hydrophyte
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I have a few pictures documenting my current new project, a riparium setup in a 212-liter "column" tank.
This one is 76cm wide X 45cm deep X 60cm tall--a good shape for a riparium, with plenty of depth front-to-back. My general idea is for a very low maintenance display. It will contain hardy plants with low to moderate lighting.
For now I just have the tank set up in a provisional way on a bench in my shop. I stuck some plants in there so that they could begin to acclimate to conditions inside the tank. I also introduced some substrate so that it could begin to cycle. I put the gravel and sand in shallow plastic trays so that I could more easily remove it when tearing down and moving the riparium to its more permanent location.
I have a few observations to relate on the plants and I will add more later. I am working on a fish stocking list too.
This one is 76cm wide X 45cm deep X 60cm tall--a good shape for a riparium, with plenty of depth front-to-back. My general idea is for a very low maintenance display. It will contain hardy plants with low to moderate lighting.
For now I just have the tank set up in a provisional way on a bench in my shop. I stuck some plants in there so that they could begin to acclimate to conditions inside the tank. I also introduced some substrate so that it could begin to cycle. I put the gravel and sand in shallow plastic trays so that I could more easily remove it when tearing down and moving the riparium to its more permanent location.
I have a few observations to relate on the plants and I will add more later. I am working on a fish stocking list too.