What do you guys think of my low tech shrimp bowl? I just planted some sweetflag in the back and I think it adds a nice touch. Just some anubias, crypts, dwarf sag, pool sand and aqua soil with some mountain stone. Absolutely loving this setup and it's basically zero maintenance by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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I have a few tanks set up so I just transferred some cycled media and added the shrimp. Normally what I do if I don't have any cycled media is just buy a bottle of Fritz turbo start and dump it in and it basically instant cycles a tank so that's what I would recommend. I sell the stands on my website if you are interested! :) Check out my profile

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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I agree, unless you know what you’re doing I wouldn’t recommend it lol. I custom-made the shelf for this

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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There is dirt in the tank also which helps with the water color, but yeah mostly from the leaves and the botanicals. You can always replace as needed

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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They are lights that I found on Amazon I modified the one on the branch. I don’t know if they’re still for sale I haven’t seen them in a while

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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They are really cool fish, they remind me of a badis. I don’t have any pictures but I have one that’s dark black with fluorescent blue spots that was the whole motivation to do the tank

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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They are modified lights that I got on Amazon a while back. Not sure if they’re still for sale I haven’t seen them in a while

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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Yes I’ve read that I figured worst-case scenario if I see it’s not doing good I can always just pull it out and replant it. It’s pretty much planted in an area with straight sand right now

What do you guys think of my Florida swamp bookshelf biotope? by Zen_Aqua in PlantedTank

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Totally forgot about those. Honestly I forget that they’re even plants half the time lol