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Any Cichlid will eat shrimp or best case, cause them to hide so you won't see them Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Be interesting to see how you get on with the Cyperus, I can't keep it alive for more than a few months Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I used Tropica substrate but found it really messy. Grew stuff well though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Great work! Looks excellent!

Re: Krish's 60L Fern Mountain Usually attributed to a low phosphate level, so you could up the ferts in this area. Mind you, if it's just a bit on the glass and/or anubias leaves I wouldn't worry too much about it. Just clean it off regularly and do good water changes. I thought the previous...

Re: My one of the firsts scapes 'Edgeless Madness' (01.02upd That's a shame, had lots of potential. What reg and CO2 source did you use ?

Re: Magpie's 'Learning Curve' 90 x 75 opti-white That's cool bogwood. Looks like something from Giger!

I prefer the tunnel idea. You're going to lots of plants in there though to make it work and I think your rocks are too small. They'll get swallowed up in a couple of weeks. You could put them in the entrance to the tunnel and keep that bit fairly bare. Not sure on the left most branch. Seems a...

Re: Fec's 90cm opti-white "Sticks n Stones" I'm guessing on Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown'.

Sounds promising. How are you doing your LEDs?

Excellent. You have to be congratulated for keeping the vallis under control! My tank got overtaken and it swamped everything. Love the RTBS as well, don't see those in planted tanks often. They're one of my fave fish (as you can see from my avatar). That one died though due to my small son...

What on earth is a "kitty tetra"?

Re: 238l rescape, 9 days in, New pic. Excuse me for jumping in, just returned from many months away doing other things. Anyway, I was going to say that normal DIY silicon used for bathrooms etc has fungicides and other stuff added which is not good for livestock. Cheers, Graham

I love it! Really clean looking but natural at the same time. Also love the way you've used the green plasticware. Adds a touch of "bling" that missing in so many scapes these days. :wink:

Looks great, lovely rock placement. Looks really natural. Is that a lily bulb you've got just starting in the middle? If so, you'll probably find it takes over the whole tank. Nice plant though.

Re: Completely stumped - the saga continues Looking back again I think mulm is the problem. Any kind of build up IME hows that the water isn't being circulated vigourously enough or the filter(s) aren't up to the job. If it settles on the leaves it will clog the pores. How often do you have to...

Re: Completely stumped - the saga continues As long as there's a gentle ripple in the surface of the water the oxygen exchange should be fine. I understand about breaking up the scum though. Perhaps the scum is also a symptom of the same problem? Not that that helps!!

I can't see any pics?

Any updated pics?

Looking good. The cabaomba was definitely a worth addition. I'd keep the marsilea - I want to see how it grows! I've always fancied trying it as it's a little different to the "norm". Your're moss looks a bit brown. Is it dirt that trapped in it? If it is then get rid of it quickly otherwise...

Not sure on that. The main ingredient of Excel/easyCarbo is fairly nasty stuff, so I'd be wary on overdosing too much. People successfully use it double or even triple dosing but any more than that is open to question. You could always buy another CO2 canister? Ages ago I bought a kit for £15...

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Sam always has food on the brain :lol: In my experience, all heaters eventually fall off. In a largish tank they can just be left hanging behind the scape somewhere, but in small tanks it's really difficult. You could try replacing it with one of the external hydor ones, more expense though...

I've got some C. pontederifolia that I bought at Pets at home of all places. It's doing quite well - I'll try and get a photo up to check id.

Great to see, and fantastic pictures. What kind of water are they in?

It's the leaves here in the red outline: They look different to the other leaves, but maybe that's just the photo/light.

It would be nice to see the new root with the original piece of angled into the tank more, although I know you said you can't move it because of the brace. Could you take a bit off?

What are the two leaves appearing behind the wood just above the anubias? They look interestingly crinkled! Some kind of Aponogeton?

I measured my chimney alcove to see if an Osaka 260 would fit when I saw Dan was selling it. And it fitted! But then you bought it... :( :lol: Still, an option for the future. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. Is that your 180 on the right of the photo? Looks like a nano!

I prefer #1, although the smaller rocks look like they've been placed deliberately evenly across the tank. Try moving them around a little so the gaps are different sizes or grouping them like JAmesM says and I think maybe the big rock on the left could do with moving to the left a bit more. I...

Wow, that looks so much better. I really like that.

Any updates on this?

Looks very good. Plenty of potential there. Are you just using HC or do you have plans for other plants? (forgive me if you've mentioned it already!)

I had the same thought as Keymaker, that the first two placements would have most of the long pieces of wood covered by the plants (depending on species of course). If you like the wood towards the right as you say, you could keep the same arrangement as #3 but mirror it i.e. put it on the left...

I know what you mean. I can't leave things alone and always regret spending those extra two hours making things worse when I should have just left it well alone!

Re: Completely stumped - the saga continues You mentioned before that you were reducing the lights, can you completely discount that? Also, what about the temperature difference, would that still be as drastic now you're not using rainwater? I did wonder if leaves were being hit with 1-2C water...

Any developments on this? Sounds like a nice idea in a lovely looking tank. Would love to see what's happened to it. Graham

Re: Ray's 90cm Asian Theme Journal - Look - No Aglae! I agree Aaron, I think it's wendtii "brown".

Hmmm, not sure to be honest. I think the first might be Hygrophila corymbosa "Compact" (See this link). The second is possibly something called "fountain grass", but I don't think it's a proper aquatic. The tank looks good though, I like open areas.

Looks like a nice bunch of Cardamine you've got there. I really like this plant, but you don't see it very often in 'scapes.

I like the river idea. I agree with Aaron though, about the gravel. If you think of how sand and gravel move in a flow the heavier pebbles will be nearer the strongest flow getting smaller until you get to sand furthest away. Depending on where your ouflow is, you could group the bigger stones...

I've always read that white eggs are the fungused ones, otherwise they're amber coloured. Don't know if different fish have different coloured eggs though...like ducks... :oops: :lol:

Eh? A planted fish tank is no place for your underwear! Get them out now! Other than that, looking good. Interesting to see a composition going from right to left, the majority go the other way probably just subconsciously though.

Yes, mine's got very distinctive veins. I'll try and get a close up of it tonight. The greener leaves are lower down and get pinker towards the light. I didn't look at the first page, sorry. I'm just a picture addict! By the way, I think your unidentified mini plant is Sagitaria subulata, but...

Re: My Corner Tank - Venezia 190 Sorry to say, but I preferred it on the 2nd Jan! A bit like a jungle clearing, surrounding a little meadow in the middle. I love red tail black sharks, they're very handsome. The ones in the shop always look a bit grubby, but after a while the black goes really...

Nice "teasing" pictures! Do we get to see the full tank? That pink plant from P@H is actually the Hygro polysperma that was mentioned. I've got some too. I've got some Ludwigia mullertii you can have if you're interested. It's very similar to the L. repens "Rubin" and may well be the same...

Nice work. Has anyone done HC without CO2 injection before? Will be interesting to see how it develops. Interesting close up pic of the AS powder. Bigger grain size than I was expecting. I was thinking it would be like sand grains.

Re: Goody's return to tanks,1st joural,two tanks. About a week! You'll probably find some brown (diatom) algae starting in about a week, but this is normal and should fade after about another week. If all goes well, that will be it, but if not, you'll find the brown gradually being replaced by...

Re: Goody's return to tanks,1st joural,two tanks. Everyone starts somewhere, and you've made a good start. I'm not sure you'll have any problems with anaerobic areas. As you've nothing under the sand there's nothing to rot/go bad, but we'll see! I was going to mention that the plants you have...

Re: Completely stumped Apologies for being a bit slow in catching up with this. My analogy earlier was assuming that the plant couldn't help but ingest the nutrients, i.e. they didn't have a choice of whether to use them or not, osmosis meant that the higher concentration of nutrients in the...

I'm still not sure I understand this idea of "poor CO2 causes X algae". If this statement were true, then every low tech tank (i.e with no additional CO2) would always be plagued with algae. It must be some sort of ratio/relationship with CO2. I have hair algae in a low tech tank lit with two T8...

Maybe it's just me, but I feel the dead fish at the front is a little distracting :o :lol:

Re: My Shrimp Sanzon Iwagumi - 20L Arctank That's impressive growth with just easycarbo. I didn't think (submerged) riccia was possible without injected CO2.

Assuming you mean "depth" to be the required depth of the substrate, rather than the depth of the tank? i.e. (60cm x 30cm x 5cm substrate) / 1000 / 9l = 1 bag BTW, any new pics?

Re: saintly's ??????? scape I thought it was just a comment about something that looked like a pixie chair. I didn't realise there was actually a pixie in there! I can see this becoming a regular "find the pixie" competition! If you can't see it, think "if I were a pixie, where would I sit...."

Re: saintly's ??????? scape hehe, maybe I've just got a delinquent :lol:

That ferti-soil looks nice stuff. Does it need to be covered over? Seems a shame! Quite pricey though, at around £30 for 5KG. Still, if it's light, 5KG might go quite a long way.

Re: saintly's ??????? scape Bristlenose's in a planted tank are a bit of a pain IMO. They basically get too big and crash about kicking up muck and breaking or knocking stems about. They can also uproot stuff unless it's well established. How about glowlight tetras or gold tetras (H. ulreyi?).

HC seems to be preferred to Glosso, as it's less of a thug. As for a general aquascaping idea, you could have a kind of jungle area at each end, but with one being twice as large. This would give an open area at around two-thirds of the length - an anti-focal perhaps?! Just an idea. The...

Great journal. Good to see the detail especially for those who don't have the time/money to try out lots of different things, so a close up of the gravel for instance is really helpful. Am I alone in thinking that the wood and gravel on their own are beautiful? It's a volcanic/scorched earth...

Just found this thread and I love it. Definitely think it's more Journal material now. It took me a while to get round to seeing it (I just can't keep up with the content these days!). I love the way the bit of wood pokes out from among the plants higher up. Any more pics?

Re: Rio 240,hc emmersed setup Got any decent pics yet? :wink:

Re: saintly's ??????? scape It's alot easier to find a fault or comment on something when it's nearly perfect, alot harder to give constructive criticism on something that has lots of issues or is uninspiring...or is perfect.

Doesn't easycarbo say 1ml per 50l? I could have this wrong. I've been dosing my 70l tank about 1.5ml

It's nice to see an aquascape named after a shopping centre!! I can see where Dave and Egmel are coming from, a group of the same crypt in a 'drift' looks better than different varieties randomly mixed, but in this case it's difficult to tell where they're planted. Do you have a planting plan...

Re: Completely stumped This touches on something I've been thinking about recently regarding nutrient "poisoning". I'm not talking about fish, but in the same way humans might get Vitamin A poisoning if they eat 50 carrots a day, 365 days a year, do plants suffer if the nutrients are too high...

Re: Rio 240,hc emmersed setup How are things going?

Ah, yes I can see it now. The plant through me 'cos it was so short! Looking forward to the pics.

Re: New 4FT. Low maintanance.(update 23:10:08) Yep, have to agree, it does look good. What sand are you using? Is it just play sand or have you got something a bit more "exotic" in there? In one of the close up pics it looks like you've AS in there as well?

Just been looking at this and really like what you're doing. The rocks look much better now since you've moved them. What's the plant on the right hand side of the "Left Side" photo? It's quite short but with ribbon type leaves, looks interesting. Incidentally, that AGA photo you posted up is...

People double dose (and even triple dose in some cases) without any ill effects, although there are concerns that vallis can melt in such conditions.

If the wood is relatively flat you could put a couple of small pebbles on it to hold it down. If it's a twiggy bit then I'm stumped!

You've done a really nice job there, well done. I would only say try moving the third rock in from the piece of wood so it points towards the front left top corner. Make it point more vertically than the one on the far left though. I don't know if it will look any better, but I think it's worth...

Any pictures of the complete setup?

From what I've read about terrestrial carnivarous plants, they hate fertilizers and adding them can kill the plants. So it doesn't surprise me really that UG prefers a lean tank.

Re: Vito's first planted tank - Juwel Rio 125 (Finally!!!) How are things going now? I think the people who use spray bars have them just underneath the surface with the holes pointing straight forward at the front glass. This carries the CO2 rich water down the front glass to the carpet...

The problem with the common swords is that they just get too big for an average tank. Just one plant can take over most of a 2 foot tank. Nice 'scape though.

The only thing I would say, is that I'm not too keen on that piece of vertical slate. Looks like a partition's been put up.

I've got some glowlight danios (danio choprai) which are nice. Kind of orangey pink vertical bars

Coming together nicely, the parva should fit in well. Maybe you need some more mid water shoaling fish to give the others some confidence?

Re: Rio 240,hc emmersed setup Yeah, you have to try these things don't you?!

Great pics, and nice tank. Definitely a jungle in its infancy!

Lovely, best yet! Good looking sand, be a shame to cover it up. Sand is vastly underrated IMO :lol:

Re: Rio 240,hc emmersed setup Looks good. Has the water cleared yet? From I've read of Tonina it only grows in soft water, so it'll be interesting to see how you get on with it. Didiplis always looks nice as well, though never tried it myself.

Reminds me of the first shoots of life after a volcanic eruption!

Re: Vito's first planted tank - Juwel Rio 125 (Finally!!!) Daily dosing with Excel or EasyCarbo can fend off algae, so may be worth a go. Try and use a syringe if you can get one and squirt it at the worst affected bits. Turn the filter off a few minutes before doing this and then back on a few...

Got another full pic of the tank now?

Re: Vito's first planted tank - Juwel Rio 125 (Finally!!!) Just remember - if it was easy it wouldn't be so satisfying! We've all been through it, so don't worry. Excellent work and the fact that the carpet was doing well shows your on the right track.

Re: My first real planted tank - juwel rio 125 - Ark Where's the wood gone?

Very nice. Is that moss on the wood Fissidens? I'm not sure on the other plant. Kind of looks familiar, but not exactly like anything I've seen really. I thought it might be an Aponogeton, but could be a crypt. What are shrimps? They don't look quite red enough for cherrys, they seem more spotty.

I love it! Looks completely unnatural and heavily photoshopped (though I know it's not). It's a shame really that they're not like that normally! Reminds me of something Oliver Knott might do. I'm quite tempted to do something "off the wall" with the excuse that I'm doing it for the kids :lol...

You seem to have success growing Ammania, I love it but always thought it was really difficult. Do you have any cuttings? :wink: Do you remember where you got your C. affinis from? I got mine from aquatic magic, but I'm not convinced it is. It looks different to the C.affinis my Dad had many...

[PS. I don't want the platies, they are left over from a few years ago and Mrs Wolfenrook wont let me get rid of them. Plan is to get her a tank for xmas so she can have a livebearer set up. My wife won't allow livebearers in the house. She can't stand them breeding and then the fry being...

If using mature sponges than isn't it already cycled? Or are you building up the bacteria for a heavy stocking from the start?

Some are...and some aren't. Generally speaking, the south american ones are seasonal in that they lay eggs, the pools dry up, adults die, eggs stay in the mud, rains come and the eggs hatch out. African ones live far longer and the eggs can be water incubated. I recently lost an Aphyosemon...

Re: Superman's First Planted Tank (Now Rescaped 17.08.2008) You also notice bubbles form in a glass of water left overnight.

Looks much better. Why isn't it filled to the top though?

Re: Superman's First Planted Tank (Now Rescaped 17.08.2008) BGA is a strange one. I had a bout of it ages ago when my routine maintenance wasn't routine anymore. The filter blocked to a trickle and a couple of weeks later BGA appeared. I probably had quite high nitrate in the tank, but whether...

Good work. What's Plagiomnium Affine? It's not something I've come across before.

Just a couple of pics of what it looks like at the moment: The plant in the front is something I picked up at Ikea at the weekend. It's got no roots so I don't know what it's going to do. I thought it looked interesting though. If anyone knows what it is then let me know! and a close up of...