IMO best look for a tank is a setup like this one, BUTT with black rock for the floor.. looks soooo good, and you get the random little blue shiny ones. if i could take a pic of my mates I would, but havent seen him in a while, but i've never seen a freshwater tank look soo good.. ill try find a pic

well you get the picture....Black rock Plated tank FTW!!

Yeah that would be awesome At the moment i have brown ish rock coming with new tank but I can still change that. only thing about black rock is that is can make tank look very dark I want a light bright tank

yeah thats true but if you use Halids it looks wikid..
but just the cost for those is pretty dear

The rocks look light brown to me?

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I mean the actual gravel on the bottom of the tank.. it suits the limestone feature rock

Ah, the substrate.
I used to use black substrate. Looks okay at first and really brings out the colour in some fish but it's not very natural looking.

You mentioned limestone? Does your friend have limestone in a planted tank?

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yeh makes Demasoni cichlids look the best.

yeah limestone/base rock, why's that??

Limestone is fine for Cichlid tanks and Brackish water (slightly salty) and associated species of fish, but it's really no good for freshwater, planted tanks. You want to keep a stable, neutral (or slightly acidic) ph, and your kh (carbonate hardness) reasonably soft.

Limestone is a soft rock which breaks down over time and releases shitloads of calcium carbonate into the water. No good for your water parameters, and many species of fish and plants.

How long has your friend had the pictured tank set up for?

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its not the 1 pictureed but probs over a year now.. and going good.. would also hlep that he worked at vebas too i suppose