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Four years ago I joined this site and documented the build, and progress of my first planted aquarium. It was a very interesting learning experience for me, and I met a lot of great people on this forum, many have offered invaluable information, for that I am grateful ! I decided a few weeks ago that the 34 gallon Fluval Fresh & Plant had run it's course, So I started doing some research, and found the Fluval Flex 32.5 gallon ticked off all the boxes. I tore down the old tank, and gave it away to a friend of mine, in return he came into my home and helped get the new Flex stand built. What a pain in the butt that was !! I don't know if anyone else on this forum has built the deluxe Flex stand, but I can NOT recommend it. The directions are just plain stupid, so after much swearing and grumbling, it finally went together. Now that it's complete, I gotta say I do like the looks of it ! Very clean lines, and no equipment ,or wire visible. Even the C02 diffusser is concealed in one of the three filter chambers. I imagine I will be doing a bit of tweaking over the next few weeks. I decided on a minimalistic approach this time. For the scape, I filled 8 large mesh bags with lava rock, and used them as the base for the build. Then I used 9 liters of Tropica soil, and topped that with 6 litres of Tropica Soil powder. I had a lot of Seiryu stone, so that sort of inspired my scape. I also decided to keep the clean look by using just 3 plants, Monte Carlo in the front, dwarf hair grass in the back, and Christmas moss on the rocks. It will remain lightly stocked with a few of my remaining fish from the former tank. My plan in a few weeks is to add a good sized school of black emperor tetras. So stay tuned for weekly updates ! My apologies for the orientation of some of the photos, couldn't rotate, or change the order ??
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