My Asian tank gets a new name… it’s now my “Bamboo water garden”

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The original background was too dark, that has been replaced with a much lighter picture of a bamboo forest, I’ve always had quite a few pieces of Lucky Bamboo, and the tank will still have several, & with the addition of 2 more varieties… some 24 inch tall emergent stalks of “hydra lotus bamboo, and in the hanging pots around the top of the tank I will add at least a couple of them with a green mini hedge bamboo, also adding an Aufwuchs builder, in preparation for some rarer Hillstream loaches that I signed up for notifications, when they come in… I’m going to the clamp style holders, to eliminate the ventilated pots I currently have stalks in, in the center of the tank, allowing more space for the school of adult Tin Foils, and Denison barbs…

Pictures will be a few weeks out, so I have time to make some of the changes

In my South American tank I have lots of colorful tetras and other smaller fish, but there is something even more pleasing about a school of 6-8 inch Tin Foils, and a school of adult Denison’s, with all the little Hillstream’s on the glass around the outside, and the playful antics of the Panda Garra’s, that are about half grown right now…
 
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Can't wait for those pictures to see next week... 🤞
 
This is the background I bought… it’s a lot lighter in person, and was 4 inches too tall so I trimmed the bottom ( darker ) 4 inches off, it blends in nicely, and really gives a 3D look…
I’m collecting the other pieces, and trying to do anything invasive in the tank, all at one time… I have a dozen Marimo balls floating around the tank to finish my topiary hoop…
Anyone remember the TV show Stargate???
I’ll finish mine when doing the invasive stuff to the tank… here one of the Tin Foils is coming back from another world…( the 10 inch air bar behind the hoop, kind of gives it a “Stargate” look )
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Haven’t posted on this thread for a while… I’m really liking the direction this has taken… today I got 3 new Hillstream’s… gold rings, from Dan’s… these came in huge… they are twice the size of the reticulated… still everyone is getting along… I have between 10 and 12 varieties of Hillstream’s now…


Just in case you haven’t caught any of the other pictures and put it all together
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The sucky side of one of the gold ring Hillstream’s
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Big and little…2 different varieties…still no issues
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