33 gallon Planted HI/LO Mossy Driftwood

[ITS]

Hey all, In a nutshell, a friend reintroduced me to the hobby just a year ago and I've been sponging all the info in this awesome forum and have been fascinated with the planted tanks since then. A lot has changed since I was into the hobby in the early 90s as a kid. Back then we just had books that were the bibles - "buy this buy that and it will look like this" and the only people you could get advice from was the shop owner. Fast forward to present - thank god for the internet!Since being renewed, I've been here, Ebay and at LFS buying equipment and supplies. I originally intended to go all in Hi-tech and high light plants etc. but recently due to recent work projects and other commitments, I decided to go with the Hi-tech plus low maintenance plants route. I'll break down my equipment, plants, and fish in a later edit but I was excited just to show my 7 week old tank. I picked up a few more pieces of driftwood that are currently in a grow out tank waiting for weeping moss to attach. The pieces of driftwood in the video below have fully attached weeping moss which took about 6 months with just Excel dosing.The end idea here is to have a sunken driftwood pile overgrown with various mosses and ferns almost to the point of being fully carpetted. Your thoughts on the video below would be appreciated!!

SETUP:Tank: 33 gallon long (36x18x12)
Substrate: Pool Filter Sand
Filtration: Eheim Pro2 2128 (Eheim 2028 on standby)
Filter Media: Eheim Substrat Pro and Ceramic Rings, Filtration pads
Lighting: Coralife 36" 96W (6700k) - 8 hour photoperiod
Heater: Eheim built-in
CO2: 10LB Aluminum with MA957 regulator (1.5bps)
Other: generic CO2 drop checker, generic surface skimmer
FAUNA: Trumpet Snails x16 and counting!!
Black Skirt Tetra x6
Corydora Peppered x3
Red Cherry Shrimp (.75" to 1.25") x7 (& 7 counted shrimpets )
Rasboras x11Scissortail Rasboras x6
Clown loach x6 (1")
Siamese Algae Eater x3
White Angel x1
FLORA: Weeping Moss
Java Fern
Needle leaves microsorum
Nana Vallisneria(Water Splangles?)
W/C: 30% bi-weekly with aerated, conditioned water
Dosing:Seachem Flourish TraceRoot tabs

[monkE]

looks great man, i love the moss covered wood!

The angel looks a little lonly in there and could probably use a friend.
Any chance you bought that angel from Island Pets? It looks just like the babies i grew out and sold to IPU a little while ago.

[ITS]

Thanks. I'm waiting to get more driftwood, wait on the moss to attach and then drop them all in and let them settle as they may and let mother nature do her thing.

The Angel does seem a bit lonely yeah? Anyhow this was purchased from King Eds.

[jobber604]

Nice scape. What type of fauna and flora do you have in the tank? Types of equipment?

[neven]

awesome scape, i love it

[springboard]

Beautiful! That must have required some dedication. I wish I could get my tank to look so natural.

[Momobobo]

Love the moss, looks awesome

[Morainy]

Gorgeous! Looks immaculate and restful

[ITS]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm looking forward to filling in this tank.

[shaobo]

Thanks for sharing, it's a great looking tank.