Bill's 50G rescape
By: Tex Gal
May 20th, 2012
10:14 pm
Luis Navarro came up to present at the DFWAPC for May 2012. Here are some pxs of the tank and the meeting.
Ricky Cain lending Luis Navarro a hand (or two...)
BEFORE:
You Tube Video. We had just redone the hair grass in the front corner.
http://youtu.be/DgRWcuQKwek
End Result
As it sits in the room
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15 comments on "Bill's 50G rescape"
May 20, 2012 at 11:31 pm
Looks nice Drinda. Is that riccia tied down? House looks great!
May 21, 2012 at 3:05 am
Looks great Drinda! I miss y'all!
May 21, 2012 at 6:48 am
Drinda, thanks for posting this!
The meeting was great, and your hospitality is incredible. It is amazing how much you can learn just by watching someone as skillful and knowledgable as Luis. I have a whole new set of techniques to try on my next tank.
May 21, 2012 at 1:58 pm
very nice...
what happened to the dead bonsia tree? that was so cool
May 21, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Thanks for the compliments! That room is Bill's man cave. Jerry, yes that is riccia on the rocks. The intention is that it will run together. The tank has about 4 months before the scape is mature. The foreground will fill in, plants revert to submerged version, trident fills in, etc. the riccia will no doubt has to be redone within that time period.
. We have a smaller version well give to someone as well.
Phil, we miss you too! I know we have to share you but it's hard!
I know what you mean Michael. It's really educational to learn from people who are expert at this. We need to get Ricky to do this for us too.
Tanya, the tree was passed on to Nancy to try. I figure we can take turns with it.
May 21, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Looks fun!!
I wish I had a cool club to hang out at around these parts. 
I'm happy to hear that things went well and everyone had a nice, educational time! Nice re-scape!!
May 21, 2012 at 4:52 pm
it was nice meeting him, even if I was running late.. the tank is looking real nice. since i missed the first part, how did he keep the wood down rocks or slate is my guess.
tanya I think bill's tree went to nancy.
May 21, 2012 at 8:49 pm
Looks fun!!
May 22, 2012 at 10:38 am
She said that you guys had lived in Tennessee a while ago.....my wife and I just relocated here back in October ourselves, so we don't have real roots here quite yet. We love it though!! That would have nice to have you guys within a 25 minute drive due north!! Any plans on moving back, Bill?
Hey, weren't you two supposed to take a road trip and swing by for a quick visit on your way back home.....she had mentioned a long vacation in your RV?
Worse case, I will have to catch the two of you at AGA in St. Louis in November! Love the tank!!
May 23, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Yeah, we are getting ready to go out for about two weeks. We are going to Indiana to the factory for our motorhome to get some things fixed. While there we will visit Drin's family in Chicagoland. On the way home we have an appointment to spend time in Pigeon Forge. We're meeting some other family there and going to a place to get our ride pimped out a little.