I put some of my plants from my pond into the 55 gallon. I still only have the pearl gouramis and 3 barbs in the tank.... I am curious to see how the plants do going from outside to the tank...
Daily log of my new 55 gallon South American Tank.
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Great thread and very informative. I have never heard of using plants for filtration. If you put glass doors on the cabinet you could have a terrarium and an aquarium all in one.
Well it has been a while since I updated this thread. The 55 is still alive and well but I am lazy and too busy to keep up with my updates....
Right now my tank still has the pearls and I added "orchid" ciclids from lake tankignika. It sounds like it wouldnt work but it does. The orchids have been spawning like crazy and I have a bunch of 1/2" babies swimming all over. Half of my tank is taken up by java moss and I really need to clean it out but I am waiting until I set up my office tank. Most of the java moss will go over there once that aquarium is running. Right now the tank isn't pic worthy because of the moss overgrowth but maybe I will post some pics later...
Right now my tank still has the pearls and I added "orchid" ciclids from lake tankignika. It sounds like it wouldnt work but it does. The orchids have been spawning like crazy and I have a bunch of 1/2" babies swimming all over. Half of my tank is taken up by java moss and I really need to clean it out but I am waiting until I set up my office tank. Most of the java moss will go over there once that aquarium is running. Right now the tank isn't pic worthy because of the moss overgrowth but maybe I will post some pics later...
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