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Think manuel has pritty much coverd it there had a fantastic time big thanks to all involved the venue was perfect the materials tanks seminars all top draw well done to all who participated in the harscape challenge such a high level and veriaty of styles must have been hard to judge and a...
had great fun last year have been mad busy this year with new house so aquascapes have been on the back burner a bit i will try to get something togther this weekend and enter the comp as i would love to get involved again
Wow what a weekend a BIG thanks to all involved in setting this up and makeing it happen i can only imagine the work that whent into it
I had loads of fun setting up the tank i felt way out of my depth at first on show and talking to the public but soon settled and just had fun meeting all the...
Glad you will be there george i am looking forward to meeting you, has anyone decided what hotel they will be stoping in yet as it would be good if there was a ukaps base camp so to speek.
regards ste
Hi lp
hope they have settled in ok it shouldnt be long now before you have little baby ones they are so cute when they are tiny hope to see you again some time
regards ste :thumbup:
Hi bud
rummy nose teta are a delicate fish one of the things they dont like is cold water changes im not saying that is what has caused your fish to die, you say the fish was swelled up with eyes bulgeing this sounds like a bacterial infection keep your eye on the remaining five for any signs...
I belive that amano`s origanal style has been superseded by the winners of his own compition, and the epic scaled down version`s of real life clif face`s and forists are in themselve`s a new style altogther than the origanal idea they are all still called nature aquarium because they are in his...
The only way i have found to get rid of bga is to do a black out and i mean black no ligt at all must get in i black out for a full 2 weeks when i do one this seems to work your plants will just about survive but the bga will not. do you get any direct sunlight on the tank this could be a...
Hi the tank is 72"long 28"wide and 36" high holds about 1000L , and yes its needle leaf on the right and narrow leaf on the left .what do you think about the name for the scape, that took me nearly as long to think of as the scape its self :D
I run a fluval fx5 two hydor external heaters lighting is 4x80w t5 and 2x40w t8 i put about 25bubbles a seckond through a single large rinox defuser, as far as ferts go i use easylife liquid ferts and add about 10 ml every couple of days. i use jbl`s manado and base layer as the sudstraight the...
Re: Plantsalive.co.uk quality?? Japonica arrived.....
I can do you a mixed bag of crypts for a tenner am striping my tank down and will have lot they are in excellent condition dont rember the names of them but there are at least 6 difrent sorts and will be a good bag full
there are two dwarf amazon swords that make nice carpet plants pigmy chain sword am not sure what the other one is called they sell them on that java plants online shop
the most important thing is a very slow transition from bag to tank slowly add a bit of tank water to the bag do this little bits at a time over the course of a couple of hours oh and any new plants that you buy rinse them lots as i wiped out a large breeding group with a bit of moss must have...
Re: [UKAPS-LAC] Top 10 Winners Announced (Pg.3)!
He he second place am well chuffed can we bring plant`s with us to use in the comp. am all excited can`t wait to meet fellow plant geek`s
i think the plants you have listed would look nice all i would surgest is to use weeping moss on the wood and i think you have the makeings of something special how mutch did it cost to get the wood shiped over its a nice peice that
my local retailer has a comunity 250l tank set up with about 150 fish of 50 differant species lots of filtration but little in the way of plants it is certanly eye catching but not to my taste i prefer a large shool of a single species
my fave shop is pier aquatics in wigan there plant selection is poor but they get lots of beautifull and very rare tetra`s ,shrimp ,pleco`s huge & tiny they also have a good selection of wood some huge pecies well worth a visit
I wonder how many of the people who are so agaist this have themselves kept goldfish in a bowl when they where kids i know i did its what got me started in this hobby. its easy to take the moral high ground and say that this should not go on but this is where kids learn about life and death we...
Thanks for the comments it has been a labor of love for the last 12 months or so,
as for fillter light ect . it run`s a fluval fx5 through 2 300w external heaters, lighting is 4 x 80w t5`s and two 40w t8`s housed in a traditional wooden hood.There is a drain directly underneeth the tank and a...
IAPLC 2011 `Hidden Tiger` rank 234
This is my first attempt at a competion am quite pleased with how the tank looked when i took the photo but think i need to improve my photograph the tank looks even better now, the trees have realy filled out the tank its self is
72"l x36"h x28"w and holds...
i had these in my shrimp tank and have never seen them attacking even baby shrimp ,do be aware that if you use medication that you may end up killing all your shrimp as they can be very sensitive to meds all i did was add 6 green neon tetras to the tank and they ate them and when they had...
if you shorten the timeing period that your lights are on. eg if they are on for eight hours a day now then drop to six hours a day when you put the new bulb in then slowly increce the time till your back at eight hours this should avoide any issues with the dreaded alge
regards ste
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