Malawi tank for my better half...

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    Will putt this on hold for now and rather do a setup by her place and let her make good or bad mistakes haha but will still be doing tang setup just later this year.
     
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    so for know the 200L will become ram setup so any advice will be help full. thanks
     
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    Hot water is good for some rams but that's all I've got
     
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    so for now my girl said she is going for something basic for now and progress as she go's on here is her tank so for nothing big or special. sponge was placed highergirl 1.jpg girl 2.jpg girl 3.jpg girl 4.jpg
     
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    She is going with danios for now and will see how it go's, just asking will 1 or 2 german blue ram work with these guys?
     
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    Rams like warm water and danios like cool water, so probably not together. She can probably do rams with cardinals (can take warmer water than neons)
     
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    oh yes i see now thank u
     
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    Something I would like to do again, an African tank African blockheads, Rope fish, Congo tetras, African knife fish and some Butterfly fish would look really cool there.
     
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    The Tank is not very big so to go full African setup with so many different fish ... not so sure
    I think the rams is a good idea with a school of smaller fish that fall within the same water needs as rams
     
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    Very neat looking set up. Are those real plants?
     
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    haha no not yet
     
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    So small update girlfriend when for now with tetra's and 2x dwarf gourami. had few problems with with some of the smaller tetra's ending up in the sump. felt like it was the some 3 fish haha.
     
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    dwarf g.jpg girl 5.jpg
     
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    she added 10 x Black phantom tetra's 10 x neon tetra's and 10 x kerri tetra's not 100% sure about kerri and 2 x dwarf gourami will add 2 bristlenose pleco at later stage.
     
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    Small update on girlfriend tank girl 6.jpg girl 7.jpg girl 8.jpg
     
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    Very, very nice @rednox

    Love the rainbows
     
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    Rainbows are awesome. Real stunners and mine are show offs. (Dewlf Neon rainbows)
     
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