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Aquariums and Fish Keeping

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Like the title said I'm building a 55 gallon freshwater tank community, and I've decided to document the journey here. It's my goal to create something fun and to spark good conversations about the hobby.

So tell me your expirences, stories, cristiscism, everything.

I have purchased a used tank that will need some work and will document that as well, but to start here is my current stocking list. Please excuse the quality of the image. I'm open to switching some species out if there are any suggestions. I'm definently set on the Pearl Gouramis though.

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[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm actually hoping the bigger fish keep the population under control.

Otherwide I'm planning to heavily plant and add some wood pieces. Including a section of cholla wood. I used that years ago when I had a tank and the shrimp used to successfully hide