Planted Tanks on a Budget

Just be careful going too cheaply.

Substrate really sucks to have to pull back out again in a year or so because you're not happy with it.

I always figure it is better to save up for what I want the first time instead of buying something to "make do" for now and have to spend additional $ later for the right thing.

With a 75g, I would think long and hard about it without CO2. Algae can be really awful to deal with.
 
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