10 Tips for Setting Up or Redoing a Fish Tank? [Watch This First!] - Cichlids & Coffee Live Stream!

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Setting up a new tank? Redoing an established tank? Watch this first for my 10 tips on how to get an aquarium set-up in the best possible way. I've set up many show tanks over the years and here are the 10 tips that I consider the most vital to get things on the path to a successful aquarium set-up. In this video I take up:
Size
Location
Placement
Lighting
Substrate
Heating
Fish selection
and much, much more

Did I miss something? Can you add some tips to the list? Please share them in the comments section below since, as you know, we all learn from each other around here!

Remember two things: 1) Always be learning, and 2) YOU ROCK!

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