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thanks for the comments guys. here's the video... (change settings to HD 1080P or its blurry)

Hi All, Well I'm finally at the point of planting the tank. Let's just say it's been a busy day in the office, but not the kind of work we usually do! I did the planting and my colleague Calum kindly brought in his DSLR to take some stills. Plants arrived from Aquaessentials in good condition...

Thanks Darrel, i have read that, i think i might try it next scape with more submerged hardscape so i can plant it emmersed. ive just ordered the tissue culture plants, - HC x 5 - Elocharis Mini x 6 - Alternathere reineckii mini x 2 should arrive tuesday, so next update will be more...

cant see pics, they look like broken links

looks fantastic, great work

ok thats decided then ill go with something else. thanks ian for the tip, its not that i didnt trust your judgement but i was thinking is it worth a go to try and break the run of failure. i would still like to try it out but maybe in a spare tank later on. this one really needs to work so no...

in the light of day and after thinking about it further I'm on the fence again. I am willing to give it a go but I've read a few articles on growing UG this morning and it seems the following are the issues - - doesnt like nutrient rich substrate - doesnt like nutrient rich water - sensitive...

Morning Wisey, these are the cables supplied with the iquatics rail. you get one set as standard and the other they threw in the box free of charge when i told them i was using the rail to attach to a TMC rail and tiles. in not sure which set is the standard and which is the thrown in set. the...

Sod it I'm going to give it a go. I'm never one to shy away from a challenge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh I forgot to mention, the cable attaching the rail to the hanging bit isn't iquatics, Alastair kindly sent that with the tiles. I'll take a pic of the supplied cable from iquatics tomorrow and post on here so you see what you get out of the box. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks for the advice Ian. You've now got me in a quandary do I go for it and challenge myself or is there really no point if the substrate isn't suitable. Are there any cases of it working well planted in new Amazonia? If not there's no point and I'll rethink. I am certain on the Hc, planted...

lights are now set up on the tank (thanks Alastair!). two TMC 1500nd tiles with aquaray controller. ive programmed them to come on for 8 hours with a 60 min ramp time so full power (which is set at 30%) for 6 hours with sunrise and sunset for the first and last hour of the photoperiod. not...

Hi Mate, lights should be here in the next hour fingers crossed, thanks for sending them anyway not your fault they are taking ages to get here. plant list is simple. Utricularia graminifolia for main carpet plant with Hemianthus callitrichoides on the mounds and growing up the rocks. i...

still waiting for the lights, the courier has decided to take their time...hopefully they will arrive tomorrow. i will post a pic asap for you mate.

Hi wisey, The hanging system I've used is the 600mm version. My lights should turn up tomorrow so I'll take a pic when set up. I ordered from iquatics over the phone and told them I wanted to attach to tmc tiles and rail. They've put two additional clips in the box free of charge so I can attach...

It's a medical recruitment business ha ha. I just like planted tanks. I may buy a pot or 2 of Hc though and chuck it in. Just to see how it goes Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

ill be using the lab grown plants so not much in the way of bacteria and james (TGM) advised against it if using aquasoil as the ammonia will cause issies with the plants. im on the fence to be honest. playing it safe but it may not last long.....

oh yes, the rack. I didnt consider that. oh well, thats an issue to deal with on another day ha ha. this 3 week wait is going to kill me. i keep standing in front of it looking at my creation of er mud and rock.... its getting boring now only a few hours in. itchy feet already.

Hi Everyone, Some of you may remember my journals from way back in 2006/2007 when I went a bit planted tank mad (Jimbooo's Jungle Journal 1,2,and3, the step by step riccia article and the plant maintenance article) all initially on fishforums.net then over here when UKAPS first established...

Fantastic tank and journal dom. Lots of things here I haven't seen or thought of doing before. Very refreshing. The potential of this tank is huge. Keep it up. Sub'd Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

To be fair I just bought a load of substrate from TGM for a new setup and Jim advised to hold off on planting for 3 weeks 70% water change a week until week 3 to get the ammonia down. He said he uses this method when he's not being filmed and not under pressure to chuck it all together quickly...

no decent pictus photo's i'm afraid they spend all the time in the open dark space behind the cave and i cant see them. they do come out "on patrol" at about midnight when the moonlights are on but the camera doesn't really pick anything up. They are as you guessed. silver body black spots and...

For the record the stock list so far is as follows: 9 - angels 22 - Sterbai Corys 10 - (ish) otto's 1 - L128 - Blue Phantom Plec 2 - L007 - Galaxy Pleco's 2 - Pictus Catfish 1 - Bamboo Shrimp 10/20? - Amano Shrimp 2 - Spoilt zebra Danio's who dont want to come out! Malaysian Trumpet Snails...

Hi Clive. thanks for the thoughts, appreciated as always. as to the first point i totally agree but it was a compromise because of the fish. when the powerhead is on the angels all hide in the big wood cave on the right like a herd of cattle all squashed in together lol. they quite obviously...

thanks guys. the vid was taken on my sony cybershot DSC-W55 point and click digital camera. nothing too fancy, a camcorder vid should be much better. i have one but stupid windows vista cant find a driver and the disc supplied is not compatible DOH... if you have photobucket you can upload...

thanks for the comments glad to hear your enjoying the journal. okay....for the last few months i have been trying to think of a way to increase circulation without spending a load more money on equipment. i have a maxi-jet 900lph powerhead (seen in the first few pages re water changing) which...

ahh i see, hmm oh sod. :x cant reply properly as at work but most appreciated will post back tonight...

Hi Clive. yeah thank god the reg has been fine after the exchange. i'm scared witless of adding another diffuser though surely that would involve a T-Section in the co2 hose. another potential leak lol. i'm up for changing diffusion method though if you can suggest anything i know the rinox is...

looks great Ed much better, you have instantly got the depth back. shame about the glosso but better off in the end. you would only have delayed the inevitable by pruning it after all. All looks nice and healthy as well should grow out nicely. i'll take some off you if your sending out. i dont...

sounds good i'll look into getting one. thanks for the info Ed.

lol i was kinda asking for that wasn't i. no harm done mate. what you say does make sense i guess i have never got it spot on. i mean i know EI works as i have used it for years but never have i had a tank start to finish algae free. out of interest does decaying wood give off ammonia. i'd guess...

Hi Ed. just read your journal front to back. not been online much since xmas and missed this! fantastic tank mate it has come together nicely. i see you seem to have had no algae issues at all, unlike me. are you using EI with dry ferts? i did and dare i say it things got er worse every time i...

Hi eds. all tank bred. i have rock hard water so felt more comfortable buying from a store 2 miles away who do not use any RO in there tanks. they are tank bred imports apparently. i have only lost one of the 10 and one of the remaining 9 is a dwarf lol. notice the "when 2 become 1 pic" it's...

Hi Everyone, Sorry i've been AWOL for 3 months, been rather busy, no excuse i know :oops: As to the tank i have had a bit of a roller coaster ride with it. all sorted now thank god. i'll let the pictures do the talking as usual. This is Dec/Jan when the algae plague was at it's worst. i was...

thanks guys, flow is good (juwel filter plus a second external) could clean it but only been running for a couple of months! i have purigen in there. may replace it apart from that i dont know what to do. 50 gallons a week changes are enough to cope with, i cannot do more. aghhhh i'm just...

Aponogeton ulvaceous i think. beware though they really are HUGE. they have outgrown this tank already and i am thinking of taking them out. if you wanted them to stand tall so to speak you would need at least a metre of depth if not more!!! as to an update...uummmm not too great at present. i...

it looks lovely mate, the only thing i would add is there seems to be something missing from the far right mid ground. i would put something in front of the stems by the side glass at the moment it seems to just stop and not fade out to the side if that makes any sense. only a minor thing...

Hi guys, TBH i'm not too fussed what the final established carpet consists of. i just want 100% coverage of the EC ideally that would be mainly HC with hairgrass dotted about but that obviously isn't going to happen. i took a look at james3200's initial layout that this came from and i really...

i've just planted the main carpet. I bought some HC from James3200 and it came entangled in loads of hairgrass which was great as i want that in there as well. after spending 20 mins trying to separate it all i decided on planting a mix of HC and hairgrass through out the forground after all...

i have only had it installed recently, after the regulator packed up. it's kind of middle of the road green. i guess 10 - 15ppm but who knows lol

Sam: no waving of hands just a fistful of sinking pellets lol Beeky: i was surprised as well. I do have a top quality aquarium gardening non return valve (£18!) i suppose once the gas gets past the valve the pressure on the end part of the tube should stay quite constant. i just couldn't be...

Hi All. Time for an update. My Aponogeton ulvaceus has been throwing out flowers for the past fortnight all over the place. i've never had anything flower before so this has been quite exciting. i have just left the plants unpruned for a fortnight with a water change after a week. Still no...

ahh okay, makes sence. is there any way of turning it down? it would look great with a little mist.

lol. er..why not just fill it up with water. it looks like a witch's cauldron. i'd imagine it works well on a huge display tank but i cant really see the benefit in the nano. sorry mate, thumbs down from me. well done for trying new things though, i'm all up for new gadgetry. i really want a...

thanks eds. Steve i have a rio180 as well (40G) with about 20 shrimp and a now fully mature angel and the shrimp are always out on the anubias and wood. they even stroll around on the open forground, they have never been bothered about the angel. this is a 100G so i dont have any worries...

Sam, cheers mate. just a tight 100% carpet for the exposed eco complete. mix of glosso, HC, hairgrass and some other bits and bobs. i'm sure it will all and up as one messy clump i'm just fancying a bit of experimentation. Thanks Dan. i have high hopes thats for sure. Beeky, no discount as i...

Hi All, Well it's been an eventful week my regulator has sprung a leak so i need to arrange for a replacement from malaysia (ebay..Doh!) so luckily i had a nutrafin canister around and plugged it into the co2 hose for a temporary fix. after about 24 hours it started bubbling away nicely. i've...

ahh yes sorry. no unfortunatly i put my 6 sterbai's in there just before the whitespot outbreak. the cory's got a secondary bacterial / fungal infection and i lost 4. i'd had them for about 3 years so not too pleased with myself about that. the 2 left were uneffected by any of it and seem fine...

sorry beeky you've lost me there...

ahh that explains it lol. i couldn't find anything on the net that looked the same. how does it adapt then as it's just one stem. i'd guess it'll branch off with the new growth being the submerged form then just cut off the branches and replant, is that along the right lines? if not please...

thanks guys. As to the stem plant i'm afraid i do not know the name..anyone else like to step in here..

finally i've got some plants in the tank. forgive the lack of names, they dont label anything in my LFS but luckily they had quite a selection today. i also bought 9 otto's and 6 zebra danio's (moving home later on) i had a touch of whitespot which unfortunately wiped out my existing cardinals...

thats exactly how mine came. the one in this tank is 3 years old and originated from the batch i got from greenline. i started with 3 plants and have had at least 15 from it over the years. they throw off new plantlets every now and then and soon fill the tank.

Hi Steve, i cant really comment on the EC yet as the tank is only lightly planted, co2 has been non existent and i am not dosing ferts yet. other than that it looks great and i have high hopes for it. i should have plants pretty soon so watch this space. As to your carbon question i am not 100%...

thanks george i may well take you up on the plant offer. i should be ordering plants this week as long as the FE's turn up. but i'm sure i could squeeze a few more in if you have anything special. as to tubes thats what i just bought, 2 arcadia T5HO plant pro 54W. they are a bit purple for me...

correct. or Tiger Lotus as us laypeople call it. i may be good at aquascaping and growing but latin...thats another story. the feathery one is just that...a feathery one lol. no idea TBH simillar to Cabomba but much finer leaved. LFS has it in all the time, they dont know what it is either. if...

hi people, well time for an update i suppose. I've installed two more T5HO arcadia plant pro tubes to bring me up to 216 Watts so 2.16WPG. also added reflectors to get the most out of the light available. i really want to grow a compact carpet again and am a bit apprehensive about the depth of...

£50 brand new in original packaging, not even oened from a member on TFF - i have my reasons lol i just want a bit more flow around that side of the tank and an external for the freedom of baskets. the fluval 105 worked well in the 180 so i'm hoping for a simmilar effect. the juwel internal is...

nickyc - one tube in front and one behind the light bar. add reflectors and it sits on the 2 centre braces with a bit of tin foil under the contact area with the brace to disipate the heat and prevent damaging it. i'll upload pics in a bit. George - i'm geting a Rena XP2 in a few days. the...

right i've finally got some money again so off to wildwoods now to buy a twin T5HO ballast and some tubes, some purigen and to hell with it some more cardinals... ordered some more Pot. Nitrate from AE and 2 FE's from Ebay. i'm now deliberating on the ADA beetle. may see how i get on with the...

glad to help mate :wink: are you going to the festival tomorrow, well later on today i suppose.. if so see you there.

thanks george, damn it i dont have an outside tap just a silly mixer tap on the kitchen sink. thanks for the link though.

i've just taken some better pictures in the dark, those reflections were bugging me.

great thanks dave, i missed that thread. my LFS a mile away stocks it i shall get some next time i'm there and give it a go. i have tannins galore at the moment so that sounds like an ideal product for me. multipul water changes on 100G when you are on a water meter are expensive in themselves...

sounds great thanks nick. i've got two blokes painting the outside of my house today so have been ordered by the misses to sit on my butt all day and not leave the house.i was running out of surfing material - off to seachem site now. thanks. £10 a pop seems cheap especially if it's...

Right then time for an update. Sorry for the reflections in the pics daytime photography with curved glass is a nightmare! Well, i've been very busy over the last week or so firstly last weekend i took a trip to Wildwoods for some wood. after looking in the wood pile i was rather disappointed...

thanks for the update nick. what a bummer about the co2 and ferts. i hate leaving my tank for any length of time. last time my autofeeder was all set up and the damn batteries died. fish were like anorexic piranhas when i returned. good luck sorting it, your getting there by the sounds of it...

ahh i see, thanks.

sorry maximumbob whats FTW?

thanks for all the input people. ceg4048 - fair point in paragraph one. didn't think of that. I will be carpeting. sand front, carpet some front & midground (divided substrate). i have read that article. sounds great and i would try it however i am skint until the end of october and i am...

feel free to pile on the pressure, i thrive on it lol. you will have to be patient though. substrate is being ordered tonight then cycle for a few weeks. i wont be planting until octobers paycheck (quarterly bonus to blow whoohoo) extra lights, co2 plants etc will all go in at once so i will...

lol yeah tell me about it. mind you today isn't much better! i love all this space I've spent two evenings looking at an empty tank planning the layout i just want to go wood shopping now and find that perfect piece but cant get out until Saturday. how frustrating. Bugs - yes. i have always...

yeah tell me about it lol. concrete floor thank god. right then. that's one busy day over with, the tank arrived at 2pm. the driver wasn't insured to lift it so jacked up the pallet on a trolley, lowered down his tail lift and promptly dumped it on my driveway. after very helpfully asking how...

Hi Gang, Well here i am on day one of a long awaited project. apparently my Vision 450 will arrive on a delivery van all the way from Liverpool sometime between 1200 and 1800 today. so far i have spent £55 on 3 juwel backing tiles and a tube of silicon. plus £630 for the tank and stand from...

ceg4048 made some great points there. the only thing i would not do is over 50% water changes. this ill effect the water chemistry too much for your fish. generally 50% is the max at any one time unless you are dealing with a drastic problem as a one off. other than that i agree with everything...

ahh i see. i'd never really looked into it TBH. i am put off by the branded nature of the ADA ferts. not disputing they are excellent and produce fantastic results. obviously the nature aquarium gallery speaks for itself. i prefer to know exacly what i am putting in the water from an educational...

Thats a cracking tank Nick. it's nice to see the progress of an ADA setup i have seen plenty but only a snapshot from a single point in time. Watching a long term layout develop will be great. Almost all on here as i'm sure you know are using EI methods so the comparison will be interesting...

Hi Mate, loads of potential there, this is going to be fun to watch for a few months. one pointer if i may. I would move the lily further to the rear left corner just in front of the filter equipment. when that thing takes off it will get as large as you want it to be so in the present...