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Hi all, Here are the last shot of the nano. On the last picture is the CPO who catched a fish (not the snail), and me trying to rescue him during the photos shoot for the french contest. The fish is find now :-)

Hi Gmartins, Plant grow, I don't know to early to make judgement. The quality, well it is plastic. That said, I will compare it to the Arcpod that I had before. The Duoboy, no protection for the water. But I never drop my Arcpod in the water so I couldn't tell you if they are safe like...

Received the new light. Few pictures before a big trim.

Thanks George. Nice to see you posting here. The scape is okay, not really what I wanted to do. Just fill it with fast growing plants for a start and it is going nicely. But that time I am in the right country for this hobby :D . But moving country, new house, furnitures etc... So I will...

No problem :D I started too with 6hrs photoperiode and the HC and HM wasn't doing to well, specially the HM. Which I never had problem before. For me it is glosso I hallways had problem (if you check my hold journal). It grow fast, like glosso but tall, even with 1W/Ltr :?: :?: :?: Red...

Thanks again. Hc need quiet a bit of ferts in the water colon I think. I did grow it in soft water (RO) and hight light, then now in hard water and moderate light (the bulbs are quiet old, well over a year of use). The only thing in common with those bacs are the EI dosing. The Fishes are...

Thanks Mrmikey. It is a simple layout just to put me back in the routine. But this little tank is a joy, in 3 month I only cleaned the glass pipes and glass once. Got some diatom for a couples of weeks after a month. Then some cyano, done a black out and double the N. Since no thing. Easy going...

Hi all, After a break from the hobby, I decided to set up a 30L cube. 3 days after planting. Now 3 month later. And a little video, sorry for the quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKTIz5VvgiM

Few pictures taken before trimming.

Thanks. 40x27x30 cm. Light: 3 arcpod 11w. 2 of them have a 6500K bulb and are on for 8hr a day. The third one have the original bulb and switch on for 2hr. Filter: Hydor Prime 10 with Eheim medias and Purigen. Substrate: Peat, Prodac Fondo Vivo and black gravel. Got some TPN+ capsules to had...

Thanks guys :D Just about a year :wink: Will be back in the UK some time this year, and looking for to visit good shops. I remember myself during my day off on the M1 in my 1973 MGBT coming back from STM or Leicester Discus and thinking what BS I am going to say to the wife :lol:

Yes, take your time, clean the glass propely with some kind of ... (I use nail polish remover), mask the glass as any finger with a bit of silicone will leave traces and will have to be clean afterward. The glass have to be put together fairly quickly as the silicone dry on surface very quick...

Being out of the hobby for some time, it started to hitch me big time :D Sorry for the poor pictures quality. Any critics and suggestions are more than welcome. As you can see I have some thread algae, being a new set up I hope it will go soon. PS: Thanks to TGM.

Salut Nico, Long time he! As usual very nice, carry on like that. I agre with Zig few fallen driftwoods won't hurt, it will help to do the transition.

Thanks Steve. Thanks, It look like it. It did show up in 24h, that's the gap between the first and second photo. Since yesterday I got back to my old dosing regime. Yes it does, thanks to you. I am thinking to remove the small one on the left to.

I will see about that one once the tennelus will have grow in front of it. But it is a good point,it is only one branch so I can remove it easily or replace it by a shorter one. Here are some photos after the first trim. On the first one I removed the big stone in the wood. I think it is better...

Thanks Thomas McMillan & LondonDragon . I don't know if there is too many rocks around. I think it is more there positions, a bit to symmetric. At some point the HC will have grow and cover a good part of them. But you are correct, there is some thing not right. Will have a look today and see...

Some photos taken last tuesday.

Re: New 4FT. Low maintanance. Hopefully Hi Jay, This is a very nice scape, well done. I had the same problem with glosso, growing upward and forming big leaves as well in my case. 2W/l HQL and 1W/l T5 with the CO2 full blast, same result :?:

Thanks joyous214. Thanks Garuf. There is a little bit of hairgrass in it. :wink: For the water change it is a nightmare. Where I used to leave before, it was all right, to close to the twon center to cut the water. Now I only get maybe 24h per week of drinking water, and the normal tap water...

Thanks, I think if I don't mess it up, it should turn up into a nice aquarium and thanks to you.

Acetone, remove what you can with razor blade and the littles pelicules with acetone. It work like a charm.

Very nice, aren't you tempted to add few cryps ? I wish I could walk in a shop tomorrow who have display tank like this.

Thanks, will try to finish this one :? Pratice make it perfect, like they say :mrgreen: . I am far to be perfect, but every time, I learn some thing. So it is a good thing. But don't expecte to much. I ordered some plants more for me than what they should be for an aquarium of this size. Just...

Hi all, After being away from the hobby for a while, few news of the tank. That was the tank how it was just before moving house, not finish but no choice. After, I done that, did not really have the time to do a hardscape or anything else. 6 to 8 weeks after planting. The temperatures...

Yes you are right, in my precedent tank, I managed to keep it over 6 month, maybe 8, by just doing that. A good hair cut every other week. The problem I had with the glosso, it use to form big leaves and after few weeks grow like a stem plant (very tall). Never understood why. It used to do...

Thanks LondonDragon and Redsteveo. The outflow is an Aquili and is great. The inflow is from Ebay and is not very good quality, the glass is very thin, and it broke once, aswell as the outflow who came with it. I've got the inflow from Aquili, but I would not recommend it, the fish get suck in...

Re: "Fallen Wilderness" An Aqua Journal by Steve Lancashire I really like the atmosphere. You say spooky and I think you are right, but it's a good thing. It is a nice change from the more conventional aquascapes.

Hi George, Some how, I missed this thread before. Congratulation, especially considering the depth of your tank. You done a really good job, very nice.

Some quick update, the pictures been taken with no triopod, that was just for my record, so they are not very good. But I thought I might post them aswell.

Yes, yes, you can have my job aswell. :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: Believe me, the summer is to hot to work... it is hell. Next year I will be back in the UK, so you will be able to comme here and enjoy the "see, sex and sun" (Gainsbourg) :lol:

Thanks, but I wasn't very happy with it, so I pulled all the bushes out yesterday and rearanged them... and still not 100% sure, will post pictures. :wink: If you tried it avoid the shrimps :lol: They are a lots of swimming pool here in Cyprus there is the sun shin, but don't get lure... I...

Thanks Dan, The aquascape need a lot of improvement, I had to cut the light for a few days last week because I ran out of CO2 and was to lazy to get a refill my bottles so few plants are not at there best.

Hi all, So here is the new version, no thing new and a bit boring in fact, but here we go. Will tried to do better next time :lol: Your critics and suggestions are wellcome.

Thanks LodonDragon. I tried this method, I let the GDA alone for three weeks, scrape it, done a big water change but it keep coming back.

I am pretty sure my CO2 is high enough, the fishes often gasp at the surface if I don't have enought surface agitation. How ever, I suspect my CO2 not to be stable, even so it don't drop beyond 2b/s. For the glosso, I removed it, I had enough of it, I always had this probleme. Never had problem...

Hi ceg4048, Thanks for the info, I was saying that because I read some where that high CO2 level can make stem plants leggy (don't know really if it is the case with glosso). The water flow is quiet important. I use a drop checker with KH4 solution from AE and it goes more yellow than green...

Are you douting of my DIY skills lol: Yes, the tank is still holding. The glaces are 8mm stick, so it is strong and give quiet a bit of surface for apply the silicone. I had a probleme with the glosso once again, it grew tall, never understood why, maybe CO2 to high... If any one had this...

Here it is after a good trimming. You can see as well my GDA probleme :? . Any suggestions and critiques are well come. I remove the moss, did not like it.

Thanks Arana, I will do some photos monday after the trimming so I can keep track of things and will post them.

I added some Peacock moss, it give a darker shade of green and it is a good thing. The bad thing is I don't really like it, I think Weeping moss would have been better for that purpose. Any suggestions? I am tempted to remove it. I will start to shape the bushes next week, I just need some...

Very nice. What type of fishes are you planning to add?

That's what I was thinking, I do get this nasty surface scum, film what ever you want to call it, when my filter get a bit clogged and I don't get the whirlpool. Thanks for the feed back.

Yes, and that is interesting. I wish to have the confidence to break the rule like you did. I believe you've got the Cal Aqua pipe, what do you think about them? Do you think the inverted cone is better than the traditional one?

I wish I could get fish like yours. One thing, if I may. I would move the island a inch or so on the left. But I might be wrong, those types of layout are not easy. I tried and it took me almost two month to be happy with the location of the hardscape. I would I have put the Lilaeopsis around...

I am nervous to :lol: . No seriously, the old one I broke it....Trying to remove the trim :oops: This one is 8mm so it is okay. Silicone is a very strong glue, the main thing is to clean and degrease properly before assembly.

Very nice, tank, aquascape and healthy plants. Sorry to ear about your pipes, I broke mine at 3am one day coming back from the pub, not the best time :lol: . Cuba, very good, wish you a nice trip :D

Lighting: 5x 24W T5 10H/day (3x Osram Luminux Deluxe 965 - 2x Giesemann Powerchrome Aquaflora). Substrate: 5L Tropica Plant Substrat + Black gravel. Filter: Eheim pro II 2028 (2 Liter Ehfimech + 4 Liter SUBSTRATpro + 1 bag Purigen). CO2: 5kg extinguisher - Aqua Medic 1000 - 24H/24. Fert: 3x per...

Thanks. I use a 12V PC fan, it cool down the tank of about 2 to 3C. During the day I am at home so when it is very hot I have got the air condition on. The tank is about 28C during the summer. You can see the fan on this picture. Thanks. It does level a bit, but there is not a lot I can do...

Thanks very much for the comments. Few pictures from tonight. I done the first trimming last week so the plants don't look at there best and other been planted last tuesday. I will post the details of the tank later, I need to cook the diner now :D

After the leak of my 40G, I decided to build my own tank, doesn't make sense really :lol: The glass cleaned, degreased and masked. Assembly. Drying with a bit of water to keep the humidity high, to speed up the curing process. Testing the seals. And almost finish. This...