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[Mikeba]

Hi everyone,

After breaking down Mighty Cave it started itching again to start somehting new. I created the hardscape a while back and finaly found the time to port it over to the aquarium.

The setup:

Tank:
ADA 60P (60x30x36cm)

Light:
Twinstar 600SP with Chihiros hanging kit

Filter:
1x JBL 901e greenline

Other Equipment:
Inline atomic CO2 diffusor
Lily Pipes (outflow)(inflows)
Eheim skimmer

Hardscape:
Seiryu stones
Spider wood
Aquaflora Scaping Twigs

Substrate:
ADA Aquasoil Amazónia (under consideration)
ADA La plata sand
ADA La plata sand (big)
ADA Colorado sand
Dennerle Baikal 3mm
Dennerle Baikal 10mm

Ferts:
Planted Box All-in-one daily dosage (EI)

Plants:
Not sure yet.

Photos:

Rebuild of the left side:

Let me know what you think

 

[Zeus.]

Good sense of depth and scale looking good

 

[Nubias]

Amazing, been looking at the 60p size dreaming of the next tank already....

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Beautiful detailed lay out, congrats.

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[Mikeba]

Thanks guys

@Nubias If I ever had to buy a 60cm tank again, I wouldn't go for the ADA 60P anymore. You need more depth for modern aquascapes, something I miss with it's 30cm. 40 - 45 cm would be such a relief and would give so much more possibilities. So something to keep in mind if you ever make your dream come through

 

[CooKieS]

Proper work!

I would remove the little wood trees in the middle and background and only leave the two big ones in the front, that will increase the sense of scale IMHO

Btw I'm looking to rescape my 60p with stone work too and I was wondering What's the glue you used? Thanks

 

[Mikeba]

Proper work!

I would remove the little wood trees in the middle and background and only leave the two big ones in the front, that will increase the sense of scale IMHO

Btw I'm looking to rescape my 60p with stone work too and I was wondering What's the glue you used? Thanks

Thank you for sharing your thoughts CooKies! There will be some planting behind those trees, so I think it will have a nice effect. But I can always tweak along the way if it doesn't look good

I actually made a video where I explain how I do my glueing

 

[CooKieS]

Thanks, so these little cigarette filters glued are gonna keep 1-2kg seiryu stones in place?

 

[Mikeba]

Just try it, you will be amazed

For really big stones like the one leaning on the right side; that stone has pretty good support on itself, but I used around 6 of those filters to really lock it down, so it wouldn't move accidentally when doing maintenance. I can put some force on it and it doesn't move at all.

When I did the rebuild on the left side I had to use A LOT of force to remove a stone, I thought it wasn't even possible at some point without accidentally breaking the whole scape. So yeah, it works

 

[CooKieS]

Awesome, I'll try as soon as I can, cheers

 

[Ysiatis]

Can't wait to see that scape flooded and planted !