Ive been wanting to plant my not so very planted shrimp tank up for months, and ive been trying to find the best plants to look nice (large in the back to smallest in the foreground) and i come across the scaped for you section. I am pretty much a novice at planting tanks as this is my first ever time doing it. Firstly id say that while this does come with a layout guide, it is only a guide and not a "how to" because it is only an image that is provided and nothing else. This isnt a bad thing of course because your tank is you own and you can do whatever you want with it. It took me about 2-3 hours to fully complete how i wanted it and set it up with the plants and after a few days of settling in looks so much better than i expected it. I love it and i think my shrimps do too :) - one thing to note i would say is if youre buying spider wood, make sure you weight it down or soak it for a long time before putting it in the tank as your first placement will most definitely float and cause some frustration. Id definitely buy this or another scaped for you option in the future if i wanted to do this again.
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I have had the same 29 gallon tank with the same plants in it for 14 years or more. The plants grew rampantly and I would have to
thin them out every few months. A couple of years ago I went from having larger fish to the small schooling kind for a change after a heater killed the big fish off one night. (didn’t bother the plants) I had a huge algae bloom starting about a 8 months ago that I have gotten control over several weeks ago. I believe that is what caused the ferns to have developed holes in the leaves, ragged edges and some black spots on them and they are Still not recovering weeks after I got control of the algae. I hate to lose these plants. They make the acquarium. Any ideas? Thank you, Bonny Stephens
Thanks Tony! Much appreciated :)
Fantastic blog Richard… Will be retweeting this for you