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This is really cool, thanks for sharing more pics! Very interesting have there been die offs/losses?

Any updates on how these plants are doing now?

Just wanted to say this hardscape looks awesome! I'd be interested to see updates when the shrimp come in.

Awesome, it's really interesting to see the different outcomes and journeys others have had. I will definitely try to keep unnecessary organic material to a minimum from the beginning. Great tip about digging in the sand to bring the gunk to the surface, I might have been too worried about disturbin...

Oh of course I am planning on feeding it (not too much!) and stuff like that, topping it off, etc. I just want to make sure that the overgrown completely green tanks I've seen aren't always going to be the endgame eventually. I'm good with a little algae and some biofilm on things!

Thank you for the encouragement! I really think I will get them - maybe this year will be the year!

Oh yeah the substrate is something I was wondering about too in regards to that. I came to a similar conclusion that it seems no matter which color go for, it'll end up looking kind of dirty and worn in one way or another. Unless you go for some kind of mixed version? But idk how good that would loo...

Hmmm okay, interesting... Thanks for the answers guys, it definitely encourages me to keep shrimp in my "eventually" plans! Seeing some other posts with people saying they never fed but had a big algae presence from the beginning, I guess it all just depends on things like what is on the s...

Awesome thanks!
Hmm I'm curious if dark substrate would hold up as well as the lighter colored...

Hey guys, first time commenting but longtime lurker here! For anyone who has had a tank for at least year (maybe less), do the algae and debris gradually build up to the degree that the tank will never be relatively clean without maintenance? If you stopped feeding once there was a degree of visible...