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Hey thanks everyone for all the great comments and interest in this tank, I will try and answer the questions as best I can.

Originally Posted by mistergreen

nice.. What kind of rock and where did you get it?

mistergreen the rock is seiryu rock, I think that's the correct spelling, in Europe it is sold as Mini landscape rock. There are a couple of sources to buy it online , I would need to do some digging to find the links for you though, but if you want them just pm me or maybe someone else can provide them more readily. Thanks man.

Originally Posted by Paul Munro

Really like the layout, that's a lot of water changes for this tank, do you think this is excessive?

Thanks Paul, I didn't really think it was excessive tbh, I was using over 5WPG so I thought water changes would be a good idea, I didn't want to drive the tank too hard, so I limited the light period for 8 hours per day and used the water changes as a type of brake. Its only a couple of bucketfuls of water every few days to change out anyway, I didn't have any problems at all with algae at any stage with this layout, Im sure the water chages helped someway towards that result.

Originally Posted by aquaquang

For the fish choice of color, I think it would look better
if you add cardinal/neon tetra or harquelin instead.
But it's just a though

how much gallon is that tank?

Thanks aquaguang, the tank is 13-14 us gallon (I think)

The fish choice was really determined by availability tbh, I knew I wanted some sort of small almost micro fish but they are hard to come by over here, we have some very good LFS but most fish they sell are too big for this type of scape, so choice was limited. If I find something more colourful and suitable I may swop them out, but I do like them, they school well and are a really good size for this tank/scape.

Originally Posted by gf225

Nice work, Peter!

Great balance and excecution. I think the fish choice is perfect too.

Hey thanks George, I like the fish as well but if I can find an alternative!!! (which probably won't happen but I do like them)

Originally Posted by chester

Great hardscape! On of the best "mountain" scapes I've ever seen. How long is the tank running?

Hey chester, some of your scapes are pretty cool as well man, the tank is running since the 15th of November, so 6 weeks or thereabouts. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Jumbo

Beautiful aquascape!
How long did it take for HC to grow like these?
More pictures please.

Hey Jumbo welcome to APC, HC does not take long to grow and fully carpet a tank, maybe 4 weeks or thereabouts, provided you add the right ingredients of course!

Thanks very much everyone, I will do another post and add some more pictures.