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How do you control the amount of co2 using this diy method? Interested :D

Lovely. Look forward seeing the updates! :)

What else do you plan to stock in the tank going forward?

I always enjoy seeing the tank in the flesh. Im glad you have kept it running all these years and may it long continue :)

Agreed. Looks great!!

Brilliant scape and enjoying the updates. keep it up!

Looks like a great start. Look forward to this journal! Whats the plan for stocking the tank?

Seeing this tank in the flesh is even better. I had the chance to enjoy it over a cup of coffee :)

But the addition of the new clean up crew will do wonders. I recently helped a friend nurse an algaefied guppy tank with the addition of 3 ottos, a handful of ramshorns (courtesy of LondonDragon) and within 2-3 days the plants had no algae on it. The rocks were clean and substrate cleaner than...

What clean up crew do you have in there? I had something similar and dosing micros, then less water changes whilst I waited for a tank to stabilise. I would chuck in a bunch of ramshorns, ottos, amano and MTS just for the hell of it... as your clean up crew needs help :)

I was a bit spoilt with a few discus breeders nearby. I now have angel fish in my tank as those discus was back in 2011 :D

I used food from them before and also beefheart.bloodworms etc. Only worth it if you are bare bottom tank and growing them up. Else can be very messy and turn off the filters when feeding too :) I really miss my discus fish. Notice the film you get from frozen bloodworm/beefheart. But I was...

I wouldnt worry about the plants as such, just do a daily water change in a way to boost some oxygen into the tank. Or drop some ferts if you wish. Going extreme can you can get a clear plastic box and plant them and leave them outside so it gets some sun. It is very annoying, but scapes evolve...

Yes I had this when I set up my tank before and just used large pieces of lava rock that I had laying about and weighed them down. After a few days it was fine. It is annoying, but that way you have time to adjust the tank layout over time.

Hurry up already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I think will be great one planted. Simplicity is great. Maybe some vallis, ferns, crypts, buces and anubias would be my choice. I would love to have another go at discus again, but London supplies hard water and dont have means to soften water for such a large tank. Hurry up and plant it up!! :D

Looks lovely. Hope surgery recovery goes fast. I mean you could start to scale back dosing,lights and feeding for now. Or can you not teach someone to help you do a small water change each week? Or having a proper jungle after 6 weeks is also part of the fun to restart the trimming cycle again...

Following!!

Fantastic. Looking forward seeing this one grow in. Its been too long of a wait :)

My bad. Yes. we didnt get the chance to meet. Likely to be heading over next April so will be going Zhongshan via SZ route this time. Amanos will love cleaning it in quick time!

I like it. It does look very natural and flows well.

Really like this. The natural look does it for me :) Well done.

Coming along nicely are you still in GZ?

Welcome and the layout looks great. Looking forward seeing the tank evolve.

Interesting pieces. Look forward to seeing the updates.

I like the simplicity of it. Very natural looking. Any shrimps in there?

Lovely layout and so clean. Im off to Zhongshan in May. Fancy meeting up in HK or ZS?.

Looking forward seeing it grown in :) Now the real work starts. Trimming!

Excellent contrast with and without. You are right it seems to be lacking something. But sometimes less is more! :) Looking forward to seeing it planted.

Looks great, but as others have said the branch detracts from the scape. Why dont you take a pic without the branch and post up for comparison :)

Lovely tank. I set one of these shallow wide tanks before with a few branches and I used it to grow fissidens.

Lovely tank and looking forward to the video! :)

Looking forward seeing the outcome of this.

Lovely!

Lovely set up. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing this. It must look better in the flesh!

Following with interest. :)

Looks great. Such clear pictures :)

Looking great. Look forward to updates.

Lovely and thanks for sharing :)

Looking good. Look forward to more pics. Where in China is this? SZ?

Sorry didnt get in touch. Just came back from HK and totally forgot about meeting up. However did visit goldfish street and some interesting scapes from the shops. Focused on Buces this time round. Hope you are well. R

Looking good Stu. :)

Looks like an interesting journal. Hope all is well with you :)

Lovely sketch but will it not lack a bit of height? Will you use Utricularia graminifolia ?

As ever its looking great. Your study always looks like a gallery :)

Either way a new tank is needed and look forward to the task ahead :)

Looking real good.

Always looking real good even though they are somewhat neglected. Look forward seeing the new mosses and plants taking shape in the ever so (slowly) evolving tanks :)

Looks good mate. Hope all is well

Shrimps can be elusive and hide well, but if you said you have rummaged through things then I guess they might have died and been disposed of by other shrimps. Can happen very quickly as I know shrimps can eat a dead shrimp overnight with the aid of snails. Hope you do find the rest. R

Enjoy your visit and say hello to Darren for me :) R

Re: Nano CRS Tank 17l Looks really well made and well done for going th DIY route. I wonder if the flow might be quite strong and blow the substrate around?

That is a lush tank Tony. I will self invite myself round soon to see the tank myself :)

Re: James' ADA 60p setup Cant wait for it to grow in :)

Really fun and exciting journal this. I look forward to more updates :)

Re: New 3 feet ADA mimic tank setup. (Pic heavy) Mighty jealous you are in singapore. I was there in April earlier checking out Aquarama. Met with some locals on another forum and they showed me around. Made some good connections and a few friends too. Where abouts in SG are you based? I can...

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - Altums in residence Ive seen these in singapore and photos dont do these fish justice. Great choice Tony. We now want a HD video :)

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - 1yr old ! Fantastic quality. Good that you got them. We chatted about it at Aquatics Live. Look forward catching up with you and actually checking our your tanks soon.

I am going to change it by painting something with a sky blue effect. The cables are hidden behind and limited for space. I am taking out the pelia and will be replacing with some coral pelia or zipper moss. This will make the scape a more intricate one. Also the bolbitis will be replaced with...

Quick Video

Wasnt too sure so I played around a little more. This is the end result. Here is the tank full with water.

I decomissioned my old Arcadia 20l tank and decided to salvage what I could from previous scapes and used up a few pieces of rock that I had stored and most of the pieces of wood. I wanted to create a simple scape with wood cascading from the rock and keep simple plants like java fern and my...

Looking very nice Luis. The tank has come a long way :)

Re: A more conventional Iwagumi Looking good James. Hope all is well with you :) My tank is still going good :P

Very original and I enjoy the simplicity in the scape but it definatly a winner. Well done!

Lovely video and great looking discus :)

Re: Steve's "getting back on the horse" nano - New photos 14 Nice one Steve. Looking good mate!

Its coming along. I reckon investing in some coral pelia will give this tank a nice look in a few months time :)

Looking good mate. It has grown in alot!

Re: My First Iwagumi - Juwel Rio 125 I saw this tank in the flesh again last night and I have to say it looks so much more vibrant than it shows in photos. Hats off to Paulo who has managed to pull off this scape with "ease". His laid back attitude and warm laughter showed he is immensly proud...

Thats quite some insect. Reminds me a little of the sentinals in matrix (lol) Shame it will eat your fish and shrimp.

I will departing the south river next month and will be visiting LW for a last time. Will give you a buzz to see if you are around and cheekily pop round :) Be a good excuse to use the 6 month update on the other tanks as well :D

Re: Steve's "getting back on the horse" nano Look forward seeing this grown in mate. Looks like you recovered from that bike incident :)

Re: My First Iwagumi - Juwel Rio 125 Its all grown in nicely. Look forward seeing this scape with some lovely sakura shrimp :P

I like that idea. Well done for doing something different. This was an idea Ive been wanting to try after seeing the UKAPS Gallery and made me want to try one side sumbersed and the other side emmersed :) I will give this a try later this year :)

Has there been any new additions to the tank since ? :)

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - Zebra otos Im waiting for the invite to come over so I can see this in the flesh! :D Looks great after the clean up :)

Re: 15l Opti Nano - New Scape (Fish selected) The tank looks lovely. Im sure it will be perfect for some sakuras.

Any update on this tank?

Re: Tonys 'Triassic Hollow' 420L - Zebra otos Zebra ottos are indeed lovely fish. I didnt know much about various ottos before but somehow I have managed to get 3 black ottos. However the bad point with the ottos is that they have developed a taste for slime coat on my discus so therefore I...

Re: My First Iwagumi - Juwel Rio 125 About time you released the pics Paulo. Looking awesome and I bet it looks even better in the flesh. I will avoid coming over until the tank grows in. :D

Does the toothbrush have telephone capabilities? Have you tried answering it before? LOL. Nice simple scape which when plants grow over will be fun. No mosses for the shrimps?

Looks nice and clean :) Good luck. Hope it works out.

Re: Edward's Vivarium Nano... (01.03.2011 update) Ah, still can use the flakes of algae to feed things :)

Re: Edward's Vivarium Nano... (01.03.2011 update) With all that green water could have left the water somewhere else and cultured a nice way to get free food :) GOod work Ed. As always mighty jealous but also means I have to get off my lazy butt to sort out a few new scapes myself :)

Jealous is not even the word I am thinking of. Rude words added onto the first word seems appropriate. Really liking this one and wished we could have seen it in the flesh. Over the last few months Ive found out Ed is a bit of a dark horse. He has lots and lots of goodies stashed away as well...

Looking forward to the update Paul :)

Awaiting a pic with the puffer :)

The parva looks fantastic. Fantastic lush growth

Looks amazing. Love seeing discus in large shoal like that.

Re: My 80cm Lovely set up. I like the contrasting colours but as it matures it will look great. My next set up was going to be somewhat similar but mainly with mosses. Thanks for the inspiration at least I know it can work with what I had in mind.

Re: Shingetsu [update] 5/2/11 Realised you are in Vauxhall. Im in Victoria. Looking forward to seeing the plants to grown in.

Re: 300L MA store tank I think the black substrate suits it better and probably a better chance to create a better slope. Hopefully over time this will compact better. Look forward to seeing the updated pics on this mate.

Re: 300L MA store tank If its looking like that already Im sure once planted and mature will look even better :) How tall is the tank? Or is it wysiwyg? Will you be keeping the mound at that height? I think just a tad more height will be nice :)

Looks good Mark, I remember they tried to sell me a tank when I went to visit them to view discus last year :) Look forward to the scape mate.

Looking good Steve.

NIce set up. Looks like you cleaned your room. Good boy! LOL!

Re: my vivarium nano. Looks great. I like the shot comparison.

Re: NayR's Opti-Nano: Mi Hermano Blyxa looking good mate :) Nice healthy looking cherry :)