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my 12 gall is sposed to be at work tomorrow afternoon! Everything is in place but some branches in the mail!

Been plotting what to do

im def thinking about option A it just feels nice!

 

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I am loving option C. If you don't already know, you can buy led strips that are controllable by remote if you want to actually get that effect. You can dial in almost every color. Still need to buy one myself.

I have some indian almond leaves I plan on using so the color im not too worried about getting! and some manzanita on the way with the bark still on, so with hope it should get nice and dark!

as far as a canopy goes, Im making a clear glass top that should rest gently on the top for stray beta fish jumps and the like plus my kuhlis love to run up the side of the tank..

Sand is in and running a polish filter for a bit to get some of the smaller dust bits! Once the wood gets here things should get rolling!
also, wow! the front is so long on this thing! makes me nervous haha
Everyone at work loves to stop by and look at it though

 

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shwew! finally got things set up! seeded my filter and all and of course hit the amazing driftwood fungus bloom

I ended up adding more and more and more sticks to he aquarium then took some out.. then added some thin ones back in and now its this super nice creepy, and dark aquarium on my desk at work and the fish love it! the fungus is making it look like spanish moss right now too hehe

sorry for the small pics

my dog loves to come into work and watch the fish!
also hooray! this went a lot faster than expected! my indian almond leaves arrived from Singapore early and so they went in fast and the water is so beautiful right now! there is some recovering frogbit ontop so soon there should be some nice shadowing.
Man, this makes me want more 12gals! lol

also edit!
ee now i want to add some cambodia or water hedge! gah! I would love something with the deep green to red color change, I got a slightly more powerful light for plants if I felt like I wanted to give them a second try in the "deadly" office water though root tabs will be a must!

 

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yeah.. I got mine for 90 off petstore.com but that was with a coupon :/ But you know, i love the community and I dont buy the tank its self often so *shrug*

also! updates!

waitingin on some redroot floaters, and some lilies, and going to try my hand at some stargrass.. lets see what happens

 

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Yea Shimagoma, that tank and that dw looks awesome, mind me asking where you bought it from? I would love to get something like that for my tank

thanks! Its manzanita.
I actually got it from blooms and branches! I ordered the three size bundle because I couldnt decide and it was PLENTY. I could have gone with just the small, but the three sizes let me pick some more unique shapes and honestly was a good deal! Im def gonna spread it around to the rest of my tanks! plus the platys love to nibble on the bark! and im sure a pleco would appreciate it too! Love this stuff! and safe too.

 

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