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Another Flexi Mini Scape Set

Current iteration

Sticking with the emersed garden, reineckii mini, lobelia cardinalis, dwarf hairgrass, Monte Carlo, pogostemon Helferi, hydrocotyle tripartita and rotala!

I did however swap out my plant substrate for good old 99p Aldi compost. Difference in growth is noticeable, only downside is I'm pretty much not able to ever fill this with water unless I want a mudbath...which is fine by me since I bought another Scape set!

My other flexi mini, as yet unopened I've got a few ideas for, including a kind of emersed natural set-up, but also reckon I should bite the bullet on that one and fill it, since it will also let me keep a small colony of cherry shrimp if I can get the balance right :)

Watch this space!

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Another quick update, I got another Flexi mini

Basically on the premise that if anything happened to my existing one I'd have a back-up. Of course, it lasted about 5 minutes before I set it up too.

So now I have two emersed scapes on the go, excited about the new one and looking for a single plant type to complement the azalea wood chosen.

Pics below!

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New beginnings, had an issue with flies etc on the emersed set-ups, so emptied everything and replaced with glasgarten aquarium soil, replanted with heteranthera and Monte Carlo.

Aquael mini hob, DIY co2 and daily liquid carbon. Not a great aquascape by any means in terms of ratios etc, but I'm hoping to avoid algae by using the fast growing heteranthera combined with 50% water changes every two days. Once I'm down to 50% water changes a week, I'll add some shrimp.

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