New 55 Gallon Set up

New tank set up!!!

The substrate is a base layer of coarse regular sized black gravel to give it height, then we added a 2-inch layer on top that is a finer soil/gravel mixture that comes with water in it as well - the idea is to have organic matter brewing already in the substrate so starting a tank takes much less time.

There are 33 glolight tetras that look unbelievable when they school together!
6 Head & Tail Light Tetras
10 ghost shrimp

waiting for a shipment of: 40 black forest shrimp
6 emerald green shrimp
6 orange shrimp
8 zebra nerite snails

For plants, we planted pieces of dwarf baby tears along the edges, it should spread into a thick ground cover. Then there is dwarf potted hair grass, the purple plant is a bunch-pogostemon stellata, and next to it is going to be a tall leafed plant - Cyperus Helferi, and the ruffled edged plant in the middle is a Crinium Calamistratum.

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