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Just received my copy about of the blue and it looks amazing. Can’t wait to read it. Was pre-ordered in March from Amazon with last due date updated to 15th Feb. Hope this helps

I don't really agree that store owners should not be allowed to participate. Anyone with a limitless budget has limitless access. Also, you could give me identical hardscape, plants and fish to those of the grand prize winners and my tank would still end up resembling a ditch. I should think...

Very jealous. Can’t wait for my copy to land on the doorstep. Ordered on 15th March, but now showing Jan instead of the nov release. Guess i’ll just have to be patient and it will be something to look forward to in gloomy January

That second one is stunning. How long is that?

I don’t have any examples, but I think if I were scaping a very long tank, I’d maybe try to split it up into islands. Each one would be similar to scaping a standard 60 or 90 so scale and things would hopefully not be an issue. Each island would be treated as an individual scape, but by using...

Thanks for sharing... I’ve just ordered some too. Think it’ll be fun to try some marginals as Gill suggested

I think there are some that are poisonous so be careful. I read somewhere that Ivy is a big no no.

My first tank was 60cmx45cmx30cm as at that time I didn't have room for anything bigger. It was great, but I was desperate to get something bigger. My new tank is gorgeous, 96cmx60cmx50cm. (just checked and it is 60cm tall not 50cm as in previous post) It is exactly what I wanted, but everything...

I don't know if there is an ideal size. All comes down to space and budget I would have thought. I suppose small tanks are cheaper to run and set up, and things that are in standard sizes are always good, as you can always get things to match easily and relatively inexpensively. (ie 4ft tank and...

thanks for the link neilW. Cheers everyone for the advice I will give it a go.

If I use rocks as retainers I usually have so many that I don't have any soil left for planting and any ideas of beautifully balanced, natural looking hardscape go out the window. It tends to look like a rubble heap.

Is florabase similar to aqua soil? Its not really the depth that is the trouble but how steep i want it to be that is causing the problems. The base of the tank is 60x30cm and i want it to go from 10'' to 0 over about 2/3 of the tank. Does that make sense??? I have seen it done somewhere before...

I really want to create a steep slope in my tank but am finding it really difficult. I found using new aqua soil almost impossible so tried some old muddy stuff from another tank and lots of rocks. I can get it upto about 4'' at the highest part, but to get it any higher I need to make a rock...