Jayefc1
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Haha omg yes
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New Decade, New Decadence...
- Thread starter Geoffrey Rea
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how is your Snow White anubia doing? Mine started melting after 3 days only! Haha
Hey @CooKieS hope you are well.
Everything at 1ft depth has melted, leaves, roots and rhizome.
A few specimens placed in heavy shade at 2ft are also melting at a decreased rate, but are on a downward trajectory.
The remainder are either at 2ft depth in full light placed centrally beneath the Solar RGB’s and hit with Co2 mist or placed breaching the surface on the tips of the wood. These particular plants haven’t shown signs of deterioration, but neither do they seem to be growing.
Everything at 1ft depth has melted, leaves, roots and rhizome.
A few specimens placed in heavy shade at 2ft are also melting at a decreased rate, but are on a downward trajectory.
The remainder are either at 2ft depth in full light placed centrally beneath the Solar RGB’s and hit with Co2 mist or placed breaching the surface on the tips of the wood. These particular plants haven’t shown signs of deterioration, but neither do they seem to be growing.
rebel
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That's about right for a white plant. They want MOAR light and CO2.
Hi all,
cheers Darrel
Really chlorophyll deficient plants are always going to be problematic in terms of light (and CO2 acquisition), just because they lack chlorophyll. They are on a starvation diet and being bombarded by an excess of solar energy, that they can't easily dissipate.
My guess is that is quite promising, even under optimal conditions they are going to grow in proportion to how much chlorophyll they have.
cheers Darrel
Don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up. This is most definitely a case of dead man walking 😂
Have always presumed when seeing white anubius in contest photo’s it’s been placed very recently prior to a final photo. It was worth shelling out just to see for myself. Give it another four weeks and doubt there will be anything left. However, could potentially work emersed longer term though.
One final shot:
Scape comes down tomorrow and starting another project.
It has been fun and a laugh sharing this one with you through lockdown so thanks for all the banter folks.
Looking forward to the next one!
Scape comes down tomorrow and starting another project.
It has been fun and a laugh sharing this one with you through lockdown so thanks for all the banter folks.
Looking forward to the next one!
Jayefc1
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Thats obviously not the final final shot though is it ummmm
That is awesome Geoff. It's always a shame but when it's time to move on...
Looking forward to see what you're about to do next, sure it'll be awesome too.
Looking forward to see what you're about to do next, sure it'll be awesome too.
Wookii
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Oooo the magic disappearing thread reappears!
Microsoft Paint crashed @Wookii 😂
Afraid so Jay, end of the line for the scraps tank. It’s an improvement over the propagator setup though hey 😂
Cheers Tim. Better prepared this time round after two lockdowns so will pull my finger out. Been stocking up.
Bit of a contrast hey @CooKieS 😂 Will aim to be a bit more subtle on the next one. Loving your scapes FYI
Wolf6
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Awesome tank and really looking forward to your next project 
Dont keep us waiting too long!
Dont keep us waiting too long!
Awesome tank and really looking forward to your next project
Excited here too @Wolf6
The previous scape only happened thanks to @Siege donating his plants when everything was scarce during the lockdown, which I can’t thank him enough for. Top man and great friend, thank you Steve.
This time around better prepared.
I was committed to the idea of doing a couple of competition tanks, but if I’m honest I’m simply not competitive enough, nor skilled enough. Would just end up becoming filler and lose the ability to share on here, so putting that idea to bed. Kudos to everyone who does go for it and the experience of running through the process has delivered a much better appreciation for the commitment needed, it’s immense. There’s one extremely talented gentleman on here I’m especially rooting for 😉
Genuinely enjoy sharing these journals with all the ideas and banter, hopefully they’re helpful to some folks too. So not stopping. Will put the next scape together in the coming weeks and follow it up on this thread. More banter awaits...
Wookii
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Nice looking rock there @Geoffrey Rea - is that all black lava rock?
I’m definitely going with that in my next scape too after the issues I’ve experienced recently with Seiryu stone.
I’m definitely going with that in my next scape too after the issues I’ve experienced recently with Seiryu stone.
Definitely extremely helpful and inspirational, looking forward to what you do next.
Certainly is. Find lava rock really difficult to work with so bought two boxes of the stuff 😂
Wookii
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What is it about it that you find difficult to work with? (Not used it myself before incidentally)
Jayefc1
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Ohhh that is an interesting amount of hardscapr
Well with Frodo stone @Wookii , the textures really are pronounced due to its colour. It casts shadows along those fracture lines so it highlights its shape really well.
Black lava, being black, hides its shape and texture. You mainly only get an outline and miss out on its finer details. On the other hand if you stack it together you can create large features out of multiple rocks that look like one huge piece. It’s also brilliant for attaching plants to and gives great adherence because of its porous quality.
Black lava, being black, hides its shape and texture. You mainly only get an outline and miss out on its finer details. On the other hand if you stack it together you can create large features out of multiple rocks that look like one huge piece. It’s also brilliant for attaching plants to and gives great adherence because of its porous quality.
