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Here is a photo of my updated 980. this was my community tank but now mainly Crystals with a 100 or so Cherries I just can't catch. A big thank you to Eshrimp for the driftwood and Fissidens balls. The fissidens is attached to slate and the just balanced on a straight cut in the wood. hope they stay there . :phew:

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Wow, that looks great Ineke!  :)

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Never been a fan of the backgrounds on tanks but this looks amazing! Well done

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Thanks guys. the background is because the tank is in the lounge room and a bit of a show piece. the pipes and tubing etc don't make a good look!

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Wow, that looks great Ineke!  :)

Thanks Ben - that's the large tank that you saw  in the lounge that held my community shrimp - looks a bit different now !

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that looks great ineke you got some very healthy looking balls, I think the background brings out the fissidens alot more :)

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:( the balls fell off overnight so the whole lot fell over. I've managed to get them back on but they don't look as nice. Hopefully they will recover

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how many CRS you up to now ? I got a R/O unit now so when my tds pen comes from america in few weeks gonna try buy some low grade CRS and CBS to get some life back in my tank.

 

Already planned my shopping list from squiggs

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I've probably got 50 CRS , 20 CBS, 20 TB/TBM/Mischling and 15 Tibees. They are in separate tanks now, I did have them in together over the hotter months and the tank looked great but I felt guilty mixing them.

Squiggs has some great CBS "culls" I bought some from him and they are really nice.

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yeah i spoke to squiggs about culls just waiting till i got everything

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The tank looks amazing Ineke! Must be lots of staring time spent in front of this one! Great work.

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Thanks Jamie , yes lots of staring time , way too much staring time!

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Spewin they fell off and you cant get it to look as nice oh well at least you got a photo to try get it similar lol

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That's one way to look at it1. I'm sure they will pick up again but they won't look quite as good.

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