My second bigish tank!!!!

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    Franna

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    Got my Substrate today. Thanks to Shaunventer and his wife Michelle.

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    fixed up my overflow . just made it look a bit nicer

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    Ok did the pfp , Substrate and Rocks/caves. now im going to start with plants. Stealing from every tank in the house.

    Sorry about the reflections. only saw it on the computer

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    Yup cant wait for pics,how big is it?
     
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    Its coming together nicely! Cant wait to see the end results
     
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    Coming along nicely Franna ^^,
    I look forward to seeing it with the plants in :)
     
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    Going to be a real show peace when its done.
     
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    Damn. I like those rocks!!!
     
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    OK but don't get your hopes up. my knowledge of plants suck and Im just taking wheat i have at home for now.

    if got one question. my big Amazon swords in my display tank has hot tiny brown spots on all the leafs but they still look healthy . im going to move them to this tank with the pfp. will this go away in this tank or what can i do. i cant cut away every leaf
     
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    where can a person buy interesting fish in jhb,all the ones i go to seem to buy their fish at the same place all u see is the same old boring fish
     
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    Blackish pinholes? Think thats a potassium deficiency
     
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    Sounds like a potassium deficiency (my plants have it at the moment)
    Busy reading up on how to fix it, and I see Prof Dirks Drupples should work if you use the correct quantities.
     
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    dodgy phone pic but like this

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    OK planted. took a pic. last time this is going to be visible. i see the pfp makes a tank very brown for a few days. time to put water in and to let it cycle.
    Should I Cycle with the heaters on? the small pieces need to grow. I recycled allot of plants

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    Cycle with heaters on. Just check, they might still be set to 30...
     
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    its on 24 for now. That fine?
    oh pic is now attached to the previous post
     
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    Its looking good. Any idea what will be going in there?
     
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    It looks nice Franna ^^,
    24 is good for plants :)
     

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