My First Planted

[Ace Of Spades]

Your tank is actually so nice that I hate you

 

[Amunet]

Wow wow wow!! I can only dream about having a tank that looks so gorgeous!!

 

[bricko]

Excellent looking tank, You really have an artistic eye for this sort of thing. Keep up the good work

 

[jaycat]

OMG what a tank. I do hope that my new planted tank ever looks that good!!
Really, very well done great tank

 

[Tsi_User]

This tank looks amazing, I wish my planted looked as good as this

 

[LondonDragon]

Many thanks guys, wasn't expecting so many positive replies glad you all like it.
I am still not happy with it and working on improving it, still a few things that need to be done to make it look really good.
More updates soon The glosso took a big mow yesterday and now needs a couple of weeks to recover

 

[invader]

Looking great, as always. I love checking this thread.

 

[tenohfive]

Very nice looking tank. I don't suppose you'd consider it now you've got it the way you want it, but for a future tank would you consider sand as substrate? I think the mix of a fairly dark tank, blue backing, heavy (and well laid out) planting and white sand would look fantastic.

 

[LondonDragon]

Just a quick update, my glosso was way too thick so it started rotting away at the gravel and this morning half of it uprooted, so was time for a major change and replating the glosso.
Moved a few plants about and also the rocks and wood, was a shame as I was starting to like the way the tank was going but oh well gave me the day to do something in the shade its way too hot outdoors at the moment.

First turned it into a Paludarium:

All the plants and hardscape:

After replating it all:

Left Side:

Right Side:

Photos not very clear as I just filled it up, I have since also replanted the glosso, what a nightmare of a job! Took forever to sort it out and to replant it. Can't wait until it fills in again, was a nice learning experience anyway, now I know I have to keep on top of it all the time with the trimming and never let it get too thick.

Now I have to wait a couple of months before it looks decent again

Thanks for looking and as always comments are welcome

 

[LondonDragon]

Hey guys/gals, just another quick update a week after the rescape. Haven't really done much apart from chopping up the moss wall and sending the mosses to a few users and you can see the glosso planted now. Still trying to get some donnoi to create an effect betwen the carpet and the stem plants, going to the LFS this afternoon so will see what they have in stock.

Here some photos taken this morning:

Comments and critics always welcomed thanks for looking

 

[LondonDragon]

Planted the 5 pots Pogostemon Helferi that I got yesterday afternoon after a visit to the LFS, here a couple of photos how it looks now:

Before:

After:

From above:

Just have to wait and see how it grows, planted it pretty compact, lets see how it does. First time I am trying this plant.
Also purchased for Apistogrammas, they were too shy yesterday to face the camera, will see if today they come out for some photos.

 

[LondonDragon]

Managed to get a few shots of the Apistogramma cacatuoides today, they still a little shy but came out of hiding to eat. So I quickly grabbed the camera and took some shots. Not the best but this will have to do for now, I assume the first is a female and the second is male, I have two of each.

Thanks for looking

 

[Million]

Your tank is absolutely beautiful, and you clearly have very good photographic skills too - Nice work

 

[LondonDragon]

Your tank is absolutely beautiful, and you clearly have very good photographic skills too - Nice work

Many thanks Still trying to improve on both fronts

 

[LondonDragon]

Was cleaning the tank and decided to take some photos of the Moss wall, its made of Weeping moss if you missed earlier posts

Problem with a moss wall is keeping the top of it tidy and clean, after a prune it becomes cluttered with bits of the plants you just prunned, mine as taken life at the top, its growing glosso, HC and some riccia lol here a photo:

Water was still a little cloudy, thanks for looking