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AQUATIC PLANTS & LIVESTOCK

Aquatic Plants & Livestock

A planting plan is a compatibility problem before it is a design problem. Fast growers out-compete slow growers for the same nutrients; a fish that reaches 30 cm has no business in a 60 cm tank; shrimp are prey to anything with a mouth bigger than they are. These entries state requirements plainly so a stocking list can be assembled without guesswork.

Unplug before servicingHands out of the water firstDrip loop on every cableTest before you dose30 ppm CO₂ ceilingCycle before stocking

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Anubias

Slow-growing rhizome plant that tolerates low light and must never be buried.

Planting stage
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Java Fern

Hardy epiphyte with narrow divided leaves; propagates from plantlets on old leaves.

Planting stage
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Monte Carlo

Fast-spreading carpeting plant that needs high light, CO₂ and patience.

Planting stage
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Neon Tetra

Small shoaling characin; needs soft acidic water, a group of ten or more and a mature tank.

Stocking stage
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Cherry Shrimp

Hardy Neocaridina dwarf shrimp; the beginner-friendly colour morph of a brown wild species.

Stocking stage
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Nerite Snail

Algae-eating snail that cannot breed in freshwater — no population explosion.

Stocking stage
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Tanks & Filtration

The glass, the water volume and the machinery that moves it. Filtration choice sets the ceiling on how heavily a tank can be stocked and how forgiving it will be when something goes wrong.

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Lighting & CO₂

Light is the accelerator pedal and CO₂ is the fuel. Get them out of balance and you grow algae instead of plants — the single most common failure in a planted tank.

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Substrate & Hardscape

The base layer and the rocks and wood above it. Substrate decides what roots can do and what the water chemistry does in the first six months.

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Water Testing & Maintenance

The instruments that tell you what the water is doing, and the routine that keeps it that way. Most aquarium disasters are invisible until something is measured.

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