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I'm almost finished with my tank and this being my first build I have no idea what I should put in it as far as plants. I originally posted this on beginner forum but really didn't receive the responses i was looking for so i decided to post it here instead, seeing how this is the plant forum and all, hopefully someone might give me a little insight. I suppose any advise at this point will help. I see so many great looking builds but I'm still not sure what i can and cant put in it without killing anything. I realize I made the mistake of not leaving very much planting space but the tank was only 12" wide, rather complicated and frustrating building such a narrow tank, but live and learn. My next tank will be a true euro vib thats plenty wide.
) Anyway, I have a false bottom build and theres going to be about 3-4" of water in the center as well along the front of the tank. There is a waterfall in the back right corner thats going to have a stream flowing into the main body and on the far left is another smaller island mostly covered with roots. There are 4 drip wall hoses built into the background and an under ground filter. I made a custom fogging system and will have a Mistking in a few weeks. I tried my best to draw it all out for whoever has the time and patients to help me. I'm really interested in filling in over the waterfall area. Ive seen mosses that grow well cascading down the face but I'm not sure the names of them. I'm definitely looking for variety and texture. Original plants or something not so common. I like the idea of a vine BG. I'm also in need of help filling in the rather shallow "pool" area. I'm not sure what other information you might need. The tank is 48x12x20. Again this was my first build and I suppose i had too many ideas i wanted to incorporate into it and didn't leave too much room for plants. Next tank will be twice as big. :0) I'm including some photos to give you a better idea of what i came up with as far as a build, please feel free to critique it if you feel i may have done something wrong. Thank you for your insight and help.
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