Re: The Henge part 2
Ed Seeley said:
That's looking great Mark. The East Bridgford store better get ready to stock more planted tank stuff in!!!
thanks Ed. there was an immediate interest as soon as i started scaping.
George Farmer said:
It's great to see a shop like this getting into the planted scene and I can't think of anyone much better than yourself to be the ambassador this great hobby of ours deserves.
now thats a very kind and nice thing to say george, cheers mate. i'm just doing what i enjoy. at the end of the day, i'm still in my learning stages, but if i can bring something to the attention of others i will.
George Farmer said:
Are you giving 'training' to a member of staff so they can maintain the tank effectively in your absence? What ferts are they dosing, for instance?
yes, i can fully rely on Matt the manager and Natalie his assistant. i'm going to arrange a dosing regime (still to be decided) which may include dry powders for NPK and the manager is to speak to a JBL rep about there liquid ferts range.
i'm hoping that the substrate, which will be capped with AS and injected with ADA iron bottom should do its job along with a good fert regime. also in the weekly diary will be 2 x 50% water changes....wed, sunday
the goal for this tank is not necessarily 100% a selling tool,maybe 90% which gives me maybe a 10% chance of using products that are not in store purely to almost "guarantee" a satisfactory result.
Sam, the owner has been very kind to let me do a scape for which i'm grateful and hopefully may lead to other avenues, but i'm under no illusion that it's one step at a time especialy with a public display. if you'd of said 8 months ago that i'll scape an in store tank....i'd still be laughing now.