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looking very good man!weldone

 

hi All managed to actually do something after pretty much doing nothing on the tank for a while (work has just been crazy).

here is my intended hardscape - please comment - it was either a wood look or stone look,i went for a wood tree stump kinda look. i will tie some moss to the wood, and will be planting glosso in the foreground.

 

i like this one! lots of potential.. why not add some rocks to this scape then u can have best of both worlds

 

thanks, was thinking that as well maybe a few high pointy rocks facing foward away from the stump.

 

Definately some potential.

What about some rocks under you stump creating the idea that its the bottom half of a tree
growiong over some rocky hill. Add little pieces of moss in between the rocks and roots and then cover the rest with
glosso?
Just a idea.

 

ok so taking some advice on the suggestions i was walking around my garden when i just came across a rock that i liked. so picked it up boiled it, smashed it to bits . managed to get a few pieces that i liked popped it in the tank, and have to say i liked the look . ok please give me your comments even harsh ones, im not a great aquascapper but have tried my best.







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ok just a few more to help gauge the growth over time

 

Grown in that is going to look great. Nice job!

 

thanks for the comments guys, really have enjoyed setting up this little tank. just got to wait for it to grow out a bit. any suggestions on some livestock. so far i definately going to get a oto, but not sure on anything else

 

I just wanna say that this tank is looking awsome

 

Just went through all 11 pages, what an awesome cabinet and tank! Amped to see some updates

 

thanks for the kind words. actually need to see my tank myself, havent been home for over a week, so dont know whats happening in my tank.

 

its been absolute ages since i have updated this thread, couldnt even find it .
well here goes, excuse the mess, all i did was a 50 % water change and cleaned the front glass. let me know what you think. since i started this tank i have trimmed the glosso once already.

 

oh and here i have a couple of shots taken with some LED moonlights, quite cool looking. here you get to see the blue in the cardinals.

 

hey linga.. its grown so much one thing though.. what ferts do u dose.. looks like u have a bit of an algae problem.. it could also be water flow related..

 

yeah it has grown, was growing upwards but after the trim, its settling nicely. i dose the profs ferts (plant feeding & hardening mix), the algae came about when i ran out of C02 for about 2 weeks, will be keeping an eye on it. for flow i have now directed the return directly onto the glosso so i will see how that goes. i really dont want to add a powerhead into the tank.

 

ofcourse not yes, well lack of co2 means lack of nutrient uptake = algae.. so maybe hold up on the ferts and do a wc atleast untill the co2 is back in action that should help..

 

Update Well not really.

havent cleaned the tank, in fact only seen the tank about 3 times in the last 2 or so months. so no ferts or water changes for 2 months only top-ups for the evapouration. the growth is insane, never really expected it, C02 is at about 1 bubble per 2 seconds. can barely see one of the two cardinals in the pic, only see the cories when they decide to swim up to the middle (hardly ever). i will be moving this tank to my new house hopefully soon, and re-doning it. still glosso dominated but maybe a stem plant or some micro sword

 

Sorry bad cell pics and a dirty tank

 

The Glosso went bos.... Love it!

 

Awesome tank, corys must be loving it....or hating it.