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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I've rescaped ~ 5ft
I finished the 5ft rescape today. Started last night about 8pm Friday night, pulled up at 2am Sat morning (pulling plants, catching fish, draining water, removing old substrate, fully cleaning tank, getting wood just how i wanted it *L*, put in layer of laterite and dino duno, wash new gravel and put in). Started again around 8am finished around 4ish (adding 350 litres of water by the cup full, sorting and planting, clean filter and get the 'darn' thing to go again *L*, turn heater on) so approx 14 hours of work, but i love it lol
Some pics
Clean tank and playing with wood to get it where i like it 
After laterite, dino dung and gravel added 
Still planting, so only 4ft T8 light running 
Finished ~ T8's and T5's running 
Now i'm just waiting for it to come upto temperature before adding some fish in.
The cories will not be returning (shocking for digging and knocking out new plants), now the yoyo loaches (diggers, and i dont want them messing my substrate *L*), nor the larger clown loaches (just started punching holes in my plant leaves), i'm going to trade these for smaller clown loaches (small enough to do no harm!
Oh and a suprise *L* I bought a very large peppermint bristlenose male months ago, hadnt seen it since i put it in there...thankfully it is still alive and i am VERY happy to see him!!!
Last edited by Alasse; April 18th, 2009 at 05:31 AM.
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Looks WONDERFUL!  | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thank you  Once it clears it should look ok, still very cloudy. | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| You've done a fantastic job with the aquascaping Alasse  Your tank looks terrific and very natural.. I love those kinds of tank set ups.
Now you have to be very careful and watch your water perimeters since I am sure you have lost any chance for a full cycle, so you will have to be very careful when adding your fish.
Best of luck... | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thank you. The filter is mature, so it wont take the tank long to recover. The fish will be fine. I've done the same thing many many times with no losses
I'm more worried about the have 1 angel i'm about to try to get a stuck baby bn out of its thoat, it tried to eat it, stupid thing. | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Awesome looking tank. | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| your tank looks lovely. | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| navyscuba ~ thank you very much
Beth1965 ~ thanks
RE: angel with BN stuck, i managed to get it out, angel already not looking as distressed. | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| I wish I had that talent.  | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Nice tank !! | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Your tank is beautiful Nice job on the re-scape! I'm glad you got the baby BN out of your angel's throat. That must have been scary! | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| I love the wood... it looks really nice! | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| I love your tank! Nice job! 
Glad to hear the Angel is OK! Silly fish! | |
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April 18th, 2009
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| looks fantastic!  | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Beautiful tank, Alasse! Great aquascaping!  How did you get the BN out of the Angel's throat? LOL agreed that it's a silly fish. haha | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Thanks guys
I used tweezers to get the bn out, fish is now swimming around and feeding normally thankfully | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| Water is clearing, scuse reflections on glass in spots, i had room lights on (OH working in here *L*)  | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| What kind of plants are those? I wanna put some in one of my tanks that don't require a lot of light. Thanks. | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| That looks fantastic, Alasse! Can't wait to see more as the plants establish themselves!
I've never heard of Dino Dung before...some sort of fertilizing substrate? | |
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April 19th, 2009
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| navyscuba ~ The tank contains, Java fern, Various swords, Crypts, Blyxa, Val & Anubias (so far)
Shaina ~ Thanks Yes Dino Dung is a substrate fert, clay blocks with slow release ferts mixed in. | |
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April 21st, 2009
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| Seems some inhabitants are impressed with the new look too!  | |
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April 21st, 2009
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| Great Tank
-Matt  | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| Thanx Matt
An updated pic ~ scuse the flash mark, i'll get a better pic when i got more time 
I'll be adding a bit more gravel for depth, if the loaches ruffle the current gravel in some places they a rewarded with a clay cloud (from the dino dung) | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Nice...anyway of blowing it up? i want it as a wallpaper  | |
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May 1st, 2009
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| I resize my pic for the internet, makes it easier for poeple do download, i do have the original pic here, i could email it to you if you like | |
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May 2nd, 2009
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| Beautiful! I love your Angels! I don't see these type of Angels here in Malaysia. Wish I could have one though! They're beautiful! haha  | |
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May 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Beautiful tank. | |
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May 9th, 2009
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| Thanx guys
New pic ~ taken today  | |
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June 14th, 2009
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| Updated pic ~ tank now 8 weeks old  | |
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June 14th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Just stunning!!! Such a beautiful tank!!! | |
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