Marc Davis
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Thought i would start this journal to put all the builds for my discus tank in one place and then continue with the current one i've just set up this weekend.
So here is how the story has gone so far.
1st scape. I liked it but started getting frustrated with BBA and didnt have the skills to combat it back then so i tore it down to restart.
2nd Scape:
Really liked this one and only tore it down as i was moving house.
3rd scape:
Went for a log theme as an experiment a few weeks before the move of the house as a temporary set up.
4th Scape:
New house, went for a clean setup but it was too sterile for me and wanted something a bit more natural for the fish:
5th Scape:
More as i envisiged, but flow was terrible and the wife did not like the eventual tannins the bogwood leached.
6th and current scape:
Where i am at now. Just setup this weekend. The Sag. will carpet well for a nice jungle style floor and the rotala should fill the whole gap section and burst into the scape in a few months. This is somewhere in the middle of trying to create a natural scape but still retain that nature aquarium style.
This is a scape that will evolve. I've got the s. repens in the centre that i will try to cultivate for a large section of the foreground. Hoping it does well because it is the one plant ive always struggled with and i really like it.
Will keep the updates coming.
Tank details:
200 litre.
100cm x 50cm x 40 cm
diy co2
micro fert top ups at water change
fish feeding minimum twice per day
1800ltr per hour internal filter.
1000ltr per hour canister filter
2x 20 watt LED floodlights 6500 kelvin.
So here is how the story has gone so far.
1st scape. I liked it but started getting frustrated with BBA and didnt have the skills to combat it back then so i tore it down to restart.
2nd Scape:
Really liked this one and only tore it down as i was moving house.
3rd scape:
Went for a log theme as an experiment a few weeks before the move of the house as a temporary set up.
4th Scape:
New house, went for a clean setup but it was too sterile for me and wanted something a bit more natural for the fish:
5th Scape:
More as i envisiged, but flow was terrible and the wife did not like the eventual tannins the bogwood leached.
6th and current scape:
Where i am at now. Just setup this weekend. The Sag. will carpet well for a nice jungle style floor and the rotala should fill the whole gap section and burst into the scape in a few months. This is somewhere in the middle of trying to create a natural scape but still retain that nature aquarium style.
This is a scape that will evolve. I've got the s. repens in the centre that i will try to cultivate for a large section of the foreground. Hoping it does well because it is the one plant ive always struggled with and i really like it.
Will keep the updates coming.
Tank details:
200 litre.
100cm x 50cm x 40 cm
diy co2
micro fert top ups at water change
fish feeding minimum twice per day
1800ltr per hour internal filter.
1000ltr per hour canister filter
2x 20 watt LED floodlights 6500 kelvin.
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