Lallana Point

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15th January 2012

Starting to progress with this scape. I want to enter it into competition to see what feedback I get so there will be no full frontal shots for a while however some 'detail shots'.

The Bolbitus was removed in December and replaced with Rotala Rotundifolia. In the pictures below it isn't really visible because I pruned it prior to working on the scape.

The plantmass has also increased significantly with the addition of more Needle Fern. This should help combat the GSA on the rocks. That is the only algae in this tank but just like with 'Portinho' I left it with low plantmass for too long.

I wanted to create a river/path that bends around at the rear of the tank. I also wanted the 'banks' either side to slope upwards to where I hope the Rotala once pruned a few times will provide a nice bushy appearance.

So I superglued little 'rolled' balls of flame moss to individual pieces of gravel and positioned them to make a nice smooth curve. I have used flame moss because it grows straight upwards and I can then just give it an angled 'haircut' to achieve the slopes I want.

When I get to taking final shots for competition I will drop sand on top of the gravel on this path/river area through a filter funnel. If I do it now then any slope will just disappear.































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