I don't have the patience for aquascaping or hardscaping and basically threw the plants into the cube on this basis of how tall they may grow - big at the back small at the front then let nature take its course. My aim was to put it together as cheaply as possibly using either plants to hand or those which are budget friendly. Same with the livestock which I sourced from friends.
Photo taken 4 days after planting.
Equipment (£23.00)
Brand-less 25cm Cube - Free Gumtree
Eheim 25w Heater - New - £18.00
Aquael Leddy Smart PLANT Black LED - Used - £5.00
John Innes Compost - Free
Gravel - Free
Plants (£9.50)
Livestock
Java Fern to be added shortly
Photo taken 4 days after planting.
Equipment (£23.00)
Brand-less 25cm Cube - Free Gumtree
Eheim 25w Heater - New - £18.00
Aquael Leddy Smart PLANT Black LED - Used - £5.00
John Innes Compost - Free
Gravel - Free
Plants (£9.50)
- Frogbit
- Dwarf Water Lettuce
- Dwarf Sag
- Juncus Repens
- Ludwiga Repens 'Rubin'
- Mosquito Fern
- Brazilian Pennywort
- Rotala nanjenshan
- Java Moss
- Crypt
- Staurogyne Repens
- Echinodorus Reni Sword
- Spider Plant
Livestock
- Endlers (males only) x 10
- Cull Cherry Shrimp x 30
- Nerite Snails x 3
- Bladders Snails
Java Fern to be added shortly