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Glad we got that hairtie out .

The most important thing in aquascaping is that YOU are happy with it. Let your new aquascape sit for a few days, looking at it, thinking of how you'd change it, or which are your favorite parts.

I totally see the flinstones theme ! Did you glue those round rocks and flat rock together? If not I'm a tad worried that sometime, somehow the rocks will tumble and a fish will get squished.

When designing anything, from a room to a garden to a tank, there's generally uniting features; which you have in consistent rock colors. As well as a central focus. What we don't have right now with you is the central focus. If you can find a tank sized piece of driftwood that would do it. You could also try moving the holey looking rock closer to the other rocks.

Don't stress too much over getting it just right. I know mine isn't ! It just had plants and a broken ornament with some rocks tossed in after we moved . Tank designs sometimes come from just sitting there and seeing how the pieces go, and how the fish react to the scape.

You might want to try using a little more thread on the moss on the rocks. That's going to take ages and three years to attach, but extra thread may hold it in place and prevent it from getting sucked into the filter.

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Your tank is looking better by the minute

I like the driftwood with moss. Moss can attach within 2 months, but can take much longer. Different things can affect that. I used thread for mine about last week, I've re-tied it once and have to again. My knots aren't great tying onto small pieces of wood, and the snails keep picking it loose which isn't helping. *yells at the snails* Get away from there !!!

The Amazon Nut...

Hi,
The "problem" with mosses is that they are "magnets" for
any floating debris in the tank. Many are slow growers
and as such can be taken over and smothered by algae.
You need to have a good filter, along with good filter and
tank maintenance, and good light to grow mosses.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Alright,

So I tied the moss down onto the rock really well now.

Also I started moving some of the plants around.

I am wondering what the right amount of plants for my tank is? What do you guys think?

"I am wondering what the right amount of plants for my tank is?"

The right amount??? well being able to see the fish is optional .

It depends on the look, I'd say you could get a bunch more plants in there and still have room for them to grow in and mature. Low light and non co2 tanks tend to have slower growing plants, so if you're not pushing those then you may wish to buy a few more plants to get the tank started off right. Keep in mind that the more plants you have, the better it'll be for the fish .

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DJ!!! ur not a premium member anymore?? why not?
sorry poobles i cant help i just need to borrow your question for my personal question thanks

33 gallon 7 neon tetras-5 platys-3 bleeding heart tetras-2 corys-1 rainbow shark-2 L83 gibby plecos

Well as Babel said seeing the fish is optional. Just remember the more plants you have the more ferts you have to use. A good guideline that I use is cover the sides and back of the tank with tall or medium plants, and use low lying plants to cover the rest. Course when the plants finally mature and start spreading out, you wont be able to see the gravel. Although speaking of gravel, from the pics you posted the gravel you have is not too good for rooted plants. Too big for the roots to go through easily.

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My Tanks at Photobucket

I took some pictures lastnight,





and some video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GekhFuafKMw

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hkb1GeJr8t0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KWfGQzy3b7s

my guppies are so playful now

Somebody cut me off! just ordered another bunch of plants!

Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri)
Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides)
Frazeri (Anubias 'Frazeri')
Anacharis (Egeria densa)
Java Moss (Vesicularia Dubyana)

hi poobles.. the tank is moving along!

definatly spread the bigger plants into the sides and back and fill with smaller plants (adds dept and creates a bit of a scene...)

if i were you a small nutrient rich substrate would be ideal! look into Balyees Fishes Better Bottom.. it on aquabid for 1$ per pound.. shipped and everything... pretty good deal!ng with the goodness it has for helping plants grow! I am about to order some as well and have heard great things from others about his things!!!(also if you want you can order some plants as well.. top notch stuff!)...

look at aquabid:
bayleesfishees... at this time there is no auction for this item, but he has some in stock...
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?disp&viewseller&Bayleesfishees
also you can send him an email at: BayleesPapa@aol.com

if not try eco or flourite... and if you arent interested in a additive gravel just buy "artrocks" or something in a natural tone

\\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"

Just added the new plants, heres what I got so far...











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What do you guys think?

Looking good Poobles

As I've mentioned to you before they are all good plant choices (except maybe the sword long term, but it looks good now).

If I might make a suggestion.... maybe try some of the stem plants in front of that heater to disguise it a little.

Sounds like you're having great fun working out what you want to do with this tank. Enjoy it!

G_T

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

video > http://youtube.com/watch?v=wX72UnQgMZE

Your fish certainly do seem a lot more comfortable and active all over the tank now as compared to some of the earlier video



Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Looking a lot better I'm interested to see how well that moss covers the flat rocks, that'll look really nice once it sets on.

I agree with trying to cover up the heater more...I think the plant on the far left would be your best bet at this point for trying to hide it.

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LOOKING VERY GOOD POOBLES!!!



might i suggest also covering the heater and it appears you only have one corry.. up that to atl east 3 preferably 6...

also some of your plants need more light tan others, so reasearch that and plant the aquascape accordingly... ie, java fern needs WAy less light than the amazon sword...

etc.

GOOD LUCK!

\\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"

Thanks for the info.

I would have to say the Javafern is doing the best in my tank.

Looking very nice and the tank and plants looks great/:'

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