50G Aquascape 3.0

Fat Homer

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Thanks Dee eng Dee eng

convict360 convict360 i will try and get some mayve later today if im not too busy...
 

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Just a few quick shots of the shrimp... just chucked the food in so maybe in 10min hopefully can get a better group shot...

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Decided the tank needed a really good trim... So took out a good portion of plants, trimmed the bottoms off and replanted parts of them...

Here are the before and after shots... water still needs to clear up a bit more though...

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Man niiiice! Those red plants, what ever you call them are beautiful! Awesome planted tank. That's what I visualize my tank to look like, but that didn't turn anywhere close to what I wanted. Haha well done Homer!
 

Fat Homer

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Thanks Dee eng Dee eng for the compliments!!! Really appreciate them :)

On the far left and right the red plant is called "Alternanthera reineckii Mini" although not sure if they really are that mini?

As for the middle section, i cant seem to find where i marked down the name of the plant...

Honestly though, was just a lot of trial and error over the years and slowly fine tuning and working out what i could grow well and what i couldnt... then from there it was just a matter of going through all my notes and planning the scape you see here...
 

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And some bonus pics of the shrimp in the tank after a feeding...

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Really nice! I miss my planted tank. Took too much work. Wish I had the time again... so rewarding. Love the high grade CRS.
 
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^ Thanks for the compliment!!! Yeah this tank is not as bad as my previous 50G with the HC carpet... at least with this tank maybe once every 2 months it will need a big trim, but otherwise isnt too bad growth rate wise...
 

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Wifey decided she wanted to have a go at trimming the 50G, and this was the end result...

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