After you have decided to make an aquarium and to have placed it to the foreseen place, the installation properly can begin.

The quality of the ground play is very important in the development of a healthy and abundant vegetation. Use for this to do preferably a not too fine and very clean gravel.
Cover next this mixture of a new layer gravel (of 2 cm thickness, approximately). Those that suit the better to this usage are the gravels of wash, of river, of mine and the brightnesses of basaltics rocks. The sand work-site is too fine and the gravel marble do not suit and are able even to be harmful. It is in any case preferable to choose a gravel dark color for most of the fishes do not feel very well on a too clear ground, reflecting the light. Done especially attention to deposit this bottom gravel Very uniformly of the before towards the bottom of the l'aquarium, while climbing. Of this manner, the dirtinesses will accumulate themselves rather in the part frontale of the l'aquarium, facilitating so much their elimination (all the three or four weeks).

Some summarized : Clean the under-put to bed bottom (not too fine gravels). Divide up uniformly it superior layer of dark gravels (2 cm thickness) of the before towards the back while climbing.

My counsels:
The ground is an very important element of the aquarium. Of his quality will depend the sprout of plants and general health of the ferry. An aquarium without plant will not work correctly and the problems will be frequent. The essential element is, of course, the sand that it is not necessary too fine or too big. I a long time used white sand. Since some time, I use black sand, that is bigger and that does to well go out again the green color of the plants.

To favor the sprout of plants, I spread under the sand a put to bed special loam aquarium (ridded of the dead organisms) of 2 cm thickness. On the loam, I plaçe a plastic netting to avoid that the fishes, while searching the sand, do not do climb back up the loam to the surface. I spread next the black sand on 5 to 6 cm thickness.

The usage tof loam is not recommended by the stores who prefer to propose base powder products. I did the try but their effectiveness stops itself to the boils of some months only. If you wish  to use loam, the precaution to take is simply of to well compact it before putting the plastic netting. It is necessary to avoid that the air bubble remain jailed in the loam. With the loam, the plants push and multiply themselves during 18 months minimum. Next, it loses of his effectiveness, the plants do not multiply themselves more but they push themselves again very well.

Personnalisez your aquarium The sand and the gravel constitute the basis of the setting. It some exists different colors and size. Add rocks and roots according to the mood desireed. Avoid the rocks with narrow angles that risk to hurt the fishes. - The roots "planted" in the ground will bring a more mysterious grade. The roots mangrove make most beautiful effect. As the one of Malaisia, they must be soaked and rinsed in hot water before usage.