Saintly's 240L 'savannah dreaming' scape finished

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

heres a vid



you'll see the neons come to investigate at the end.

 

[Nelson]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

really good for a novice like myself to see how you trim your stems.cheers 😀 .
do you trim more shape into them after or leave them like that.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

really good for a novice like myself to see how you trim your stems.cheers 😀 .
do you trim more shape into them after or leave them like that.

cheers mate. I'm aiming for a different look to these stems. not wanting the 'Dutch' type of look, but more like amano does....kind leggy stems. it may not work though.

if you wanted shape as the stems thicken, you can then create shape later on.

currently though, after just the second trim, I'm looking density.

thanks for looking Nelson

 

[hydrophyte]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

Nice video Mark. Those curved blade trimmers were perfect for that job.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

cheers Devin.

for any one wondering, i've increased the speed of the video...my hands are not that erratic

 

[samc]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

thats looking great mark

i am really liking the neons in there. they look great with the greens. think i might get some cardinals for my rescape now.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

Thanks sam.

5 weeks old today! 8)

 

[chilled84]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 4 weeks

Thanks sam.

5 weeks old today! 8)

Time is moveing to fast for my likeings.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

Time is moveing to fast for my likeings.

true mate, very true.

Here's the chair i sit on when watching the tank./ I'm only little you see 8)

 

[TBRO]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

So that's what you look like!

 

[John Starkey]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

Superb,
regards
John.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

Superb,

bless you john. Thanks mate. hope your well!

So that's what you look like!

didnt look at that way yeah, that's me...tangoed!


here's the powerhead doing it's bit at night, adding o2. The ripple is quite severe.

 

[chilled84]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

here's the powerhead doing it's bit at night, adding o2. The ripple is quite severe.

???? At night?

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

At night?

yes mate, at night. After lights go off for the whole night until morning, then lower the head down.

It's all about routine. day in day out, do the same things everyday at the same times. It's the only thing in my life i have a routine with, everything else is just chaos!

 

[chilled84]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

At night?

yes mate, at night. After lights go off for the whole night until morning, then lower the head down.

It's all about routine. day in day out, do the same things everyday at the same times. It's the only thing in my life i have a routine with, everything else is just chaos!

what does it achieve riseing the pwerhead up so high at night? Is that to get rid of excess co2?

 

[Dan Crawford]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

Lookin' super swish Mark, i bet it looks better in the flesh too!

 

[bogwood]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

My god some serious equiptment there. Me with my point, shoot, and pray excuse for a camera.

 

[LondonDragon]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

Looking great Mark 🙂 Just keeps getting better and better 🙂 impressive stuff congrats

 

[viktorlantos]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

hope you still have the energy to keep this tank for a while.
looks really nice and the growth is amazing mate! respect from the other side of the world

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 'savannah dreaming' @ 5 weeks

what does it achieve riseing the pwerhead up so high at night? Is that to get rid of excess co2?

Amano does it, so i thought i'd copy it just adds o2 of a night time. I've done it for some time now and my tank seems to thanks me for it.

Lookin' super swish Mark, i bet it looks better in the flesh too!

cheers dan. pictures never really do scape justice.

My god some serious equiptment there. Me with my point, shoot, and pray excuse for a camera.

it's what credit cards are for.... dont tell my wife!

Looking great Mark 🙂 Just keeps getting better and better 🙂 impressive stuff congrats

cheers bud

hope you still have the energy to keep this tank for a while.

i do mate.The crypts and stems still have a long way to go, and the vallis is now showing pretty good in the back. in fact the vallis was such a slow starter, but is doing great guns now.

i'm planning the next one in my head though 😀

looks really nice and the growth is amazing mate! respect from the other side of the world

respect to you mate! your latest creation is to die for.