Thanks Martin and thanks for the advice Dan. I should have done a hard scape really lol, as it was my first tank I was a little keen to get it set up and planted . Yeah the hc has took off and spread really well. I'm a bit of a perfectionist so it was all planted meticulously and when I received my scissors gave it a little trim up and it seems happier. I could take up some of the hc lol would hate cutting into it I know it would spring back, perhaps I could put a few pieces in there somewhere.