HARDSCAPE Start. Finally

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    So the stand is painted and ready, the glass for bottom support under the tank is cut and ready so I'm starting to mess around with my hardscape. I'm going to be making an egg-crate support system for the rock-work and filling the corners and base with some lava rock and then the Prodibio on top. I thought I'd arrange the wood and rocks and see if its feeling like something cohesive. Bonus-the dragon stone has a lovely dark blue-brown tint so it matches the wood really well. I have malasian driftwood and mopani with a few pieces of spider wood root-work to add detail. Not sure about this yet so I'm going to sit with it for a while and see before I glue in place. Just worried a bit about the sheer amount of dragon stone in here. How its going to impact hardness and TDS....thoughts?

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    I think it is going to look absolutely stunning :thumbup:
    Looking forward to the journey!

    PS dragon stone doesn’t impact on water hardness, all good. Or that’s my experience with it anyway, and research. I have a ton of it in the jungle tank and my water is still soft.
     
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    Looks fantastic! Love the wood reaching out like that.
     
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    Looks stunning @Cale24

    Love the wood, look forward to the final scape!
     
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    You mean @JoJo the Hammer :thumbup::D
     
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