KipperSarnie
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Trigon 350
Thanks for the comments & the welcome as for the corner tank, I made cardboard replica of the tank I wanted but no matter how much we moved the furniture around it just took over our little house & I had to settle on the corner tank.
as for scaring it was a nightmare, I rearranged the hardscape every couple of days till I was satisfied even then I had to fiddle before being satisfied.
One tip if you have access to a decent saw the drift wood or bog-wood can be altered to suit your needs in fact cut a piece of bog-wood in half, keep the cut to the back of the tank & you have two good pieces!!
The "Roots" coming down are fitted to a piece of perspex (Acrylic) laid on top of the internal filter.
I was having problems with floating plant blocking the filter inlet grid so I warmed some perspex with the hot air gun so that the edge was just below water level to prevent the plant from entering the grid area then screwed branches of drift wood to it to create a more natural look, I don't think any of the drift wood used is as it came. Even a flat saw cut can be hidden with a few deft chisel & craft knife strokes!
If someBuddy points me in the right direction of the correct forum I'll add some pictures of the perspex / roots & some spiel on how to do it!