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<\/a>Here’s a photo of the progress so far. The plants are doing well due to the bright lights, CO2 and nutrients. Once the light have been on for an hour or so, streams of oxygen bubbles can be seen rising from the leaves all over the tank showing that they are photosynthesizing well. I’ve already had to cut the rapid plant growth back a couple of times. The fish (6 Bood fins, 4 lemon tetras and 5 shrimps) are happy because of the plants.<\/p>\n