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Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - New pics 14/04
Love the browns in the image and as George said looks very natural
Amazing shot tomBigTom said:Flash helps
Love the browns in the image and as George said looks very natural
John Starkey
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Great shot,and when you consider the size of these,it makes it an even better shot ,
john.
Great shot,and when you consider the size of these,it makes it an even better shot
,john.
LondonDragon
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Tanks is taking shape now, looks amazing and that photo is great too 🙂 congrats
Any shots of the emersed plants? and full tank? 😉
Tanks is taking shape now, looks amazing and that photo is great too 🙂 congrats
Any shots of the emersed plants? and full tank? 😉
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Cheers LD. I'm pretty happy with how its looking at the moment under the water (or, I will be once the final lot of crypts stop melting!). The emersed section is currently marred by a half-built light fixture and some yellowing of the prayer plant, but promise to put some fts up before I go away again this weekend.
Cheers LD. I'm pretty happy with how its looking at the moment under the water (or, I will be once the final lot of crypts stop melting!). The emersed section is currently marred by a half-built light fixture and some yellowing of the prayer plant, but promise to put some fts up before I go away again this weekend.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
As promised, full tank shot before I go off again. Haven't time to set up properly, but it'll do for the record. Have condensed the emersed plants back into one corner and given the prayer plant a pretty heavy trim as the old leaves were yellowing a bit. Seems to be a shortage of something, will try and figure out what next time I'm home.
Also ignore the still half-built light fitting 😛
As promised, full tank shot before I go off again. Haven't time to set up properly, but it'll do for the record. Have condensed the emersed plants back into one corner and given the prayer plant a pretty heavy trim as the old leaves were yellowing a bit. Seems to be a shortage of something, will try and figure out what next time I'm home.
Also ignore the still half-built light fitting 😛
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how things are going so far. Reasonable plant growth given I'm not brave enough to leave co2 unattended like you! BTW, really enjoyed your journal but not sure I ever commented on it.
fandango said:
Thanks, I'm pretty happy with how things are going so far. Reasonable plant growth given I'm not brave enough to leave co2 unattended like you! BTW, really enjoyed your journal but not sure I ever commented on it.
Barbapappa
Seedling
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Really lovely tank! Maybe what's missing is the transition between the water and the high echinodorus? You could soften with the right plant, maybe bolbitus?
Really lovely tank! Maybe what's missing is the transition between the water and the high echinodorus? You could soften with the right plant, maybe bolbitus?
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Yeah, it's on my to-do list. There's some dwarf papayrus that's struggling to break the surface at the moment, which should ease the transition a bit. I've been holding off sorting it out until I've moved the lights, as that'll throw more light into that area of shadow.
Yeah, it's on my to-do list. There's some dwarf papayrus that's struggling to break the surface at the moment, which should ease the transition a bit. I've been holding off sorting it out until I've moved the lights, as that'll throw more light into that area of shadow.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Well, back from another 5 weeks of tank neglect and everything looks good. Fish looking plump and happy, most of the plants are healthy, no algae, lillies are flowering again and the triffid is now 4 feet tall. Crypts finally melted shortly after I left but there is decent regrowth.
A wide shot, will take some more once I've had a bit of a tidy up -
Well, back from another 5 weeks of tank neglect and everything looks good. Fish looking plump and happy, most of the plants are healthy, no algae, lillies are flowering again and the triffid is now 4 feet tall. Crypts finally melted shortly after I left but there is decent regrowth.
A wide shot, will take some more once I've had a bit of a tidy up -
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Mark Evans
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
That's a sweet and unique layout.
That's a sweet and unique layout.
sanj
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
This reminds me of a miniature version of Medicineman's 700 gallon indoor sunken garden project. very nice 😀
This reminds me of a miniature version of Medicineman's 700 gallon indoor sunken garden project. very nice 😀
George Farmer
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Bravo, Tom.
Looking forward to more pics!
Bravo, Tom.
Looking forward to more pics!
NeilW
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
This tank looks amazing, I love the 'three-dimensional' quality of it that is lacking in most tanks. Such a nice addition to a living space.
Did you get any photos of the setup out of curiosity?
This tank looks amazing, I love the 'three-dimensional' quality of it that is lacking in most tanks. Such a nice addition to a living space.
Did you get any photos of the setup out of curiosity?
ghostsword
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
I just love this tank, it is such a beauty, and would be perfect on a school or nursery, where the kids could see at their eye level how amazing an aquarium would look like.
I really like it.!
I just love this tank, it is such a beauty, and would be perfect on a school or nursery, where the kids could see at their eye level how amazing an aquarium would look like.
I really like it.!
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Thanks again guys.
Neil, I did take some at setup but can't find them on my hard drive any more. It was a very gradual process though, most of the plants were added over a period of time after the tank was flooded, due to money and time constraints and holdups with the orders I placed around Christmas (snow etc), so the setup shots aren't particularly illuminating.
Thanks again guys.
Neil, I did take some at setup but can't find them on my hard drive any more. It was a very gradual process though, most of the plants were added over a period of time after the tank was flooded, due to money and time constraints and holdups with the orders I placed around Christmas (snow etc), so the setup shots aren't particularly illuminating.
Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - Fish pics page 8
Have added a few more emergent plants to fill out the transition between the water and the triffid (which has roots across the entire 9 square feet of substrate now!) and had a bit of a tidy up. Some photos -
New and improved emergent planting...
It's a jungle out there...
Little fish in a big pond...
Lilly spathe...
Have added a few more emergent plants to fill out the transition between the water and the triffid (which has roots across the entire 9 square feet of substrate now!) and had a bit of a tidy up. Some photos -
New and improved emergent planting...
It's a jungle out there...
Little fish in a big pond...
Lilly spathe...
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chump54
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Re: Tom's Bucket O' Mud - New pics page 10
omg... marvellous...
Chris
omg... marvellous...
Chris
