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Tom's Bucket O' Mud - The End

when i have used it in the past there as been no effect on
the ph which i thought strange as well as i would of thought
it might of gone up a touch but saying that were i live we have
a very low carbonate hardness and the ph drops from 7.4 to 5.4
over 24 hours if left to stand
 
cheers tom i will keep you informed as to
how i get on
 
This is unreal, so natural looking and therein lies the beauty, the fact it's so low maintenance is even better, true credit deserved here!
 
Still a bit of a mess, but the new lighting rig is definitely an improvement on the old chrome monstrosity -

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BigTom said:
Still a bit of a mess, but the new lighting rig is definitely an improvement on the old chrome monstrosity -

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Working with what youve got hey mate. You could add some plants to the wood to camouflage the kessil.
Have you made away with the peace lily now?

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Yeah the peace lily is now potted, had got massive and fancied a change. Have strung up some more pothos and planted a maidenhair fern at the base of the wood, looks pretty good. Not worried about completely concealing the Kessil, it doesn't stand out too much now there's more foliage.
 
Tada! All the same plants before, just thinned a bit and completely rearranged as I couldn't see more than about 6 inches into the tank before. Oh, and had to remove the Aponogetons.

Can actually see some fish now, and my nice old bits of heather.

Before (except even more overgrown) -

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Making a mess -

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Now -

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Closeups once the water has cleared.
 

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:lol: blame me yeah ok ha ha. A few plantlets and a total rescape is the outcome. I think you were itching to rescape anyway.
As always though mate it does fantastic. Will be interesting to see how the wood looks after a short time.
The sense if depth is great. It looks like the tank goes on and on................

I like the placement of the tank on the stand with the pictures either side too.
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Great ingenuity with the branch lighting rig......that's one way to hide a cable and create a unique emersed section!
I think you should create an equally unique and themed stand now :)
Stunning.
 
Alastair said:
The sense if depth is great. It looks like the tank goes on and on................
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That's because it does, isn't it?

I think, Tom, that you've managed to get an amazingly natural looking green colour to your tank. I have no idea if it's camera skill or the growing of plants in the raw, with so little intervention, yet still managing such a wonderful density of planting. Might just be the light. Whatever it is, you have a tank that I envy more and more every day as it's a little patch of nature sitting there.

All I can say is, one day.......
 
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