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Hi. I pop up here every few years. I'm currently living in Jakarta, but moving back to Vietnam. I have a really great tank and cabinet to take with me, so I thought I would document the move here. The sealant went on the tank a while ago, so I used a ratchet strap to hold the thing together...

Hi Apologies for the terrible quality of the video, but thought you lot might be interested in this. We just had a big quake in Jakarta (6.4) and I live on the 41st floor, so it gets very swayey. The first thing I noticed was the water really sloshing about in my open topped aquarium. A lot...

I have dwarf puffer fish that keep the snail population in check. Do they also eat shrimp? Not sure.

I have just setup a tank in Jakarta. I would assume we have very soft water. It was a while before I could get any GH boost. I setup the tank anyway and things were mostly fine. However after a while the snail shells tend to go paler and almost transparent. I am now dosing GH boost and expect to...

Yeah great to be back ;) Yup it's another low tech and hopefully natural light. However it might need some supplementary light. Heres the latest build, it's going to have quit a few emergent plants growing on top of the wood.

I'll let you know in a few weeks...

Hi Everyone. I'm back again after being away for a few years. Setting a tank up in Jakarta this time. I found this amazing teak wood in the Indonesian countryside. Pretty big, the large one is about 130cm wide. Only cost £20 for both so pretty chuffed on that. I was just wondering if anyone...

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Sorry, this is a ridiculously specific problem: I have an outdoor aquarium on my balcony in Vietnam. I have a lot of wood protruding from the tank and a lot of plants etc on the wood. It attracts a lot of fauna, most of which I welcome. A few ants, or they may be termites, made it their home...

I have no idea, you tell me. L140 W80 H60cm 15mm glass, single sheet base, braceless. S

I will be shipping stuff anyway, so the extra will cost very little. Once you have paid for the first cubic meter each additional one is not so expensive. Cheers S

I have had an amazing braceless aquarium and cabinet made for me out here in Vietnam. I could never afford the same in the U.K. At some point I will be heading back to the U.K. The trouble is the tank takes at least 4 people to move it, but if i could simply take it back as the 5 sheets of...

I have an outdoor aquarium set up in Vietnam. It is all going really well, but I have quite a few fish going missing. I told someone at work and they said it is the geckos fishing for them, wiggling the end of their tail in the water to lure the fish. To be honest I dismissed it as rubbish...

Cheers Guys Yeah it's great huh. The leaves are really jewel like. Unfortunately it is just something I found in a stall at the side of the road, so I have no idea of the name. S

Been playing with my camera. Hope you like.

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. (Vietnam) Possible? **Pics Page 4* Hi Would there be any point in adding dried sphagnum moss (not peat) in to the mix? S

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. (Vietnam) Possible? **Pics Page 4* Great, thanks for help guys. So I think I will ditch the fertilized soil. The more I think about it the more I worry about what dodgy additives it may contain. Vietnam is definitely not going down the organic route at the moment. I...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. (Vietnam) Possible? **Pics Page 4* Hi This is specifically a question for Troi, but I would also be very interested in anyone else's opinion. The Sphagnum moss peat didn't quite arrive as expected. So I have a limited and imperfect set of ingredients for my...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. (Vietnam) Possible? **Pics Page 4* Great thanks for that Troi. Amazingly I have managed to source Sphagnum moss peat in Vietnam (Love google translate) so I will hopefully be following your technique fairly closely. Thanks everyone else for the kind comments...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. (Vietnam) Possible? Here she is... Just working on the scape now.

Sticklebacks, pond weed.

Having moved to Vietnam a few months ago, I am now setting up a planted tank. I thought I would share a few pics from the wood supplier out here. F.Y.I. The prices range from £6 for the smaller bits to £45 for the largest piece which is 2m in length (see first photo).

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? I have just been in to see my tank for the first time at the shop. Massive. Just a question for anyone who has kindly bothered to read this far. What fert routine would you go for in this scenario? Here's a reminder of the setup details: Low tech (no CO2...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? Hi Luis I never said no ferts. It will be well fertilised, but no CO2 or liquid carbon. I do see where you are coming from, there is a dichotomy in the planted tank world. However I think your (assumed) prognosis that I should go down the CO2 route is...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? Yeah, I'm really in to asian hardscape. :lol:

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? Thanks CEG that's great info. So light is going to be my number one issue I guess. Unfortunately a large branch came down a couple of days ago, from a nearby shading tree, further exacerbating the problem. The tank will stand free from the walls so I am...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? Thanks for all the replies and advice, will take it all on board. So I have decided to go ahead and do it. The tank is being made now. I will definitely start a journal. I think the fish should be O.K. all the aquarium shops here open out on to the street...

Re: Outdoor Planted Tank. Possible? Probably true, but with CO2 I would also be in trouble because of the inconsistency of the light and the long daylight hours right?

Hi Everyone. I would really appreciate some input in to this little project. I have just moved out to Vietnam. I am setting up a planted tank at work and I have a brilliant spot for it on my balcony. I was just wondering what the consensus is on outdoor aquariums and their viability. I will...

Great thanks for that. Do you think I should ask for a double base? S

Hi Guys Have recently left the U.K. and moved to Vietnam (will stick with UKAPS rather than VAPS for now though). Shipped all my filters here (was interesting getting those through customs) and am now setting up a planted tank in Nam. I have just had a quote for my tank, but I wanted to have...

Hi Guys I am about to move to Vietnam! Between finishing here and starting there I have a few weeks away from the grindstone. I want to go on a dive trip and was wondering whether anyone here knew of any good fresh water dive sites. Someone suggested Lake Malawi. That looks amazing, but in...

Anyone know any good shops in Ho Chi Minh? I have a job interview out there and would love to see what there is to see? Many Thanks R

This is my very low tech, sunlight only tank and, as is usual in summer, the algae really goes for it. I quite like it. I'm sure many will disagree and I welcome their comments. Anyone else got any pics or opinions of when algae looks good.

Biology field trip/birthday party, to stock my tank. Stickleback

To make sense, I have to start off by telling you I am 33 and not a dad... I keep Minnows and Sticlkebacks that I catch from rivers. I was going back the car with a jamjar full near the sea in Cornwall when a bloke about my age came up and asked what I had in the Jamjar. I let him look and told...

Your top tip in one paragraph. I'll kick it off with... Use your water change water to water your plants, they will love you for it.

Saw this on ebay and though someone here might like it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gas-Apparatus-Che ... 500wt_1156

Re: Show me your tidy cabinet! (Now piccies of my tidy cabi Journal here: http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=12557

I vote stick with the current scape, but slowly move it towards the new look you are going for. I really like the lived in feel of a tank. Yours looks great and as you said is stable. Some of the elements you've got in there are really natural, but some of the plants could do with a cut back...

In that case, supposing you were keeping to the low tech dosing regime, they would then become nutrient limited. You would therefore expect to see algae? R

A few musings... What would happen if you dosed a low tech tank with high tech levels of CO2? What would happen if you didn't do any water changes on a High tech, EI tank? Why don't rivers have more algae, considering the high light levels, surface agitation and lack of CO2 injection? A...

aah lucky I posted. Humans can't be replaced yet then :D Would this be the hydrated form? http://www.aquaessentials.co.uk/magnesi ... p-555.html R

Just saved myself a post and saved someone bothering to answer me by consulting WolframAlpha search engine. My question was: "How many grams of Magnesium in 100g MgSO4?" I simply typed that in and here is the answer it provided...

Actually that's interesting about your Benjimina in your greenhouse having ariel roots. I remember taking an interest in Banyan Bonsai years ago and it was considered tricky to promote ariel roots. One of the techniques was to place the bonsai pot above a larger tray of water to increase the...

Hi Darrel Yeah I really wanted to plant strangler fig seeds, but can't find them for sale. They have some on ebay but on closer inspection they are banyan seeds (Ficus benghalensis). Quite fancy letting the mangroves grow out, then planting some strangler fig seeds on them. Would be a life long...

Yeah, you are probably right about the Sequoia, the growth has stalled recently. The mangrove should be O.K. cos lots of people have successfully kept mangroves in their tanks. Just need to keep it in check with pruning. The only problem is that the roots can eventually push through the...

Yeah I freely admit this is not the most urgent post on the forum :D Thanks for the link Stu Actually it's not so much that I like bonsai. it is just I like the little seedlings that I planted but didn't expect to germinate. Maybe I will just let them grow and see what happens. I am in not...

Hi Team Do any of you guys know any good Bonsai Forums? I have Mangrove, Banyan and Giant Redwood seedlings growing on a bit of wood sticking out of my tank. I guess I will have to Bonsai them, so was just wondering if any of you guys have any advice or know of a good forum? Here's some pics of...

I don't think we differentiate between circulation and filter flow enough. They are really two separate subjects. Filter Flow = A balance based on flow rate vs volume of bio media. Circulation = Everything should be gently swaying or above. R P.S. I guess the reason I think like this is...

Hi Guys I love the forum as a great mine of information. However what I enjoy more than anything else are pictures of peoples tanks, tanks that have inspired them or nature that has inspired them. I know that pictures are not technically uploaded to the site, just linked to, is there any way...

Hi Having finally got my tank looking how I want it, I now notice how quickly the exterior glass gets dirty. So i was just wondering how everyone cleans theirs. I would imagine window cleaner and aquariums are best not mixed, but if you spray it on to a cloth and use it, is that safe. Thanks R

I bought some but never used them. The only things I use are: A really long paint brush for brushing stuff off stuff. A toothbrush on a stick for scrubbing stuff. A pair of hairdressing scissors. I find it a lot easier to just get right in there when it comes to pruning. Fingers, the best tools...

Re: Stores in the Uk that REALLY specialise in planted aquar Where have Tachbrook Tropicals moved to? R

Re: Stores in the Uk that REALLY specialise in planted aquar Have you been to The Aquatic Design Centre in Central London? They have a good selection, can order more specialised things in and Gregory really knows what he is talking about and keeps a number of planted tanks there. It also has...

I do this. Not as arty as yours I'm afraid. Have been through about a hundred different permutations.Also use the software at work for the schematics. Still undecided.

I rekon these two could make quite a cool DIY inlet (I'll be really annoyed if they've all sold out after I posted them here): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-1-2-Stainless-s ... _685wt_941 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-P ... _616wt_941 R

I want to up the filtering on my tank. At the moment the inlet and outlet are 16mm Eheim u-bends. I am finding it really difficult to find anything bigger than 16mm. No one seems to make dedicated aquarium u-bends above 16mm. Has anyone else had this problem? Anyway, unless someone can point me...

Hi Ollie I am currently in the process of doing much the same thing, although I have cheated with the plants and used tropical species. My tank is room temperature and I keep minnows, sticklebacks, bullheads, loaches, newts, crayfish, caddisfly lavae, freshwater shrimps etc. The beauty of this...

I bought some mosses through ebay... All good.

Hi George and Everyone. Sorry I am not trying to be antagonistic. It was all said with my tongue firmly in my cheek. If it seemed a bit dry it's because I don't to go down the :D route. Maybe I should reconsider that choice. Also as I said I really wanted to know peoples thoughts and the way...

Re: AGA Results True, but that tank is no oil painting. R

Re: AGA Results Well it was quite a weak category, but in my opinion this is much more interesting: http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... l=3&id=176 With the exception of the path going from the front to the back of the tank, on the line of thirds... Yawn. But the way the plants...

Can you believe that this won in the Extra Large category? http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... l=3&id=186 Am I the only one who thinks that this looks like a window box from a caravan park in Bognor. People go to such lengths to create beautiful, natural tanks and this wins! I would...