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Rescaped my tank today whilst i was catching all my shrimp to get rid of them, just need to get some more low light plants i think.

Excuse the nets their housing my shrimp.

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Mmmm it's cool in a macabre sort of way :rolleyes::rolleyes:

What type of shrimp are you going for now? I thought it was cherry varieties but your not keeping your Rilis??

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Reacape is looking good , love the skulls.

I saw a picture ages ago where the guy had the skull and the moss growing as hair

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Woah, that's sooo ere.

What have you been feeding your shrimp Oz?

Or should that be who have you been feeding? :yikes:

Dim the lighting, stain the water with tannins, and you have a scene out of a movie.

Maybe you need to keep Piranhas instead of shrimp to complete that effect.

If that was where you intended the scape to go, well done!!

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Woah' date=' that's sooo ere.

What have you been feeding your shrimp Oz?

Or should that be who have you been feeding? :yikes:

Dim the lighting, stain the water with tannins, and you have a scene out of a movie.

Maybe you need to keep Piranhas instead of shrimp to complete that effect.

If that was where you intended the scpe to go, well done!![/quote']

& maybe an Easter Island Head! lol :encouragement:

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Mmmm it's cool in a macabre sort of way :rolleyes::rolleyes:

What type of shrimp are you going for now? I thought it was cherry varieties but your not keeping your Rilis??

I am going to save up and get some snowballs, i can only have one sort of variety at the moment and their my favourite, just gotta sell all my current shrimp first

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Now all u need is a plastic skeleton and have it half exposed in the soil :)

know where i can get one lol!

I have rose moss on the skull of the little one on far left

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No cheap shops here lol, I am actually gonna put the plant i get off you in that space at back, didnt have any luck with the other plants.

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I will hook u up with some more plants

i even have a cutting or 2 of bucephalandra for u

if I see a plastic skeleton around I will get it for u :)

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Buce will grow under any conditions

I have a monster buce with like 300/400 leaves growing in a bucket outside in 100% shade

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Im gonna go google what they look like causei got not clue right now what it even is lol

They look alright :) how much for one of them ? Are you growing Vallisneria americana atm by any chance

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