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Day 170 of this setup : And this year's placement at IAPLC, "394". Aeschynomene fluitans is the name, i also had it in other setups, just a beauty!

Back with an update, here's day 120 of this setup : I haven't spent that much time on forums or Fb lately but will update as many times as possible. I also got a new nano setup i'm working on, here's a glimpse :

Back with an update, here's day 120 of this setup : I haven't spent that much time on forums or Fb lately but will update as many times as possible. I also got a new nano setup i'm working on, here's a glimpse :

Hi there, It's not a big secret, i did start this setup with Dennerle fertilizers and still use them. I did combine the daily fertilization with some macro DIY and some Flourish Advanced and it seems to do just fine. All in recomended doses. I also use liquid carbon in the recomended daily...

Day 112

Some shrimp pics :

Thank you! :) Here are some more :

Thanks a lot, Coen! I do have an extra light source behind the tank, i only use it when i take pics. It's 30w bulb (6500K). Seems to help a little.

Day 253 : Thanks, Silviu. ;)

Here's a set of pics from day 78 :

Day 78 teaser :

Day 246 : And sorry for the delay, hope to post more often in the weeks to come.:sorry:

Day 58 :

I also seem to have problems with my Aeschynomene fluitans since i switched to led lighting. For me, i think the light is the problem. Ferts, daily light schedule, are all the same. It just went from a lush, bushy, strong plant to a smaller, weaker version of it. When i had T5 lighting...

More pics from day 51 :

Day 51 :

Day 51 teaser pics :

Super Crystal Red pics :

Here's day 41 of the setup, added the Rasboras, shrimps and snails. Will do that, i got the point. :D

Pics from day 37 :

My latest setup, Nature's Path, from day 1 to day 37 :

End the year with a quick update, from day 1 to day 37 : Happy New Year everyone!

Yes, without CO2 'till this day. Had some mixed feelings at the beginning but kept it with only liquid carbon from time to time. Plants grow kind of slow but i don't mind as long as there aren't any algaes involved.

Thank you, Alexander! It's still far from what i invision. Will definelty work to improve it and to keep the hardscape intact, not covered. Thanks! Bolbitis mini seems to do just fine for now, new leaves after losing a few during the first 2 weeks. I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks! I might...

Day 23, with just a few more spots to cover, everything was going as planed. I think this is also the first setup without brown algae, in a long time, so lucky me!

A mix of colors to go with the holidays and a Merry Christmas to you all!

That's what i was looking for and i seem to have got it this time. :D I'll try to make the next setup even better.

Day 16 :

This is one of my setups, Roots and Grit :

Some more details : Thank you, Matt. ;)

Some Orange shrimp pics for this weekend :

Thank you! I'm always looking for a challenge and getting closer to the Nature style seems like a must for me, i just like it so much.

Exactly my point also. :D It'll look different, you'll see.

Thank you, Zeus! :)

Thank you!

Another front pic and some more details, also with my first Bucephalandra flower :

In 2018 for sure.;)

Another fine work Luis, congrats! :photogenic:

Following Roots and Grit, Nature's Path will have a more defined hardscape and hopefully i won't let it be covered to much. I managed to get my hands on some more ferns and will also change the lighting and go for led. Equipment : ° Aquarium : home made, 100x55x45cm ° Lighting : 6x39w T5...

I got them from a fellow aquarist in my country. I think he got them from Rendo-shrimp.

Yes, they do. I guess they can't help it. Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, since i only do the cleaning on the day of the water change.

Some details :

Day 203, into the wild :

Some more shrimp pics :

Shrimps and snails:

Day 169 :

More SCR shrimp pics :

Red on top :

A short clip from day 57, the setup was still fresh : Thanks, Sean. ;)

Day 154 : And a close up : Thanks, Silviu. Nice to see you here! ;)

Middleground details :

Myrio mattogrossense (emersed) high res

Crowdy at lunch hour :

Day 147, with a few cuts here and there : Front view :

Day 141, a warmer light and no trimming for a couple of weeks : And a young Orange shrimp female :

Thank you so much! :) Right side details :

One more view and an Ember tetra in focus :

New shrimps : Blue Tiger Orange Eye :

Hope i'll have 3 again, in like a month or so. :D For now only two, Roots and Grit and Roots of change. :)

Day 100

Congrats on the placing and good luck with the new scape. ;)

Indeed it is, Dantrasy. Just remembered a photo posted a while ago, in a previous setup, with it. I was fascinated.

Just stick it in between two little pieces of wood and it grows for sure. Mine grew relatively fast. I think high lighting was the main key to it.

Thank you all! Jameson, at that point i had some Micranthemum sp. Monte Carlo (left) and some Hemainthus cuba (right) on top of the wood. I thought they fit quite nicely. Aeschynomene fluitans

Some details :

Day 179 : Algae on the wood and stones up front are still coming back from time to time. Besides that, i'm pretty happy how things have gone with this one.

Thank you very much, Tim! :D

IAPLC 2017 #739 Much, much better than last year (#1184 with "Around the old tree"). Congrats to all the participants!

Such a nice one, Alexander! :snaphappy:

Some more shrimp pics :

It's a very slow grower and i had some algae problems with it at first. Managed to pull it through but it seems to grow "safer" in my low tech nano.

Aponogeton madagascariensis flower :

Everything is so clean, so nice! Glad to see it getting healthy again.

I only used Manado because i had some left from the previous setup, so i put it in the bags. You can use any type of gravel or substrate. I do intend to try some bags with soil in the future, we'll see how it goes. Thank you, Doyle. I have a Canon 450D with a Phottix 3 Ring Auto-Focus AF set...

Some more shrimp pics :

Day 43 :

Some more shrimp pics :

I used all i had to get the substrate as high as i wanted. The rooks were just fine for taking some more space, before adding the bags of substrate and gravel at the end.

Brings such a peaceful view and feeling.

Trying CSF Bee Fruit Mix :

Thank you! :D Here are some shrimp pics, Caridina cantonensis var. "Super Crystal Red" :

I know and i'll be working on that also. Still want to give a lot more details to this setup. I'll keep you guys posted. Just some JBL Manado i had left from my last setup in the big tank (Roots and Grit). Nothing special. It's going to change a lot when the plants grow in, might even put some...

Thank you! :D Some more pics from day 29 :

I like the first one more. :D

More pics from day 14 : And some from day 29 :

Jumping straight to day 146, trying to get this one ready for the contests to come : Still more work to be done.

Some pics from day 14 :

Will do that, CooKieS. I might also add some plants here and there, we'll see how it goes. The depth is deffinetly the key in setups like this one, the path does help a lot if you get it right.

Some details :

Hi guys, I think it's time to show you my new nano aquarium setup, also a nature style one. I find it challenging every time i set up a new aquarium, looking to have more details in the hardscape. The meaning behind the title comes from all the ideas i had for the past few months about...

Thank you all for the kind words. I have a new journal coming in just a bit. :D Henrik, i only did like 20% weekly water changes, tops. It seems like it was enough to keep everything in check with this setup. In other setups, for example, in the big tank (Roots and Grit), i usually do 40-50%...

Final day of this setup, finding it hard to take down. Day 93 :

Another stunning one! Simple and beautiful! :snaphappy:

Hi guys! Robinson, i felt like i was filling to much, covering almost everything with plants and not leaving much free space to go along with the "forest" idea. Some see this scape as 3 islands, i saw it and thought of it as a pass through a forest, with the main focus on the "old" tree in the...

Let's see some more pics, day 57 this time around :

More pics, more details : Rotala sp. Goias : Hydroryza aristata : Myrio sp. Roraima & Heteranthera zosterifolia : Heteranthera zosterifolia : And changed the normal heater with an external one :

Let me show you all some clips of the setup, from the beginning and from day 16 :

So nice! :D