, but needed something big enough for my angel, syno cat, and Plecostamus.
I love 56 gallon tanks! When I first got mine, I was like you. I had no idea what to put in there. I bought a cheap odyssea t5ho off eBay and threw in some angels. The cool thing is it's so tall. I have jungle Val, spiral Val, and a Madagascar lace fern in mine. It looks awesome with the tall leaves.
Thanks! The lace fern can kind of be a pain sometimes. The leaves just grow and grow. I have cut leaves that were three feet long. The only thing I put in the tank is flourish excel and dry ferts. Totally low maintenance.
Root tabs are basically fertilizer "chunks" that you bury in the gravel for the plants roots to utilize. The dry ferts are a powder you reconstitute yourself in a glass jar and the dose by whatever method you like. My dose method is drops from a syringe. Here's a link to the ferts I use. http://www.aquariumfertilizer.com/i...rnEdit=2&Returnitemname=&ReturnShowItemStart=
As long as your tank has been running a while and you buy a t5 light, you'll learn as you go. Start out with cheap and easy plants. Jungle vals are great to start. They grow like a weed.