So its been a good few weeks since an update,
I tried some floating plants, think it was Phyllantus Fluitans but because im using lily pipes there is a lot of surface agitation which caused the plants to to move around a lot.
Most of them have died off or been pulled apart by the fish.
so the next little project was to make a plant caddy.
started out with a plastic box from washing detergent which I cut to shape.
then used a soldering iron to cut holes for the suction cups and water flow.
and lined it with a bit of greenhouse shading,
Then planted it up with a peace lily and fixed it in place in the tank.
It looks great at the moment I just hope it doesn't die off from being submerged.
Apart from that nothing much else has changed, I added a couple of Echinodorus radicans and disconnected 3 of the bulbs as I think the lighting was to intense.
After adding the floating plants I was away for a week and came home to a build up of brown dust algae, luckily most of this was on the front glass and just wiped away.
thats about all for now.