Awesome Tanks Marc! Wow... I just subscribed on YouTube...
I've been successful with Discus before, and always wanted a jungle type tank like the one you have. Only bare-bottom tanks to date... I'll look through your videos first, but I'm wondering if you'd be willing to give a little advice on the how...?
I'm starting up again and plan to do a custom build of an acrylic tank... do everything right from the bottom up... Tank, lights, sump, etc... Ideally, everything "right" for a planted tank as beautiful as yours.
Two questions if I may:
- One thing I've always wondered (and I suppose this proves I'm a bare-bottom tank only guy so far) how in the world do you keep the scape so clean (sand in particular)? Seems there'd be so much eddy etc because of all the plants etc, that water circulation alone wouldn't do the trick...
I guess the embedded question is: Do you have to do a lot of "by hand" work to keep it looking that nice? - Do all those plants make a significant difference to the water quality? I.E. do they absorb a lot of the nitrates?