mikenas102

Jessie, I feel your pain. I'm also going through the "I am Manzanita, see me float" period. It's been almost 2 weeks that I've been holding some down with rocks and there is a big improvement. If I take the rocks off it doesn't float but doesn't sink like an anchor either. It kind of just bounces around the bottom like an astronaut on the moon. I figure another week I'll be good. Keep the CO2 cranking so you don't get discouraging algae issues while you're in transition.
Nice to see a hottie into aquascaping

slickwillislim

6ft of HC... I planted my 4ft tank a few times with glosso and recently with hc so I can imagine the struggle. I have seen Jsenske plant large clumps like that in aquasoil so your method is certainly easier then smaller clumps and your in good company.

Lets hope the rest of your HC stays in the soil. I have Soil master select in one tank and HC just loves to float out of that stuff. Aquasoil tends to hold my HC better so thats good for you.

I looked through your other thread on your old tank and can't wait to see it return and exceed its former glory.

I love big tanks. I will have to get one some day.

Paul Higashikawa

Just got a chance to check out this thread. How funny and story-telling!!!

Especially loved the part of using facial expressions from people and cat to convey the mood of the scene, haha It was like reading a comic book:P


Other than that, good interesting way of using the woods. Definitely would be great to watch its progress over time!

Jessie

Haha Paul, I'm glad you got a kick out of it! It's definitely a circus in my little place. Someone's always disheveled in some way. Mostly the cats, but sometimes me.

Thanks for the compliments. Right now I'm very impatient about everything getting settled and grow, grow, grow!

Cliff Hui

Very nice work, and I think it should be a tough work for a girl (even a guy) to handle such a big tank.
The layout and the plants organized very well, and it is a layout with alot of potential.
the way of using driftwoods looks very special, and I do want to know does the foreground plant growing well now..??
I think it is hard to balance by this kind of layout when using this forground plant..

As Steven said, you are the cutest girl I ever see who doing aquascaping. ^^ Lovely cat also!!

T-Bone

I must say I actually kind of liked the floating wood, from the second batch of pictures. It had a certain erienes to it. Kind of like looking into a forest lake with allot of debris in it, or even amazon riverish.

It still looks fantastic now though. What a big difference from what it started out as.

Jessie

THANK YOU TRAVIS!
I think you're the first person I've spoken to that's given point-blank feedback for my thick skull when it comes to this stuff. I will definitely take your advice and decrease the phosphate and nitrate, as well as increase Plantex to every day.

T-Bone -- I did too I think a tank with floating branches, and tons of Anubias, Crytps and Ferns would really look spectacular and brooding. thanks!

Jessie

Hi everyone. Time for a not-much-has-changed photo update!

It has been interesting to watch things change with the lack of CO2.










I really need to create a sense of continuity from the left to right side. It's very unbalanced.

Like I was talking about earlier ---
10,000k Blyxa:


6700K Blyxa:


Critters:


HOPE!!!!!!!????

Sparg93

Very nice!

dawntwister

What lushes growth you have. Love that it is not scape to perfection. I love the wild look. I am envious!!