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Guenol

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Finally got my canister and lighting in. Put an established AC110 on it, and bammo! Looks pretty good if I do say so myself. I've got two stalks of bamboo in there now and I intend to add more plants. Are there any plants that are native to lake Malawi that I can get for this tank? Hopefully my fish won't chew them up.. I have crabros in it.
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The tank looks fantastic, but you'll want to remove the bamboo. It will rot away if left fully submerged.
 
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Well dang, that's annoying. My wife loves the bamboo. Any suggestions for plants in a mbuna tank besides java fern and anubias? I may wind up putting an overflow to the 20L sitting beside it and put the plants in the smaller tank... I'm open to suggestions.
 
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Tank looks great! Only plant I know for sure grows in the lakes is a val species, not available to us so just use a common one. Put rocks all around the base to protect the roots though.
 
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These guys are Mbuna and will more than likely shred the tender types of plants usually the Anubias and Java are a bitter tougher plant and is what most pros will recommend. Your call i have kept several types of Anubias in a Mbuna setup I am sure it will look good if you add a lot of Anubias..
 
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Thanks guys, after talking with my wife, I'm considering using a 20L that is sitting next to it as a refugium type tank that shares water via an overflow, but is strictly a planted tank with snails or a betta.

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