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From time to time one of our large acrylic display tanks is re-scaped. On this occasion the job was given to Andrew Mack who previously planted our beautiful South East Asian Biotope during TGM's first in-store event. Here are a few words from Andrew himself; "It is 3 weeks since Mark first said ‘how do you fancy doing one of the big tanks?’ It turned out to be my favourite of the three – ‘wide screen’ and 3D format! A big thanks to Jim and Mark for giving me the rare opportunity to design and build an aquarium of this size. Thanks to Graeme and Gaz for all the technical help on planting. For the hardscaping skips have been raided, rockeries re-cycled and the large piece of slate I acquired from a Welsh farmer 25 years ago has finally found a ‘stage’ big enough to do it justice. It had been rotting in my back garden (frost acts quickly on slate) and I am delighted it has finally found a good home. Sincere thanks also to George Farmer for the ‘jewel in the crown’ piece of wood which graces the upper part of the composition. That was a sublime piece of opportunism after my own heart. At risk of drowning George bravely threw himself into a lake to retrieve this beautiful piece of wood! I’ve seen the video of the wood emerging excalibar like from the lake but with a frogman on the end of it! It’s cleaned up nicely (stainless wire pan scrubbers are brill for this) and we hope it will sink any week soon! then we can position it properly. Well done George. TGM asked us to keep a picture diary of progress (and set-backs) and what follows is almost a blow-by-blow account as events unfolded. We have done all we can and now it’s up to nature. We’ll keep you posted, or why not drop in to TGM and see for yourselves."