Thanks! I just got the Chihiros auto doser and trying to figure out how to fit everything in! I like how you have the multi outlet in the middle which is probably what i am going to do as well.
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Journal Jay's 60cm Brazilian
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Update time! Water parameters indicated the dark start cycling was complete sometime last week, so I planted Sunday. This is just an initial planting. I have some additional TC Bucephalandra on the way to attach to the foreground hardscape and I'll also likely fill in some areas as the current plants mature and I see gaps. I'm also planning to add some Eriocaulon in a few spots along the sand path. I'm thinking either Eriocaulon Cinereum or Agumbe. I was planning to use Erio Vietnam that I recently got from @Burr740 but I think it will grow much bigger than I want. Most of the plants came from the farm tank except some new TC dwarf hair grass and S Repens. I probably had enough of the S Repens to harvest from the farm tank and showpiece tank but the showpiece tank has bladder snails and while the farm tank doesn't, I only had a couple small plants in it. I've also transferred some select good examples of yellow golden back shrimp from the farm tank so they can help clean up some biofilm. The faux seiryu stone got a lot of biofilm on it during dark start and was smelling rather bad as well. I drained the tank down to the front sand before planting and cleaned well. Also put a bag of purigen in the filter. Smells are gone now...mostly.
One thing I don't think I've done a good job on, is creating a sense of depth by moving from larger in front to smaller in back, both with the hardscape and plant leaf sizes. Time will tell.
One thing I don't think I've done a good job on, is creating a sense of depth by moving from larger in front to smaller in back, both with the hardscape and plant leaf sizes. Time will tell.
I think it looks great. Do you have your background lighted? It looks really nice on the pic. What film do you use for background?
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No back lighting. It's just a frosted white vinyl film. I have two different rolls, one of which came with a used aquarium I bought earlier in the year and I don't know the specific brand. Of the two, this one has a bit more smooth appearance than the frosted film I used on my UNS 30C tank. I think I like this better because it does almost look like a backlight panel. I was thinking about experimenting with some soft LED lighting behind the film.
Your tank looks great!
