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hi guys, this is my tank This is a riparium, for those of you who havent seen a tank like this before the tank is half filled and planted with submerged and emmerged plants creating an image of a rivers edge. The emmerged plants are house plants in my set up that can survive with their...

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hi guys, this is my tank This is a riparium, for those of you who havent seen a tank like this before the tank is half filled and planted with submerged and emmerged plants creating an image of a rivers edge. The emmerged plants are house plants in my set up that can survive with their...

but surely i would have to source them from a supplier who grows them emmersed? I know the conversion from submerged to emmerged requires a lot of moisture

good idea but id need to cover the tank for humidity and am not going for emmersed plants as ive hung the light, i have another tank with a musk turtle in which im thinking about doing a humid riparium with emmersed plants like crypts and some of the plants you mentioned above!

update, light hung, back painted

heres some updates have plants in!!

have a new tank! its the same litre as the previous set up but its a long. Still waiting on some riparium supplies then ill plant up.

yeah thats a good idea, your tanks great. Like the fact all your heater, filter e.t.c is external. heres my tank at the moment, its half way between being converted back to something like this. After buying a house in stevenage last year with my girlfriend the tank just went down hill and...

lol, i know, seems the only way to find good advise is on forums! The best plant website I found has a minimum order on it so annoying when only want a couple of plants! What tank have you got? thanks to everyone else for responses

lol, i know, seems the only way to find good advise is on forums! The best plant website I found has a minimum order on it so annoying when only want a couple of plants! What tank have you got? thanks to everyone else for responses

looks good, im in stevenage too! Whats your local shop, koi company?

i have an external fluval filter and am fed up of paying so much money for filter media, amy one know a cheap source or an alternative?!

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