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New tank
New World cichlid and African cichlid mix as well as a large school of Spotted Silver Dollars and a couple of fancy plecos.
View attachment 303324 my favorite little community
Thank you ?Very clean layout gives it that sharp edge that draws your eye to it
those pieces of driftwood have a very unique look nice work
Here's one of my "Terraphyte" tanks. These are tanks that use land plants for most of the filtration. Certain house plants like the Aglaonema, will remove all forms of nitrogen, but only during the day. You need a backup filter system with a bacteria colony to remove nitrogen at night when the house plants rest. Water changes are recommended, but not required as long as you top off the tank with water that's distilled or run through a Reverse Osmosis system.
This a 60 G with a good number of Red Wag Platys, Fancy Guppies, Orange Saddle hybrid Corydoras and an Albino Pleco. The aquatic plants are Anubias nana and nangi. This is the only standard aquarium plant that will work with the house plants. The house plants provide too much shade for much else.
Water chemistry is balanced, with no traces of ammonia or nitrite and nitrates in the 5 to 10 ppm range.
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One more pic of another "Terraphyte" tank. These tanks require next to no maintenance if that's your goal. All you need to do, is top off the tank with RO water and trim the plants regularly to maintain good plant growth. The plant roots are constantly removing the nitrogen from the dissolved waste material from the fish. The plant grows in low light and receives oxygen from the surrounding air.
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Newly cycled 29 gallon. It has 3 flame tetra's in it(will add more) and 5 Black skirt tetra's. It has a rosette sword, dwarf sag, crypt wendetti(sp) and anubias.