120g makeover... new eartheater tank!

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peathenster

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First thing first - I'm not good at aquascaping (or any kind of artistic creations in general) ....so this should be considered a historical achievement :D:D:D

Had this 120g (4x2x2) for a while now...most deco were from the previous owner (I'll take credit for adding a few fake plants). Everything was fake except for the water and the gravels. I made it look busy to break the line of sight - was using it as a grow out tank for various SA/CA fish.
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with different residents
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Some of you might remember I recently consolidated my fish, so the tank got freed up. I wanted to add some sand, and got inspired by a huge amazon sword last week....so one thing led to another and this is what it looked like this weekend.
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Since I had sand in it, I may as well move some sand sifters in....(WILD Geo. tapajos from Ken). I'm a plant newbie (to say the least) and am not sure how long I can keep the sword and the other plants alive...that's when you need a camera :D
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Very Nice!
 
Looks a lot better with the live plants, good job done
 
Looks awesome!:) Very natural looking too, very good!

What type of lighting you got?
 
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