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So speaking of DIY here is the room where the tank will be and here is how the new stand will work (to clean up our messy room!) I've had the steel cut to the sizes 25mm x 25mm, 2 mm wall - all getting delivered this week and I will weld it up.

Hey All, I purchased several plants from a seller in London (I'm in the US) whom I've purchased from before. I purchase from this seller because I can't find the plants and mosses I want in the US. When I purchased before, the plants took approximately 5-8 days to get to me and I had no problems with them at all. This time it took a little over 3 weeks to receive the plants. I ordered several Anubias Petite, Java Fern Petite and six kinds of various mosses. I was concerned that the plants took so long to reach me but when they arrived they all looked good except for one bag of Anubias that had rotted and turned to mush. The rest of the Anubias were firm, green and looked healthy. I got all the plants and mosses tied to driftwood and got them into my tank. Less than a week later, several of the Anubias Petites started to turn to mush. The leaves became kinda translucent and the rizome was absolute mush. Within two days every Anubias (12 of them) was dead. Even the two Anubias Bonsai the seller sent me for free were mush. The Java Fern looks fine and the mosses look like they have some new growth on them. Does anyone know why all the Anubias rotted but all the other plants and mosses are doing fine? Could it have been because they were in the dark for three weeks? How do I stop any new Anubias from doing the same thing. I spent a nice penny on the Anubias and don't want to have the same thing happen. Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated!! Some tank parameters. 20 gallon long. The tank was at the end of a fishless cycling process. The ammonia was .25. Nitrites at .5. Nitrates at 40-60. PH = 7.3. GH = 7. KH = 2. TDS = 230. I use remineralized RODI water. Have a light that mimics day and night. Used some Thrive-S fertilizer and liquid carbon. I used cotton thread to tie the Anubias to the driftwood. I didn't tie the Anubias too tight because the thread would break if I tried to go too tight. Thanks.....clippergear.

@sdlTBfanUK - I know about attaching plants with super glue but have just never done it. I guess I was just set in the ways "I used to do it". But you're absolutely correct it is really tedious tying the plants, especially the leafy ones. The moss is much easier to tie. When I try again with the Anubias, I'll definitely try the super glue. I'm assuming I just put a small drop of glue on the rizome and stick it on?

The plants actually came out of London pretty quickly. I think it was 3-4 days to reach the US. The plants were sent around May 8-9 and arrived to me around the first week of June. I'm not sure what the weather is like in London now. Maybe one of the UK folk could let us know? Once in the US, they got stuck in Chicago for two weeks for some reason. I wouldn't think Chicago's weather is too extreme at this time of year. I live in Florida and we're just now getting into out hottest, summer weather. But the plants were only in Florida for a day before being delivered to me. They were brought right into the house after being delivered. They didn't sit outside in a hot mailbox for hours. The plants were placed in small plastic, zip lock bags. Two Anubias per bag and the plants were pretty big. Nice sized rizome with several leaves (8-12) on each. The plastic bags were then wrapped in a lot of bubble wrap and placed in the box. Like I said, I've ordered Anubias Petite from this same seller before and had no problem with plants dying. But, I received them in 5-8 days.

this is turning out to be a cool little project.

Love the look of that big rock!

How were they packed? Anubias turning to mush means that it was exposed to extreme temperatures, either way too cold or way too hot for a lengthy time. I guess it depends whether they were stuck in postage in the UK or the US. What are your temps like in the UK and US? Next time insist they put them in a styrofoam box.

That is wife’s tank, pair of honey gourami, 7 maculatus rasboras, two Dwarf cory

I'm amazed that they were even sending plants from the UK at the moment as most places aren't even sending Uk to UK even. The postal system here is definitely in a mess at the moment so I wouldn't recommend getting from here again. I expect the post is affected in US as well. Some plants are tougher thaan others as this experience has shown? I'm amazed actually that anything surviveved that long in the post and dobt it was anything wrong with your tank or you. I have mainly Java Fern and mosses and suspect they would survive nuclear war, I can't kill them anyway however badly I mistreat them and am always giving some away to friends as it spreads? You could try again but I wouldn't bother with gettig them abroad definitely, any time soon? I am awaiting the postal service to get back to doing next day delivery here so I can get some shrimps but I fear that may not even hapen this year, d'oh! Just as an aside, I used to attach plants with fishing line, now I use glue, OMG would never go back to tieing when 1 dab of glue and your done, soooo much easier - needs to be non toxic/aquarium safe of course and is more expensive! Simon

Here is the latest version Still playing around with the small rocks - but main question is - what do you think about the big one coming out of the water? !!

Its Dennison Seeto, Mary Anne's Aquariums Brisbane.

Sweet! and I thought I was the only one into DIY on this forum. We need more of this on the forum. Could you provide contact details of the custom tank maker?

Thanks Its laminated skewers No news on the tank - its still a couple of weeks away:) Items are coming in daily, so excitement is building

Going a bit mad waiting check out my DIY substrate sculpting tool