Lindy
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Same pic twice, sorry.
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Gourami Gloaming #4
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Lindy
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Don't like the first as it looks like x marks the spot in the photo!
Lindy
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Maybe the 2nd but with the border between sand and plants on the diagonal across the tank left to right. Hmmmm, journals are so handy for looking at these things..
Crossocheilus
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I prefer the 1st arrangement although I agree the 'X' looks odd, perhaps just rotate the right piece so that they cross off centre or not at all. I also think that if you raised up the wood and had the entire foreground covered in crypts it would look great.
Alexander Belchenko
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1st looks more interesting, imo. 2nd is a bit flat. Maybe you want to somehow make it higher or hairier?
Lindy
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The 1st looks better in the flesh. I'll play around some more once the water has heated up, it's freezing!
Lindy
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Lindy
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I can raise it all a bit with some lava rock but don't want to go so high that flow is compromised as that happened in the last tank. The fish will want a gentle flow so won't be adding power heads.
tim
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3 looks great.
Lindy
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Thanks Tim.
Lindy
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5s growing on me.
Lindy
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Pond soil arrived yesterday so tackled the rescape today in the 3hrs and 10min my daughter is in nursery.
Pleased with how it has turned out.
I buy filter floss by the sheet so I used that to separate the sand from the pond soil. If i want to move a plant i just scrape the sand away from the plant down to the floss and then cut the roots where they dissappear into the floss. Thats the theory, anyway.
Hope i don't want to move plants but as i didn't know which crypt was which i may have to move large from front and small from the back once they've grown in.
Added tropica specialised ferts and co2 is on.
Pleased with how it has turned out.
I buy filter floss by the sheet so I used that to separate the sand from the pond soil. If i want to move a plant i just scrape the sand away from the plant down to the floss and then cut the roots where they dissappear into the floss. Thats the theory, anyway.
Hope i don't want to move plants but as i didn't know which crypt was which i may have to move large from front and small from the back once they've grown in.
Added tropica specialised ferts and co2 is on.
Alexander Belchenko
Member
Is it your first variant of hardscapes you showed earlier?
Lindy
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Yes.
Lindy
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Its just higher.
Lindy
Member
The water has been cloudy since filling despite a couple of 50% wc so today did 90% wc. Fingers crossed it doesn't cloud up again. Using floss and purigen.
Only a few ramshorns in there until I'm sure everything ok and co2 dialled back a bit. Only got one aquabar on as tbh it look plenty. Amazing the difference light substrate can make visually light wise.
Only a few ramshorns in there until I'm sure everything ok and co2 dialled back a bit. Only got one aquabar on as tbh it look plenty. Amazing the difference light substrate can make visually light wise.
Lindy
Member
The water is hazey today again. Is this because of the soil? I thought because it was a mature filter that there would be no cycling to speak of. I'm not getting any readings for ammonia (don't tell Clive!) but I'm nervous of putting fish into a cloudy tank.
Lindy
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My tetratec ex 1200 is dribbling 
tim
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That sucksMy tetratec ex 1200 is dribbling
Lindy
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It would seem that when i tipped the filter head on its side to get out all the water some got into various nooks and crannies. Then when i put it back on this water seeped back out through drainage lines around the clips. The seal was fine after all. Amazing what you can find out on google.
The tetratec is still doing its job but I decided to buy the eheim 2075 in the sale/wanted section mainly because it has wheels in the base. This tetratec is a bugger to get from the back of a 60cm deep cabinet! Will be selling the tetratec later.
The ottos went back in this tank last night after their holiday in the fish room.
I've put the second aquabar back on at about 70% power but it is hard to know how much it is on other than how pleasing to the eye the light level is.
The tetratec is still doing its job but I decided to buy the eheim 2075 in the sale/wanted section mainly because it has wheels in the base. This tetratec is a bugger to get from the back of a 60cm deep cabinet! Will be selling the tetratec later.
The ottos went back in this tank last night after their holiday in the fish room.
I've put the second aquabar back on at about 70% power but it is hard to know how much it is on other than how pleasing to the eye the light level is.
