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Portinho da Arrábida - uma vista de Troia
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14th January 2012
I got a bit carried away pruning back the stems in November and cut them in the weakened part of the stem. The section at the bottom which was originally in emersed form so am now having to wait for the clippings I saved in my emersed cupboard to recover enough to plant. lol
As a makeweight I have planted some Rotala Rotundifolia in the centre until I get enough Walichii to replace it. Will also have to wait until the Rotala sp Green recovers to replant the side. lol
Am also going to prune and reglue some Fissidens this week. Just lower the water level down to 2" at the front, make sure the fish are all in that water and then clip and glue. Already done this twice and may well need to do it more yet just to get a nice covering. Doesn't seem to spread out like it does on wood. Just grows out from the point it started. After 1 hour or so later refill with saved water just to make sure the glue has 'cured'.
The flame moss has been removed (or all but the smallest amounts) because I didn't like the look of it. Not what I was envisaging. Have replaced it with loads of little bits of gravel with a rolled up ball of thicker more horizontal growing moss instead.
16th January 2012
I have decided I want to get this scape finished by the end of summer and have reverted to a more traditional 'full' style. In the rear corners I have planted Pogostomen Erectus and Glosso around the sides of the scape. Just the sand 'should' remain in view. Some 'before and after' shots below.
The Cherry shrimps are a little 'out
of control' at the moment because I only sell them off in the warmer weather. A lot of these will go from March onwards.
I have also removed the circulation pump. I don't think I need it because the Eheim is pretty good in terms of retaining flowrates.
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