A Planted Tank is the look I'm going for. It'll be a 200l\44g. Ideally I want to dirt the bottom of the tank, super thin layer throughout the tank and then cap it with sand, i might run into problems with this method tho. I'm worried that the palembang will dig the bottom substrate up, is that going to be a problem? Rocks and driftwood I've collected from the beach will be the hardscape, that's the plan so far. Thought I should tell you the plants I plan to use since I don't know how my puffer will react around them, are the lurker types plant friendly? There's 4 plants i would like to use, Bolbitis and Anubias hastifolia for the driftwood, then Crinum calamistraum and Crypt sprailis. I'm interested to know if anyone here has created a planted tank for the larger puffer species, or tried to.
Cheers.
My Planted Palembang Tank Plans
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Re: My Planted Palembang Tank Plans
They are not diggers/burrowers. They do like a cave to hang out in.
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Re: My Planted Palembang Tank Plans
Are palembangs plant safe?
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Re: My Planted Palembang Tank Plans
For the most part... Puffers like to bite at plants, especially if they think snails are in there.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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