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i would love the depth that tank has. maybe a bit some height though. also fitting it in a room might be tricky. i can see these becoming more popular in the future oh and whos this mark evans guy :lol:

there is some excellent information here: http://www.aquajournal.net/na/index.html

all the time! i am allways thinking of the next tank. and theres allways different things i want to try in the same layout. foreground is the worst. (seems you had the same trouble the other day) i want sand but then i want to try with HC, hairgrass ect. then im woundering what it would have...

pm saintly or jamesm and they will sort you out :thumbup:

plantedbox will help you out. i am sure they will have some nice little bits of manzi :D

i use slate pieces from garden centres because pebbles are a PITA to tie without the cotton/fishing line coming off.

i like the second one more :D i would keep playing though until your really happy else you will regret it. one thing i have noted from my expierence is that having a centrepiece draws your eye straight to the dip in the wood, rather than to the rest of the aquarium. i wished i had spread the...

just looked through them all :D such inspiring pictures. thanks alot mark. well kinda.....i wanna rescape my tank now :lol: i have a few ideas anyway :wink:

Re: Amano the master man he packs the plants in!

thats a real nice layout mate! :thumbup: with some moss in the cracks it would look very nice indeed.

thought that was the case. its hard to get a good feel of how it will be until you do it in the tank. if you could run the filter in a bucket with the fish in. and plants in another bucket, they should be ok for a couple of days which would give you some time with the tank. for some reason...

have you tired it in the tank? i normally go into a scape with no real idea of exacly what i want and play about for a few days until i am really happy with it. sometimes it is not what i planned and is totally different :D

i have to agree that UG it very tricky. HC is a good option but likes alot of co2 if i were you i would go with glosso. its quite easy and if kept low can look very good :thumbup:

i can tell you have had marine before :D you have that piled up rock thing going on there. the rocks are a good choice :thumbup: rock placement in a planted tank are something i would recommend on taking some time on else you may want to change them half way through. have a look on google for...

me too :thumbup: dont think there will be one for a while though. Toms cleared the country :lol:

mark id love to see this scape done again. or similar anyway. maybe some bolbitis in there this time :wink:

that was beauty :( still look back to it from time to time

cool video george :D lots of inspiration there really makes me think i look foward to seeing them in high qualtiy photos.

i like no2 too. it has the most detail in it

i had the same problem for finding wood and rocks. there isnt enough cheap stuff about in the uk. the manzi wood is by far the best wood for price IMO when clean it had a slight golden look which you can see on saintly journal. i also use it on mine. i would deffinetly get your name down for...

instead of polystyrene zig mentioned using a acylic or perspecs sheet

thats smart. i have seen that main stone before :P have you tried amanos oversized stone technique?

just watching the videos has given me insperation. the four tanks at 3:46 in are my fav :thumbup:

thats great :D im a big fan of these style of tanks

thanks for the picture. i see now the gaps filled in alot then. i thought there would be alot of rocks in the gaps to fill it out

the man himself :wave: love your tanks i was woundering myself how you manage to construct it without it falling with it being so tall. do you have any pictures of the tank in the first stage with just the rocks as i would like to see how you do this :thumbup:

thats great! have you got a pic of the tank? im iching to see them all

ahh yes i see that one today a couple of hours ago. his scapes are awsome and also very unique. nothing like it about :D

this project is really getting to me now. well more the tank tbh. i just want a tank

i see what your saying mate i think ill give it a go one day and see if it works :D no opti yet :thumbdown: they are messing about a bit at the mo

hi mark :wave: glad its not just me then :lol: i would love to do a scape in my 60cm just using one large stone :mrgreen: it would really be one of a kind. i also thought this :eh: the only samples of his work like this i have seen are the ones in his gallery

thanks for the reply guys :thumbup: i think after my next scape i am going to make it my mission so try this :D there is a place near me that does large rocks fairly cheap they are for garden and water feature use but i will deffinetly try. this is the place http://simplynatural.eu/ i have...

hi all this is something i have been thinking about lately. it may sound strange but i hope you understand. why do we use large rocks in nanos in comparison to the size of the tank? they look really good but have never seen anyone use the same thing scaled up. stuworrall has a great example of...

thats pretty damn cool! :clap: did you enjoy having this tank as much as a planted one?

just thought id say here that the wood i recived it not floating now and i have only soaked it for one day. although one bit is half floating :D i thought i would have to soak it for weeks

i have agree with mark. the other day i was woundering which layout to choose. i have decided on the one didnt like as much but will work with the plants better. if you look at amanos step by steps he doesnt really look like hes put much thought into his wood layouts but when you see them...

nice one now start the journal :P it will be better to see it in the tank

i quite like the last one but concider planting as id put something in the middle on the wood arrangement like anubias or a fern but with the middle piece it would make that hard. that depends on planting though. i would also think about cutting one of the pieces in half so then you have 2...

just got mine too its great wood with great character thanks

with the wood you have maybe you could create a mini version of this they layouts are getting better :D try spreading some stones away from the main mound like mark has done. you can really see now but if you look at the start of his journal you can see better forgot to mention which one...

Mark Evans -£15.00 Andrew Millard (Milla) - £30.00 David Atkins (Fishkeeper)- £26.00 stuworrall - £20.00 samclowsley - £20.00

awsome! i was just thinking about that. great stuff :D

i posted a good one on the thread steve has shown you which has all the ones from his gallery and a few others

im sure one of the mods will put you on. as you probely know tony is busy and i should say he only goes on for a few mins, dont worry :wink:

m001 s004 m008 m009 total weight 1 1/4kg i can get it picked up from your house any day by courier thanks again tony

your doing a fine job here tony if you like i can get a courier to pick mine up from your house any day

oh nice ill be ready :lol: thanks for all your work tony

thanks alot tony! i feel bad asking to post it :roll: ur gonna be packing for a while

had a look and got rained on :lol: i need to get in there really i did see a nice bit under an overhanging tree where a branch was going down into the water which bits had gathered on and made a little island with stuff growing on it. pretty cool. ill go down again and get in, try and get...

nice one george! great idea to go there. ull see mark swimming about next tme you go :lol: wounder what in my river..........i might go have a look later :mrgreen:

Re: Hardscaping: my second try if i was you i would just remove the rock on the left and plant it as it is. i would cover the wood with moss which i think you were planning. and then planting should make it look good with the plants you have chosen :D

Re: Advice my hardscape please if i was you i would use the wood as the centre-piece and use the rock around the wood. take a look at some amano nature scapes as he nearly allways uses wood this way. he normally uses branches though

i dont have anything :( next year i should have one or two to enter :D

im still after some mate same size pieces but about 8-10 bit rather than 15 :D

ill look foward to seeing the results though :D good luck zig

i dont think it would look bad iv seen some which look good because they have a big open at the top which can show the fish off well. as its quite tall you could use some bigger rock and it should look good

the thing that would worry me is the substrate unless you plan on using ferns and mosses as stems normally rott at the base when iv planted them in sand. i would recomend using ADA aquasoil or Oliver Knott nature soil if you want carpet plants and stems ect. you would only need this in the...

like it george, its a nice easy scape to look at :D

Re: Superman's 180l Rescape should be good clark. looks foward to seeing your e tenellus carpet iv never seen one before :wink:

cool stuff count me in Thomas McMillan: (not sure how many) branchy bits, 20-40cm. Tonser: lots of bits up to around 70cm (happy to help with shipping if needed). Steve Smith: tiny to medium 5 - 50cm :) sam clowsley: 15-30cm straighter pieces :D (about 12-15 if possible)

i still want some but am not quite sure how its going to be done :oops: i cant make the bbq or the tgm day

it turned out nice. the glosso looked really green and really thick too

is it finnished? :lol:

im also interested as i daid before on the other thread but if its all been taken dont worry

i think it looks good the only thing it the rock in the back right corner it doesnt quite sit right for me. apart from that i think it will good pretty good

i didnt know you do backgrounds dan. how much are they?

i put the the left rock leaning slightly in the other direction so it has a v

iv put this stone in my nano now which is in the position similar to no.3

sorry its hemainthus callitrichoides it makes a real nice carpet

i think a carpet of hc would look nice and maybe put some moss on the wood too

im not sure garuf uses some superglue for sticking java fern to wood which would be ok if not u might want to use aquarium silicone

sounds strange you may have to permanently glue it to some slate and put the slate under the substrate depending on how you want it ovcourse

i was just thinking the same mark.

i thought the same as know that a 'real' iwagumi should use three stones and like garuf i looked at ada nanos for inspiration and they break the rules. strange.

i was thinking they might be ill have a think about it, if so i might just get a slightly larger tank :)

i like that one the best personally too, it was my first idea

i will soon be setting up an 12x10x8 iwagumi (or two :roll: )and have got some dragon stone which i could'nt resist trying some positioning out. this is my first iwagumi so my rock positioning isnt that great althought im learning. here are a few iv been trying out: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)...

i wasnt really sure where to put this but i thought this was the best place for it. here is just pictures of amanos gallery which has given me inspiration for a small tank i am planning, most have probely seen it already. I seen videos before but you dont get to see the tanks as well as in this...

for some reason i prefer the first one of the two heres one i really like i like the rock positioning on that one looks like ull be fiddling for a while :lol:

yer i thought it was one until the photo from above :lol:

im not very good at doing rocks tbh but id take the biggest left back one out, apart from that id be happy with it

i do like that scape the needle java is a good centrepiece and looks great but i would like to see what you can do ;)

i think your tank would look good with a bushy plants in the back corners something like rotala roundfolia or rotala sp.green, these quickly go bushy and look good like this one.

im planning on ordering plants from them very cheap for rotala roundfolia its 5p a stem which is good, i emailed them the other day and said they have a big box of redmoor and will be putting it on soon thanks

ill have a look i should think the best place would be somewhere like the lakedistrict i go on holiday there sometimes i found some great pieces of slate i found a solid wall about 10 foot tall and theres allways dead wood about

after reading this it make me want to go and look for some theres loads of wood around here :)