I've not posted any pictures of my tanks on here, however here is my latest project which I have just set up.

The tank isn't very big, it's only 18 x 10 x 10". For substrate I'm using 1/2" of ADA amazonia soil topped off with 1" of standard playsand. The lighting is an 11w Arcadia Arc pod, I've tried to use something different including balancing a pair of T8 reflectors and Dennerle tubes on the rim of the tank without much success. I'm dosing the tank based on the Estimative index or EI method with Tropica Aquacare nutrition + and a liquid carbon additive known as Easylife easycarbo.

The blue stone in the middle of the tank is known as Blue Seiryu stone, it can be found on a few specialist aquatic plant suppliers around the internet.

Plant wise there are twelve bunches of Cryptocoryne wendtii 'green' and one Amazon sword however I intend to add a couple more to conceal the filter.

The tank just after planting...



A snail, taken with one of my 'dodgy' macro lenses.



After four days of growth the Cryptocorynes have taken off...

In the space of two months the tank has gone from this...



To this...

That looks nice

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looks good- got to love the hitch hiking snails

nice tank

looking good
is that an ehiem aquaball filter?

Indeed it is, I wouldn't touch anything else with a bargepole. Except maybe the new Fluval U-series.

Wow, looking good

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I've more or less left this thread dormant, so I'll give a quick update. This tank has been defunct for a few months now due to an unexplained livestock wipeout, all water parameter tests came back as normal which left me more or less flummoxed.

The whole tank is to be replaced by a high-tec Iwagumi style system during the summer.