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Cheers Andy. Yep, I'm so pleased I stuck with it. Will try and get an FTS later but for now, i'm off down the golf course :lol: I still have Cherries in this tank but they don't go near the UG. There is something about that corner that they, and all other plants I have put there, don't like...

Hi Minh, the tank looks like a good start, how about some hemianthus micranthemoides behind the driftwood, it's a nice delicate and vibrant stem :thumbup: What is it you have planted in the foreground?

:lol: Possibly because I havent updated for 5 months. Thank you, I'm really pleased with how it's developed Thanks Chris, appreciate the positive feedback :thumbup:

Hi Lisa, with the larger WCs I dosed as normal. I changed say on Sunday adding normal Macro dose after, Monday add normal Trace dose, then WC on Tues adding normal Macro dose after, Weds add normal Trace dose, etc. When I say 'normal' Trace dose, i mean a triple dose, as usual :lol: UG...

Re: Bobtastic's Iwagumi Scape :lol: Obviously no offence meant to yourself or other Iwagumi-ers. I appreciate they are an art form, I just think they lack the interest to the eye that a NA scape does :D

Re: Bobtastic's Iwagumi Scape The second would be good with the addition of more, smaller rocks around the larger two. Think saintly's MA shop tank with stems behind. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6787&start=160 However, as you're going for Dullagumi :silent: *takes cover* the original is a good...

Re: Jase's 28l Long - "Attrition" Rare update from me. This tank has kicked the blahblahblahblah out of me and has been duly named 'Attrition' meaning 'wearing down to weaken or destroy' - it almost beat me :lol: I got bored shortly after the last update and left the tank to its own devices leading to even...

Re: Bobtastic's Iwagumi Scape I think the rear right hand rock needs to point upwards, like the two main rocks, other than that I think it looks good

Without pictures, it never happened... :wink:

Re: NeilW's 30cm nano - 'Mono' (updated 12/8) The tank looks great - that moss looks fantastic 8) I still feel that the lines of the main stone aren't right though, i think it needs rotating anti clockwise to tie in with the smaller one at the front or perhaps a plant or some moss between...

Re: gcpenn's ADA 60H 45 journal. Instant aquascape, just add water! :lol: That wood is great and that has got to be the best looking CO2 cannister I've seen 8) It's quite hectic in there, I must say, this is why i'm not a real fan of vallis

I can echo a good start but I think you need more plants to help you. I would suggest either getting rid of the frogs or changing the water more frequently, they will be polluting a lot and could contribute to your algae problems

With this I agree but I also think there are only a handful of people who could take constructive critique. There're two types of aquascaper. Those people who strive for perfection and move from scape to scape in order to improve. And then those that want an attractive aquarium. On a couple of...

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' after a break Hi Mark, I have to admit I don't find this as exciting as your usual 'just add water' aquascapes :lol: but I appreciate you wanted low maintenance and you're not here to please my eyes 8) Your photography is dramatic and stunning, i love it...

Perhaps you could name the scape 'Invisible Flora' :shifty: I'm here all week :lol:

Re: sams 60cm (planted) Ye that should work nicely. Looking forward to watching this develop, and you keeping that Hygro under control :lol:

Re: sams 60cm (planted) I loves it! :clap: Great simple hardscape & great plant choice :clap: What're you planning to do with the plastic border? Keep it there?

Re: sams 60cm ????? Plant it :thumbup:

Re: NeilW's 30cm nano - "Mono" [Hardscaped 29/04/10] I want to like it more than I do, I can see why everyone is singing its praises, but for me it looks very unnatural. The 'lines' (strata) on the different rocks don't follow each other and the one at the back is facing in the opposite...

Re: 238l rescape. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Xmas-Moss-x5-Live ... 4ceb9beeea

Re: 238l rescape. Looking forward to seeing how you get on with that great piece of Manzi

I think it's wicked. It doesn't need to be 'balanced' in my opinion, it's a snapshot of nature...

Re: nelson's nano 2 :text-+1: on the flame moss - easily shapeable to suit the scape :thumbup: Your growth for 8 days is incredible :clap: It looks great

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks Gaz I'll have a look into it :thumbup:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Hi Jamie, thanks for your kind words. I think this shape tank is great, I'm considering getting one built in Optiwhite glass, I like it that much :thumbup: I look forward to seeing what you come up with and I'm flattered to inspire :oops: Will you be doing a journal?

Re: Jase's 28l Long Cheers bud. Argh don't say that, i was hoping nobody had noticed them! :lol: In fairness i've been considering something to replace them for a while but haven't got round to doing anything about it. I looked into some HK glassware on fleabay and the inlets are all too...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks George, yep reading back it was Steve in fairness, sorry Steve :lol: Cheers Andy. I had to try the Glosso, couldn't let you have a better carpet than me :lol: It's growing well now, lots of new growth from the crypts all coming out at once. There may be a...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Update Glosso Added I also took my own advice and cut the Bolbitis right back to the Rhizome :thumbup:

Re: nelson's nano 2 Loving that last layout Neil

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks Devin :thumbup: I'm pleased with how it's starting to develop Cheers Mark, I have to agree although the hairgrass seems to disappear against the background though :eh: Nice one Chris, credit goes to George Farmer for kicking me up the bottom to change to the...

Looks good with more HC, and the stems, has the HC spread much or is it mostly the new pots?

Re: Jase's 28l Long Here we go, white background. Please excuse the glare, these were taken literally 10 mins ago rushed, it's very sunny and I'm getting nagged to go and mash the spuds for dinner :lol:

:lol: Mine grow fairly quickly too If you're rescaping anyway, you could try trimming most of the leaves off the crypts in the middle, to reveal your hardscape again. Also, how do you trim your lilaeopsis? Like grass? I tried that in my pico and it just stuck it's fingers up at me and died :lol:

Full to bursting :lol: It looks great Do you trim your crypts? I've found they respond really well to cutting off the taller leaves, chucking out nice new growth and bushing out at the base. This gets rid of the 'need' for plants to cover up the stems :thumbup: Are you planning on keeping...

If you're looking to completely pack out the back with plants then the hardscape is great where it is, otherwise you'd risk losing it is a mass of plants. Go with your gut and try it, you can always rescape

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks Paulo, the Fissdens is crdit to you, so healthy, and still got half of it left :lol: My 125l has no background against the 'cappacino' coloured walls and it looks ok :? . This one has a radiator behind, hence the tshirt attached to the back :lol:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Infact, I'm surprised Paulo has organised it, being a Chelsea fan :geek:

Re: Jase's 28l Long I was going to join the road trip but United-Chelsea is keeping me home

Re: Jase's 28l Long I'll definately be giving a white background a go this weekend, and hopefully my local friednly P@H will have some Glosso in stock for me to plant up 8)

Re: Jase's 28l Long Hi George, thanks for your thoughts. I know what you mean about the solitary piece of wood I was thinking of naming the scape 'Lonely Branch' only yesterday :lol: I had planned on using three pieces of similar size but the two other pieces are smaller and are quite...

I know it's only been a couple of days but how's this looking Neil?

I really like this C, hugely impressive first attempt :thumbup: I'm a massive fan of lushly planted nanos

It looks great Viktor :thumbup: It's nice to see step by step pictures - ADA porn :lol: I think the Rotala will look nice behind the rock. I'll be interested to see how the UG develops for you, it's a plant i'm interested in using in the future.

Re: Jase's 28l Long Cheers Steve, I've cheated a little... Update Day 59 My plan originally incorporated a Java Fern or two, so I raided my 125l for some nice small needle leaf :D Best thing I've done in this tank. Oh and I ripped the dirty Marsilea out. Tempted by Glosso as a replacement...

Re: Jase's 28l Long

It's beautiful :clap: It looks really fresh with the white background and your anubias look so healthy

Re: Jase's 28l Long Yep it really is great, I'll be ordering one for my big tank too :thumbup: :lol: Perhaps I'm too impatient Update Day 57 Purchased some new fish so gave the Red Eyes back to my dad. I bought a group of 'Paraguay Tetras' Aphyocharax paraguayensis RUBBISH shoalers...

Re: Jase's 28l Long I don't know how you fellas get decent snaps of your fish, something I need to work on for sure... You can see the bubble size put out by the atomizer :thumbup:

Incredible growth Andy :shock: It really looks great :clap: And no, more pics makes for a more interesting journal :thumbup:

Re: Jase's 28l Long I know, it's really nice seeing something swimming in there :lol: It was my missus that forced my hand "are you ever going to have FISH in your fish tank" :roll: "Yes, love" Yes the atomizer is great, reduces the equipment in the tank and the plants are always covered...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Update Day 52 :shock: Overall I'm pleased with the look of the tank, it's developing, albeit VERY SLOWLY. Marsilea is still sporadic, there are multiple stems that grow very tall very quickly, and others than wont grow at all. There is a lot of root movement though, as...

I'm fascinated by your Ripariums Devin, the plants always look so healthy. Out of interest, is there a difference between a Paludarium and a Riparium?

Whoops, that was me :oops: :lol: There was no offence meant, of course - I just find them very artificial looking. I think the tank looks great and I'm sure it'll look immense once grown in, especially if your 'Mother Microsorum' is anything to go by. Your photos are sublime also, yours...

I think the island needs to be more solid than Naturesoil (like you say, wabi-kusa type balls), possibly sat on or surrounded by a base of rocks to hold the shape. I think you'll need a fair bit of trial and error, especially as you're going for flitration too, consider any potential erroding of...

My thoughts were of doing a bit of both, with the likes of HC coming out of the water being emmerged and submersed. The raised island will give you scope for a range of plants

You stole my idea for the Emmerged Competition :lol:

Love the name, where did you get it from?

You've had great growth Andy :clap: It looks awesome after such a short time - depresses me slightly, looking at mine :lol: The substrate transition has gone now that you have the growth, it looks natural now :thumbup: How often are you doing a WC?

Re: Jase's 28l Long I recieved my extra portion of Fissidens from Paulo yesterday, thanks a lot bud :thumbup: I will add it to the tank tonight and take some fresh photos I've also ordered an UP CO2 Atomizer this week after several positive reviews http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Marsilea was growing too leggy so got trimmed to the substrate. Diatoms still there but I haven't put the Ottos in yet

I may have said it before but those Gobies look awesome, they have a really great characterful 'face' :lol: JOURNAL!

Re: Steve's Opti-white Nano (Now with water!) It's nice and tidy, just gotta sit back and let it grow :lol:

Those dimensions look familiar :shifty: Looks great Mowze :clap:

Re: Steve's Opti-white Nano Update? Planted? How's your back?!

Re: Jase's 28l Long Aww man, I can't wait for this tank to grow in

Re: Steve's Opti-white Nano Looks nice and tidy, Steve, HC will look great :thumbup: I think i'll be trying some Petrified wood in my next scape :D

Re: Jase's 28l Long Update Day 30 Massive haircut gone on this evening, acicularis trimmed right down to the substrate. A lot of die off gone now - looks like it's all gone :lol: Followed by 300% WC :D I took the chance to take the wood out and blast it under the shower to get the...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Worrying really. I've been changing 75% of the water every other day, which was why I was happy to try the Ottos last week. Carbon is a good idea definately worth a try, I have some fresh in the cabinet, I'll stick it in tonight

Re: Jase's 28l Long I have an idea of what could be the cause - some sort of poisoning. I used some sheeting, that I received in a delivery from AE, to break the water surface when refilling the tank (much like Oli Knott) It resembles polystyrene but a lot thinner, you can roll it and scrunch...

That does look superb Andy, those ADA products are doing you proud :thumbup: I really need to persuade my gaffer to let me have a tank on my desk at work, though I probably get even less done :lol:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Hi Andy, I had the trouble with my Ottos last week, but will be trying them again this evening after I've trimmed the hairgrass again and done a WC. Shrimp-wise, I'm trying to get some Cardinal Shrimp so I'm cautious of putting Cherry Shrimp in beforehand, I don't want the...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks for the advice always good to hear other people's experiences, I'll trim it right down I have a feeling the scale of the tank will be lost if I use an Echinodorus - after looking at hydrophyte's Riparium, this tank is only tiny :lol:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Thanks Sam, I hope so and certainly think it has the potential to be good. What sort of echindorus are you thinking of particularly? I've never used any species of echinodorus :shifty: Looking at the hairgrass now, I'm going to have to agree with you about cutting it...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Sam posted a pic of one of Amano's tanks on this thread, page 2, showing emerged Boblitus on the left hand side. The brown algae is really frustrating me now, but what can you do but wait?! :lol: :lol:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Hi Chris, hopefully the Bolbitus will grow above the water's surface, though I'm still not sure whether to attach it to the wood. This tank is definately going to take a while to reach its peak, especially with all the Crypts melting, so I have plenty of time to adjust it...

Re: Jase's 28l Long Update Day 27 Yesterday it was trim time. The hairgrass had grown randomly and messy so out came the scissors :twisted: You can see from the latest photo that the Diatoms have moved onto the Wood which makes the whole scape seem darker, thankfully I gave the rocks a...

This is really nice Sam :clap:

Sounds good, get the bloody pics up :lol: :thumbup:

Re: Jase's 28l Long Co2 was my first thought but i'd just changed half the water specifically so I didn't gas them - hence my confusion :? After I removed them I did a 95% WC

Re: Jase's 28l Long Hi Andy, I'm a little confused about this tank, I put 2 Ottos in yesterday and after about a minute they were listless and I could poke them without response and pick them out with my fingers. They recovered within a few seconds of being in my other tank :? I had just...

Re: Galaxy paradise (宇宙天堂) I think they're old photos Chilled :thumbup:

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD I'd best update the spec. to what I'm using now, has changed a lot from the original plan :lol: Filtration Eheim Pro 2222 Lighting Over Tank Luminaire 2 x 14w T5 with photo period of 8hrs per day CO2 Fire Extinguisher with Wave Regulator & Solenoid...

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Thanks Matt, I think Fissidens it is then :lol: The more I look at it, the more obviously barren the wood appears. My original plan was to have some Bolibitis or Java Fern attached to the wood but I don't think this would work now. I have a small amount...

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Update Day 20 I've come home from work to find this... Brown algae alllllll over my rocks. As you can imagine, I am suitably unimpressed. You can see the growth from the hairgrass in the middle though.... :thumbup:

Re: Jase's 28l Long - NOW PLANTED It does have a beautiful delicate shape. Is Fissidens a gripper/creeper? My thinking at the minute is tie it to the base of the large wood and it grow up and over...

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Thanks Pest :thumbup: I might lower the large piece of wood so it is parallel to the water line, it's annoying me a little :geek:

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Ye I really like the unusual, if slightly mad dimensions of it. I'm finding the flow the hardest part of it, but this is because of the NS being moved away from the glass on the right. Also, if I lower the outlet, the rocks that retain the raised area...

After seeing your pics I'm tempted to go for some of these in my 123l, I've seen them for 45p each in one LFS :shock:

Aww, come oooon, the journals are warts 'n' all accounts... Crypts are awesome, I can't get enough of the low growing sp. my fave is moehlmanii- starts out a pale green then turns purpley-brown on the top of the leaves with light orange beneath

Yep the stuff the Plantedbox lads are promoting does look like a good alternative. Do WCMMs usually have fins that long or is it just that they are dislaying?

That photo of the Blyxa brings back bad memories :( I had loads from John Starkey which just never came round after melting. I seem to think that was pre-CO2 injection though :eh: Never used the stuff, but from what I've seen Glosso is a weed :lol: Like my Marsilea seems to be :D It's...

I feel your pain! As much as I like the stuff I think I'll try something different for my next scape. Those WCMMs are the best I've ever seen :shock: What's the story behind them?

Really liking the under-tank LEDs Nick - great idea. Are you just going to tease us with those individual plants pics or are you gonna show us the whole thing? :lol:

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Thanks Ad :thumbup: It does flow like that now, I wish I had a HD video camera to show you. Becuase of where the filter outlet is and the shape of the tank, the flow circulates along the front across the right and then along the back to the filter inlet. It...

Re: Jase's 28l Long - NOW PLANTED Hi Andy, thanks for your kind words. I'm unsure about mosses at the moment to be honest, I might have to use some because of the lack of planting to the left and middle. I have that Fissidens and also some Xmas Moss to try out, what do you reckon? Fissidens?

Re: Jase's 28l Long - NOW PLANTED Cheers James. The other large piece I got is great but didn't quite fit into the scape, next time though :twisted:

Re: Jase's 28l Long - MANZ GOT WOOD Thanks Neil :thumbup: Can't wait for it to grow in

Re: Jase's 28l Long - NOW PLANTED Update Day 17 (Saturday) We have new wood! JamesM and Saintly sorted me out with some nice Manzi wood pieces, which took between 24 and 36 hours to sink, this stuff is awesome - cheers fellas I've added yet more Crypt moehlmanii from my big tank to bulk out...

Looking good Andy, although I have a feeling you'll be losing a lot of your hardscape again, with the way your plants grow :lol: Also, have to agree with Flygja, the 50:50 is slightly distracting - though a little over critical :geek:

Someone's getting good at this... :lol: That's a great picture, really puts into perspective that this is a small tank. The frontal photos make it seem a lot bigger than it really is :thumbup: :clap: