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Project redo 35g :) The journal

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I thought i would just share my journey of my first re sculpt of my 35g :)
It has been up and running since febuary, and i was always so bored of the layout, tried different ornaments and it never worked for me. So a complete redecoration was the key :) SO FUN!

Heres a before:
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Empty tank!
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Added flourite substrate instead of gravel, changed the background and put the plants back in
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It was so cloudy for about 24 hours and a water change!
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Grabbed a few potted plants from the local fish shop
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I found this marsh root on ebay and fell in love with it!
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Some more plants arrived, but i'm still waiting on some creeping jenny, and i decided on a dwarf hairgrass carpet
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This is where i am at right now, any suggestions would be lovely on what if anything would make it much better. The back and corners left will be filled in with creeping jenny :)
 
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Im currently waiting on riccia arriving :) going to put bits on each branch of the driftwood, but still leaving most uncovered.
 
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True it is an albino cory, I have 3. The substrate is only a base, once the tanks grown in it will be covered with dwarf hair grass which corys love to clean up :) Im aiming for no substrate on show.
 
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has been about 46 days since I last posted!
All I have done since is add 2 more plants (another amazon sword and forgotten the others name)
Added some floating water lettuce and just let it grow! I have done no pruning or trimming, wanted it all to overgrow first, have used flourish comprehensive weekly, and also added flourish excel weekly... Here is it now. (I am very sorry about the picture quality, I seriously have no decent camera!

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He is a very very placid betta, had him in there since those guppies were nothing but fry, has grown with them and never bugged them (which I know bettas are notorious for). The plattys just chill around the plants at the back, never bother the betta or vice versa! As long as your not over stocking and they all have hiding places, go for it :)
 
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I don't use it often and when I do its half a dose, I'm far too paranoid of over dosing! Never had any issues with my plants!

And thanks :) I will be trimming down next week, and once I get my new camera I will get some half decent shots!
 
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