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The way to do a neat job would be to paint the indents black, and then use sandpaper on a block to remove any black on the face, and then re coat the face. Personal choice though
Lovely looking setup. I've got a question and a suggestion.
Question: I thought Angels were pretty much guaranteed to eat everything in sight in a planted tank? Have I been dismissing them all this time unnecessarily?
Do you mean you thought they ate plants? Angelfish are carnivores, they eat invertebrates and fish. So they're very plant safe. The rivers they come from generally don't contain plants, and they're not evolved to eat them.
They will eat any animal that's small enough for them to do so though. Fully grown angel fish (sadly, a rare sight) can be 20cm long, and over 30cm from the top of the dorsal fin to the bottom of the anal fin. By this stage they're not safe with animals any smaller than about a fully grown cardinal tetra - and definitely not with small shrimps!!
Planted some crypts balansae on the right corner to crow in and add some height to the back.
Waiting for the blyxia to take hold in the foreground, and a bit of hair grass on the front left.
I'm thinking I'm going to remove the big chunk of wood on the left to free up some space on the substrate to plant something in the midground, then trim back the vallis gigantica that is taking over!
STILL waiting for some parts to arrive for my co2 reactors. Hopefully they will be here for Tuesday
I'm hoping that the 2 reactors will solve my co2 problems. When I can actually finish them that is! Called the company yesterday, they promised to be posted out tomorrow. Ordered them on 23rd may!
The only good thing about the overgrown left hand side is that it creates a nice sheltered and secluded spot for my pair of angels, and I have a nice cave from the wood for my apistos, but it looks messy to me.
Latest picture, plus a couple of the inhabitants Finally got a new camera, so quality is a bit better Moved stuff around on the left. Trimmed back the Vallis, and was it long!! Some pieces were over 1 meter lond, and over an inch in width. Moved the piece of wood, and turned it onto its side, and planted a few stems behind it, so when they grow, should soften the area.
Been running on liquid CO2 for a while, as I ran out of gas and dont get paid until Tuesday a bit of my foreground has suffered, but overall growth has been good still. Had a major trim last weekend, and this is the end result:
Ricca is doing well
A bit of ricca attached to my manzy, likes the position, and has grown upwards and out of the water. The leaves in its emersed form are a lot flatter and 'leaf' like
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