Okay, here goes. I couldn't stand not having water in this puppy, so I cleaned it out, went and got some wood from my yard, and have done a rough- scape. I made a stand out of some cinder blocks (I guess technically concrete blocks?) that I already had and put a board on top of them. So far, I actually like the color, nice grey with the bleached looking unfinished wood. Not bad for less than $5 (assuming that I didn't have the stuff sitting around already). I just wish it had some storage :icon_roll.The light is a hampton bay light (26 or 27 watts) There will be pressurized co2 with an inline reactor. The substrate will be ADA Aquasoil. I will have some UG, anubias petite, blyxa japonica, rotala nanjenshan, ammania sp. bonsai, and ludwigia arcuata with the possibility of some limnophila aromatica and hm. An Eheim 2213 will provide filtration. I'm going to keep some otos and boraroras and maybe some snowball shrimp. Here is the tank as of now (I will probably change it before I'm done planting, and I am going to make the wood more appealing [no cuts that are straight across])
haha in a weird way, i actually REALLY like the stand. its really original, and probably pretty strong, too. Is the wood just wood from outside? It looks kind of fresh, but it could make a sweeet scape. Are you going to leave the 'Y's in the branches parallel to each other?
wow. thats awesome.
i liked the rock wall and i was interested in where you where going with it but i really like this one as well. i love the stand. im sure ADA would approve!roud:
I know, I know, there are two rocks, not three, but I like the way it looks, and I didn't have a third rock that looked good with these two, so, oh well
I know, I know, there are two rocks, not three, but I like the way it looks, and I didn't have a third rock that looked good with these two, so, oh well
I was reading through the journal and saw this post.
I still have that jar. I just top off for evap. lol
Yes, I still can't bring myself to throw away some random pellia, moss (I'm not even sure what kind anymore) and salvinia.
Yes, I have problems :hihi:
LOL! Just for kicks, I put my 24 inch 130 watt light on this to see what it would look like and it looks awesome, now, not all 130 watts are going into the tank, and I can't leave it on because I'm going to need it for my new viv, and the algae would be horrible, but it looks cool for now.
Yeah, could be. I'm not worried about it, just giving an update. I guess it didn't happen when I used the powder form before because the "pellets" became saturated faster due to them being smaller.
I know, I know. The replacement is coming tomorrow btw I already have most of the plants I need for it, just need a few broms and some creeping fig. Shouldn't cost much (but then I have frogs to buy :icon_roll I'll probably get a trio (maybe 4) of leucomelas, but that's a different journal
The UG is going to look off-the-hook in this setup. UG looks brilliant with a steep slope and growing between hardscapes. You laid it out perfectly. Can't wait to see it planted and grown in!
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