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That's it, I had my 900 and live the scope and size a what you can do but to rescape with new materials takes days and a bucket of money, so end up barley ever doing it as to busy with kids and work etc. I can't decide meeting a few sizes as see them online and look great. 45f tmwith plants out...

Great little tank, love the nanos 😁 colours look great with the onf. Thanks dean

Both look great, I love the right hand one , love the colours and layout, amazing how trends come and go , at the moment I love nanos for there ease or maintenance and lower cost etc. bigger tanks have so much possibilities 😅 can't win. At the moment I am unable to have a larger tank and can't...

Wow @CooKieS this is a stunner, just checking In and glad I clicked on this jurnal, stunning colours and love a nano at the moment as that's all I can currently have, was looking at no tech then low tech then see something like this 🙈 changing my mind again but I need something soon. Also loved...

As others have said stunning setup, love the equipment and the scape, always love a paludarium, nice change and great jurnal thanks for sharing . Dean

Very nice I was looking at these tanks recently as missing my 90cm tank. Plants look very happy. Dean

Wow they suit the tank perfectly, forget how stunning they are. Great inspiration this tank I must say. Dean

Looking great, lovely colours on the plants and love the scape, what equipment you using ? Thanks dean

Tank looks great , very natural

No sorry mate had to take down but missing it now

Been a great jurnal and great to follow along thanks for sharing @Geoffrey Rea sure your son will be fine and want to start something new very soon 😊

Wow I have to say @Ady34 that is one of the most natural nature scapes I have ever seen, really does look like something straight out of Nature aquarium world book. Well done mate 👏 Love the open space and overall look of the whole system . I am going to need another fresh water setup 😅

Looks great from initial planting well done ady stunning as always 👏 i have to agree the stumps look great in the manzi wood, very heavily plated brings it together brilliantly.

Great update @Geoffrey Rea , like you say just ticking along nicely there, nice tip about buying buce, i am missing have a tank cant wait to get one set up 😔

Tank looks great, algae looks loke brown diatoms and as for the melt cut the affected leaf or leaves off as plant will be using lot of energy trying to repair it, cutting it will force new fresh grown.

🤣🤣🤣 i can imagine it was hard for you, but like you say good to try new things sometimes and try something different with a bit more focus on hardscape and less plants be a nice change for you, i think will turn out a stunner,will look great once some fish as im there swimming aroind in all...

Simply perfection 😁 as always great work so far, followed by great explanation and photos, always love your jurnals very helpful to everyone looks even better now the substrate system is in blended it all together brilliantly. Looks very natural and also reminds me of lord of the rings and...

That looks superb, very detailed and i love NA style looking forward to the jurnal. Dean

Love the scape, great perspective, really exited for this one , following with great interest 😀

Yeah keeping the sand clean will be hard work 😬 but looks great, and i know will have to see but i love the impact and possibilitys of large tank. Looking Forward to updates Dean

Love the scape and the negative space, looks like a nice easy to maintain and high impact layout well done @Courtneybst 👏 , i currhave a 90cm but we talking about changing living room around and i think i would have to down size😬 a 60cm or so would look tiny to me after having this for so long...

🤣🤣 its a beauty isnt it, looks like staghorn type alage, cleaned in bleech and now spotless 🙄 for a while anyway

Quick visit to horizon today to get a few ottos and amanos and half a dozen rummy nose tetras that i have lost ,also got the version 2 aqua rio pipes and a new ADA thermometer 😫 i said to james i must have purchased about 4 since i got the tank 🤣🤣 shop is looking amazing and is great...

Cant wait for this i am thinking i now want a larger tank now , maybe a 120cm 😅 as @Wookii said i would have to move house , currently mine is sold just seeing if anything comes up 🤔 cant wait to follow along @Courtneybst

Wow that silicone work is terrible 😳 thats shocking

As always cant wait to see what you come up with as sure will be inspirational for the rest of us 😁 and be very helpful

Hi everyone hope your all well, quick picture as Reds looking great, small amounts of bba on the left side but nothing tgat concerns me, also seem to loose a lot of leaves and have holes in a lot of leaves maybe a slight defficency ? Going to give a trim this week and i will pick out all holed...

Looks great, what a beast of a peice of wood its huge 😅 cant wait to follow along with more progress , great job on the wood hard work payed off 👍 Dean

Thanks appreciate the kind words, and yeah so lucky i was there as usually potter about upstairs etc when filling but no harm done 😅. Thanks

Hi everyone hope your all well, not been around much lately just been so busy, been on family holiday then new job and house viewings as moving home so been very busy. Today i managed to clean pipe work and give carpet a good trim as monte carlo grew crazy from last trim, took a good inch or so...

Yes cant wait to see what you've did mate 😁

Hi everone been a while since last update life just going no where absolutely flying by , did trim yesterday on stems and cant belive how quick the monte carlo carpet has grown back healthier than it was. Apart from that some algae etc but doing less water changes lately only 1 every 8-10 days...

Looks great ady looking forward to seeing planted and next to the 600 should look great, i think i will try a iwagumi next scape maybe with 3 or 3 trypes of plants but really loving these lately. Dean

Great to hear you will be assisting others as you have with so many on here, your journals are always a pleasure to read and always so helpful and insightful 😁 glad your still keeping some tanks.

Still looks great @Iain Sutherland cant belive been a year , where does the time go , i am guilty of being a bit absent lately but due to same reasons, life just gets busy. Great to hear all is well and tank still ticking along nicely

Quick update did a long maintenance session yesterday for 2.5 hours or so as ended up cleaning all the pipe work and trimming of the carpet (first carpet trim) as was getting very thick, also trimmed the rotala hra and ludwigia palustris at the rear right. the crypts that i have a load of...

Thanks @J-Bonham Brought out the hra lovely , tank looks great now and glad enjoying it, i miss the 60p size, a lot more manageable, larger tanks bring more possibilities but also more work 😅

Love this journey tank looks great 😍 what percentage is your light as the hra before rescape looked lovely red

Wow 😊 thank you, there is so many beautiful aquariums on this forum

Hi everyone hope you are all well. Tank ticking along nicely, i have millions on pest snails even though i dont feed huge amounts so any tips or secrets would be great 😅. Added another 12 rummy nose so a noce large geoup now , also added so clithon corona snails lost one but others seem to be...

The orange really does look good, i may get a light screen in future but looking excellent mate

Looks great ady, the update george did showed this tank and how great it looks in its location, i love that narrow leaf crypt i am ater a few more crypts so think will pick a pot of them up on next visit 😀

Great advice @Geoffrey Rea sorry for the late reply, i will always snip off holed or decaying leaves from now on as makes totall sense, will also look at rowlands dosing regime, been busy this week as back to work but did water change today and got a few pics. Thanks again loving this tank...

Stunning 😍

Thanks Geoffrey, i did large water change yesterday and must have removed a handfull of leaves that where holed and had algae etc must have been 100 leaves or so to promote new growth. New session i will trim the repens and replant as getting a little tall , i also need to look up how to...

Yes it is making sense Geoffrey, I have always said I am not the best at certain ferts and what is required and for what purpose but I get the general idea. yes your correct the bba is in the flow of the co2 for the most part , it does hit the bucephlanda dead on and that is fine but all the...

Thanks for that @Geoffrey Rea 😊 I have noticed yesterday when having a good look that I am getting some bba around edges of various leaves on the left hand side aswel and on the carpet. I will do a good water change tomorrow and clean pipes etc along with pinching all the leaves with algae etc...

Hi @Geoffrey Rea thanks for responding 😊, firstly its hard to scrub off, toothbrush doesnt touch it and wire scrubbing brush does remove it with some hard work but would take a long time.i cannt tell what type of algae it is unfortunately, i dont mind a little bit of algae just dont want to...

That sounds like will be a great read and very helpful for the likes of me who hasnt ventured into botanicals Thanks cant wait 😊

Thanks tim appreciate that 👍 have a great Christmas mate

Hi everyone quick christmas update 😊 Tank ticking along nicely, seem to have some bba i think on rocks and plants at the left hand side but not to bad hoping was co2 related and will clear up, any help would be great ? Also green algae on rocks what doesnt bother me to much to he honest. Had a...

Amazing jurnal as always from @Geoffrey Rea hope you all have a great Christmas 🎄 look forward to more from you next year

I think the sand and new style of the layout looks great Geoffrey, love how you have kept the scape going with some slight changes changing the forground etc , my last scape was over a year so love a long term scape and i dont have time to be rescaping often maybe when kids are up a bit 😉...

Looks great love the lighting at the lower level

Quick update time, tank doing ok seem to have some small bunches of bba on rear left corner and rocks went very green think green spot algae so give a good scrub today, to be honest i dont mind green rocks as looks very natural. Any idea why getting green spot algae and bba is it usually co2...

😲 i am shocked someone reacted that way for you trying to help and show them information they asked you for, i know what you mean if ever we need the information or advice or what has previously worked we can ask on this forum 😉 great bunch of people without any of the keyboard warriors 😁

Brilliant explanation on tackling the algae and have to agree with @Wookii even copying and pasting into a sticky thread for future would be great as explained so well. Thanks Geoffrey 😊

Great to see Geoffrey sure you will get under control quickly, thanks for sharing, can i ask what is phytoncide ? I have only ever used flourish excel what is glutaraldehyde. thanks dean

Hi everyone quick update i went to horizon aquatics to purchase my fish, i went for 30 green neons but they seemed very shy and not the best at shouling so went woth 30 rummy nose tetras, they have settled in well, lost 3 on day one not sure if just due to the move etc but rest seem to be doing...

Thats totally fine @SRP3006 as i was wondering the exact same thing, i will be nervous about going picking up any old leaves and adding to tank. Do they have to have fallen and be brown ? And will any tree leaves do ? Also will it add tannins to tank as dont want brown. Thanks so much for all...

Quick water change today dropped my ADA thermometer and smashed into bits 😡, cant remember how many of these i have broken over the years 😅, thinking about stocking soon cant wait to see a nice shoul off fish in my tank. The shrimp deaths have stopped and seeing growth in the plants, lost a lot...

Update time, hope everyone is well. I have been doing daily water changes for week 1 then continued for few days as was findinf dead shrimp unfortunately, been doing every other at the moment as tanks has settled and shrimp seem fine now, added 1 more pot of montecarlo today and also rotala...

Thats made ne laugh 🤣🤣 i am the same as @Wookii said i hate tossing plants in bin or compost but sometimes just to busy to be posting etc woth work and family

Love the cabinet very different, also scape looks very interesting cant wait to see it properly thanks for sharing, keep us up-to-date best you can 😁

Looks great @Ady34 i like the bolbits and as said you can easily keep in check, i have did daily water changes for 8 days now but back at work today so going to every other day now hopefully all ok, i am going to horizon when off for some more hra and maybe a few more pots of mpnte carlo as...

I love a triangle composition mate will look great once them stems etc in there 👍

Just purchased 2x 5kg Firs extinguishers today for £30 last one lasted 5-6 months 😁 and thanks @Wolf6

Thanks mate yeah i was gutted but bothing can be done, be more carefull next time, want to leave for now and hope enough montecarlo in there for now continue carrying out water changes etc and hopefully starts to grow in. Thanks mate and thanks for tip on crypts

Well removed a lot of plants and the wood then ended up cable tieing rock to rear of wood and reglueing to other rocks, prety impossible to get it in exactly same location so did my best, not as happy as i was origionally think wood closer to front so couldn't get rock on right in so left it...

Hopefully tomorro i will drain down remove the right peice of wood and reglue and maybe cable toe etc then level substrate and refit touch wood all goes well 😳

Had a absolute nightmare earlier 😫 when doing water change my hardscape fell, added a rock to back and glued in one place but i am gutted as substrate now all over and hadscape in slightly different place and plants where all over, devistated is a understatement 😢, filled for now as need to go...

Adding ferts now to be safe, doing ok but had a lot of montecarlo meltom the left side as in pics, some doing great maybe a bad batch on that side, you think best to leave it to do its thing for now and see what happens ? Been removing melting leaves off crypts etc but all in all doing ok 👍...

Very nice and as said some sort of rasboras look great in there, do you literaly drain and refill in week 1 and pick out loose leaves etc but is that all you do ? Just curious, i have been doing that and a slight waft of the leaves? Also i am having a nightmare with floating plants as loads of...

Great pics, i tryed photography but a lot of work and research amd money so i am sticking with phone for now 😅 but them pics look amazing 👏

Looks great ady, love the detail of this little scape, also that crypt hobbit 😍 obviously a small crypt i never heard of this one but looks great, lookomg forward to seeing this one mature

Thanks ady really appreciate that just hope all plants ok 👍 hope all the buce ok being so close to the light, already founf a couple of melted leaves but only a few and they may have been damaged leaves etc. Not started doing at ferts yet Was going to wait a week or two, what you think ...

Wow Wow thanks mate appreciate all the kind comments i really hope it is 🤞

Got planted today however i took motion pictures of the process so only have a few still image's, gutted as took throught whole process but not to worry 😅attatched loads of buce and and planted the new plants, Added dennerle rio xingo around some rocks seems to go really well woth frodo thanks...

Used the cigarette filter and glue method yesterday to stick wood and rocks in a few places hopefully doesnt float, think may place rocks ontop just incase 😬. Will be planting today and getting flooded so will update pictures when done ordered a lot of crypts 😁. Trying to decide if to put...

That looks cool 😎 always have like misters, creates a great effect and if helps the plants drying out thats even better.

Amazing colours and great tank will have a good read through jurnal when get 5 minutes but looks great 👍

Thanks so much everyone for kind words also thanks garf i have bagged all plants an amazing amount of buce dont want to loose them. Thanks again everyone lookimg forward to friday to start planting ordered more crypts and other plants

What about that 🤔

sorry i was rushed we uploading earlier i settles on that one ten i will add decor gravel around the stones i have tried to stick to rule of thirds and get the points etc in golden ratio in butby no means is it spectacular but i love the wood, i didt even know wht i was going for just had a play...

Hi everyone firstly hope you are all well. well am finally doing my rescape after over a year with last scape :oops: so its a long time coming. Not sure how to place pictures n order so i will explain what i did then add images at end. firstly i partially drained the tank left filter running...

Thanks mate will keep eye out and get when they stock back up 😁

Very nice 👌 and thanks for that I was looking but could match up and James and Nicole wernt there to ask so will get some of that 😁 also filter looks great in there perfect or open cabinet

Looking forward to this one i was at horizon yesterday admiring your scapes, i was actually going to PM you and ask what stones you used around the bottom of the frodo on the fallen branch, i also seen the wio stand at horizon and they look great but looks even better stained to match your...

Thanks mate thats great 👍

To be honest i am bored with the scape and ready for a change, literally only touch for a hour and half during maintenance and want a different scape and change of plants and hardscape etc been running over a year and if i dont chance i will get bored in the hobby , hopefully push myself to do a...

Thanks ady appreciate that and yeah it was a breeze for a long time just regualr weekly maintenance, thanks for following along and all your help and advice [emoji16]. Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Thanks so much i appreciate that,I had rummy nose tetras in there but all died due to i susspect too much chlorine when did a water change and always planned more but wanted to rescape first and never got round to it buy this setup is just over a year old npw so pnce rescape will certainly be...

I never knew there was a dedicated app i have looked on google play store and cant seem to find ? Tapatalk is a nightmare sometimes. Thanks [emoji4] Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Sorry for low quality images my tappatalk app doesn't seem to let me upload medium quality images and just says upload failed. Do many people pay for the vip ? Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Hi everyone hope you are all well, this scape has been been plodding on nice and easy and pretty trouble free to be honest. Been stocking up on hardscape and hoping to rescape maybe this month but will certainly be doing a jurnal so will let you know still got a few bits to buy etc. Took a few...

Love following your scapes Geoffrey so inspiring so thanks for all the hard work you put in and thanks for sharing [emoji4], i have a small dooa pot can i ask what is the nano lights you have on terrarium as i have seen people use on the dooa pots ? Thanks Dean Sent from my SM-G991B using Tapatalk

Glad got sorted and peice of mind and tank looks great with some serious kit [emoji108] Sent from my SM-T595 using Tapatalk

And we all hugely appreciate your sharing [emoji16], i have been busy latley and just seen this, glad your delving into the salty side as i would love to learn about that side of the hobby butwhen go on forums etc just seems so overwhelming and out of my depth. Dont get me wrong i still have so...

Wow that looks great love all the wood and works really well Sent from my SM-G970F using Tapatalk

Stunning and great rank [emoji122]as said certainly one of my favourites Sent from my SM-T595 using Tapatalk