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Picture from the other week that makes me smile... Quick crap phone pic. Tenellus is doing really well and the vallis has picked up following its trim. Been dosing liquid carbon which appears to be helping.

Hi Iain, Yeah that was my only worry with shrimp. Might have to stick with a few additional Amano's then and think of another fish. Not planning to add Tetra, there were an alternative to the Barbs rather than both together. Cheers

Wow, can hardly contain myself with all of the comments on here :p Shortly after the last pics, I gave the plants a decent trim - especially the hairgrass. A couple of weeks on and its growing back in nicely; The grass is sending shoots out all over the place and the Tenellus is really...

Couple of pics form the other night with the water clearing further... Test results coming back sweet so added the stock from my holding tank (Otto's, Amano Shrimp and a Fighter) - all seem happy - I know its a bit early for an algae crew but they have survived in a holding tank for the...

Chucked a few bunches of Vallis in today. And a spraybar. Ultracularia trying to escape! :(

Bingo! Plants all stayed where they should be... wood trying to make a break for freedom but thankfully the piece of slate it is attached too has kept it down! :) So I needed most of this... Added it slowly... Didn't want to disturb the hairgrass! And full it looks like this...

Well theres 115l of RO in the back of my car... Hope its gonna be enough! Anybody want to place a bet on how many bits float?

Day 31... Time seems to be flying?! Eleocharis is pretty well rooted now :) Ulticularia seems to be settling too! Looking good for flooding this weekend :)

I like the big stone... breaks up what would otherwise look like a very 'organised' scape imo... The planting will go some way towards this also I feel. Love the sketch, will look great when done I reckon!

Thanks G! Nothing to add... The moss I chucked in hasn't died yet...looks quite healthy I'm fact so the humidity must be vastly improved! Hairgrass is looking reasonable too...appears to be putting on some growth! Possibly flooding next weekend :-o

Really like this tank, the rock and wood in the initial scape looked great! My only criticism is that the Anubias look totally out of place imo - the leaves don't look in proportion with anything else in the tank so it makes the tank look and feel quite small. Just my thought :)

Hi Lauris, (finally) took your advice and got some water out of the substrate, hopefully this will improve matters a little! Cheers

Love the hardscape, wood is really nice! I'd be tempted to keep some of the rock in there with the substrate personally, perhaps fro ma bit of fiss or a nice moss over it and go lighter on the plants attached to the wood maybe? Be nice to see it in a tank anyway!

Day erm...16? Hairdryer getting the temp up a bit haha! Tenellus doing ok, Blyxa melting a bit :(

Love the hardscape, wood works really well! Potential to be a stunner this :)