The river tank

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    You took out all that vail and never even shared any :lol: I need more to kill :lol::lol:
     
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    :lol::lol::lol:I have some for you.. but you will have to drive to Brits to collect it .... think it may be cheaper to get some at a LFS:thumbup:
     
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    A small update for man, a giant update for mankind.

    Ridiculously beautiful, great, awesome, unbelievable, unthinkable, etc...Gary !



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    Haha I don't mind a good road trip. Also my LFS has minimal plants. Never vail that I've seen. I got mine from @Amakawa but its not growing well compared to yours
     
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    @Whoknows have you tried root tabs? Eg say sheep droppings? That’s @GaryG ’s secret after all :lol:
     
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    Not in there new tank. I swapped from PFS to noraml gravel thinking it would help but it didn't. I'll leave the sheeps from @GaryG :lol: I'll go buy root tabs from someone on the forum
     
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    @GaryG have you escalated to the rabbit droppings yet?

    @Whoknows :lol:
    Yes check with @David Kusner :thumbup:
    Root tabs really make a difference
     
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    Thank you. I'll ask David. Stick in some root tabs and plant them back into PFS.
     
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    @A new day ,:lol: I have used rabbit droppings yes, works like a bomb.. although I think part of the reason it is doing so well is the fact that tank is so shallow so the lights can reach the plants.

    @Whoknows , you're welcome to some val for mahala if you're up for a roadtrip:thumbup:
     
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    Cool thanks @GaryG you clearly have the Val winning recipe there :thumbup:
     
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    I think you're the first person I know of using animal dropping to grow it :lol:

    Thank you. I'm sure it will be worth it. We will have to try arrange something:thumbup:
     
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    @GaryG is going organic :thumbup:
    It’s very trendy
     
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    Budget root tabs :lol:
     
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    Trendy without even knowing you're trendy:rolleyes:

    I'm all about budget:cool:

    I don't know if I can say I'm the first to do it?...I can't be the only cheap ass fishkeeper out there:tt2:
     
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    Budget is impotent on big tanks.

    I doubt it. I'm sure there's more cheap fishkeepers out there.
     
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    Just a quick update, need to do some trimming ... got a val production factory going here, fish love it though the white clouds are breeding like crazy got babies everywhere!
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    Going to need loads of val for the new shelly tank
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    With the auto topup this aquarium is so easy

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    Looks amazing @GaryG :thumbup:
    Congrats on the babies!

    Yes that’s a proper val farm, your buces are looking awesome too and I love the ludwigia poking out!

    You’re going to enter the SA aquascaping contest with this tank, right?
     
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    Don't think this tank can compete with those guys but thanks for the compliment

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