Gary Nelson
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Mines as happy as Larry at 24 degrees..... Had him over a year now, a great little character too 
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Ian Holdich
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Hi Thomas, yes I have found the thread fins very 'bottom orientated' (titter), they are almost washed out by the sand. I have added a small school of neon to add a bit of colour.
Really really nice fish ive been toying with the ide of doing a biotope for them
Mark
Thanks Mark. They are neat little fish and quite active...these are sewellia lineolata, they stay really small also, which suites this scape.
Ian Holdich
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Mines as happy as Larry at 24 degrees..... Had him over a year now, a great little character too
Cheers Gary, was gonna pm about em a few days back, but have been working all hours. Are your the same species?
Gary Nelson
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Yes mate, mine goes mad for the mini algae wafers and it seems he has a favourite place in the tank, which is on a piece rock next to the anubias.... Quite funny that at maintance time he will return there and remain there till all done, must be his safe place
they are great little fish mate
Ian Holdich
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Weekly update time!
One month in, and things are doing ok, I have a little gda on the rocks, it actually looks quite good though! The Clada is attracting every kind of crud you can think of, it's needing hoovering every few days.
I'm doing a 50% water change every three or four days, the dosing is tropica specialised and premium one every other day.
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
And the tropica fontanalis
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
One month in, and things are doing ok, I have a little gda on the rocks, it actually looks quite good though! The Clada is attracting every kind of crud you can think of, it's needing hoovering every few days.
I'm doing a 50% water change every three or four days, the dosing is tropica specialised and premium one every other day.
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
And the tropica fontanalis
image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr
Very clean and uncluttered and starting to fill out nicely...gona look great when it matures.
Alastair
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That fontanalis looks beautiful mate. Did you just glue it?? I was thinking of getting some myself
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Looking good mate.
Have you noticed any difference in terms of plant growth and algae now you're using tap instead of RO?
Have you noticed any difference in terms of plant growth and algae now you're using tap instead of RO?
Ian Holdich
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Cheers Troi, I want it to look a little more cluttered tbh. I'm looking forward to the hairgrass taking off.
Thanks mate, if you can hang on a few weeks, I'll send you some.
Ian Holdich
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Hey mate, the main differences I have found with hard tap water vs Ro is...
Plants need A LOT more c02 than normal Ro
Plant don't pearl as much with hard water
More gda in the tank than with RO
Snails get bigger with hard tap water
The lily pipes need cleaning more often with tap water
Purigen doesn't last as long with tap water
It's taken a lot longer for plants to 'take' with tap water
I won't be using tap water again, I'll be going back to Ro on the next scape.
stu_
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Sounds like you're a bit frustrated with the growth rate, dude.
That fontanalis looks ace though.
That fontanalis looks ace though.
Ian Holdich
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Cheers Stu, there's not a lot of algae, just a bit on the rocks and wood. Just more than I have had with RO water. There isn't also a lot of fast growers in there like in previous scapes.
Ian Holdich
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Here's a quick vid, done on the ipad, as I'm having trouble uploading from my pc. Please view in 720p or it'll look like you viewing something from the 80s
And here's a pic of the stump that inspired this scape
And here's a pic of the stump that inspired this scape
tim
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Jeez mate that's bloody awful 
just kidding Ian you've captured your inspiration extremely well. Lovely scape, very crisp clean and healthy. Love the hill stream loach he looks very happy grazing on the dragonstone in the vid.
just kidding Ian you've captured your inspiration extremely well. Lovely scape, very crisp clean and healthy. Love the hill stream loach he looks very happy grazing on the dragonstone in the vid.
aliclarke86
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Hc really filled in nice now mate. Looking superb!
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Alexander Belchenko
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That fontinalis is really big thing! IIUC that's Plant Details Fontinalis antipyretica 'Willow', right?
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Ian Holdich
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Jeez mate that's bloody awful
Thank you Tim, things are ticking along nicely now after the slow melting start. The loach is ace, they look more like mini stingrays.
Thanks Ali, it's still got a long way to go. I was thinking the other day of taking the scape further a few months down the line. Adding more plants at the back.
Hi Alex, yes this is tropica willow moss, and it's the biggest moss I have used. It's very pretty though and the pics on the tropica site don't do it any justice.
Alexander Belchenko
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About your inspiration picture: looking at it the first time I really thought it's a picture from a tank: cladofora around stump, hair grass, and anubias (in bottom left corner). Incredible shot!
Gary Nelson
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Very nice video mate and the tank is looking fantastic now its filling out more. It looks spotless too, what maintenance are you doing over a week?
Ian Holdich
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Thank you Alex! I see this stump every morning whilst walking the dog. It's incredible what nature can achieve.
Cheers Gary, maintenance is as follows, 2-3, 50% water changes a week. It's still dosed alternate days with tropica specialised and premium. I have yet to clean the filter, but might do it on Friday. It gets a little extra iron as well.
