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Cheers josh [emoji1303]

I used that much fert when I wasnt sponsored by them on the two previous scapes in this tank. At the end of the day if you're running a big tank then youll pay extra in ferts, light, heating, substrate, hardscape and plants for a high biomass from the off. Unless you're doing low tech in which...

Cheers Al. Mark needs credit for the video as he did it for Tropica. I just sent the raw footage through to him and he worked hi magic. Yes on the dosing, Premium one day, special the next alternated. Seems to work really well.

i need more space so I can stand behind or to the side of the tank so I dont get my big ass in the way on the vid!!

Paha lol!!! My tank is now on Tropica's layout page here - Tropica Aquarium Plants and a video of it here -

Thanks everyone, you're all too kind :) I was really pleased with the IAPLC result this year as top 100 is something Ive always aimed for and just missed out last year with 114. I wasnt entirely sure this would do that well this year as it had no sand in which is "in vogue" and was a bit...

Forgot I hadnt put up the IAPLC competition entry for this year which placed #82 wave Island - IAPLC 2013 - World Ranking 82 by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr

Sorry, I missed this Ady. NOpe, no issue with them jumping in here. I did have issues with the purple harlequins who occasionally wanted to "do a lemming" but not the pencils. Ive had a bit of a break from the scaping just letting my tanks meander on while I concrentrated on finishing last...

Thats a really nice scape there. Has it got a wooden light?

Yep it's not the best but needs must! Bonsai wire comes to the rescue again!

Phottix Odin units. Full control of everything from the unit attached to the camera so great at weddings :) Phottix Odin TTL Flash Trigger for Nikon

oops, forgot the lighting setup. Heres the diy rig below flash setup by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr its angled so you dont get the horrid white line against the back wall as I didnt have any extra flashes to highlight the back. Its also angled so I could fit a hairdryer blast in...

Thanks. one will go to IAPLC and another to Tropica so whichever publishes first :) Cheers All :) Hey thanks Viktor. Yes the design did have the holes initially but I was confident theyd eventually get filled. I love how you can plant a small amount of HC on some wood then a few months...

its looking the shizzle Ian! Looking forward to seeing it high up in IAPLC too mate (especially as its got sand ;) ) Im hoping to try some of that big HC soon too

ah ribbons! Ive only got one from AGA ;) Cheers Tim and apologies. more to come i think. it will be a shame to tear this one down.

Cheers Ian :) Thanks George. I dont know about IAPLC this time, there is no sand after all so wont do too well! The pic was 160th sec @ F8, ISO 100 so no noise and shot at 16mm. Ive taken a pic on the phone of the lighting setup so will post it up. its easier to see than describe! Ta...

lol, weeing moss! Thanks Gary. Re the filter its very nice, bomb proof and filters as it should. The pump is super powerful when pulling through thin air where other pumps would cavitate and stop so handy for water changes where you get air in the pipe. As for the cost I wouldnt personally pay...

looking great george. That Riccardia isnt half growing in well!

No I meant with a bunch of stems and cutting down them at a high angle. When they grow back the light would then be on the outer edge so they'll grow towards you. Bit like a tree on a cliff growing outwards

Lol! youre a braver man than me. That lake always looks impossibly freezing! Cheers Ady. Im sure its probably a colonels secret receipe but james' TPN mixture will be pretty close. I think Tropica have increased the concentration in the new stuff which is better. Thanks James, yes did have...

Ive always thought it was the way you trim the bush (ahem). ie like topiary so you'd trim it more vertically at the front (if that makes any sense?) great photos by the way, that moss keeps getting better in each shot :)

Cheers Ian, most kind matey nah, thats just my wee beasty threatening to fall in the valley!

Thanks Paulo :) Re the light unfortunately yes :( However whether it actually needs replacing is another thing. The bulb in mine ran for 2 years before exploding so I had to change it! When I bought it it was either that or a bulky luminaire as LED's didnt exist for this size tank then. Now...

on the bottle premium fert (brown) - contains iron and all other important trace elements... specialised fert (green) - contains nitrate, ammonium, phosphate and other nutrients...

what paulo said! I got it from the same place as you as i think Graeme may have had it from tropica and I'd forgotten the theory behind it but its always worked well before when I havent been on EI. Here's an in-situ in the lounge after the new stones have been added and a further trim. The...

those stems sound great. I love rotala when it really bushes up! Not tried the Linderia rotundifolia

Cheers George, veyr nice of you to say :) I think the left is looking a bit untidy at the moment. once the stems on the left bunch up with crowns it will be better but Ive got a few mixes of lileopsis, Hygrophila pinnatifida, ammania bonsai and HC at the front! probably too much in this area...

To be honest it didnt look too bad in the flesh but on 2D it looks massively overgrown. re the ferts about 6 ml per day alternating between the green and brown. i probably should bump it up though with the increased biomass. Previously when shooting a step by step ive taped the lens so it...

more pics, more pics! :) looks great with the new lily. Ive always liked mixing hairgrass in with HC but with talk about contrasts above you can lose it as its quite the same colour. I like the idea of some crypts in there as well as the anubias. Ive got a bit of everything in the front of...

thats looking the biz now george. will be even more once the ricacardia grows in. Are yo thinking of putting any stems back in at the back or leaving as is?

A little bit of extreme trimming. I let everything go for a few weeks, stems included then had a big chop back. Jungle massive! this is how hairy it got 90x45x45cm planted tank - trimming by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr right side trimmed 90x45x45cm planted tank - trimming by...

Found it myself. Kno3 sprinkled over do ive put some in to try

I'd like your thoughts on bga. I saw someone mention a while back that you can sprinkle one if the ei ferts onto it to get rid but I can't find the post I've got an annoying bit on the exposed to air moss that I can't get rid of so its ideal for sprinkling on.

Nice one. Looks loads better. I did look at them when I broke my ada inlet but gush don't seem to do a non nano 13mm one so I had to go cal aqua. One to suggest to them George?

Cheers Tim :) Thanks Ian, when I said it was some big rock i wasnt joking! took a while to decide on the right pieces and its nothing like the setup I did in TGM's sand pit but that will be for a future scape ;) Cheers Martin, glad to oblige below Yes the initial biomass really helped with any...

Cheers Iain, much appreciated mate :) I do always try to do something different in my tanks. sometimes it works others it doesnt. This one is overplanted but I like the mixture. Cheer Dean, some to come. Cheers both :thumbup: Ta Dave. Its quite intense in there and does require a bit of hard...

Lol, yes I did squeeze a lot in, probably too many but I was after a wild look where I can put say ammania in several places rather than just one clump. Yes that ludwigia is superb, mine has gone a bit bigger, maybe twice the size of when it was delivered but then some have stayed small but all...

Heres the new tank setup after I set it up at Christmas. Further pics to follow on its progress. The plants, plant substrate and ferts have kindly been sponsored by Tropica for this tank so it should be appearing on their website at some point. Hardscape: Seiryu Stone, Manzanita Wood Co2...

oof that looks swish in the daylight!

Sorry ian, havent been on much lately and missed your new tank. Look stunning mate! love the depth on it and the white led kit looks great. fun time soon trimming the mosses and trying not to spread it all around the tank!

Sorry. Looks like I lost the subscription from this post. I'm planning on putting up a thread soon. The new setup is growing in nicely at the mo :)

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8 for me :) re the UG tis an odd beast. some say it doesnt like ferts so does better in sand. Ive just used some 1-2 grow from the same pot in my two tanks. 90cm was a new tank with new amazonia so an ammonia spike to go through and no bacteria in the tank = dead :( nano mini-m was an...

Nice tmc there george and good to see you back in the game :) looking forward to the hardscape

looks lush Mark and super healthy. Ive fond the same with moss, its always the one that goes mad when I leave a tank to itself and grows and grows! I guess thats why it does so well in nature.

Thanks Mark :) Im thinking of doing the next scape with just the stone but i wanted this fully planted with a mix of crypts, HC, mosses and stems and the wood suited these better. Its changed a bit since then and is now fully planted. Im just sorting through the images. Give me a shout about...

Lol, think you missed your journal Hydrophyte! Here is the new design. XL Sieryu and Manzi Wood. Someone did mention its hard to combine the two so I thought I'd have a go. Its changed since then as Ive filled in some gaps. New 90x45x45cm aquascape design by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr

Soon :)

This tank is now down. the new one is up and running with some manzi, seiryu and a shed load of plants :)

sounds like a very cool idea

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - IAPLC 2012 #114 - AGA 201 yup, thanks westyggx :) got my certificate through yesterday :)

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - IAPLC 2012 #114 - AGA 201 My luck is probably now exhausted so no need to worry! looking forward to meeting you :) Cheers James. Really chuffed with it but wondering how Ill manage to better it next year! lots of thought will be going into the next one.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - IAPLC 2012 World Rank #11 Wow, that was unexpected! will have to change the thread title again now! thanks both :)

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) Lol i wish! Lots of stiff competition again this year :) if someone does drop out then get on it!

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) Thanks Viktor, and thanks for the share on FB, it went around the world! Thanks :) Cheers george, humbled here :) Thanks macek :thumbup: Cheers Alastair Thanks! I think I should have probably been braver and chopped it back a bit more to...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) aha! thanks for that. Viktor just posted on my Flickr so just read it too. Really pleased with that and have to aim for top 100 next year ( which will probably equate to 800 or something lol! )

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) Cheers Ady. I had some great manzi from tom barr to work with which always helps. The aquaparty was broadcast n saturday morning for us but of course our house internet bombed out for 24 hours so I missed it!! I believe only the top 100 were...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) Cheers Ian :) I thought ADA would be quick with putting out a pdf of the results but I guess theyre all still drunk after the party!

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) Finally I can officially put up my IAPLC 2012 entry for this year. It got into the top 100-200 but I dont know where from there as the full results arent out yet. Anybody know when they are? IAPLC 2012 Entry by Stu Worrall Photography, on...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) this will be broken down soon. Ive been growing it on so I can use the plants in the new scape so it looks a bit overgrown at the moment. Will put up the final picture when the IAPLC comp is finished Next scape is going to be done with some...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Apalala Shore - (Video Page 7) now entered and name changed :)

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) :D Pictures done last night with two flashes and a hairdryer :) (worked perfectly mark) Just gone to put my entry in and realised I have to think of a name! answers one a postcard!

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) nope :) going to keep the recent closeups for iaplc

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) excellent! good to know it can be done. Ill be setting up tonight for a test so will let you know how i get on :)

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) ta :) Im hoping to use flash mark. The WB was all over the place on the last one I did. I have got some gels now but I think it will be quite hard to match the Kelvin of the NA green so will probably turn it off. Ive only got two flashes...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) thank all, sorry for lack of updates as have hardly been on here due to processing weddings and working. The tank has come on leaps and bounds although a lot of the plants have covered the hardscape so I've been chopping bits out to expose...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) some more shots using two flash units and a phottix odin trigger front @15mm 90x45x45cm planted dragon stone aquascape by Stu Worrall, on Flickr Up the valley 90x45x45cm planted dragon stone aquascape by Stu Worrall, on Flickr...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) I've been aiming to do that mike, got to tidy the side of the tank first though :)

Re: 120 x 55 x 55 A new perspective vid is the dogs mark! Ive been looking at those glide tracks with awe for a while, they are very nice bits of kit for the work you are doing and I'm sure you'll use it to its full potential! I really want the ones you can do time lapse on which move...

Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) Not that I've noticed mike. They'll quite happily swim around them when they are hunting for food on the bottom.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) thanks ady, i didn't see the snail!! I only noticed after i edited the picture that its shows the different swimming zones of the fish really well. Rasboras at the top and the cherry barbs mooching around the bottom.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) Thanks Harry many a good picture has been taken on a P+S :) Week 4.5 - stems are due a cut. 90x45x45 planted Dragon Stone Aquascape by Stu Worrall, on Flickr 90x45x45 planted Dragon Stone Aquascape by Stu Worrall, on Flickr 90x45x45...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) thanks darren. It goes against the grain slightly as the flash was directly right rather than above the camera but it works well with the fish and seeing the undersurface.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) cheers ian :thumbup:

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) Thanks Harry. The shrimps are pretty happy in there, loads of places to hide! Cheers Mike. I did find this on my last scape. I've got a few places that are still bare at the moment but I'm hoping the hydro will grow in to fill some gaps...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) some progression shots. day 1 90x45x45 Planted Tank by Stu Worrall, on Flickr 3 Week update. Mosses, crypts and anubias trimmed, a big stone removed at the front left, some detail stones added to the front and up the pathway...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) full width view of the tank with the purple harlequins in, 25 in total 90x45x45cm Planted Aquascape - week 3 by Stu Worrall, on Flickr

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) Yeah, I did think of doing a custom white balance while I was filming it so Ill have to laminate some a4 so it can go in the tank to take a reading! Cheers Tony, great advice, Ill give it a go.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) I bought some purple harlequins for the tank tonight from TGM. They're finding their feet at the moment so I took a quick shot of them late one. At the moment they only properly shoal if the filters are turned off so I'm not sure if the...

Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape (Video Page 7) Cheers Tom. I'll try some different speeds with it.

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape might be a bit late now sorry but I created mine by damming in the aqua soil by putting dragon stone around the bottom. I then used the bags of pumice to lift the back of the scape then poured AS over it. If you've got a slope without rocks you can hold...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Just a little update. The stems are growing at the back. Ive hacked back some of the ferns to get new growth. Day 1 90x45x45 Planted Tank by Stu Worrall, on Flickr Today (week 2) - it hasn't changed much :lol: There's a few subtle differences. The...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Cheers James :) It took a few nights of fiddling to get it where I wanted it. I could do with getting some mini ferns now for the craggs as I dont want a big bunch of ferns taking over the hardscape like in my last tank. Might look at getting some of...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Thanks all. done some more pics tonight and trying my hand at editing videos although not going too feel at the moment as I have a vertical flicker on the vids. Im not sure if its my shutter speed syncing with the MH light or something ??

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape thanks all. I got lucky with the wood for the arch. Ive also hd no lifting as I tied them all together with bonsai wire then weighted one or two branches down with rock. I did swap out the last hardscape design which had the claw piece of wood and...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape right then here goes. bear in mind its just been planted so loads of growing in to do yet. The untidy part on the right is getting chopped back, the aim being to have the ferns creeping over the rock with stems and the cyperus in the background. The...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Thanks Dan :) I took some planted pics last night. theyre not that great as its newly planted but will put them up tonight

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Ah, I think I remember you now. spoke to so many people over that weekend! They all went in. some out in the open and others in nooks and crannies :) Well, planting was completed on the weekend. I did most of it on Friday on my day off but tidyied a few...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Thanks Ady. I think Ill see how it goes during planting. Ive got lots of small fissidens moss stones tied so they can slot into a few places. Ive also got a bucket full of different types of ferns form the last scape but they will only go in certain...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape Lol! the tights went to a good home under the sea! I know what you mean about it being clean but I think when I add the plants it will soften the knurly slightly (ish!) Thanks Vito, very valid point. I have tried it without and as you say there is a gap...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape I added some more rock and wood lat night. not sure if I've overdone it so opinions please as I'm not sure on the big piece of wood on the far right which goes over the valley then lifts back up to point upwards in the right of the tank? anyway, some more...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape :lol: I have two pairs, a small and a large :D Very useful for taking the square ends off driftwood for your tank to make it look more natural. Its a little deeper now as there is more AS but it is designed to have anubias tied on and it will have crypts...

Re: Stu's 90x45x45 Dragon Stone Scape thanks :thumbup: Lets hope the plants make it look better! Thanks sarah. The pumice is from here - http://www.greendragonbonsai.co.uk/BONSAI_SOIL_AT_GREEN_DRAGON_BONSAI.htm and the bags are my wifes old cut up tights (shhhh, don't tell her!) Cheers...

Following on from this last scape which to be honest got too grown in. Final photo for IAPLC 2011 - #577 - The Unknown Valley The Unknown Valley Stu Worrall - 90x45x45c IAPLC 2011 - #577 by Stu Worrall, on Flickr Ive now stripped the tank down and started on a new design. this time its...

Re: 120 x 55 x 55 getting close to the end. Feedback on ste I had the same problem last night and still wasnt working this morning when I left home, only working over the phone :( (Im on bt infinity if it helps?) Re your scape its is looking great isnt it! I do prefer it without the stems...

thanks darren. as far as I know they are Rasbora Maculata from a maidenhead sote. Havent heard of sp Thailand before

This tank is now stripped down after the weekend. Took ages to take all the ferns off the lava as they'd embedded themselves in the rocks plus catching shrimp is a pain. Will try the bottle trap method next time. Its currently empty with 30kg of dragon stone and manzi wood waiting to go in it...

stunning scape and congrats on the placement, thoroughly well deserved! Love the photgraphy too. Im going to have to get a nice coloured background to try as im always jealous of this and marks tank shots!

I didn't do so well with mine as I got lower than last years 544 although I seem the favour the 500's! :( #557 - The Unknown Valley The Unknown Valley Stu Worrall - 90x45x45c IAPLC 2011 - #577 by Stu Worrall, on Flickr

Re: 90x45x45cm - Unknown Valley cheers mr G :D It has gone a bit mental but its had a wee trim since then. its waiting on its re-scape