afroturf
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Over christmas I visited my uncle and he had a tank he didn't need so I was more thank happy to take it off his hands.
As I was never planning this tank its gonna be set up as cheaply as possible, helps when you seem to be permanently skint. So far all I've spent is £5.80 on the rocks and £24 on a cheapo light system thats on its way from the Hong Kong. The gravel (could do with a little more), substrate, filter, heater and plants I already own. Only got the hardscaping done so far so here a little pic.
As the title says this tank will be more rocks than plants, I find them easier to keep. Behind the main rock there is a small amount of ADA Amazonia where I'll plant V.nana and further forward a smaller grass sold to me as Isoetes sp. also on the rocks I'll use some fissidens fontanus and Vesicularia sp.. I'd also like to use some Eleocharis sp. but am unsure as the tank will be low tech (non CO2) so am not too sure if it will grow to well.
As for the fish, I'll be keeping some Sicyopus jonklaasi I already own and either a small barb or Rasbora/Boraras sp.. Here's a photo of the Sicyopus I took soon after purchase a few months back, don't know why but I find it kinda spooky.
As I was never planning this tank its gonna be set up as cheaply as possible, helps when you seem to be permanently skint. So far all I've spent is £5.80 on the rocks and £24 on a cheapo light system thats on its way from the Hong Kong. The gravel (could do with a little more), substrate, filter, heater and plants I already own. Only got the hardscaping done so far so here a little pic.
As the title says this tank will be more rocks than plants, I find them easier to keep. Behind the main rock there is a small amount of ADA Amazonia where I'll plant V.nana and further forward a smaller grass sold to me as Isoetes sp. also on the rocks I'll use some fissidens fontanus and Vesicularia sp.. I'd also like to use some Eleocharis sp. but am unsure as the tank will be low tech (non CO2) so am not too sure if it will grow to well.
As for the fish, I'll be keeping some Sicyopus jonklaasi I already own and either a small barb or Rasbora/Boraras sp.. Here's a photo of the Sicyopus I took soon after purchase a few months back, don't know why but I find it kinda spooky.