Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End

[hydrophyte]

That video is lovely Tom!

And those are such creative fish photos that you got.

I like those rosy loaches.

 

[BigTom]

Just about to do a bit of a trim actually. Hydrocotyle needs a serious kicking.

 

[leonroy]

Beautiful scape Tom, sorry if I missed it but what's the substrate you're using for new tank? Same John Innes capped with playsand?

 

[BigTom]

It's now a mix of Westland's aquatic compost, 'Original Aqua Soil' (pond soil sold in blue bags) and extra grit, capped with sand.

 

[BigTom]

Blatantly stealing an idea form Killi, I've recently added a little Ikea clip on LED light for evening viewing. Much better for the fish, and makes the tank look wonderfully mysterious.

As usual, the plants are completely out of control. I'm letting them fight it out

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Glad to see you put lots of effort into the update tom

It really is looking nice in there though! Wow.

Nice one.

 

[BigTom]

Heh, the update status is from ages ago. But yes, pretty rare still

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

I think you should try harder. Get some nice fauna shots every couple of weeks

 

[BigTom]

Can't see any fauna, too many plants.

 

[hydrophyte]

I agree you can get really nice effects with dim lighting. And certain fish (especially cichlids) also show much brighter colors in darker light.

 

[Gfish]

That really is looking beautiful Tom. So good!

 

[Alastair]

I agree mate that looks fantastic.

 

[BigTom]

Cheers. I really like it, reminds me of the morning light I used to get slanting through the tank when it was in the window.

10 quid well spent I reckon, everyone should have one!

 

[Alastair]

Cheers. I really like it, reminds me of the morning light I used to get slanting through the tank when it was in the window.

10 quid well spent I reckon, everyone should have one!

Already got the ikea page bookmarked ha ha

 

[Westyggx]

Where can't find this link?

 

[BigTom]

Where can't find this link?

Was from killi69's thread. JANSJÖ LED clamp spotlight - black - IKEA

I'm sure there are any number of alternatives.

 

[killi69]

Really nice Tom. From the link it seems you choose just one colour with this LED right? Which did you go for?

Link to my thread re variable colour LED strips in case of use for anyone...

 

[BigTom]

Really nice Tom. From the link it seems you choose just one colour with this LED right? Which did you go for?

Link to my thread re variable colour LED strips in case of use for anyone...

The lamp itself is black (plenty of colours to choose from), the light is quite warm (about 3000k I'd guess), which gives it a nice 'golden hour' feel. I'm not a huge fan of cold blue moonlights.

 

[BigTom]

Nice little addition to the tank this week in the form of a flower stalk from each of the Aponogeton crispus 'red'. They looked pretty uninspiring at first but are developing into something rather lovely.

 

[killi69]

Very nice Tom. I had some appear on mine but cut them off before they flowered as someone told me Aponogetons die after flowering. Do you know whether this is true for the crispus red varieties?