My first Sony... err tank, I mean.

Before I dive deeper into my current aquatic affair, I'll briefly shed light to my previous endeavor.

The tank was ~450 litres, with quite a lot of vegetation and a reasonable amount of fish. I wont spend too much time with the details of the setup, let's just say it was a rather nice tank, and pleasing to the eye.

I sold the lot before we moved to our current place of habitation, but some of the gear and finned ones inhabit my current tank; the CO2 setup, internal filter and Botia kubotai to be exact.

As it was my first attempt at a planted tank, it was far from perfect. Some choices turned out to be not so satisfactory, but even though the results were not what I had hoped for, plenty of lessons were there for the taking. Some of these lessons were indeed used in designing my current setup. Choices of B's instead of A's, moderation instead of volume, and so forth. Time will tell whether the choices have a higher success rate this time, or is there a factor in the equation I have yet to realize. Perfection through iteration, I'm hoping.