Temporary tanks (two become one) Finally come to an END

[tim]

Hmm, call me stupid but that is something I hadn't put together.... Now I think about it I've used loads of carbon in the big tank both times on start up and no diatoms.

Is this a well know trick that I've missed along the way tim?

I've had success with Purigen before on Ian holdichs recomendation, seemed most effective run with carbon so thought I'd give carbon on its own a shot see if it makes a difference.

Oh and still love the 40, black and green works so well.

Black & green yes, trying to stop the brown & green, it's not such a good look

Hi Tim, Superb Little scapes

thank you Roy.

 

[tim]

Evening folks, quick update on these two, slowly sorting out some co2 issues, diatoms have cleared up, can't say if it was solely the activated carbon addition as I've been tweaking co2 and light intensity but I will be using it in future setups, some I phone pics
Some amania bonsai I received from big clown cheers Andy not melting for the first time in 3 attempts with this plant.

Anubias in flower, had this plant for a few years now and it flowers this time of year every year.

Buce growing, had this for a while in other setups and it hadn't fared well resilient in the right conditions though.

Fts 40 ltr

The 50 ltr is growing well but got plenty of bba on the wood I'll get round to removing it once I've got co2 stable.

Cheers for looking.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Tim, Stunning The Anubia Flower

 

[Andy Thurston]

Looking good tim nice spot for the bonsai. Told you it was easier than the 1-2 gro
Watching

 

[tim]

Hi Tim, Stunning The Anubia Flower

Thank you Roy, I've had the same anubia flower for the last 4 years, probably triggered by the autumn drop in tank temperature.

Looking good tim nice spot for the bonsai. Told you it was easier than the 1-2 gro
Watching

Thanks Andy, they were quality stems to start with

 

[Deano3]

Looks great tim 2 stunning tanks


Thanks Dean

 

[REDSTEVEO]

Temporary my a$$..

By the way what is the rock you have got in these tanks, and where did you get it from? It looks like the Spirit stone I saw in Hong Kong, dark sort of sandy porous material, can be filed, drilled, shaped and scooped out to put planting substrate and plants in to it...

 

[tim]

Looks great tim 2 stunning tanks


Thanks Dean

Cheers Deano

Temporary my a$$..

By the way what is the rock you have got in these tanks, and where did you get it from? It looks like the Spirit stone I saw in Hong Kong, dark sort of sandy porous material, can be filed, drilled, shaped and scooped out to put planting substrate and plants in to it...

thanks redstevo, the rock is just plain old lava rock, I have to admit I've shaped it somewhat, tried chisels screwdrivers and a hammer, got the best result with an old meat cleaver, I hasten to add don't try this at home I nearly lost a finger

 

[ADA]

That 40L looks fantastic, little messing and a reasonable scape there.

 

[tim]

That 40L looks fantastic, little messing and a reasonable scape there.

Cheers ADA, it needs some tweaking and the background isn't growing in as well as I'd like still early days
Couple of pics from this evening I've added a couple more buces and some anubias petite from my 12ltr
Follow the leader

Can't beat a 2 year old cherry shrimp for colour

Suffering a little thread algae at the moment still trying to stabilise co2, reluctant to treat it with glut as there's some nice ricardia fissidens mix growing on the lava rock underneath it.

Cheers for looking.

 

[stu_]

Looking good mate.
Like the Cherry shot.What's the aqua soil in there with it ? Love the contrast.

 

[tim]

Looking good mate.
Like the Cherry shot.What's the aqua soil in there with it ? Love the contrast.

Thanks stu it's the soil discussed in this thread http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/shrimp-soil.29615/ not sure it's very nutrient rich but it holds it shape well I've found it a little dusty compared to colombo florabase the only other aquasoil I've used to date.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

I've had the same anubia flower for the last 4 years, probably triggered by the autumn drop in tank temperature.

I've just noticed a couple of my Anubias are flowering as well. I've never really thought about it, but I thing they might normally flower about now.

cheers Darrel

 

[Tim Harrison]

Very nice Tim, and those little fish are stunning too.

 

[tim]

Quick iPhone pic from this evening

Slowly ironing out the few algae issues, regular maintenance and constant co2 doing the trick.
Cheers for looking.

 

[The_Iceman]

You know that your temporary tanks look better than some "real" tanks that I have seen...

Amazing!

 

[BigTom]

Lovely stuff Tim. The one on the right is cracking, great textures.

Sent from my LT30p using Tapatalk

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Tim Three cracking scapes

 

[tim]

Morning folks, little update on these two tanks, shallower tank is having a few issues with a little melt in places, probably due to slack maintenance with filter/co2 diffuser cleaning gave everything a good clean and trim yesterday so will get this back on track.
Few pics some emersed growth on top of one of the rocks

Buces are growing well, a little algae on the leaves but they are under quite high light

Full tank

The other tank will not be so temporary now, will be taking a lovely hmpk betta off ldc groomer towards the end of November, so to that point I've shut the co2 off this one, added some floaters, almond leaves and alder cones, I'll spend a couple of weeks removing any melty plant issues I have and get the tank ready for him

The pencils will eventually return to my 3ft tank so this will be all his, I have set up a small 25ltr in case there's any aggression etc etc but I'm hopeful he'll be alright in with them for a month or so.
Cheers for looking.

 

[Wallis97]

Both look better than my tanks...


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