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5 months in and quite proud I haven’t ripped it up yet!

It’s great to see a Trigon again, I started with a Trigon. Very hard tanks to scape, but I found it one of the easiest to grown plants in, good lighting and deep water. Looks ace mate

This will look very good when grown in

Thanks Tim, too kind mate

Had a bit of a fiddle about and done some moving around. Was a bit nervous when I initially set this one up as it’d been so long, so just bunged some wood in and plants to make sure I could still grow them. The plants took and did well, so decided just to use the plants I had and make more of a...

Hey mate, started up a wee 60 in my new living room. It’s more of a jungle than a scape tbh, you honestly don’t realise what you forget when you’ve been out of the hobby for a while! Taking it steady with easy plants.

Love it mate…absolutely love it 🤤🤤

We can dream brother…we can dream

C02 added…

Got a 60 litre up and running at the moment, it’s only been going about 4 weeks. Nothing special, was going to keep it as a low tech, internal filter etc…but you know how these things go, c02 installed yesterday, internal ripped out and external fitted. Will get some pics up later x

Alright Sutherland! Thank looks insane! Quality wee scape mate

Will look brilliant when grown in

One thing I’ve missed over the years was growing Crypts…they always will be one of the most understated plants

That’s it’ all planted now…now to sit back and watch it

Absolutely love this!

Cheers Tim, good to be back mate

It’ll hopefully look better when it’s grown in and that’ll take a while as I’m not using C02 on this, just carbo. Also, cheers for looking through them, they were good times them. I suppose you never lose passion for a hobby you enjoy

Hey peeps, the set up has been running for a week now. Took out the ugly internal filter and replaced with a Ehiem 130 eco pro. I have gone with easy peezy plants to begin with as it’s been so long and I have literally forgot everything!

The tanks arrived, as said I have done it on the cheaper side, so no ADA and the likes. Here’s a quick pic

Hey mate!!! Good to see you still around!!

As above, don’t expect anything groundbreaking, just going to try an old school scape

Don’t expect too much mate 😂

Hey up mate, I can’t wait to get it all set up, like I say it’ll be done on a real budget, no ADA or the like. Just cheapness 😂😂

Wowsers what a stunning scape mate! Brilliant transition of colour and hitting that rule of two thirds.

Hey up mate, looks good! Looks like we are both back 🙌🏻

Hey all, long time no speak. Hope you’re all well! After a very strange few years, I have decided to start another scape. I haven’t bought the tank yet, but wanted to start a new thread to document the journey. It’s only going to be a small scale to start with, 30 - 60 litres. It’s going...

Hi mate, sorry for the late reply, I always used my tile at 100%, so really can't say if it's too low, but Imo it probably is a little low.

I'm seeing reports come through Twitter regarding Amano...can anyone confirm? This is what I've got... http://www.niigata-nippo.co.jp/sp/news/national/20150806197631.html If so RIP Amano, you've been an inspiration to many.

Nearly two years ago...time for a new tank I reckon.

I Sorry, I never really did any measurements, but on an estimate, I would say...the tank was 30cm high, the LED was 10-15cms from the surface, so on the safe side I'd say about 45cms.

The distance was about 10-15 cm and it was on 100% for 8 hours.

I really really like this, it's got loads of character. A very good plant mass, and once filled out it'll be a winner for me. Well done!

Mine..with equipment.

I used it a while ago, I didn't see if it made a difference or not really. I did start a thread on it here a while ago. I'll try and find it. I found this one... http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/citric-acid-source-of-carbon-for-plants.9162/#post-329731

Love this Chris, keep up,the good work!

Wow! It seems like yesterday...

At last...a real review!

You won't regret it, Ben.

I agree ^^^ if you go on general forums! they will advise you to take it out. We don't, we like carbon, it's the future.

I love carbon in a new set up. I also love Purigen...

Nice hardscape! Planting right will make this a winner.

I heard he dropped his 80s soda stream in his massive tank, and couldn't be assed to get it out and his minions had to dive in and make him fizzy water everyday, and that's how his amaze tanks were born. Before that they were rubbish. That's what I've heard anyways.

Yes that's the one...it just looks like the emmersed stuff I get in the lakes near me.

That last one looks a little like a Crassula species to me...if so, it's been band from the UK.

Well done Trev!

Lovely! That is all...

After entering for the sake of entering...it makes me want to get a new scape sorted! And well done Iain Btw, well deserved!

Haha! I'm getting excited now!

I didn't really, well if don't think I did. I'm sat in Spain at the moment, so haven't checked the post. I entered a tank with all the equipment in, so I'm hoping for 1500! I'm still a winner in my eyes though! Lol

Guess what, I won!

Ehiem 2073, is a great filter...I had a jbl 900 running alongside my jewel internal in a trigon 190 and that worked well also.

Woah! This looks absolute fantastic! Really week done, you need to get some decent pics of this and enter this in to a comp next year. Ps, any chance of uploading some pics at decent size?

It's actually the Chemical Brothers - The Test...but what a tune! It's a proper running tune. He's not doing much at the moment, since he did RPA and the United Nations of Sound. If you haven't heard any of their stuff, I would check it out, brilliant stuff.

Nice vid Tom, and you do a lot of talking with your hands, this is a sign of a leader...Tom for President! Also nice to hear Richard Ashcroft getting an outing at the beginning.

I was what I'd call lucky with this scape. It didn't get any algae, but the plant mass was so high, I'm not sure it would've stood a chance anyway. I did use 100% pure ro water also, with I think may of made a different, that alone with lean dosing and the soil made it perfect growing...

Just popping my head back in...I love this aquascape. Very very well executed, the perfect nature aquarium in my eyes.

Tim is the new king of the nano tank! Reminds me of one of Norbat Sabats scapes.

Got loads of these in my garden.

Wow my friend! Just wow...this is a masterpiece. Very well executed Iain. Great video.

Entered an old scape, equipment included...just to keep up the numbers.

No.

I just want to say thanks for all of the comments and encouragement given to me on the forum over the last few years. All my stuff has gone now, picked up by Ryan this afternoon. He's a top bloke and will get the best out of all the stuff. I've enjoyed scaping up until about a year ago, met some...

Yes, once you have your c02 at a stable level, leave it at that. It should be off at night, this is why we use solenoids. Then you don't have to touch it at all.

Just don't touch the regulator! Lol

And also keep your c02 consistent...I've found this probably the most important part.

That is pearling.

Just remember that aquatic plants don't need to feed from their roots 100% of the time. HC is a stem so it needs root nutients not so much either. Some of the best HC I've seen has been grown in normal sand. The root ime normally gets around 1-2 cm. Give it plenty of c02 of feed the water column.

Brilliant regs, I've had mine for 5years now, with the solenoid in place. There's been water leaked back into the solenoid and it's still going! I'd buy another again, if this one failed. You can't beat German quality.

Hi guys, thank you for your comments. Aron is correct, this was Christmas moss. Well, it was a mix of java and Christmas. It was attached with green cotton. @Brian Murphy I only chose this as it has the clear silicone. The rest have the black silicone.

Really well done! I love stuff like this, so clean and fresh.

Yes mate, you need the mms rail to hang the aquabar from. If I was starting out in the planted hobby, I certainly wouldn't advise someone to get the 1500 without a controller. People have found that the tiles let off a high pitched whistle when using the tile at less than 100%. When the tile...

Can I suggest that if you're going with the tile and the mountaray bracket, that you get some practice first...this gives a lot of light. I would suggest you go with the new aquabars if you are using brackets. If you're using a suspension fitting then it's a little different.

It also smells great!

Sorry for the late reply Ali, they are about 12cm from the top of the tank. The tank is still going....the aponogeton is setting off flower right left and centre. They look beautiful as well.

Strange ain't it Troi! It must be the purple substrate.

Cheers mate, it may dull down a bit, I don't know. I'll have to keep this thread updated.

I thought it was a bog standard crispus green, but I've only ever seen them produce white flowers...

The tank is still running and tonight I notice this... image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr I've had aponogetons flower before, but they've always produced white flowers. This one is cool!

You'll regret it Andy. Wait for the 6 it'll blow the competition out of the water. The 5s already does, the chip is so fast, you'll notice the difference from a 4.

You still dropped it though...

They only smash if you either throw them at something or drop them from a height. I think this is the same for most phones ; )

It's not all about looks ; ) Even though the iPhone is the coolest looking, best made phone on the market.

Beautiful, well done.

This will be replacing the signature for a while. It'll be nice to have some height. I was gonna do it this afternoon, but as you see, the wood would have lifted.

I have managed to bag a ada 60p from George. I was going to set up tomorrow, however, it may be midweek now due to floaty wood! I thought I'd start my journal with a few pics of the wood and tank. image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr The wood image by Ian Holdich, on Flickr And the wood...

Paulo...I didn't read that properly, I'm sure you've made a typo, the ipad still remain the best tablet around. I'm still yet to find a review which tells me otherwise. Next time we meet I'm gonna hypnotise you and make you believe that Apple is the future. ; )

I can't see how it would appear and disappear that quickly, seems very strange to me, something I've never seen.

This hasn't been touched (literally) for 2 weeks, not been dosed, no water change, just topped up. It's at that stage... I think I'll be setting up the new tank tomorrow, I have some great twisted vine, and a new 60p to stick it in. Plant wise, I reckon I can salvage a load out of this...

Love them all! Making me want to set up my 60p now!

Up your water changes for a bit until the tank settles down.

*yawn ; ) And then Samsung will copy (again) and get sued to hell. The iPhone rules in almost every dept and you know it.

The iPhone 6 looks amaze. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-iphone-6-corning-glass-exec-slates-sapphire-crystal-display-option-1439088

Apple x2

It's a Facebook link which I can't link properly on here for some reason.

The Indians aren't happy.

I'm off to see the Indians now...I'll report back.

I found it on an Indian Facebook aquascaping site. There were a few people who where dubious, but it there were others that said it was legit as they'd seen it in the flesh! I just don't know...

Yes it's an aquascape.