This is my tank after adjusting all my plants around to where I want them. Don't mind the blue gravel that was a mistake I wish I could take back! Haha clearly I also need to add some water. Anyone know of a plant or miss that will cover the gravel? Also if I did have the gravel covered how do you go about doing any siphoning?
You could always switch it out for sand as most of your beneficial bacteria is in your filter media. If so you could go for pool filter sand which is much cheaper then chain store sand.
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55 Gallon Cichlid build in the works