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A 'little' box of chocolates, licorice n allsorts - baby chocco fry

paddling pools in, now wheres the aquarium 🙂
have fun with it pal, we wait months/years (longer for some 😛 ) to get our hands dirty with a new tank and rescape so be sure to pop open a beer and embrace every leaking pipe, floating wood and wobbly stone.
 
faizal said:
Hi Alastair🙂 I'm sure you are going to be very busy today. Have a great time with it mate !!! Looking forward to this planted.:happy:
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Thanks faizal. Ten hours straight with out sitting down. My back had had enough after so long. Very enjoyable though im happy as it is at present. Planted up as much as can do today.
Iain Sutherland said:
paddling pools in, now wheres the aquarium 🙂
have fun with it pal, we wait months/years (longer for some 😛 ) to get our hands dirty with a new tank and rescape so be sure to pop open a beer and embrace every leaking pipe, floating wood and wobbly stone.
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.ha ha thanks mate. I really wanted to run to the pound shopband get some plastic ducks to float on it just for a comical shot but didnt want to get distracted. It does seem huge compared to the last one. . Im going to enjoy a very nice freezing cold beer when its finished mate. Sticking up a couple of pics tonight and the rest tomorrow when I charge the decent camera 🙂

DrRob said:
Here's to a fresh start and a clean run this time.

Well, I say clean. I mean muddy.
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Touch wood no muddy mess 😉

Putting down the base soil with a small cap and lots of free ada additives I was given...

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Topping off

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And a little planted section on the wood with invitro hygro pinnatifida just to see how it works.

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I did do most of the stuff but just happened to be behind the camera on these shots lol

Ive got all the wood planted up and all the copies amounts of tennelus are in too. Hopefully will be able to get some better pics tomorrow when its all done.

I Also will have a full new range of fertilisers and root tabs ive been sent out to test that arent available over here yet so will pop pics up and give the lowdown on those too. They look very promising. Quite excited to try them. Might have fair bit spare too if anyone's interested as was sent lots.

Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone
 
I've just read your journals, the chocolate puddle was brilliant, really liked that, sorry for your troubles with this current one but things looking up now!, ill be following this closely
 
bet you thought the day would never come!!

was the "new" ferts a pack of digestive biscuits? 🙂
 
livewire said:
Looking great so far.

If you do end up with any spare root tabs/ferts I would love to give them a go 🙂
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Absolutely mate, ill send you some if you like.....
Lee Starkie said:
I've just read your journals, the chocolate puddle was brilliant, really liked that, sorry for your troubles with this current one but things looking up now!, ill be following this closely
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Thanks Lee, fingers crossed this will allllllll be trouble free :thumbup:
Monk d'Wally de Honk said:
Very nice.
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Thanks monk

Nutty said:
bet you thought the day would never come!!

was the "new" ferts a pack of digestive biscuits? 🙂
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well it seemed that way mate, its been a very long few months ill be glad when the fish finally get their reward for being cooped up in the tubs. 3 times theyve seen their prospective new home ha ha. the biscuits were definitely my source of food for the whole day, and i never eat them normally. i owe my little girl a pack of biscuits...oops

MirandaB said:
Looking superb already Alistair :thumbup: don't make your public wait to long for update pics!
Good to see the digestive biscuits took a hammering,got to keep your strength up 😀
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Glad you think so miranda, i certainly wont ill be throwing up some pics right about ............now!!
 
heres a few pictures i took today with my camera. i need to work out all the settings on it so it doesnt look dark etc so looks like i need to have a read through the photography section to work it all out.

looks a bit untidy at present but need to trim off the roots of the anubias..

and i also need to put some beading around the base to hide the unsightly polystyrene i had to put undr for guarantee purposes.


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and the hygro pinnitifida in a planted section on the wood

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looks great! will look brilliant when its grown in!

the fish will thinking they're going back into a lake not a tank!
 
Bet your chuffed to bits to have it all up and running mate....and dare I say a touch relieved!
Looks great and will be an incredible new home for your fish.
Really looking forward to following this journey now and I'm sure your patience will be rewarded.
Cheerio,
Ady.
 
Yeah and the tank looks so huge. The sense of depth is amazing. Nice one Alastair.🙂 The emmersed growth at the centre of the tank adds an attractive touch to the whole scape too.
 
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