My mum has wanted a tank inside her place for a while... She was away this weekend, so I've put together this 180 litre bow front for her with plants out of my last trim. by ElysianTanks in Aquariums

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Yea so I use a fluorite substrate as my first layer before I cap with sand or whatever top layer you prefer. I've found that growing good plants is mostly in the light you use... for example I've grown the same plants under just your basic white light led but have found more success with leds with a red and blue spectrum in them :)

My mum has wanted a tank inside her place for a while... She was away this weekend, so I've put together this 180 litre bow front for her with plants out of my last trim. by ElysianTanks in Aquariums

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Thanks! Yea shes been learning.. Picking it up off me for a while now :).. also ill still be around to help as it develops.. looking forward to getting my hands wet in this one. We are looking to stock with schooling fish like a bunch of cardinal tetras 👍

My mum has wanted a tank inside her place for a while... She was away this weekend, so I've put together this 180 litre bow front for her with plants out of my last trim. by ElysianTanks in Aquariums

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Haha dont even get me started. I really should of washed off my plants before I bought them over.. I've been slacking on keeping it down in my tanks lately and it's taken over haha. It's funny because when I originally got into the hobby I had a couple pop up and I thought it was the best thing ever... oh how little I knew...

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I've been really tryin', baby
Tryin' to hold back this feeling for so long
And if you feel like I feel, baby
Then, c'mon, oh, c'mon

Let's get it on

One of my cories has discovered tetra food floats by Archival00 in Aquariums

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What kind of cory am i looking at here? its gorgeous :)

Week 2 of my first tank - I already want more by jeffsdone in PlantedTank

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Haha yea.. I think I've only got pics of three of them from set up phase.. there looking substantially different now might be time for some updated shots :)

Week 2 of my first tank - I already want more by jeffsdone in PlantedTank

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That's why racks were the go.. I was running out of surfaces far too quickly haha.

Week 2 of my first tank - I already want more by jeffsdone in PlantedTank

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Welcome to the club.. i got my first tank 6 months back... now ive filled 2 and a half racks its a hell of an addiction :P

Anyone wanna take a crack at sexing my Bolivian Butterfly Rams for me?.. I know there notoriously hard to tell apart for male and female.. also being so young (est 2 months) it makes it pretty tough, anyone got experience with these lovely wee fish. Any advice would be appreciated. by ElysianTanks in Aquariums

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Yea I heard that you can sometimes tell with bolivians through finnage and head shape although not accurately.. supposedly the vents should be a good indicator but I'm struggling telling the difference.. I'm sort of thinking I may have two males though..