aquabillpers;19853 said:
Tom,
That's just a beautiful tank. I bet The Master in Japan keeps a picture of it in his office, for inspiration.
Now, here's something that would be an instant sensation: A picture of you in full tank-cleaning garb, hanging from your knees and cleaning. That would be a forever keeper.
Bill
There's already one of me swimming in the tank with the discus.
I have a few of the client prune upside down.
I wanted to make a lower mainteance tank like Amano's massive tank.
However, the client wanted a planted foreground etc and more variety.
Typical goals of newer plant folks.
I wanted a nice white gravel foreground.
We had the wood etc for a nice design etc.
So this tank takes a lot more effort to deal with than the ADA tank.
Eventually, maybe in 1-2 years, the effort will be less and they will perhaps need relatively the same amount of work, but not for some time I think.
I try besides feeding and dosing, to spend not more than 2-3 hours a week on a tank for any client once set up and going well(either myself or them doing the work). If you are scaping for a contest, expect 2-5x that amount of labor and do so for up to 10-12 weeks).
I could whip this tank into a massive dutch style(I have a strong preference for Dutch scapes) if I lived there and could mess with things for 10 weeks or so.
But that's not an option.
Nor would I ever own a tank this size and depth.
30" is the max depth I like.
My arms are only so long...........
Regards,
Tom Barr