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A rescape at last

REDSTEVEO

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Well it's been a while. But I finally decided to strip down my main tank and start again. It's taken me all day to drain the tank, remove the plants and substrate. Tank cleaned, and drained again.

Now planning a simple rescape for a Discus biotope. The wood in the photos (5pieces in total) is staghorn oak collected locally, jet washed and cut to fit.
I am only replanting the Cryptocoryne Ballansai and a few other Cryptocoryne species and that it.

In the areas where I am putting the plants (to the right of the tank) I am using a mix of JBL Volcanic Mineral together with JBL Manado Planting Soil. But the whole lot will be capped off with 5cm of Unipac Maui Fine Quartz Sand, so none of the Volcanic Mineral or the Manado will be visible.

The staghorn Oak has not been soaked, so I am going to have to use suction cups and clips to anchor it in position. I just hope the suction cups are strong enough to hold it in place. There are 2 x large pieces, and 3 x smaller pieces.

Any thoughts or suggestions on wood placement would be welcome.

Thanks.
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Early start this morning. Checked to see if all the wood was still anchored in place. It was so I drained the tank and started on the substrate, separating planting areas, to plain quartz fine sand areas.

Some flexible wood and the wife's cake tin came in handy.

Once all that was in, slowly filled the tank, with a water in, water out drain, to clear water and bring it up to temperature. Filters connected, heater on, and began planting.

Cryptocoryne Ballantrae left and right, a row of Crypts along the front.
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Apologies for some of the reflections in a few of the photographs.

Cycling the tank now for a a week using Microlift. Shrimp and Coryadorus Sterbai in at the weekend. If water is all okay in go the 12 Wild F1's, and some cardinals possibly.
 
It looks very good, i am planning to do similar one for considerably smaller scale. My question to you is that whe plants are grown ans settled, i feel all the aquascaping will disappear. Any idea on this? And what are your plant selection?
 
It looks very good, i am planning to do similar one for considerably smaller scale. My question to you is that whe plants are grown ans settled, i feel all the aquascaping will disappear. Any idea on this? And what are your plant selection?
To be honest that has happened in the past, but I've learned from my mistakes. So this time I have kept it very simple. Sticking with just the Cryptocoryne Ballansai and the row if slow growing Crypts along the front. I added a few bit of moss and dwarf Anubias. So far so good.
 
When you say wood found locally, can you expand? I really want some more wood however from a fish shop it all seems, excessively pricey.
 
Tank dimensions? I am wanting a change, and really really fancy discus... or large angel fish. Looking for tanks to inspire me as my 4ft I think discus might be too large...
 
Sorry to all of the above for the very late replies. The tank is an Eheim Incpiria 400 litre tank. I have got 7 x Wild F1 Discus in there from a pair of Wild Iripixi Royals and Nhamundha Red Discus.

The moss I added seems to be doing really well with low tech low light settings, no CO2 and provides a great hiding place for the Red Cherry Shrimp I added. They keep the moss spotlessly clean and are breeding in there quite happily.
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