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Nice scape. My heart is bleeding to see people still waste money on substrate additives though.

Very beautiful design. This wood looks like dense enough not needing soaking. whats the plan for planting?

Nice scape. And I really like Daytime leds. Got myself one this weekend. 7000K version looks brilliant and it looks like give at least double power of same watts T5.

Nice start. Very interesting to hear the feedback on the heating cable later on.

Its time for a new challenge ;) You have taken all out of this one. It looks much more mature and complete. Plant groups work well together.

Nesaea Pedicellata ;) Very nice hardscape and sexy hairy hand!

Nice tank and buces. Your lfs did not fool you it is pagoda rock.

'When you see a tank every day its easy to just spot the things you arent entirely happy with so really does give me a new appreciation for it and motivation to get more images up.' This is very true, we get used to seeing our tanks and the spark is lost a bit sometimes. The rising start has...

Shadow mosura. A litttle crawling fortune!

cool video :)

I think it is ready for a final pics :p

Hi Vito, the picture definitely must have been the reason. The scape is great. If the picture is not FTS then it is 100% the case. If the space is limited then consider wide angle lens. The tank will fit from less than half distance. Spend some time with photography or ask someone to help you...

Hi Vito, the tank is looking superb. Well done. Have you changed your mind on selling the system? :) The seals should be ok with a toothbrush, just a tip for the future. I found it is way much easier to remove this crap if you do it often. If you leave it to long it gets hard and is nearly...

Will be interesting to hear your opinion on Twinstar.

I am not sure the way they connected everything but there may be 2 ballasts.

Lovely job Ady. Mangrove driftwood looks great and is way underrated in aquascaping in my opinion. Like Ian said no soaking is a big bonus. I would be tempted to remove/add a piece of wood to make the number odd. Straight piece second from the left catches my eye. With the light you can use just...

Audi80, 1989 :dead::lol:

Its just the beginning, controller I mean :lol:. I just want your tank to look great :angelic:

Was only joking about pictures, they look beautiful as well as new loaches :) I think the problem with the lights is NA setup is not accepting anything else than NA lights haha :lol: Always hate to say that phrase but... I told you so.

Great looking watercube ;) London beer gas is great, you wont regret it. Always next day free refills to your door. Never failed. Using them for more than 2 years now with 3 6kg bottles. Couple extra £ to start with but well worth it. :thumbup:

Yes, a bit better :bookworm: :lol:

Hi Ian, tank is looking superb and will turn into a beauty 2 weeks after first moss trim. nice to hear invitro pinnatifida did well also. my opinion you over did with the moss, could have used half of it one filter is very possible, i am running just one in all my latest tanks. key is less...

That is a quality smile, the shrimp must be happy :) A bit oversaturated maybe. Try to turn saturation down just a bit.

Mmmm, yammy. Nothing to add realy to above comments. One thing which you obviously will fix before the final pictures and we see it in firs 3 pages of next mr. japan guru next yearly catalog. The horizontal line goes right through the center! Top or bottom needs more power ;) This pretty much...

Looking good. I use small metal brushes, toothbrush is too gentle :D Toothbrush is very good for brown diatoms and cleaning silicon in corners. It might work good on rock but probably you need to clean it very often. I find in my cases it does not work on rock :)

turning into real beauty now. cant believe noone commented since yesterday :) my only advice would be to brake the straight horisontal lines of tenellus an hm by planting some of it more forward in few areas. :thumbup:

No particular tips for marsilea, its easy plant.

Very nicely placed hardscape. Is it TGM blue stone? Marsilea is very nice plant, me using it in one of the scapes now also.

Fancy anubias, fancy white berried pearl. Seriously so looking forward to your success on white pearl............

Ok, now should i start or you get it all right away? So so so fancy Fancy shrimp, fancy low tech tanks, fancy LD :)

I believe flow is a bit overvalued in UK forums. Good results may be well achieved with much less flow than people tend to take as a necessity. Especially MR. LD haha ;) :jimlad: Look at amano tanks, he never uses anything but one filter. With such minimal plant mass the filter must be well...

Heh, bad news for shrimp keepers arent good news for us :roll: Since the tank is relatively small it still might be that those baby snail meat got the water quality down. Only reason I could think off. Especially if you were doing that for some period of time. Dirty hands is a possibility but...

Interesting really. How have you cleaned those snails you say? Killing them in the tank or takin them out? If first I would say polluted water but if second then no idea.

Looking good Rob, looks like you have started to use those 150w bad boys :)

Re: 3ft of Uncertainty... (Stage 1 - Ideas) Hi, the only mosses as far as I know to attach and creep over the hardscape naturally are Java or Taiwan. Both will be quite flat also. I would go for Taiwan although they do look quite similar.

Re: Aquanano40 CRShrimp tank....new pics. Beautiful looking shrimp and tank, ehh. With your selection of plants I would leave only 18w light. Everything will grow perfectly well. In such a relatively big shrimp tank 10 CRS will thrive with no extra feeding at all also. You can treat them...

Re: Rob's 300L (to be named) Yes Rob your journal turns into light discussion :) I was just pointing which is the ideal light plant and photography wise. All have their benefits. I do start to use leds as well.

Re: Rob's 300L (to be named) I see then. I was thinking you refer to dimming more.

Re: Rob's 300L (to be named) What flexibility are we talking about here Chris? :shock: LEDs? 1. High price for this size tank. 2. You are stuck with same colour rendition for good. Reds look crap and washed out. George has stated that it is not to eveyone taste. I can confirm that. 3...

Re: Rob's 300L (to be named) Fui those arcadias look ugly and there was long discussion about the spread :) You will spoil a look of a setup. As a photographer going for LEDs i doubt you will enjoy them. Shimmer is although nice could be tiring. You are stuck with one colour rendition to look...

If you like plants it's only matter of time until you get co2. So don't waste the Ti E. Get plugged in... The sooner the better for you. You will die of boredom waiting for a low tech carpet. Don't be put of by maintenance. You are fiddling with the tank 10 times more than high tech setup...

Re: The forgotten nano Nice bit of nature. Really amazed by riccia carpet without co2. Amano would be jelous :shock:

Re: ADA 60-P planted tank 'Prairie' (week 10, new photos) Great result. I am jelous :D One more for eheim. I have scaped one in Hannover this year and can only say good things about it. Very well built. Although for a rising aquascaping star such us yourself the only option is an open top...

You should be proud of it. Looking great. :clap:

Re: Fluval Studio 900...'Dragons Crypt', Trim time. Well done and congrats on IAPLC...

Re: ADA 60-P planted tank 'Prairie' (week 7) video Well done :thumbup: You are learning really fast. With photography skills in possession I can see you pulling out gems very very soon. You will be cursing me for sending that quadricostatus soon as well :lol: Will see why in 1-2 weeks.

Ye will post you photo of one of ours it is same strong. They may lose some color when parameters are off scale from previous water but offspring will get nice solid. They are not sensitive they are bad import then they die off but no worries here we breed them 4 berried now they do great so far...

They are either caridina meridionalis or princess bee would need closer photo from side to tell. But most likely 1st one. They are nice indeed and hard to find they are often sold under breviata which is not correct i think. How much they been ad ADC? :) They sometimes come with import of...

Re: Double Opti White Nano - Cherry/Sakura Breeding Colony Such nice tanks need some more fancy shrimp in them :D

Beautifully green! Hope we see even bigger tank from you James in near future :thumbup: I'd give an arm and half leg to see what you could do in 120x60x60 ;)

Very interesting...

ehei, back from dormant with a Nelson stamp all over :) Nice little tank :thumbup:

Great Picture and nice tank. Your style is well recognised. :thumbup:

Interesting. Not diatoms for sure. Hope someone can I'd this.

Hi Mark, nice crypts you got in there. White staff could be diatoms. If you post a picture would be easier to say. :thumbup:

Re: 90x45x45 under the river scape (still emersed) Looking beautiful. There is not much point to wait to be honest. Also be aware you will have to hang MH at least 60-80cm high at the beginning. Just 80w T5 would be enough for you at the beginning and maybe even all time. Less is more ;) I am a...

One word... Quality! Words Nr. 1 nano scaper :clap:

Re: [Nano] An Accidental Jungle - video page 2 Love it Tom. Perfect nano Wood as well even better that local :thumbup:

Re: AntlersShmantlers... (Pearling Hydrocotyle) So, the tank is recovering after the show. Snail outbreak, need to fish out few Helenas from the office. Most definitely transportation and freezing water killed the filter. Diatoms all over. Everything coming back great exept braziliensis. I am...

Re: Rebirth Looking nice and healthy. Rosy tetras are one of my favourite fish :thumbup:

Re: Schruz's Works Thanks, i do remember you saying that and the process as well. This one just looks too good to be true :lol:

Re: Schruz's Works Is aquarium open top all the time?

Re: Schruz's Works Yep, made me start couple of mine as well :thumbup: Is iwagumi going uncovered just in room humidity?

Re: Changed to 90 x 45 x 45cm coming soon! Nice purchase. I would say it is more big than small 8) When we will be treated with the pictures? :shifty:

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - Altums in residence +1 :lol:

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - 1yr old ! Pictures are amazing. Cant even pick out the favourite one. Probably second from the bottom.

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - 1yr old ! Yeeeeee... Fish are amazing, the owner got into collectoritis mode :lol: I am sure you will sort it out properly later. I got some fancy food for your altums called BTO, want some? :mrgreen:

Re: Rebirth (new lens and twigs) Looking great Ian :thumbup:

Re: Rio 125 - Orphans Island. You must be excited to see all that growth. Looking good and very clean :thumbup:

Re: 60 x 30x 36cm coming soon! Eyes open :shock: We are watching you 8)

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - 1yr old ! FTS, FTS :thumbup:

Re: AntlersShmantlers... (Pearling Hydrocotyle) Thanks Paulo, I forgot I wanted to tell people after the trim to check the journal for the progress. How it grows back :( Nothing to update now. The tanks is looking like a bold l man going to the army :) Love alternanthera, such a deep red and...

Re: First Journal - Iwagumi Pagoda could be different from different shops. I have 2 types myself. One is with thin layers and the other one looks like yours.

Re: First Journal - Iwagumi Its pagoda guys or i will eat my shirt :lol: 100% sure. It does look similar to mini ladscape.

Re: First Journal - Iwagumi Hi, yes I am sure :) Have a better look.

Re: First Journal - Iwagumi Hi, tank is looking nice. That is pagoda rock btw, not dragon ;)

Must be old leaves. I would not worry if you can see new growth.

Re: Schruz's Works Perfect... Many thanks.

Re: Schruz's Works Thanks, well will try to use something not more than 30w. Electricity is also expensive here and I am using too much already. Last question for now. I will use Colombo florabase and probably all emersed plants from tropica. How much water do i need to add. Should I totally...

Re: Schruz's Works So how powerful are the lights? how much wattage?

Re: Schruz's Works Nice one. I got myself 4 sexy glass bowls. It is all your fault. :mrgreen: Can they grow just with light on the windowsill? Or do I need to use artificial light.

Re: Schruz's Works This is most valuable wabi post I have come across so far. Thank you so much. I am off to Ikea for a wabi bowl tomorrow morning :clap: Thankfully I have plenty of plants to play with. Keep them coming. Any tips abut trimming and substrate which you use?

Re: Schruz's Works Superb... I am so jelous of your Wabikusas :crazy: Do you just keep them in room humidity?

Looking great, nice greens and clean. You are on the right track :thumbup: Beautiful...

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Re: New Scape, a little teaser... My new love. So bright and easy plant...

Re: A Rocky Road Heh made me think why did I get that bloody expensive 7D :shock: You have posted couple of my favourite amano style work. I will be rescaping my 90cm and copying one of them. Nice rock especially when in the box :)

It was a nice scape. 100% symmetry though. His huge volcano scape is a masterpiece :thumbup:

Re: A Rocky Road Baltic rock?

You have still left eleocharis too long. Trim ir right to the ground. Leave 1cm max. Old leaves will just attract algae. With HC i cant give 100% confident advice as havent grown it much. Trim it in couple weeks for the first time. If you can trim dieyng growth as well. Its a small tank so easy...

Re: A Rocky Road I am speachless :silent: Too good for a first one :D You can trim every big leaf from bolbitis and it will stay small. It is a beautiful plant and will suite moss/liverwort scape really well as some needle leaf java. Classic combination. :clap: What is Baltic rock and...

Re: Rio 125 - Orphans Island. Nice start, ,good to see someone using different rock and wood. Good luck.

Hi and Welcome to UKAPS. Its a nice tank. Yep things has changed a lot. Good luck on this journey.

Re: New Scape, a little teaser... All I would do is decorate the branches as a Christmas tree in december and put little santa in :mrgreen:

It will be enough light for sure. The bigger the tank the less wpg you need. Regarding gas I use londonbeergases and can't recommend them enough. I use 6.5kg bottles which are 24£ to refill with usually next day free delivery to your door. You pay 60£ for the bottle initially. They also have 3.5...

Re: New Scape, a little teaser... Well i see this tank as a whole contemporary addition to the room with sexy glass, cabinet, lights etc. Same as was vivarium nano setup in Holand. FTS might not do it justice but will still look 'ok' Here is one more random shot of Tropicas new plant Hygrophila...

Re: New Scape, a little teaser... Hehe, What do you mean different? Is the wood a bit too big? :lol: I like this style.

Hello, just to say I have not dissapeared from the scene. Just posting a little less now. No more info for now. I am lazy... :mrgreen: Water changes take too much time. Scape is aboutt 5 weeks old and growing well now.

All looks about right. Nayr is right about trimming eleocharis, trim it right to the ground first, these leaves will rot eventually anyway as it is emersed growth. Later in the areas where you want it to grow taller trim it less, the rest where you want it short once carpeted needs to be trimmed...

Re: 90x45x45 driftwood scape I like it on both sides actually, something new at least :mrgreen: Might turn up a good one in some time. Good luck and dont give up this time.