[judgemax]

I am dying to finish with the plants, but am taking my time with it, lol, I got the two larger pieces of drift wood in a deal with my two thirty gallon tanks, then when i decided I was going to turn this tank into a planted tank, I stopped by a local landscape store, picked up three more smaller pieces of drift wood,, there are several tiny pieces, that I gathered from a local lake, the stones came from the landscape store as well, they have these nifty little pock holes in them, that way, when they are placed on the floor of the tank, theres these great caves under them.I used flourite in the center, mixed with gravel, but put a nice layer of gravel around the edge of the tank, for looks. I boiled all the driftwood, and it sunk fairly easy, I also baked the rocks, then submerged them, and tested the water, to make sure they weren't leaching anything into the tank. After 2 weeks, the params hadn't changed, I put them in, and filled the tank. I used seeded gravel and filters, and a couple of gold fish, and waited for what felt like forever!, I decided against Co2, So, all of the plants so far, are hardy begginer plants. since this is a cichlid tank, I am a little concerned as to how they are going to be with the plants, I have had a lot of mixed reviews with people who have kept both in the same tank!..lol, so far so good! I am looking to add more plants next week, so I will probably be posting more pics! ..Thanks for the compliments guys!