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monk E
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My second tank, still young and growing, it was started up in August 2010.
Angelfish, Killifish, Tiger Barbs, Leporinus

So it started like a lot of peoples tanks....Craigslist!
As it is my second planted tank i have learned that substrate is very important, though not completely necessary as my 55 is pretty successfully planted with just bulk pebbles. For this tank i decided on Flourite Black.. I also got a Marineland Canister filter for it.... such a good deal on craigslist turned into $300 real quickly


Slowly the tank takes shape

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Sharkfood
Did you get your plants online, or does your LFS actually have that good of a selection? All mine sell locally are anacharis and half dead sword plants.
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Kratos
Sharkfood said:
Did you get your plants online, or does your LFS actually have that good of a selection? All mine sell locally are anacharis and half dead sword plants.
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Same here, lots of both but that's about it.

Very nice tank.

Have you noticed any nipping between the tiger barbs and the angelfish?
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What lights are you using? CO2?
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monk E
All my plants came from trimmings from my 55 gallon tank and my buddy gave me trimmings from his tank, my LFS sucks for plant supply, though i did get the Wisteria from them originally.

I dont used pressurized CO2, i just dose Metricide everyday
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monk E
and no problems with the angels being nipped at by the barbs, as it turns out, when you have a large group of barbs they just nip at eachother and chase each other around the tank, it's when you have 1 or 2 that they start to nip at the others, i've had problems in the past, but nothing now
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My light is a 36" HagenGLO 39w X2 with a Hagen PowerGLO bulb and a coral life Colourmax Bulb
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