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I have been on this forum for almost 2 years. I have concentrated on African rift lake fish. I suddenly have a urge to try a very small planted tank with a pair of SA dwarves, maybe in my office.
I have an 8g Biocube that used to house my nano reef. I have done a few filter modifications (as recomended on a nano reef forum I am also on) to increase turnover and maximize filtration. The reef hummed a long quite nicely. The only reason I upgraded to the 30g Biocube for the reef, was to add a few more interesting coral (that happened to be a bit large for the 8g)
Anyway. I have been toying with trying my hand at a small planted tank. My favorite LFS has a display tank with rams (not sure which species though I think they are M. ramirezi based on coloration) and another tank with some apistos (again not sure on the species, haven't paid them much attention). I do know that both groups have been breeding pretty successfully.
Here is my question. Given my tank, which species of dwarf would have the best chance of thriving? I nkow I will have to keep very close tabs on the water quality, but I am quite used to multiple weekly waterchanges on some of my fry and grow out tanks, so extra work is not a problem for me.
Also, what would be a good group of plants for this?
Thanks
I have an 8g Biocube that used to house my nano reef. I have done a few filter modifications (as recomended on a nano reef forum I am also on) to increase turnover and maximize filtration. The reef hummed a long quite nicely. The only reason I upgraded to the 30g Biocube for the reef, was to add a few more interesting coral (that happened to be a bit large for the 8g)
Anyway. I have been toying with trying my hand at a small planted tank. My favorite LFS has a display tank with rams (not sure which species though I think they are M. ramirezi based on coloration) and another tank with some apistos (again not sure on the species, haven't paid them much attention). I do know that both groups have been breeding pretty successfully.
Here is my question. Given my tank, which species of dwarf would have the best chance of thriving? I nkow I will have to keep very close tabs on the water quality, but I am quite used to multiple weekly waterchanges on some of my fry and grow out tanks, so extra work is not a problem for me.
Also, what would be a good group of plants for this?
Thanks