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Old 04-12-2013, 01:11 AM   #1
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Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



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Old 04-12-2013, 06:58 AM   #2
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Cool setup..definately will attrack attention of ur family member n many others
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Old 04-12-2013, 08:48 AM   #3
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Looks beautiful!

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Old 04-12-2013, 09:26 AM   #4
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Clean and nice setup. good job.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:49 AM   #5
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simple yet nice , have given me some idea
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Old 04-12-2013, 01:33 PM   #6
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nice tank. dimension?

is there underflow? how do u stop the sand from going in?
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Old 04-12-2013, 01:37 PM   #7
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Ur scape always very nice. Envy much.

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Old 04-12-2013, 02:41 PM   #8
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I preferred the "boring" version of the tank
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Old 04-12-2013, 06:54 PM   #9
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Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



Plant List
Anubias barteri var.nana
Anubias barteri var.barteri
Anubias barteri var.nana 'Petite'
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident''
Taxiphyllum Barbieri 'Java Moss'

Fish List
Altum angels
Flame back bleeding heart tetra
Cardinal tetra
Otocinlus
Amano shrimp
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Cool setup..definately will attrack attention of ur family member n many others
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Looks beautiful!

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simple yet nice , have given me some idea
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Thanks all for the compliments.

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nice tank. dimension?

is there underflow? how do u stop the sand from going in?
Thanks. It's a 4.5x2x2.5ft IOUS tank. The sand i use is not the very fine kind so no problem with that. I have to put jap mat at the underflow to prevent small fishes from entering.

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I preferred the "boring" version of the tank
Hahaha, yeah...i want a change from the biotope style aquarium
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Old 04-12-2013, 10:18 PM   #10
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Hand itchy after setting up the chocolate gourami planted tank so now convert my bare boring altum tank to a planted one too. The tank has certainly liven up alot & my family seems more interested in the tank now. Actually had this wild idea of doing a mini sumida aquarium amano style but i guess i will make do with this



Plant List
Anubias barteri var.nana
Anubias barteri var.barteri
Anubias barteri var.nana 'Petite'
Microsorum pteropus 'Windelov'
Microsorum pteropus 'Trident''
Taxiphyllum Barbieri 'Java Moss'

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Altum angels
Flame back bleeding heart tetra
Cardinal tetra
Otocinlus
Amano shrimp
I love it! Simple and great looking!
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