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  1. Courtneybst

    Buying Wood For Your Aquarium. Where and How?

    From my experience, it's worth asking the shop to mock up a rough design if it's not easily accessible.
  2. Courtneybst

    Design Help!

    Yes definitely Millennium Wood. Try it in 6 months once it's been exorcised! 👹 Nice bold rock work though! I think it'll be better without sand personally, and you'll thank yourself in the long run for the maintenance. Plus I've never really appreciated the aesthetic of sand and aquasoil mixed...
  3. Courtneybst

    Which wood?

    Hi @Worshiper Unfortunately it's not Red Moor or Dragon Wood. This one is often called Millennium Wood. It's use in aquariums is debatable though since some people have no problems and some people end up with toxic swamps. The key seems to be soaking the wood for months to allow it to leach...
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    British Mossarium

    Cool! I like the placement of everything.
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    IAPLC 2022

    I dunno about the top but I think the entries I've seen after rank 100 seem very random.
  6. Courtneybst

    Critique my hardscape Critique my hardscape!

    Really great job on this scape!
  7. Courtneybst

    Why are cardinal tetra rarely used in aquascaping?

    In terms of IAPLC I guess the colours are quite distracting, and could take the focus off the scape itself.
  8. Courtneybst

    BIG black lava rock

    Ooof, that's steep. What size is that? (S/M/L) I either got 2 large or medium, £60 each. Either way I imagine it's not very economical if you're planning on a big ol' iwagumi. Have you tried Pets at Home?
  9. Courtneybst

    BIG black lava rock

    Yeah they only got a select amount in the order! I got the two of the remaining 3 pieces 😅 Riverwood was where I got my biggest Black Lava. Or you could order some Unzan and splash the cash LOL.
  10. Courtneybst

    Bit of fun.

    That looks beautiful @Gill ! @seedoubleyou I used this application to plan my shrimp tank last year and I feel like it helped. The outcome was fairly close to what I had laid out. But yeah it's very fiddly. Hit markers are a bit all over the place and sometimes once you've lost a layer you just...
  11. Courtneybst

    Tips to attach and grow Monte carlo on rocks

    I've never been able to get it to grow as an epiphyte but I'm not giving up!
  12. Courtneybst

    Xmas came early

    Always an exciting time!
  13. Courtneybst

    Inspirational wood-dominated aquascapes

    I'm all for a mixture of styles and I think there's a versatility in using natural wood pieces that you wouldn't get from 2x4s. It allows you to make changes, for example if you decided that you want more of it exposed than you had planned. If you decide to rescape, you might choose to show off...
  14. Courtneybst

    Recommended pincettes?

    What brand is the smallest S shape scissors?
  15. Courtneybst

    Bricks in aquascape

    Thanks for the help everyone!
  16. Courtneybst

    Bricks in aquascape

    This crossed my mind yeah, I was just trying to be resourceful as I've got kilos upon kilos of crushed lava.
  17. Courtneybst

    Bricks in aquascape

    Hey guys, I've used some bricks in a new contest scape to elevate the hardscape and substrate. As they're engineering bricks, they have 10 big holes in the centre. I was thinking to fill the gaps with crushed lava rock as I've got tons of it. My question is do you think these holes will become...
  18. Courtneybst

    Rescape routine

    Sounds pretty much spot on. It's probably overlooked but I would make sure you've made food for yourself in advance. You'll be grateful when you're wading through soil and are starving.
  19. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    My bad, I thought you meant a forum for competitive scaping 😅
  20. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    Am I able to create a section myself? Or is this something I need to get from the admin team? Cheers
  21. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    Thanks Paulo for the clarification, I haven't forgotten about this by the way folks! I'm working out the logistics so it's a worthwhile thing to be part of. If anyone wants to give suggestions I'm open to ideas! Some of the things I'm working on include creating a digital meeting space, so...
  22. Courtneybst

    Critique my hardscape A valley or a triangle?

    That's some really nice wood pieces! I quite like it in the configuration you've got it in.
  23. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    There was one back in 2016 https://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/fishkeeping-news/enter-the-uk-aquascaping-championship/
  24. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    This was very nearly the name haha, but want to avoid legal action
  25. Courtneybst

    Great British Scapers!

    Hey everyone! After a very inspired chat with a fellow US-based aquascaper, I've decided to organise a competitive scape group for UK enthusiasts. The USA have 'The Aquascapers Collective' and I thought, I don't think we have anything similar? (Correct me if I'm wrong). The premise of the...
  26. Courtneybst

    Request for UKAPS guests on my YouTube channel

    Hey George, This sounds like a great idea. I'm always so intrigued to see what other hobbyists are brewing away in their homes. Some of them are creating masterpieces in silence! I'm interested in this, I've put some recent pictures below (excuse one has just been trimmed and both recently...
  27. Courtneybst

    Critique my aquascape Newbie nanoscape plant help

    No worries! Yeah I get these tanks are super narrow. I'm not saying you need to fully rescape but a peninsula style would work well on this because of its dimensions. Some examples I found online (both Fluval Specs);
  28. Courtneybst

    Critique my aquascape Newbie nanoscape plant help

    Welcome Chris! I think the plants look quite healthy so it's definitely working! I would say scale is definitely important in a scape, especially a small one and because a lot of the plants are big they actually make the scape look smaller. I think also having a transition from foreground to...
  29. Courtneybst

    Shaving a carpet?

  30. Courtneybst

    Critique my aquascape My First Nature Style Aquarium [90P]

    It's looking great planted! I really like the shape of the scape, well composed.
  31. Courtneybst

    Latest podcast - Aquarium Plants and Aquascaping

    I was wondering about this! I was checking often to see when the next one was. I'll put it on tomorrow when I'm doing maintenance :) Cheers George
  32. Courtneybst

    Shallow, long tank inspiration

    I'm most inspired by Chris (@shrimpery on Instagram) in terms of shallow tanks. I'm planning to make a mini version of what he did. https://is.gd/Rpub4C
  33. Courtneybst

    Critique my hardscape Critique away.

    Love the hardscape design! Low Energy Crew [emoji41]
  34. Courtneybst

    Critique my hardscape Back for another beasting!

    I like it! The only thing that bugs my eye is that flat part of the wood on the left that looks like it's been cleanly cut, it's quite distracting. You could cover it with plants though :)
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