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[ciaolong]

yo all

finally after taking some time off i was able to setup my new tank
i love to get some comments to improve this tank and hopeful get in the top 100 for 2008 (my goal for first time try) dont know why but when i look at my scaping i think china or japan ... as the rocks come from a bonsia store i was thinking using some drift wood to make a mini bonsia in there growing between the rocks (using java moss for the leafs of the bonsia)
but for now i trying just rocks to see how it goes. i going to pick up some smaller rocks of the same time to fill gaps and pull some near the edges to get that crumbling age look.

Dimensions: 78cm x 38cm x 55cm
Substrate: 6 bags of eco complete
Filtration: getting a ehiem 2213 or 2215
Lighting: 250w MH with 20k blub atm getting a 10 or 6500k
Plants: Hairgrass trimmed at the back and hc/glosso for the foreground and some long narrow leaf plants for inbetween the plants

[ciaolong]

well here my 2nd try using smaller rock to get a crumble effect please excuse the murkyness of the water and still trying to fill this tank up RO/DI takes awhile :cry:

[Graeme]

I liked the look of the first setup mate
Liked the large over hanging rock.

Cant see the smaller scape ,maybe a picture link is wrong or my pc is playing up?

Nice work,plants sound rather sexy too

Graeme

[Graeme]

I see it now
Looks great but the blue 250 watt has to go

Thanks for sharing
Graeme

[cobby]

Looks good Mate

[alec]

I see it now
Looks great but the blue 250 watt has to go

Thanks for sharing
Graeme

IMO you should ad an extra white light to make it look less blue
but t is up to you thats

[ciaolong]

your wish is my command



sorry about crappy picture (phone camera)
i setup my customer's tank yesterday and had a bit of hairgrass left so decided to plant them into my tank at the back

just wonder how people find the cumbling effect is overdone ?

[temptazn]

i think it looks good

if u really want a 'bonsai' look i would suggest tying a plant (eg java fern or something as big/bigger) onto the middle of the overhanging rock. let the plant's roots do the rest of the work down the rock and voila.

cant wait to see the driftwood in place, always makes the tank look natural and nice. maybe java moss the driftwood??

you probably already know this but, but if u gonna have glosso u need co2. i just found out abt it b4 i went to get some haha

vic

[ciaolong]

well i was very lucky and got some hc its growing in my gf's tank ... atm
i put some in the tank but i waiting for my gf tank hc to grow some more before change to the big tank



as you can see the hc is not alot but growing fast almost half a cm a day

[ant747]

where...did...you...get...that...HC, man i want some bad. Its like around perth, but nobody wants to tell em where it is or where they got it from.lol
looking good mate,
Ant

[ciaolong]

ermm the last time i heared it all died off ..
this was a friend who had some dont know where he got ... but i tell u even as a friend i still needed to pay

last time i saw it was on ebay for 80 bucks for a 2cm cube of it ...
kinda insane ....

hopeful if my grows nicely i sell some out

[ant747]

yeah i saw that ebay too. guy called mireck i think, anyway, a couple of places around perth have it. as in lfs, but its too small to sell or share with people, i just need to be patient, but im not

[skittles]

I like the crumbling afect youve done maybe put some smaller plants around it
by the way whats HC

[ant747]

Hemianthus callitrichoides its called, its really nice ground cover, but its a bit rare atm. throw it in google image and you see some nice ground cover work

[skittles]

OMG i so want some it is such an awesome plant i can imagine it in your tank cialong it would look like the lion king with the grass along pride rock lol
if any one knows where i can get some HC i would love it so would ant

[ant747]

lol cheers for the mention there skittles

[ciaolong]

haha if u can wait a bit maybe i be able to pass some around

[temptazn]

me three!
vic

[ciaolong]

the hc in the big tank hasnt take off... could be cause i dont have co2 or pump or any nurients going into that tank ...

the one in the nano is going well need to replace the co2 soon for it

i thinking for the fish for this tank i am going for minnows since they native to china

[shewey]

Good luck with the HC! I hope it starts spreading for you and making a nice foreground. I think it might struggle a bit without CO2 though.

Cheers,
Mark