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  1. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Well, thanks😊 You'd be amazed how little I process my images. Of course, some of the above have been brightened a bit, and some cropping. But generally, I do very little post processing; mainly because I'm utterly clueless as to what works and how🤣 I use the Canon software Digital Photo...
  2. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Bit late, but there's a few macros in this post, if you haven't seen them. https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/as600-jade.60400/post-736749 Anyway, I have a few shots from the last year, and I'll post some up soon-ish. Season has started, just saw this years first bumblebee😛
  3. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    😅 there's a lot of them Bamboo spears, like the ones you use for barbecue, are useful too for larger plants like orchids.
  4. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Biophytum sensitivum. And yeah, I'm quite the toothpick raider these days🤣🤣
  5. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Well. Wallet is hurting😂
  6. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Oh hi! It hasn't been a particularily good year for bug photos, for a variety of reasons. I do have a few, and I'll be doing a bit of updates over the winter. Here's a couple from may '23. All with R7 and Canon 100mm. Nomada sp. Triturus cristatus
  7. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Actually, I think they're a bit oof😂😂 Here's another phone shot. Looking a bit chubby. Good. He/she was refusing food for so long, I got a bit worried. Also, oooops🤣
  8. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    So. Been off the gas for some months now, and it's a smooth ride. Have a bit of green thread algae, it doesn't go away but also it doesn't really spread. Easy maintenance, just what the doc ordered. Growth is slow but steady. Being a sloth with ferts but trying to get on point. Lo tec...
  9. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Someone lives in there! Eye detail.
  10. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Probably just throw in an update from a couple of months ago. Ready for some inhabitant(s) now, but who?
  11. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Small update. And another crap phone pic to show progress. Still quite a bit of oily surface scum, but plant growth is pretty massive from Nymphea and Aponogetons. The Echinodorus have not moved one bit, maybe taking its sweet in vitro time... if it doesn't pick up soon, maybe it will just have...
  12. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Problem with a lot of The Holy Revered Suction Cups of The Industry is that they're not usable for the long run. Yeah, you can revive some of them for an ever shortening period with boiling water, with diminishing results; but most are not rubber, but softened plastic: once the softener has...
  13. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    The aquarium industry is made up of juggaloos that are still asking themselves: 'Magnets? How do they work?' Anyway, I ran a 12 liter tank with a topless Eheim skimmer stuffed with foam. Worked fine but needed very frequent cleaning. I think I saw @George Farmer do it, and stole the idea...
  14. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Still contemplating having a go at it, though. I might just do it since I'm already 2 pumps down, and why stop now. ;)
  15. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    You're free to think that. You're also free to not read my threads where at least one recurring theme is me complaining on the amount of useless features and 'solutions' that are a staple of this hobby. Many of them expensive and worthless. Actually, I think this all came out of how I couldn't...
  16. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    I'm not too keen on app controlled stuff, too often it is a recipe for trouble down the road. None of those pumps btw mention what the lowest capacity is, although I suspected it was as low as you say. Then it all comes down to control scheme. Any variable pump where operating the control unit...
  17. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Yeah, I'll probably mount the small Tunze 106s I have on one of the magnet holders from the larger pumps. Seems to be an easy job with some plastic strips (famous last words...).
  18. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    There's a zero too much in the capacity of those pumps y'all mention. But thx I guess...
  19. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Some people apparently have a different definition of 'nano' than I have. Don't get me wrong, these are great pumps. But the claim that these are suitable for a 40 L tank is ridiculous. I'm back to the 300 L/h micro pump, which is a wee bit to weak. I'd love something at around 500-700 L/h...
  20. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    BOOM! Yeah. Craptastic phone pic for now, but that large maintenance/slight change I mentioned? Well, it turned out to be more or less a full rescape. The general thing running through my head these couple of months was 'less work'. So running a hi-tech CO2, fert heavy and light intense tank...
  21. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Just don't tell🤣 Frankly, if I hadn't got a nice end of year bonus I'd probably have needed to do some more self convincing. This is not the place where I should mention I'm eyeing up the RF 100-500mm (yes the L lens)😵😭 damn! I haven't had much time with the RF100MM but so far it's looking to...
  22. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Just a happy amateur, really. I can, requires a bit of setup though. For some reason I've not done too many...
  23. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    There's springtails and woodlouse in there for now. Got some ideas. Needs to grow in for a while, though. I've already moved some plants around, so pic is outdated already 🤣
  24. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    At that point every handheld focus stack I tried ended up a blurry mess, so no. Been working on that, so maybe later. OTOH, these guys don't stay put for long.
  25. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    It's actually not a ringflash. The Canon EF-M 28mm has two diodes around the front element and it works quite well. Eats a lot of battery though. It's very visible on the Salticus big puppy eyes. I believe both of these are with autofocus, but I'd have to check to be 100% ... Usually with the...
  26. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    Oops. Should not be a sticky. MOOODS!
  27. Fiske

    Journal Vivarium

    I'm coming to the realisation that I'm not going to have the 500 L aquarium of my dreams; my floors will not take it. I'm pushing it with the AS600 already. I will probably downsize my collection to only 2 tanks. So what do you do then? You take the water out!
  28. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Well. Ample warnings given and all. I really like salticids. S. scenicus and Marpissa muscosa EOS M6II and Canon 28 mm Macro
  29. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    To keep the ball rolling. Palomena prasina, from september and august, respectively. M6mkII and Sigma 105mm (Actually, I think the first is the MP-E 65mm)
  30. Fiske

    Aquatic Flower Compendium (ish)

    Posted elsewhere, but; Aponogeton crispus flower stem
  31. Fiske

    Aquatic Flower Compendium (ish)

    Looks a lot like mine, so I'd say that's right
  32. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    That was my initial id too. The other Sympetrum up there, might it also be a sanguineum (female)?
  33. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Of course, if your subject is otherwise occupied, image stacking helps with the overall detail level Pieris napi, busy making more Pieris napi... From may.
  34. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Butterflies and dragonfly can be hard to get decent macro photos of, since you need to get very close. I struggled a bit, until I read that a short tele lens is sometimes preferable. Good thing my 105mm Macro doubles as a short tele :) Now actually deciding what part of a larger insect you want...
  35. Fiske

    Post Your Pics & Videos of the Great Outdoors

    For some reason some wouldn't attach as images. What is the size requirements? Max 6000 pixels and 20MB right? I have several getting an error despite being smaller than that,,,
  36. Fiske

    Post Your Pics & Videos of the Great Outdoors

    Bidstrup Forest 20th October.
  37. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    If I do a move/rescape I have an idea that will keep the general layout as is. That's all I'm going to say for now. A massive maintenance/clean session is in the cards though. Tbh, my wendtii has had better days, it's a bit grubby these days....
  38. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    It is C. albida 'Brown'. Absolutely beautiful plant that I'm absolutely unable to grow apparently. I've a handful of failed attempts behind me. The soft water thing is mostly just a need to blame something, in reality I've no idea. My predilection for stuff like C. crispatula, Aponogeton etc...
  39. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Thanks 😀 Just an happy amateur really, I'm nowhere near what some of the really skilled folks create. Although I'm super stoked about the above series from a few weeks ago, it did feel like a bit of a breakthrough. Ironically, I've taken astonishing few pics of my fish and shrimp. Unless...
  40. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Ok. Another load. Carabus nemoralis. This one was probably sick and dying, usually these are fast running hunting beetles. This guy hardly moved. Canon M6 + EF-M 28mm, each image a stack of 20-40 pictures
  41. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Yeah, both the M6 and the R7 are crop sensors, more or less the same sensor I think. I'm eyeing the Canon RF 100 mm, but it's expensive, so it will be a while. I don't really need more glass, I need time 🤣
  42. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    Thanks :) Body on all these are a Canon M6 mkII, Lenses are Sigma 105mm Macro, and Canon EF-M 28mm Macro for the close up (which is why you can spot my shadow in the lower right corner; working distance is only a few centimeters). I've gotten myself a R7 body, because the big drawback on the M6...
  43. Fiske

    Adventures in macro photography (pic heavy)

    So, initially I just wanted a camera to get some nicer pictures of my fish. But behind that lurked an urge to do some macro photos. It's a field with a steep learning curve, and at least some substantial initial cost; but it's also (for me at least) incredibly relaxing and almost meditative...
  44. Fiske

    Post Your Pics & Videos of the Great Outdoors

    Short trip to a nearby forest a week ago Seems like I need to resize every single image, which sets a natural limit for post spamming:lol:
  45. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Way too lax on the updates here, but there's not much to mention. Have been slacking with maintenance/ferts so have a bit of green algae on glass. I will look into it now it's winter, and I am not in the garden shooting macros of bugs all day long🤣 (yeah, I needed another expensive hobby like a...
  46. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Just noted that half my cryptocorynes did a massive melt while I worked the nightshift over the weekend 😳 Not sure what caused that...
  47. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Better late than never. Pictures are a couple of months old though. Tank looks much the same today.
  48. Fiske

    45P - Reboot

    LOL dry start is going awesome; tank is still as dry as in that second picture up thread 😅 Kind of stalled a bit, somehow I wasn't too keen on the hardscape. I'll get around to it soon-ish but will have to get a new light first, ye olde Amano light is losing the plot. I sort of have this and...
  49. Fiske

    45P - Reboot

    Amazing how simple some stuff can be, if you approach it the right way. Got some acrylic, six holes and 3 plastic ties later I can start building up the hardscape. Took all of 15 minutes... So I'll get the rocks and wood sorted over the next week, just need to get through 3 nightshifts. Plan...
  50. Fiske

    45P - Reboot

    I'm probably going to screw the large wood to a piece of acrylic though. The whole glue business was to much for my patience 😂 Hope I can get on to the moss dry start thing soon, it has been way too long...
  51. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Shortish and insanely crappy video with assorted household sounds: I promise to use a tripod next time 😂🤣🤣
  52. Fiske

    Staghorn Algae How do I find the route cause ?

    I'm of the same opinion.
  53. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    @Garuf : thank you for the offer. I might take you up on it sometime. Currently, I have way too many plants, though (or too few tanks, however you look at it). By way of minor updates, everything is going along nicely. I removed the metal mesh shrimp guard over the filter intake, which turned...
  54. Fiske

    Plant List for Papua New Guinea Biotopes

    Something like what's shown in the video should be fairly simple to recreate, I can pick up suitable stones in my garden :p some twiggy wood and get some leaves, ADA Colorado sand seems fitting. Funny that of all the gobies in the video, none seemed to be peacocks but rather Stiphodon sp. I...
  55. Fiske

    Barbs and plants: how bad is it?

    I have had rosy and have cherry barbs. Both species were/are peaceful, and doesn't bother plants. IME.
  56. Fiske

    Plant List for Papua New Guinea Biotopes

    Sometime during the coming year I'll be setting up a low tech tank (with a lid!!) for peacock gudgeons. I've already decided that it will be species only, and have given a bit of thought to going full biotope. I'm thinking sand, driftwood and leaflitter. Plants so far would probably include M...
  57. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Yeah, the tank is from Amazoonia, although they didn't use that name then. I use the same shops mainly, not Poppi Osterbro as it is a bit out of the way, is it worth the detour? Only shop down here is a Superpet, which I haven't been to for years as last time I left it disgusted at the state...
  58. Fiske

    The Nymph's Spring (EA900)

    Just lovely.
  59. Fiske

    Nobody's perfect. Share the shame

    "Just temporarily borrowing a filter from a running tank for a day or 2" RIP group of Betta coccina due to (suspected) ammonia spike. They literally melted in 24 hours... The stupidity of said act still p*sses me off to this day. Utterly shamed. Filter fumbles or minor spillage doesn't even...
  60. Fiske

    Personable (possibly group/harem) centrepieces for 240l community?

    Aside from rams and apistos, you could look into Anomalochromis thomasi or Laetacara (eg. curviceps). Should be fairly peaceful too. Got very close to getting either, but felt they didn't scale well with my then scape in an EA600. A. thomasi is african though, but since you already have...
  61. Fiske

    Fallen branch; regrowth.

    I feel the same way, but recent experience indicate to me this might be the best way. Definitely trying the next time I plant cryptocorynes.
  62. Fiske

    45P - Reboot

    Can't carry a tune if it's on wheels, no piano playing here either 🤣🤣
  63. Fiske

    45P - Reboot

    So my old 45P has been a lowtech tank for a couple of years now. Initially I had the idea that I'd try out CRS in it, but it more or less ended up as temporary housing for fish and a dumping ground for plants. No wonder then it ended up looking like this: Oof. At this point the tank held my...
  64. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Outside Køge. It makes sense though. We have the regular neons, red neons (cardinals) and blue neons. Very little red on the simulans I have, and not any green either, really :p If anything, violet neon would be closer to the mark.
  65. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    2 month update: Chugging along nicely. Did have some melt on bucephs coming out of nowhere really. Flow was a bit low too... So, remember to clean your shrimpguards, people, if using any. Flow much better now, hope I nipped this in the bud. Moved the filter intake towards the back, also...
  66. Fiske

    L'aqaurium 720 (1500)

    Looks good. That leftmost branch is not in the way when you need to clean the glass? I always end up doing that...
  67. Fiske

    Waterchanges & Photoperiod Question

    If you run a pedal to the metal knifes edge high tech tank, it might be an issue, but in a more relaxed case like yours I'd say do it whenever it's convenient. I was also introducing stress to my self and family by doing waterchanges early sunday mornings. I still prefer doing wc's early to...
  68. Fiske

    Talk to me about filtration

    As mentioned in another thread, I can clean my entire Eheim Classic in the same time it took me to move the Oase out of the cabinet, clean the prefilter alone, prime the POS, and wipe the floor. Not to add the following 30 minutes I had to spend wiggling some 10 kilos of filter around INSIDE...
  69. Fiske

    Circa 1000lph filters.

    My .02 cents: There's a reason I've gone retro to Eheim Classics, mainly ease of maintenance. I can dismantle (with doubletaps) and clean the entire filter in the same time it would take me to fart about with cleaning internal prefilters (as in Oase and Eheim proff) and get it running again...
  70. Fiske

    Something... Something... Shallow UG Tank!

    I did consider something like that, an UG iwagumi as I like the plant, and have had some limited success with it. In the end it boiled down to not enough room for unlimited tanks for any crazy idea... I still might do an emersed UG thingie someday. This is probably better than what I would have...
  71. Fiske

    Oase thermofilter owners - does your heater make a weird noise?

    The heater compartment in Oase thermofilters can trap air, and the result on the glass body of Oase heater should be self evident. I'd check that isn't the issue.
  72. Fiske

    Circa 1000lph filters.

    Noisewise, as I have both 2224 and an Eheim classic 600 running in the same room, the 600 in a cabinet, the other standing free on the floor : I can't hear the 2224 over the 600. Also not getting the hype for Oase though...
  73. Fiske

    Something... Something... Shallow UG Tank!

    Normally I find iwagumis as interesting as watching paint dry, but I'm loving this.
  74. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Some staghorn started to pop up, mainly on older not so hot buceph leaves. Had a big think: When did I clean the filter? Oh right, I didn't. It was nasty. Filter clean a monthly exercise from now on, I guess. Apo's slowly starting their bid for world domination. Lots of new leaves on ferns...
  75. Fiske

    10 year 60cm tank... did some maintenance

    Most of the needle valves that come with regulators is absolute crap. I just bought 2 Camozzi valves I'll be installing soon, apart from allegedly being easier to adjust in small increments (we'll see...), it looks like they have a nut for fixing the setting. THAT is gold in my eyes.
  76. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Thx. Complete noob at this, except for fooling about a bit with my dads Voigtländer 35+ years ago.
  77. Fiske

    Dutch Donut

    Yeah, I need a new expensive hobby like a hole in the head. Sticking with freshwater, thank you very much. But damn :woot:
  78. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    So, finally got around to buying a new camera. Just for @£$€ and giggles, I went nuts with manual settings and fooling around in the editor. No. Tank doesn't look like this in meatspace, although this isn't all that far from the original RAW file. I expect to get a little more serious with...
  79. Fiske

    Mondo

    Just to clear up any confusion. Tropica Soil and Tropica Substrate are 2 different things. Soil is black granules in a coarse and a fine form (called soil powder) and doesn't need capping. Substrate is actually very powderish, and absolutely needs to be capped, unless you really like cloudy...
  80. Fiske

    Nerite snail leaving the water column?

    Same. I had one taking a nap on the floor for a day once. They get around.
  81. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    I think you just might be right :cool:
  82. Fiske

    New Decade, New Decadence...

    That opportunity to watch your fish in natural sunlight is not to be missed. Absolutely loverly.
  83. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    One month update: Boasting "no melt" has its way of getting back at you. C. albida is losing a couple of leaves everyday. Hopefully this will end, this is one of those few crypts I have not have any luck with. At all. So would like to get this going right. Not sure if my water is too hard for...
  84. Fiske

    1500 lph pump can't move all 50 liters tanks water ?

    What filter? Is it filled to the brim with material? Agree, it doesn't look like a lot of flow...
  85. Fiske

    Co2 2kg bottle type

    It should last a while. I get through 2 kgs in a couple of months @ ~3 bps
  86. Fiske

    Resolved! Another ban needed

    User malaril449 some sex dating stuff Thx
  87. Fiske

    Dark start with used soil

    You're on the right track then. All you really need is plants. They will inevitably cycle your tank (if they grow). No need to add household ammonia etc. The usual caveats regarding light, nutrients and CO2, if used, apply, of course. Full disclaimer, knowing some might beat me upside the dome...
  88. Fiske

    Dark start with used soil

    I thought soil leaching ammonia was the REASON for doing a dark start? Am I missing something? Why not just plant it up and get going?
  89. Fiske

    CO2 used Database -needs your data

    I seem to have forgotten about this thread. I'll update my info when the bottle runs out. Don't hold your breath, it might be at least another month.
  90. Fiske

    Worth it?

    No idea really on UK prices, but that's about what I pay for a new 2 kg bottle with gas alone, here in Denmark. If everything is in working order, doesn't sound too bad, I guess.
  91. Fiske

    Tidy Jungle II, III and IV

    Barclaya longifolia is fast becoming one of my new favourite plants.
  92. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Looking forward to that, actually. O: They can get massive, as I well know. I had two bulbs taking over a 63 L tank (600 × 300 × 350 mm). Ofc, this was back in the '90s, and my software wasn't updated, so I ran that tank as most would've done in the '70s (ie. no CO2, ferts was occult knowledge...
  93. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Minor update: Cryptocorynes has mostly stopped melting. There's a few I have to keep an eye on, but nothing alarming. Did massive trim of all leaves that were not actively growing on the ferns, hence the windswept look... Big root almost ready to stay put; almost removed the rock today, but...
  94. Fiske

    Narada - w60xd35xh40cm, low tech

    Looking good :D
  95. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    It's simply so much easier too handle the pump in a bucket. And I don't postpone filter maintenance because priming and bleeding air is a pain. Double win. And it has easily as much flow as the previous much more expensive models. Triple win. I hope I can keep the cycad alive this time, after...
  96. Fiske

    Unhappy with plants - open to suggestions

    Be vigilant cutting crispatula runners, or it will take over your tank. Lovely plant, needs ROOOOM.
  97. Fiske

    Oase heat up 300 broke.

    Yup. Happened here too
  98. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Did a heavy trim on old/melty leaves today. Will keep on doing this over the coming week. Very nice to have a job that respects your free time, so I can keep on top of things. That's a first since I started having tanks some 4-5 years ago. Hope it will reflect on the quality of the scape for the...
  99. Fiske

    AS600 - Jade

    Smallish 1 week update: Everything trucking along, not much different from a week ago. Starting to see very minute signs of growth. Big root still wants to float :/ Bit of melt here and there on crypts, which was expected. I punched staghorn in the kisser with some peroxide, then roundhouse...
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