michael woods
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As some of you may be aware, I posted a few threads on here when I was struggling with my first scape. It was an interpet fish box with an amalgamation of all sorts of remedies to try and get it something like some of the stunning scapes featured on here.
I received some invaluable advice from members on here but I fear it was a bridge too far, so I stripped the tank down and sold everything off.[DOUBLEPOST=1401118262][/DOUBLEPOST]I had an idea of how I wanted my tank to look and I drew inspiration from various other journals on here and I had my heart set on the ADA 60p. So after spending a few hours with James at The green machine, he gave me just the insight I needed, and explained how to get my tank looking just right. This picture was taken on Tuesday 13 May, just after I had spent all evening hardscaping, planting and filling up.
[DOUBLEPOST=1401118657][/DOUBLEPOST]I set this ADA 60p using the same fluval 106, but I changed some of the filter media to seachem purigen. I also changed the outflow and inflow to lily pipes, which after reading a vast amount of criticism; I am actually hugely impressed with, my filter is on maximum flow and everything is not like a washing machine. I placed the outflow lily pipe directly opposite the co2 diffuser in the centre of the side in concurrence with the concept of flocculation. One of the main things I struggled with on my last set up was Co2. I am running exactly the same Co2 setup but, whereas I was actually running at 4bps on my last tank, I'm currently running at 2bps. My drop checker is a nice line green at lights on and as this picture, taken a couple of days after filling her up, shows, the micranthemum Monte Carlo started to perk up.
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