nice to see some nice tank around. well done.
you're welcome ~ So far not really? the soil doesn't dip much; I usually cover it up to an inch. Have done this method on about 8 tanks so far
Thanks man; there is soil below the sand, about an inch. Most plants will survive in pure sand as long as your water column is dosed, and there is flow at the substrate level. Some plants do better with richer sediment, but almost all common aquatic plants can be grown in plain sand, especially if its a matured substrate with debris. Another concern is substrate depth ? If the sand area is shallow, some plants that have deep roots can't stretch their roots (Erios, ARs, larger plants). Epiphytes will do well (anubias, Hygro pinnatifida, UG) with their roots but not rhizome in the sand. The leaner condition can be useful in limiting the growth rates of aggressive plants; hungry hygros/UG/Glosso & other fast ground covers. Can be used to purposefully stunt larger crypts etc.
nice to see some nice tank around. well done.
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Looks great!
I believe the tank is already a year old now? Your lighting,you still run on 2 X BML Led fixtures, 1st fixture runs for 8 hours, 2nd fixture only runs for 4 hours and a 20w CFL on top of the tank as well?
can take a pic of your lightings?
I want to see the BML fixture...
lol if you're asking about the first mound scape that scape is long gone (along with the tank). I only have space for a couple of 3ft tanks, so I rescape them every 7mths to a year; that's where all the other scapes come from.
my favourite BML model now is the custom spectrum one I have on the 4ft tank ; I use only a single bar hung at 40 inches from the substrate, narrow lens angle. With the spectrum distribution as 4X of this:
New layout for 3ft tank, playing with driftwood selection
started from the top and moved through a few permutations:
Main pieces should be fixed, will add smaller details later
Last edited by Xiaozhuang; 20th Aug 2016 at 08:13.
The new layout looks very promising! Waiting for your updates!
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Nice wood. Where did you get them from? Huge selection?
neat ...it will be awesome...
can't wait to see the planted version of it!
Thanks guys ~ I started planting already, but not fully yet.
Small pic on details on the buceps/foreground of the 4ft scape
Cannot see the picture. ..
Some new plants;
Cuphea A. in the tank
Updated 4ft scape: & video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7LRH5_qRmg
Planted new tank, waiting for mosses to grow in
wow!!! nice effort there!
very nice setup
Very nice
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