My Favorite Aquarium - April 4th

To get things started, here’s a picture of my 25 tall. It’s a pretty good tank for spawning angelfish, and it takes up the same floor space as a regular 20 gallon tank. Although this aquarium shows off my complete lack of aquascaping and photography skills, it’s a well balanced habitat that has live plants and plenty of hiding places for the fish. The Malaysian driftwood pieces offer the angelfish a spawning media while slightly lowering pH. As with all of my aquariums, this one has under gravel filtering over a substrate of gravel and, in this case, Fluorite. The under gravel filtering works, because the aquarium has a minimum biological load and gets regular, partial water changes. The replacement water is treated with Stress Coat, but no other additives or medications are used. The whole thing rests on one of my home made stands, which are cheap and strong if not very elegant.