The planted tank has been running for 15 months, and now it is in fantastic shape

Updating the info on a 120cm tank, still in fantastic shape after a year and three months! Packed with lots of little tips for setting up a tank!

Tank info

Tank dimensions: 120x50x50cm

Lighting: T5 tubes 54wx4

Filtration: Eheim Professional 4

CO2: on with the lights

Substrate: Five Treasures + Power Sand + ADA Aqua Soil

Hardscape: Frodo stone + driftwood

Aquatic plants: mini Anubias nana 'Petite', Bucephalandra 'Kedagang', Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow Leaf', Bolbitis heudelotii, Vallisneria nana, mini dwarf hairgrass, Wendt's cryptocoryne, mini green pepper, coffee pepper, flame moss, green Rotala rotundifolia, Rotala wallichii, Hemianthus micranthemoides, dwarf baby tears.

Tank setup log

First, laying down the Five Treasures, then arranging the stones

The stone section is done

The driftwood goes into the tank

The thing you care about most, fixing the driftwood onto the stones, is explained at the end of the article!

Trimming the driftwood and piecing it together

The details are all pieced together bit by bit!

The hardscape is complete

(Foreground cosmetic sand, Power Sand behind the stones, Aqua Soil)

Planting the aquatic plants

Filling with water

Done

The state after two weeks

Tips for fixing and joining stone and wood

Silicone sealant

Press down

Zip ties, strapping the driftwood in place

At the base of the stones, moss glue

Apply the moss glue

Press for a moment

Done

Done

The result after three months

The tank now (around 15 months)

A tank that can hold this state for 15 months is super impressive! This is the attitude of a planted tank hobbyist!

As for the fixing tips, everyone can use them as a reference; using silicone sealant directly is quite difficult, you have to press it together with the stone!