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Mr Aqua 12g Long Bookshelf Thread


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Just thought I'd start a thread on here to see what other member's Mr Aqua 12g Long/Bookshelf tanks look like.

It seems to be a popular sized tank amongst Aquascapers, Fish and Shrimp keepers due to it's odd size.

So I'll kick things off with some of the scapes I've had over the years with this tank.

This was one of the first scapes I had with the 12g.

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The next I just added more driftwood and rhizome plants, some more Anubias, Bolbitis, Java Ferns, Moss.

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This is how the tank is now, but not for much longer as I'll be doing another re-scape of the tank over the next month or two.

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The whole time I've had the tank I've had shrimp in there, Red Cherries, Yellow Cherries, Crystal Reds and later Chameleons and Darwin Algae, fish have been Neon Tetras, Peppered and Albino Corydoras, have also had Clown Loaches (goodbye Red Cherries), Rainbow Sharks, Common Bristlenose, but at the moment is just a variety of Shrimp.

New re-scape will be a Chameleon Shrimp and Threadfin Rainbow tank, I plan to keep the re-scape this way for awhile, I need to learn to leave things as they are, haha.

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