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[duck]

Thanks Andrea i do have some black river stone that i broke up, That should work in well.

Thanks Vincent since i've put the T5's in i haven't looked back,I should add that i have now 6 T5's and it's even better It give's me 2.5 WPG.
i don't need to prune everyweek,Maybe every 2-3 weeks unless i'm changing it around.
My are colouring up very nicely,Just one of the red melons a little on the light side but the other is really red.
It's been the best buy of discus and the quality,Remember the blue diamond i nearly lost it has come back and full of life.

[duck]

Really happy with the progress i couldn't hold myself back sorry so here's a couple.

[Ilangi]

The glosso has really taken off in your tank... I hope that it does the same in mine :roll:

And our stricta is such a nice looking background plant too... What's the name of the reddish/orange plant to the right of the stricta - in the background?

BTW your discus look absoultely beautiful :wink:

Well done

[duck]

The glosso has taken off it's growing everywhere your's will be aswell
The plant at the back on the right ludwigia repens.
Just a few more minor adjustments and the tank IMO is finished.

[duck]

This is it ,i will be rescaping soon
I have done my best to get good pic's but pratice i need still.







this is a poor shot of my6ft low everthing

[Brett]

Well that is quite a contrast when you compare it with the first photo in this thread.

Looking good

Growing faster than you can prune them

Cheers
Brett

[Jon911]

what method did you use to put down the riccia ??

[duck]

I used cotton thread to keep the riccia down.

[jimmm]

Duck,
great looking tank ,any spawning happening in their with the discus?
cheers
jim

[duck]

Thanks
No spawning in that tank,But the large tank i've got to free swimming stage,Being a community tank could of been someone's supper.

[duck]

This is the start of my new scape, just letting in grow in a bit before moving a few things around.
My Riccia taking off.

[Graeme]

Duck thats looking good.All has grown heaps since you changed your scape.
Keep up the good growing.

Graeme

[Brett]

Looking really good and great growth.

Why white cotton??? Black is a lot less obvious.

Cheers
Brett

[duck]

Thanks guy's

Why white cotton??? Black is a lot less obvious.

True but when you lose 2 rolls of black cotton from the wife's sewing box,You don't get much choice after.

[duck]

After nearly 2 months of GW i tore the tank down couldn't wait it out any longer
Here a few pics.Just waiting for it to grow in and clear up a bit more but this the basicly the scape i'm going for this time around.

[Graeme]

2 months of green water!!!
Yuck i bet mrs wasnt too pleased either Ivano???
I wish you all the best this time around .
Graeme

[duck]

I think it's time for UV just in case.
The Wife, She was not impressed at all,Lots of ***)*@$().
Thanks Graeme this time around i'll be more careful,It's not a job i would like to repeat.

[Alfred]

Nice low scape why did you tear it down? Careful the bubbles on the riccia doesn't cause the DW to float! Don't ask how I know! Wish I had the guts to try riccia again, but with only one tank at the moment, I will pass for now.

[duck]

The tank has cleared up adjusting or fine tuning the layout.
The plan: have rotala's at the back to the left and right and a center peice with a gap on each side,on the right side i have baby tear's for the middle ground on the left i have hair grass with the glosso taking it from there all the way round the riccia should break it up a little,Just behind the riccia is some arcuata which should pop it's head over soon.



Trying to get the red colour to show a little more on the pic,But that about the only thing that look's halve good

[duck]

The glosso's has growen as fast i would of liked :roll: ,Now i will go with the flow and see what come's of it.