Ryan Young
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The tank is a Fluval F90 with their aqualife and plant led, pretty much its the standard kit you get when you buy this tank. I bought is as 'new' from someone semi- locally and am using 'new' in the loosest term possible as I found a lot of wear on the tank and the stand but didn't complain as it was still a steal!
My main reasoning behind choosing this tank over others was due to the frosted glass area at the top which comes in handy due to the area I live in having quite hard water; the main downside of this tank is that it is 35cm wide meaning there was not a ton of width to play with.
I then kept my fish from my previous tank sat in here for 2-3 months before finally deciding to use the plants I had been buying on UKAPS and from my LFS when I saw something that peaked my interest, and drained my tank meaning I had to make a start.
I tried to keep this tank as cheap as possible and have therefore used Tim's Westlands method accompanied by pool filter sand and bought a bag of 40-80mm + 80-120mm Scottish cobble. In terms of the wood, I spent from October- January around 3 times a week visiting a local woodland collecting Oak branches off fallen trees which I am quite pleased with.
The plants I am using are:
Anubias Barteri var. Nana
Anubias Barteri nana Petite
Echinodorus Chrileni
Dwarf Hairgrass
Hygrophila Pinnifata
Microsorum Trident
Bolbitis heudelotii
Cyperus helferi
Let me know what you guys think in terms of things I could add, take away or re- arrange. I do not plan to keep my Pleco and although I have had him for around 5-6 years and he has been through a ton of different tanks he will most likely eat the shrimp I am buying.
If all goes well I will try to keep this journal documented, hopefully I can get my Harlequins to spawn again and if I do will make sure to post it here.
Bring on the algae
Ryan