Where To Plant Them?

[markandhisfish]

nope never dreamt about my tank, simply because if i go to bed thinking about my tank thats me buggered i cant get to sleep. kinda reminds me of with this discus tank im doing , i got the planting substrate in , capped it with sand then ordered my plants. my missus text me at work to say my plants had arrived and she had put the pots in the tank to keep the safe til i got home. all day at work i was excited like a little kid . i came home rushed thru my dinner and got straight to work removing them from the pots and seperating them etc. then as soon as i went to plant the 1st plant i disturbed the substrate under the sand ( hadnt put thick enough layer on top) water went instantly muddy brown and i had loads of plants all laid out and i couldnt see to plant them. i was not a happy bunny to say the least. so i soldiered on and basicly planted the tank blind. by the time i finished i had the raging hump bigtime. so i sat and waited and waite for the water to clear so i could see it. time ticked on and on and on and the tank hadnt cleared. all the time i was getting more and more dissapointed as id been building this moment up in my head for weeks. in fact i can remember feeling that gutted since i found out santa wasnt real when i was a kid . anyway it got to 1 am and still murky as hell so i decided i wasnt having it any more , drained the tank took out the plants , spent the next 2 hours washing more sand , half filled tank ,planted it then finished filling it . by the time id finished it was 4:45 am and i had to be up for work at 6 am . ok so i couldof easily left it until the next day but i just couldnt leave it like that i HAD to get it looking right . now thats what i call obsessed.

 

[MermaidMel]

nope never dreamt about my tank, simply because if i go to bed thinking about my tank thats me buggered i cant get to sleep. kinda reminds me of with this discus tank im doing , i got the planting substrate in , capped it with sand then ordered my plants. my missus text me at work to say my plants had arrived and she had put the pots in the tank to keep the safe til i got home. all day at work i was excited like a little kid . i came home rushed thru my dinner and got straight to work removing them from the pots and seperating them etc. then as soon as i went to plant the 1st plant i disturbed the substrate under the sand ( hadnt put thick enough layer on top) water went instantly muddy brown and i had loads of plants all laid out and i couldnt see to plant them. i was not a happy bunny to say the least. so i soldiered on and basicly planted the tank blind. by the time i finished i had the raging hump bigtime. so i sat and waited and waite for the water to clear so i could see it. time ticked on and on and on and the tank hadnt cleared. all the time i was getting more and more dissapointed as id been building this moment up in my head for weeks. in fact i can remember feeling that gutted since i found out santa wasnt real when i was a kid . anyway it got to 1 am and still murky as hell so i decided i wasnt having it any more , drained the tank took out the plants , spent the next 2 hours washing more sand , half filled tank ,planted it then finished filling it . by the time id finished it was 4:45 am and i had to be up for work at 6 am . ok so i couldof easily left it until the next day but i just couldnt leave it like that i HAD to get it looking right . now thats what i call obsessed.

Mark that is so funny (I hope you can look back on it and laugh now) I know what it's like 'at the time' because the number of times I've spat venom at my hubby and kids whilst I'm trying to the tank right, or if it doesn't go right I just have the raging hump until it's right. Last April, on my daughter's 5th birthday, I'd just got a new tank and I was having 20 people for tea that afternoon, making a princess castle cake, tonnes of sandwiches etc. but I had to have the tank looking right for when everyone arrived as well and obsessed over it so much, I couldn't bear to have it unfinished if anyone was coming over, I think I almost rated that more important than anything else that day, luckily I just about got it all done, just as everyone was leaving, I noticed water seaping out the cabinet where there was a problem with my Tetratec, you can only imagine the mood I was in after that day, I know exactly what you're saying, it takes over your life doesn't it.

 

[PDSimon]

If your nightmares are about fish tanks then you should be happy thats your biggest worry

the placement is good but I also agree the left one could come foward. All your other plants need to catch up to those now!

 

[markandhisfish]

yep mel i look back now and laugh , but at the time i was spitting fire

and the next day at work i was just a complete zombie!