Cheers, is the rio xingu rounded and soft enough for the cories? I have 6 I need to put in mine eventually and my sand is doing my nut in, soil or little black shrimp parcels
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Two sides of the river bed
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Its not ideal but its to big for them get hurt on and its not rough. The corries never dug in the sand anyway for some reason always seem to prefer the soil
That is exactly how my Corydoras always behaved as well ... I finally binned the sand as the soil particles drove me crazy
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So it has been a couple of weeks since the lights arrived and hung im well happy with them. plants are reacting well it has taken a little time to get a balance right had a break out of GDA and some green spot alge too but not to much of a problem did a 5 hour maintenance session yesterday as it was my first day off in the last 3 weeks really enjoyed taking my time and scrubbing the rocks and wood unfortunately the moss was completely lost to the GDA but with a lil love and care all other plants are ok 👌 and have grown quiet nicely didnt trim yesterday going to wait till the stems reach the top.of the tank also added 12 black tetra really like the way they contrast the harlequins think I'm going to get some more of them any way here are a few pics 
these look awesome in bigger tanks
(so, yes, definitely add another 12 at least)
Looking good Jay, I always love how you do the sand/pebble area looks great.
Can't stand mine already, if it's not odd bits of soil that I watch the Amanos knock or carry over it's little bits of fish waste making it look dirty. Yours looks so clean and natural.
Can't stand mine already, if it's not odd bits of soil that I watch the Amanos knock or carry over it's little bits of fish waste making it look dirty. Yours looks so clean and natural.
Jayefc1
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Was thinking another 25 to be honest with you @alto
To be honest its still hard work to keep.it that clean took about an hour yesterday removing every stone and washing each on individually to get all the GDA off after a soak in bleach
Thats the down side to sand its hard to keep clean and if your a little ocd about it it will rack your brain hence why I can't have a clean sandy area for long lol and the pebbles come out
Now that’s commitment.
Pays off though, I agree with @SRP3006, the open substrate area looks great 😎
SeanOB
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looks great, quite unique!
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Just had my Co2 delivery for the year lol 
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Just for the easy carbo users this is a pretty good deal
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Jayefc1
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Hi
Been a couple of weeks since update still getting lots of GDA so cut back on ferts a little gone from 25ml to 15 this week still wiping the glass daily and they seem to be reducing a lot so next batch im going to leave out kno3 and half the mgso4 and have some made as a back up if I see any signs there needed
The lights have been on full power for a couple of weeks with the green on 90% and red and blue on 105% growth is pretty good trimmed twice and replanted the hra has hit the surface again so need a trim
Added mc to the front rocks and hopefully got some mini Christmas and fissedens moss coming from @Wookii in the next few days still want some pinta and Aguilera for the branches and there is a little BBA in the carpet
been spot dosing but the GDA has hit the carpet hard been using the turkey baster method to clean debritis out again I think this is due to the poor star with insufficient light
I've also gone back to sand lol the stones with the GDA was too much effort to clean every week but the sand is just a quick hoover out hoping the reduced ferts will help
Been a couple of weeks since update still getting lots of GDA so cut back on ferts a little gone from 25ml to 15 this week still wiping the glass daily and they seem to be reducing a lot so next batch im going to leave out kno3 and half the mgso4 and have some made as a back up if I see any signs there needed
The lights have been on full power for a couple of weeks with the green on 90% and red and blue on 105% growth is pretty good trimmed twice and replanted the hra has hit the surface again so need a trim
Added mc to the front rocks and hopefully got some mini Christmas and fissedens moss coming from @Wookii in the next few days still want some pinta and Aguilera for the branches and there is a little BBA in the carpet
been spot dosing but the GDA has hit the carpet hard been using the turkey baster method to clean debritis out again I think this is due to the poor star with insufficient light
I've also gone back to sand lol the stones with the GDA was too much effort to clean every week but the sand is just a quick hoover out hoping the reduced ferts will help
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Thanks mate the vivids are really nice so glad I got them I put the up to full power and thought I'd just deal with what ever the tank throws at me
I agree the sand does look better
You have to click on the pics to get the full effect is that new
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Yeah the A1O is the same at the moment but have a feeling I was over doing it with whats in the tap water its on this tank because of the really high light and the volume of tap water so just going to dial the ferts back a touch and see how it goes can add more at any time so no issue i mean dont get me wrong the GDA is manageable and the tank does look great just want to find the sweet spot
Jayefc1
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Hi all just a quick.pic or 2 tank was due maintenance today but been stuck in Portugal for 3 days and just got back with no day off for the foreseeable future will have to do as and when I can
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@Geoffrey Rea lol don't love its dirty and dont deserve it 🤣🤣
