Also wondering on a tank that is mostly made up of rocks or dried coral and such?
Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
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Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Need inspiration for setups on the salty side, piccies appreciated if dont mind 
Also wondering on a tank that is mostly made up of rocks or dried coral and such?
Also wondering on a tank that is mostly made up of rocks or dried coral and such?
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Everything in here is fake.


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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
The Archer is quite convincing.taureandragon76 wrote:Everything in here is fake.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
my 125g was only rock and sand with my chichlids. Now that i have my fahaka in there i have a big piece of wood that i found on the beach and treated!
I am going to interduce some java moss and some spider plant.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
55g GSP tank--all fake:


You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Thanks so much for sharing guys. Sighh...I have always loved that tank Pufferpunk, I did look at fake corals but dont think have the cash to splurge on enough to make it look good. Thanks for sharing taureandragon 76, it is good to see open water, is that a bubbler at the back...quite quite tempted for some fun as I bet the puff loves it.
So I have gone like this:



Please ignore my aquatic cups that are holding the swamp root down currently. I have pretty much all silk plants, some nice pieces of rock at the back and couple of shells. I plan I think to add some more silk sucker pad plants, though as always appreciate any comments
So I have gone like this:



Please ignore my aquatic cups that are holding the swamp root down currently. I have pretty much all silk plants, some nice pieces of rock at the back and couple of shells. I plan I think to add some more silk sucker pad plants, though as always appreciate any comments
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Its an old one not very good but it did the job. Plants are all fake.


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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
im in love with that archer

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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
That tank is lovely Hilly, the rocks look so precarious but fab! Is that your sabensis? Gorgeous markings that pufflet has.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Yes they do look quite precariously perched but they were secure. I did have more rocks but they detracted so much from the amount of water I left them out. That is the Sab when I had him. If you look at the far right rock it has asort of alcove ground into it, he used to sit in that and rest.
Basis ingredients: Aragonite Sand, Ocean Rock, Silk plants and a fake root.
Basis ingredients: Aragonite Sand, Ocean Rock, Silk plants and a fake root.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
For my 120 litre which works out roughly 30g could I squeeze 3 in there? I think I know the answer is two but I will ask..
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Possibly, you would need to take dimensions into account, length being the most important one and adjust water changes accordingly to cope with bioload as they get bigger and bioload increases.
I thought you meant 3 rocks there for a minute.
I thought you meant 3 rocks there for a minute.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
lol! Thanks for the advice Hilly. hmmm will have a think on it, the water changes are not a problem to ensure bioload coped with it is just the fact tank is triangularl.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
I made this detailed picture a month or so ago on my F8's 20 gallon.

Fake wood, fake plants, lace coral rock with aragonite substrate.

Fake wood, fake plants, lace coral rock with aragonite substrate.
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Re: Can I see your F8/Brackish tanks and no plants?
Hi, I want to show my brackish tanks too.
This is my F8's tank: 53G - 2 F8s - SG 1.003 @ 25°C - no plants


And this is my GSP's tank: 20G - 1 GSP - SG 1.011 @ 27°C - no plants (the glass is a little bit dirty, sorry!)

This is my F8's tank: 53G - 2 F8s - SG 1.003 @ 25°C - no plants


And this is my GSP's tank: 20G - 1 GSP - SG 1.011 @ 27°C - no plants (the glass is a little bit dirty, sorry!)

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