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Nice, nice plants. I love it.:)

The modest equipment here only proves that one does not need anything fancy, expensive or ADA like to achieve top results, healthy plants, thick carpets etc. I have deep respect for anyone that can show this level of skill without all the expensive rubbish sold for this hobby. Very well done...

I use the same one for two years now. It is slow on PH test, but it is also damn accurate. The trouble with this kind of testers is that you have to leave them in water for 30 minutes or so for conditioning and then do the test. They also need to be calibrated often. When this one I have gets...

Check this out. I use their combine PH, TDS, Cond, Salt and Temp meter. It is really good. Oakton meters for pH, conductivity, TDS, ORP, DO, temperature, and humidity measurement

Actually it's from the future. Chunks fromt the starship Enterprise:lol: Nice tank ma men. Keep it well.

Thank you guys. You opinion matters a lot to me. I also think the altered picture is better. Now i know it's not only me to think so.

Ok guys. Some public opinions needed. I'm trying to catch up on Mark and become cool photographer like him... :D So I played a bit with my contest picture in PS and Adobe lightroom in attempt to make it nicer. The first picture is the original. The second is the adjusted one. Please tell me...

How nice. So my work have contributed one more member to UKAPS. Cool. :D

If the stones are pushing the hardness level too much it means that they are suitable only for non CO2 tank. The reaction with the stones will stop once the PH have reached 7 and the water have become neutral. In most cases CO2 will affect stones in aquatic enviornment only at PH below 7. You...

Long time waiting to publish the final picture. I think it's safe now.

Wow man. Those are hell of a colours. Great plants. I love your bushes.

Re: Fluval Studio 900... Disaster. Oh man that's bad when it happens. Rest assured you are not the only one to go trough such disaster. Just about two months ago the water in my main CRS tank have just run on the floor and in the early morning I found the CRS crawling on the substrate like...

4 hous is quite short time I think. I give 10 hours to all my plants in the tank and the hydroponics. In both cases I use approximately the same amount of light.

The light I use is much like the amount on my planted aquariums. Even emmersed UG can still go bust if the light is too much, because I grow it in a small room with limited nutrients and CO2. Not quite like it is in nature.

The pots in the tank are for sale actually. Got 10 available. I had no more space in the hydroponics boxes so had to put them in the tank and they quickly started to blow up in size. If you or anybody else what them can pm me any time.

Here is some of my UG pots. I do not cover it with anything. Just free air access, T5 light Amazonia Powder and RO water.

Re: Another day in paradise. Video-The complete work. Prepare for battle. :D on the IAPLS.. ha, ha.

Re: Another day in paradise. Video-The complete work. Thanks. Well… Mark Evans managed to create the videos that awaken the worse jealousy in me :D and he is using only 5D MkII. I still have not managed to figure out how to make clear video on the whole front of the tank. The picture I get is...

Re: Another day in paradise. Video-The complete work. 8 x T5 28W NO, 5 x T5 54W HO only for the final picture. More would have been very useful. So now I have ordered 20 pcs of T5 54W 8000K Osram to make some studio soft box with them. I should imagine those will do better. The regular tank...

Re: Another day in paradise. Video-The complete work. Thank you George. The Camera is Canon EOS 600D with the standard 18-55 mm kit.

Re: Another day in paradise. Video-The complete work. Thank you guys. There is a new video showing the complete work of this aquascape. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLZNRmn ... re=channel

Re: Another day in paradise.Update Day 188. Lomariopsis Lineata (Round Pelia).

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update. Day 157. Thank you George. Actually there were some changes done. I have swaped the grey rocks for Dragon Stone sort of a brownish colour. Also I have removed some of the Pellia woods, but will have to keep that latest trimmed appearance for contests...

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update.Day 157. The rasboras are swimming that way in the evening hours. They like to play around the filter current a lot. Long ago I have been breeding Blue Rams and when the young ones were in great numbers let say 150-200 they use to swim just the same way.

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update.Day 157. Thank you Mark. The layout is unusual indeed, just like all my previous layouts. I am always looking for something new and different. And of course if there is a rule I will be the first to challenge it. :) That is why I am driven to create...

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update. Day 157. This is what it looks now. Very close to the final shot.

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update. Thank you. Well there is some tiny algae here and there, but is somewhat out of site. Cheers. :) I am expecting some further change after introducing Limnophila Aquatica on the back of the tank. It is growing a bit slow, but will get there. Plants...

Re: Another day in paradise. Video update. 154 days after start. For better quality choose 720p HD. The movie is made with Canon EOS 600D and the aquarium light. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7jNE9gU ... e=youtu.be

Re: My new scape. Another day in paradise. Well that's exactly what I have seen. As a general rule the green plastic pipes do not get much algae when they are close to the light, the glass pipes do. When it commes to the scum they all get it in fair amount. Oh...but the glass is just so much...

Re: My new scape. Another day in paradise. I actually do not love Eheim stuff that much. I would prefer ADA filter instead. It is much, much easier to clean. But I guess I'll be dreaming for a while, perhaps forever...he, he. Now about the fairy tale "does the green reduce the amount of algae...

Re: My new scape. Another day in paradise. I had set of Lily Pipes not once, but the damn things always get smashed sooner or later. They are much more pleasing indeed, but not to the bank account. Also Lily Pipes never managed to really get rid of surface film. Eheim skimmer is unbeatable.

Re: My new scape. Another day in paradise. Finally decided to put the fish in. Well first I managed to sell 300 CRS and get out another 150 to safety. The scape have to develope more. I am not ready yet, but it looks a lot better than it did at earlier stages. I also came up with the name for...

Re: My new scape. Easy Life Profito - recommended dose (it is adjusted according to plant growth rates, but never more than double), Easy carbo - half recommended dose, NO3 1ppm per day, PO4 0.5 ppm per day. Potassium by K2CO3. In the beginning of the weekly cycle after water change I apply...

Re: My new scape. Thank you guys. The scape is still in process of development. There is more to be added to the surreal side of it.

Re: My new scape. One month after bulldozing.

Re: My new scape. Interesting. I also like it more after the buldozer crushed it . :D Now I raised the light level probably twice. It should keep the Lilaeopsis lower this time. I think it was too high before the buldozing.

Viktor, this is nice tank. I hope you will have less hell with cutting plants in this one.

Re: My new scape. It was actually. he, he... Problem is I left it too long and got overgrown. This bulldozing was necessary. Thanks a lot.

Re: My new scape. Trimming update.

Tom this woods actually look better to me than any of the stones a saw in iwagumi tanks. The idea is just magnificent.

Re: My new scape. Hardscape complete. I got a bit unhappy about the rocks, because they got covered too much and do not seem to look as good anymore. So I have changed them. Here they are.

This version of the scape looks so natural and peaceful. I wish it was still this way. :(

Re: My new scape. Day 75 from the start.

Re: My new scape. The problem that I found with anything that makes any kind of CO2 bubbles in the tank water is that those bubbles are throwing off the readings from the CO2 checker. This does not happen with the CO2 reactor. No bubbles are entering the water and the checkers work as accurate...

Re: My new scape. You can see the whole picture of the tank. On the back right corner is the entry pipe from the CO2 filter. It points along side the water surface, just a bit lower. It works really well. No CO2 tubing, no diffusers to clean, no bubbles to disturb the visibility in the tank. It...

Re: My new scape. Lights work for 10 hours per day. CO2 is supplied for 12 hours per day. 3 hours before the lights come on and it is turned off 1 hour before the lights. I use Sera CO2 reactor model 1000. That one is connected to Eheim 2224 that have the only purpose to turn the water trough...

Re: My new scape. It looks even better in real. But I am not much of a photographer.

Re: My new scape. Some close pictures.

Re: My new scape. Thank you guys. Long way to go before it is complete.

Re: My new scape. There is some update of the progress. Some of the low rocks were covered or so it seems, but they are going to be used as basins for other small rocks that will be on the top of them later.

Nice scape. I would get some tools and snap the peaks of the rocks if possible. They look a bit too pointy to me. But that is only my view. How far is the light from the water surface? I also have HC in my new scape and it is giving me hell. I think the light adjustment can help me a bit.

Re: My new scape. Thank you Luis. I actually took your advice from ASW and decided to please my self with this scape instead of impress some high end guys. So no more ratios, or roads, or trees, or forest look a likes, mountains and so on. Only green piece and joy. :D

Re: My new scape. So far no algae what so ever. I am sure that it will come, but likely only on the rocks this time, because I am using fully matured filters and 75% of the substrate is from the previous aquascape loaded with goodies. I always get some greenies on the rocks, lucky me. I...

Re: My new scape. Thank you so much. Now i always manage to grow HC in pots to absolute perfection, but in the aquarium is different issue. Problem is that I can not keep for now temperature bellow 25 Celsius. No chillier. For now I do everything else as Victor say’s, except for the powder...

Re: My new scape. Thank you guys. I just decided for this one not to have mountians , big trees or roads, but mostly open spaces. That is why I did not erected high rocks. I want the rocks to pop up here and there when the plants are developed. For now my issue is if the HC will develop well...

Hi everyone. :D I have started my new scape that I want to share with you. Tank size is 120x60x50 cm. 330 litres of total internal volume. It took about 100 kilograms of rocks to get the volume of the hills and 8x9 litres bags of Amazonia Aquasoil. Illumination by 2 T5 HO 6500 Kelvins. Plants...