Simplicity

[Martin in Holland]

I didn't want to part with my cherry barbs and I got a (cracked) 40 centimeter Cube. This time I went with a simple to clean tank as there are a bit to many fish in it and this way I can do a water change more often without worrying about plant nutrients or anything.
Plants: left over Anubius nana and some moss.
Fertilizer: none
Light: 20 W tube
Filter: sponge

 

[Martin in Holland]

The focus for this tank is to keep the fish happy and healthy, it's not a real aquascape, but I kinda like that it is more fish concentrated and it shows their behavior really nice.
Cleaning is simply taking the wood out to give me all the space I need and wash the sand inside the tank, do a big water change.... all done in 15 minutes.

 

[Lukes]

Looks great, looks better than my tanks I actually put effort into!

 

[dean]

Are you going to add more plants to the wood


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[Djoko Sauza]

Is that a DIY lid? Or from another tank?

 

[Martin in Holland]

The lid came indeed from another tank, that's why it doesn't really fit perfect, but it keeps the wall behind the tank dry )
I am not planning to add more plants, but as always, I might end up adding a bit more moss with some UG (emmersed) at the top, hiding that ugly cut ends.

 

[Martin in Holland]

It's crazy how well the moss grows in this tank without any fertilizer and a TDS of 88......

 

[mikehookipa]

What kind of sand is that? Looks amazing and clean.

 

[Martin in Holland]

What kind of sand is that? Looks amazing and clean.

The sand is just a regular cheap aquarium sand I found here, keeping it clean is easy in this tank, but honestly ... it's a new setup, so it should be clean. Actually, I never had much trouble in keeping sand clean, I have a video somewhere on youtube about how I clean my tank (not this one) and it also shows how I keep my sand clean.