A Tale Of Meher’s Sir Planted Tank

Meher Sir had an old aquarium with Koi’s and sharks with a power filter and scapped with pebbles and artificial plants. Sir was looking forward new setup with beautiful and natural look. So we came up with an idea of making a planted tank with different species of barbs, tetras, live bearer and angels.

Scaping of this tank was a long process and it needed lot of patience. Time line of process was prepared. Meher Sir was ready with the timeline. We started with our job.

To prepare proper ecosystem for our mini biodiversity we started with Hang on back filter and light penetration in the system. We created a caves of holorock to make the hide out of fish on the bed of ADA soil and background and foreground where kept empty for the plants. The cycling was done for 14 days to have proper colony of beneficial bacteria was created.

We have used plants like Vallisneria, Coin plant, Hornwort, Amazon sword and Rotala pink in the tank to give it a more natural, beautiful and stunning appearance. These plants not only enhance the look of the aquarium but also help in maintaining a healthy environment for the fishes.

Fishes chosen for this setup are tetra, barbs and angels. To have proper School we released Serpae Tetra, and Bonus Tetra. Live bearer stocked with Red Swordtail and Black Mollies. Platinum Angel where added for majestic look of the setup. Barbs of Native India consist of Pool Spotfin Swamp barb, One Spot barb and Pool Barb where added for graceful presence. Golden algae eater was armed inside to control the excess algae in the setup.

We also saw some setbacks as the one piece golden algae eater and school of Fluorescent widow tetra had fatal in setup where replaced with barbs.

Best part is we achieved our goal with beautiful tank setup and smile on the face of Meher sir and his family.