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Mirkwood - ADA 45P

Small update on the dry start of this scape. It's going very well, I can see new growth popping up everywhere.

We are at week 3 now, but I'm going to give it one more extra week to be sure.

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After almost 6 weeks of dry start I finally got around planting this scape a few days ago.

The dry start was a big success and I'm going to use this method for all my future scapes, for sure. It's so easy with very nice results, the way I like it. :D

So here some pictures for you guys, hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the planting!

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Very nice, myriophilllum guyana or some hemianthus micranthemoides would fill the background nicely adding the 'forest' effect. :)
 
Very nice, myriophilllum guyana or some hemianthus micranthemoides would fill the background nicely adding the 'forest' effect. :)
My first idea was to do a hemianthus micranthemoides background, but then I saw a scape a bit like mine using this plant in the background and I didn't like it. It was too bushy, taking over all the twigs, not a natural sight.

That's why I went for Eleocharis acicularis. I hope it grows well so I can trim it the same height as the twigs in the back, going from high to low. I think this will increase the feel of depth.

But I love the myriophilllum guyana, maybe I can plant some of it later on, to give the background a little more texture.
 
Month 5

I have been struggling with this scape for the past months. :( Had brown algae that just wouldn't go away, HC/MC in the front kept melting and to top things off, a giant Cyano outbreak.

So I decided to remove the front soil slopes and do a complete 6 day blackout to kill the Cyano bacteria. This worked like a charm and the tank recovered really well. All the brown algae is gone too :thumbup:

I recently added some Bucephelandra and more wood for more details.

Enjoy!

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Nice mini buce!

If cyano comes back (and it probably will...), try this;

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Very effective, harmless, cheap and it works like a charm.
 
Very nice, prefer it without the foreground mc/hc!
 
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