Jayefc1
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Haha omg yes
Walking passed the tanks tonight and randomly began pratting around with the 1200. Started finger picking the odd plant, then started ripping the fissidens moss off the wood wholesale, then tore out a load of ratty trident....
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Was only on the way to the fridge for a beer and ended up doing a proper finger pinching pruning session 😂
Have come to the conclusion in all that absent minded action that if the tank is to carry on with no focal point it needs an extra layer of planting to over shadow the lower growth to add some interest. Have no idea how this will end up growth wise, just a flight of fancy really. Often wonder if other members work like this, no real plan but more organically across time? Sometimes seems like everyone gets inspired by nature whilst bugalugs here gets inspired by his fourth beer...
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Above all else the inhabitants seem happy and the green neons schooling together over the scape like in the above photos really makes it a fun scape to watch.
The stems would look cool poking over the top of a mixture of ferns though with mini bolbitis attached to the front side of the wood on the left. That annoyingly straight piece of manzi pointing out almost horizontally from the trident would be better used with epiphytes on to give mid ground contrast and to break up the similar green shades.
This project has really been a scraps tank up to now. However, with a few adjustments it should come good. White sand will be going soon as finally running out of the stuff, more earthy tones instead with graded stone like in the 600. The Christmas moss on stones at the base on the right can be spread out as well to stretch the scape out.
White plants are battling on:
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Seems to like high light but we’ll see after a month of photon bombardment from the Solar RGB’s how they’re doing.
how is your Snow White anubia doing?
That's about right for a white plant. They want MOAR light and CO2.remainder are either at 2ft depth in full light placed centrally beneath the Solar RGB’s
Really chlorophyll deficient plants are always going to be problematic in terms of light (and CO2 acquisition), just because they lack chlorophyll. They are on a starvation diet and being bombarded by an excess of solar energy, that they can't easily dissipate.They want MOAR light and CO2.
My guess is that is quite promising, even under optimal conditions they are going to grow in proportion to how much chlorophyll they have.These particular plants haven’t shown signs of deterioration, but neither do they seem to be growing.
My guess is that is quite promising, even under optimal conditions they are going to grow in proportion to how much chlorophyll they have.
Oooo the magic disappearing thread reappears!
Thats obviously not the final final shot though is it ummmm
That is awesome Geoff. It's always a shame but when it's time to move on...
Looking forward to see what you're about to do next, sure it'll be awesome too.
really loving that splash of red coming from the ludwigia !
Awesome tank and really looking forward to your next project 🙂 Dont keep us waiting too long! 😉
Genuinely enjoy sharing these journals with all the ideas and banter, hopefully they’re helpful to some folks too. So not stopping. Will put the next scape together in the coming weeks and follow it up on this thread. More banter awaits...
is that all black lava rock?
Certainly is. Find lava rock really difficult to work with so bought two boxes of the stuff 😂