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Answer to the question is that there are no good reptile shops in AK - but thats due to it being such a small market.

yeah thats a good call, for the shortterm. cheers

Let me see how my current lot settle in then we shall see, if they dont work out ill give them away and just go high light plants

Need input on the lighting please. Tank is only 35cm tall, with raised substrate in areas, with 2x39w T5HO sat directly on top of tank, i believe this is going to be too much light, already getting a bit of green algae on my rocks despite having co2 - which ive never experienced before. I could raise it, but id get light in my face when im in bed. Im using lids which will diffuse it a little, just a little. Other ideas I had were to remove a bulb and just run one, or find some diffusing material to sit directly underneath that wont catch fire. Ive cut my photoperiod down to about 9 hours with a half hour off in the middle (apparently it stuffs up photosynthesis for algae a bit), dosing liquid ferts, will be flourish, but currently getting rid of a bottle of leaf zone (which lacks a LOT) So a) do i have too much light b) any suggestions where to go from here.

Resent that comment seeing as i used to work at Animates and owned a number of reptiles at the time.

Water still murky, probably not going to get any better until i water change. Just started up the co2 as all the crypts leaves that were going to melt away seem to have done already. Some pics nonetheless. Damn its hard to photograph a tank with dark substrate and strong lighting!

I just put most of my plants and fish from a tank with a 15w T5 into a tank with 78w of T5, no worries.

Just switch them over. .... Its not like your going from lower power to high power. Going from weak light to weak light, should be fine.

Tank is filled. Took a while, was using a hose attachement that has shower mode etc.. to avoid disturbing the gravel, worked a threat. For a moment i thought gravity was going to get the better of the substrate and that my hill would fall downhill. Quite happy how its planted, looks quite sparse but should grow in nicely - will forego any ideas of a dwarf sag carpet. Pics monday when water is clear

Thats what im thinking with some slightly taller crypts at the back for depth. I need about 30 mini sag plants to start off, then should be able to spread it easily.

Yep. No stem plants whatsoever, nothing with height. I dont have a set plan for planting, so im going to plant with some of what i have, and see how it grows in.

Cheers, got about 10 of them at the moment, but small. How big are yours? Got some balansae too but i dont like the look of it,

All plants that I hate Im thinking individual wendtii plants scattered between the rocks, staying toward the back, they should grow quite compact given light and distance from but still hopoefully bush out to fill spaces between the rocks - in time. Or yeah can just do a big bush of them in the right corner, and even fill the left end. Working on getting some micro sagg.

Suggestions? I actually like the rockwork without greenery...

Pics finally. Problem with tanks with tinted glass and dark substrate, very hard to photograph well :sage: So the stages: Using paving slabs for elevation change, also used a few pieces of slate under the substrate for slope support. Fill with 25kg substrate and spread around roughly. Placing of rocks. Main rock at highest point, focal point, with supporting rocks either side arranged to give a perception of depth - might tinker with this yet as im wondering wether to, or what to plant inbetween - id like lots of mini sag, impossible to get in large quantities, and not cheap commercially, and dont have the time or spare setup to cultivate it myself. Final touches to the substrate are to use a paint brush to brush the whole lot, like painting, works brilliantly.

I concur, and just shuffle it to the left a bit.

Yeah I just wait for the smell at close range to disappear, in warm weather its usually about 4 days Wont be filling for a few more days, ill be misting it once its planted.

Ive been slack with moving this along, giving the silicone more time to cure i guess. Will hopefully ceremoniously dump the gravel in tonight and start working on the landscape.

Just starting my log here. No pics as of yet, picking up tank tomorrow morning. 1250Lx40Dx35H, Black silicone, tinted back and sides. should look rather good. Wanted rimless but was a no go, had to settle for a wee bit of bracing on the top including a section in the middle. Got pretty much everything ready to start as the silicone cures. Lighting is 2x39W T5HO Substrate is black grit. Nutrafin Co2 Liquid ferts and JBL Clayballs Running an Eheim 2224 I dont like jungle tanks, too messy, I like sparse tanks where less is more, but ive never been able to pull it off, going to try some elevation, ive never been able to pull that off either. Thought about an iwagumi style, but i hate dealing with glosso/riccia/hairgrass, or trying to carpet anything for that matter, Ill use a few rocks for hardscape, and minimal driftwood, make me own style plant selection is pretty much about 10 wendtii crypts that i want to be able to grow reasonably bushy, and ive got some balansae and my tiger lotus which ill chuck in till i decide what to do with it. Not fussed about the fish, will put 10 tiger barbs and a GBA in (girlfriend is rather fond of them) Pics coming tomorrow

Id say post this topic on MFK dude, you know how those guys roll

Sagittaria microfolia (dwarf sag, mini sag) is readily available, as is hairgrass. Latifolius and tenellus tenellus are harder as no ones selling them currently.

and not being able to cease production outside of photoperiod hours

Sweet good to know the idea is proven

Will this work? Its on a little Aquaone 101F Internal filter, with nutrafin diy Co2 unit, plugged straight onto the venturi, and out via spray bar. Cant see if it works as no bubble counter (ordered), but wondering with regards to pressure etc... whether it will pull the co2 through quicker, which could be dangerous etc etc Will take a photo tonight.