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My new 6ft display tank. Unfinished project.


izzy

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Hi All,

I thought i share my unfinished project with you guys. Still needs a bit of work and a clean, but here it is.

Tank consists of

1. ADA soil (thank to bossaquaria - Dean)

2. Driftwood

3. River Rocks

4. Peacock moss

5. Fissidens

6. A few HC. The rest melted.

7. bolbitis, only 1. The rest also melted.

8. 1 x Eheim 2217

9. 1 x Eheim Pro 2128

10. Aqua Medic Regulator

11. Aqua Medic Solenoid

12. Keg King Co2 Bottle

13. Glass diffuser

14. Glass bubble counter

15. Only 2 discus fish and a Snail lol.

Inputs are welcome including criticism. I gotta learn somehow :)

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I hope it's ok.

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Oh my if only I could do that. It looks great to me .:encouragement:

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Thanks guys.

I will be picking up some more plant in a few weeks. Will keep you guys posted

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thats awesome izzy you should leave it and jsut add more moss to branches. Simple and sweet :)

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Stunning looking tank, I love the path through the center, way cool :encouragement:

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Very nice ... Discuss are my favourite fish ! Looking forward to the maturity and growth of the plants. Well done !

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looking good mate cant wait till the plants grow in, its my dream one day to have a full aquascaped discus tank.

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That's a cool set-up .... going to look awesome with all those moss covered branches.

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I love the whole roots and moss on them... I reckon that they will really look amazing once the plants start to mature and float on them. The whole display looks great with lots of free swimming space for the discus.

But I would like to add some constructive critisism... I feel the path needs to narrow out at the back to give the feeling of depth and really draw you further into the scape. Maybe move the rock from the middle more to one side so it doesn't seem like a round about too.

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Love the moss and driftwood.

Unless covering the darker area (soil?) with a carpeting plant or thick growth of other plants, the round rocks on the border of the dark and light substrates just looks off.

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Love the moss and driftwood.

Unless covering the darker area (soil?) with a carpeting plant or thick growth of other plants' date=' the round rocks on the border of the dark and light substrates just looks off.[/quote']

It does look off. I'll be removing the sand (it gets dirty to easy and hard to clean) and the rocks. I'll definitely be covering the darker areas. Just waiting to cash up $$ to buy some plants lol :)

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