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Keetchy's rescaped, 1st Iwagumi tank (Page 7)

alto said:
I suggest dividing your MC into lots - apply all three methods and see which gives you best regrowth

I’ve been happiest with the removal, separation, replant - rapid regrowth as you’ve replanted all the growing tips, minimal algae as that’s been physically removed, also physical distance between the replanted portions
MC isn’t that keen on severe trimming - if you watched Jurijs mit JS recovery of his overgrown MC Iwagumi, he was careful to gradually reduce the dense carpet

In your case, it seems likely you will be trimming much of the actively growing MC, leaving behind rooted portions that must now develop new buds/shoots so recovery will definitely be slower

Once you get into the swing of it, my RSR method is reasonably quick (the slowest part is figuring how to separate/trim for the best quality replant portions)

If you have a large bore vacuum/syphon tube running as you lift the MC carpet, this can be accomplished with minimal tank clouding - I do add 2-4X tank volume Prime just in case whenever I disturb considerable areas of substrate with livestock in tank (lesson learned the hardest way so I often remove livestock before attempting much rescape/replant)
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I'll PM you dude :thumbup:
 
So I borrowed @Jason harris professional test kit today. Lol. And tested a few things. Here are the results......

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Ok a little update on the tank. So it looks like a lot of the issues I was having in the tank was resolved by the super duper light being installed. Although there's still a lot of Diatoms on the MC, there is a lot of new growth now over growing the old leaves so the green is coming back again. The H'ra is growing very well and so is the Arcuarta.

The C02 issues I was having with the Ludwigia Palustris is now under control. I think the plastic pipe and cheap crappy check valve were causing the issues. Think they were leaking. Have replaced with proper C02 piping and a stainless check valve and had to turn the C02 down as the DC went yellow. Goes to show how much C02 I was losing. There are now fresh red leaves shooting out the top of the Palustris

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So as some of you know I am having algae and biofilm issues. Every 4 days the Eheim surface skimmer gets blocked up and then within a day, there is a thick cloud on the surface. Possibly down to the wood causing it.

I move house tomorrow so perfect excuse for a rescape. Always wanted to try Iwagumi so I'm going for that style scape over the weekend. Picking up some rocks that have been taken out of a dismantled pond. I will bleach clean them along with the rocks I have already and start building my Iwagumi tank. Get rid of the wood and all algae infected leaves and see what I got left to play with. Just skimming through Google to try to get some layout ideas. Will update with pics as I put some ideas into the tank
 
Progress so far guys. Plants chilling out in a bucket as we speak, Monte Carlo ripped up and cut into smaller pieces, rocks and wood removed and water drained.
Fish are currently in their temporary home until the big tank is scaped and filled up

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Rocks are bleaching for a couple of days

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Hardware all installed and plugged in ready for the switch on

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Filter on the outside of the tank to create cupboard space and hopefully this will eliminate the annoying humming/vibrating it gives off in the cabinet

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So just waiting for the tank to settle now. Its a bit cloudy at the minute. Hopefully by tomorrow night I'll be able to take some decent pics of it.

Now I know the layout isnt following the Iwagumi rules or any of the rules of thirds or golden ratio...... but after spending a good few hours, and receiving a massive headache from trying to get the perfect scape, I settled with this layout :p

The plants are all curled over cause they've been in a bucket of water for 3 days :eek: I'm hoping they'll straighten back out as the days go on 🤞

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