Alrighty so time has FINALLY come!!! I got the Fluval Spec V tank for my office (used.) I FINALLY got my ADA Amazonia Powder substrate. And this weekend I will be setting up stuff to go. Hopefully if all goes according to plan, the tank will be set up and starting to cycle by the end of the weekend. I am VERY excited for this. I still haven't fully decided on what to put in the tank. Ember tetras are at the top of the list as well as a few shrimp. I was able to pull a few photos from the video I watched of Takashi Amano's Nature series of videos on how to set up tanks. I printed these off for reference and will use them for the designing of the layout. I am not going to follow EXACTLY to the layout he has since this is only a 5 gallon tank it would be difficult to do. I am using a tan/brown small gravel substrate instead of the white/tan sand and I won't be doing a skinny back to wide front opening, instead I will be making it look more of the shape of a river. I plan to take pictures of the progress and show it on here. Bare with me as I don't have any branches and not many plants yet. But I will show progress of the tank as it goes along. This is my first actual project tank and I'm excited for it.
Here are some of the photos from the video:
Here are some of the photos from the video: