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sorry for the late reply! fish are currently a group of around 30 platinum tetras, i have added some rummynose since the last update thanks guys!

quick update:

thanks mate! yeah thats where the moss is going haha i sold it all before it got in the tank! and yes i do indeed

Got her planted up the other day! got some more in depth pics of the planting which i will upload soon. still got plenty of moss to go in too, most of the plants are 1-2-grow so will take a couple of weeks to show :)

yeah you get the lot mate, to the top of the light its 43.5cm

Just had a quick measure and its 45cm wide x 36cm deep x 30cm tall. Perfect for scaping

Hi again, just thought i would share another of my little projects The tank is a Dennerle Scapers tank, not actaully seen one of these set up yet... comes with a little hang-on external which are nice, they have acrylic lily pipes as standard. Just added a hydor external heater today and...

well it will be a bit of a task but shouldnt be too bad once fully drained. a bit hair raising maybe haha

Thanks for the feedback! i might end up selling it fully set up.. its hard for me to do it, but i can crack on with the next scape. slowly changing people from oscar fans to plants and shrimp ;)

Thanks guys! Been a while since doing something with some thought behind it I have an aquatics shop in Skegness, it's a general aquatics shop, nothing specialised but I like to get people into the planted tanks

Hi all, Not been on here for a while, i have recently stripped the 5ft display tank in the shop, i am about to have a rescape, so thought it share this time. Tank: Eheim Vivaline 330 Filter: Eheim Classic Heater: Eheim jager Wavemaker: APS 2500 Ferts: Tropica specialized and Easycarbo...

Surprised you remember me haha. I have been away from aquascaping for a while now so missed these new plants. I have my own shop now so ill be posting a few journals of the tanks. Just rescaped my 5 footer actually.. inspired by your tank you did a while back with the driftwood that was almost...

That looks brilliant Tony! is the Ranunculus Inundatus tied to the wood higher up?

Hi all, Been a few years since I have been on here now! thought I would post up one of my latest tanks. This has been running just over a week now so very new setup. I have set this up as something a little different for my shop. Just a low tech easy to look after tank is all I want. I just...

yes mate! still on the portugese glass. i am very happy with it too :thumbup:

cheers guys :thumbup: Theres alot of things im not happy with yet. The mid-ground is non exsistant at the moment. There is hydrocotyle sibthorpiods in the mid-ground. Its hardly visible though. I need moss too :D

cheers george :thumbup: here is a photo from today, at 15 days. ill see if i can get a better one. they allways look so much darker and unfocused when uploaded.

So i decided to to a planted tank again after about a year. It was a little trown together but it saves me the headache :D Equipment is as follows; Tank: 60x40x40 opti-white Lighting: 1x 150w halide Filter: Tetratec ex1200 Co2: 2KG FE with aquamedic reg Ferts: Aquasabi...

that looks ace guys! i think i would prefer it without the floaters though

Re: 60cm "quemador lenta" The Plan! loving this layout. the wood is looking really natural, i seem to end up making it too symetrical. youve inspired me to set up my opti-white again :)

Re: 60cm "quemador lenta" Hydracotyle sp. Japan nice scape mark. reminds me of some of amano earlier works. i just rescaped a tank at home, im starting to get into it again

sorry for the late reply. and thanks for the comments thanks bazz. glad you came in. its rare we get many plant guys in there :D it could well have been me. i am the youngest. nope they are my own. i am hoping we might get some good quality liquid ferts in. we only currently have JBL...

some of you may know i have worked in my LFS for a few months now. i have scaped this tank to try and get the public into aquascaping, and it seems to have got a good reception so far. i will be doing more tanks so hopefully more people will get into this hobby. this tank has been a challenge as...

Re: English woodland FISH IDEA,S NEEDED PLSE looking good john :thumbup: nice to see you back into scaping again. i would never buy from ste1200 on ebay again! i bought some killifish eggs and brineshrimp. never recieved a thing! and egnored all emails.

Re: Andyh's 190l Lounge tank. looking good andy. i would say the best way to keep it clean would be to get a big group of amano shrimp :D

will be be seeing the new hardscape mark? what stone have you used?

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' Time to move on. look foward to the new setup mark :thumbup: i can imagine it will be a more complex layout than the previous one. maybe nicer transition too. i imagine lots of acicularis.

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' let battle commence nice vid mark. maybe thats why we love the hobby so much. i will have 5 tanks running soon :P i think this will help me no end. i have to catch up with you some how.

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' after a break its a relief to come back to a clean tank. look foward to seeing the update :thumbup:

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' @ 2 weeks excellent shots mate :thumbup:

Re: california dreaming looks cool. nice and different :thumbup: i am growing erectus in my 60cm. its slow growing even under my 150w halide

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' nice effects mark. i should have a play aroud. its strange how some look better in life and some in person.

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' :lol: cool video mate. i prefer the black background this time. maybe i should try it :)

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' its on private mate :wink:

Re: sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (1 week) cheers guys. it does look messy around the wood tbh. it should change when the hygro grows bigger leaves

Re: sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (1 week) ahh sorry dude. all changed now :D

Re: sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (1 week) just a quick update. i now have a canon 500d so have done a quick HD video. its a bit out of focus though :? http://www.vimeo.com/13208288

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' looks great. nice clean and simple i would like to see a group of penguin tetras myself. i am loving these at the moment. i might be getting some of my 60cm. they shoal very well and look great when they all point the same way.

:lol: cheers mate. it looks awfull with the BGA dont it.

this aquascape has been set up a few weeks now. i have filled it with just the hardscape as its needed for my fish :D the tank has LOADS of BGA in at the moment so ill start doing regular WCs and EI dosing asap. the planting will be simple moss between the rocks, crypts both sides behind the...

Re: Saintly's 120cm' Fraggle rock' looks cool mark. i casn see where you going. i think i set up a 80cm the other day using them big stones in a similar way. a little moss around the stones cyprus and crypts are my plan :thumbup:

i think you have done an excellent job with the depth :thumbup: great HC carpet too.

Re: Andyh's New 190l Lounge tank excellent andy! i love the second layout. i would remove the far right stone though. i dont think you need it 8)

Re: sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (1 week) thanks :thumbup: the moss is taiwan. its a great looking moss too iv got a wayto go yet mate. but ill try :)

Re: sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (1 week) cheers again guys. tony, yours is part of my inspiration. turns out its more like yours than i planned :lol: so its one week since planting now. the HC it doing great. its crawling nicely and the hygro is changing into emersed form. it has that nice...

looking good viktor :) looks like the UG has settled down now.

Re: Johan's 30 cm cube - Updated with more pics! i like this last layout the best :D i would just plant with HC and acicularis.

Re: Fec's 90cm opti-white "Sticks n Stones" looks like crypt wendtii 'tropica' to me :D

Re: sams 60cm (planted) ahh yes. i am a little worried about that actually. i think i will leave if for a while then hack it right back and hope it doesnt kill it. i might keep the cutting for a bit first lol.

Re: sams 60cm (planted) :thumbup: i am. i will let the hc creep over the edge then keep it trimmed. it should be hidden under the hc then. well..... in theory :lol:

Re: sams 60cm (planted) thanks again :thumbup: :lol: i knew someone would say it. i keep thinking the same when i look. it should change alot once the stems fill out.

Re: sams 60cm (planted) cheers guys :D glad you like it.

Re: sams 60cm ????? so guys heres how it went: hardscape next i added the moss to the wood which is taiwan moss. heres the tastey looking HC from plantedbox :D i then split and planted the HC. i had plently, a little too much. i also added some bolbitus on the wood next i added the e...

Re: sams 60cm ????? lol. thanks very much guys. its now all planted up and filled. i will post a step by step i did tonight :)

Re: Magpie's 'Learning Curve' 90 x 75 opti-white excellent dimentions. i have always wanted to try a layout like these ones http://www.aquajournal.net/na/gallery/create.html but i just dont have the depth. unlike you :D

Re: sams 60cm ????? :lol: thats wierdly suits it

Re: sams 60cm ????? i am about to jase :D just recieved my HC from plantedbox. awesome health too. thanks alot guys, your great :thumbup: ill pop some pictures up tonight.

Re: sams 60cm ????? yesterday i added the sand foreground. not 100% about it but i think when planted it will look better :D it will be planted so that its an island type scape. the HC will go all the way to the back at the sides and the island will consist of hygrophila p, e parvula, lileo...

Re: sams 60cm ????? :lol: cheers matt

Re: sams 60cm ????? a change of plan :lol: i decided to go with this layout. inspired again by a scape in the amano gallery. i will be having a small sand foreground which ill add tomorrow after another trip to the LFS. the scape which i am thinking of is this...

Re: california dreaming i like no.3 best :D i would however slope the substrate alot more. its a quite tall tank.

Re: Tonsers 420L "Triassic Hollow" - Day4 mine was from my LFS but i would say pets at home will stock it too :thumbup: hows this doing tony? i am interested in how the hydrocotyle will grow.

Re: sams 60cm 'life in the undiscovered stones' i took the stones out today and had a play with some manzi. i think its gonna be a nature scape :P your right there :D i would love another setup the same. JEK. i wont be using stones for the nature layout it will be manzi wood :D

Re: sams 60cm 'life in the undiscovered stones' thanks for the comments guys. ilaymir. thanks for taking the time to show me how you would have it but i prefer the way it is for now :thumbup: i am not actually sure i will plant this layout. i am thinking of doing a nature layout again. but...

Re: sams 60cm 'life in the undiscovered stones' :lol: it dont worry me mate. thats kinda my idea. gotta break the mould at some point. try something different. if it does not work then fair enough. if it does then i learn something else. and so may others.

Re: Tonsers 420L "Triassic Hollow" - Day2 good job on the planting tony. cant wait to see it in a couple of months, should be top class!

thanks very much folks! :thumbup: the pipe i used for inside the acrylic was fuel pipe. not cheap or very common in the household though. i found it my dads workshop as he's a mechanic. this is the stuff...

:lol: thanks mark. i would make some for the price of materials. i quite enjoy it. only problem is finding something to put inside them, for bending. the outlet it 12mm and the inlet is 15mm. i found a good pipe for the 12mm but the 15mm was hard to find. i had to take a while for that.

i bought some perspex tubing from the ebay shop the other day and was suprised when i came the next day (yesterday) so i spent a couple of hours making my lily pipes for this. i did try widening the end but could'nt do it as the only way would have been to stretch it over a cone shape, i...

Re: Tonsers 420L "Triassic Hollow" you make it look easy tony :P i like that you are going to use parrot feather too. its pretty rare in aquascapes but looks great.

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi (new tropica plants) i would send you some stuff, but i am not sure if it would make it :? its a cool new plant. they do change slightly i believe. if you look at the tanks at interzoo you will see it in many of the tanks there. would you move them all towards the...

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi (new tropica plants) cheers guys. i am still temped to to a nature layout though :? i got them from the lakedistrict. free of course :D

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi (new tropica plants) i decided to slightly rescape i think its an improvement. its really hard with these limiting stones. if you pro's have any suggestions i would really like to hear them.

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi (new tropica plants) i went to my LFS today to look for some stems (not expecting much as they are normally half dead) and was amazed to see they had a fresh load of tropica plants. looking closer i see they had all the new tropica plants :shock: so i snapped up some...

Re: NeilW's 30cm nano - "Mono" [Planted 25/05/10] excellent hardscape and planting. ill look foward to seeing it in a couple of months time :D

Re: Andyh's New 170l Lounge tank that sounds great andy :D look foward to seeing it in situe, and i bet you went for a MH :P

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano me too. i am waiting for yours to grow first :lol: this nano is the same setup as yours really, no ferts or co2 ect. and it works well. i have done a couple of water changes with all the shrimp though.

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano the scum sounds strange. cant see any on mine. i have heard that bullosa can get pretty big so you might have to be carefull. but its a slow grower, thats why i used it.

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano cheers mate. the crypt is bullosa :wink: i had loads, but killed alot off when i switched emersed setups.

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano a little update: i have hundreds of shrimp in here now. alot from my 60cm too. really need a better background :roll: shrimp pile on :lol: adult cherry shrimp.

lovely little tank patzu :thumbup: i just had a look on HAC and there are some great tanks on there. you seem to have your own style in hungary

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi :lol: i thought i better try one. i am going to be using stems in the back corners. mainly HM in the back right. i am going to try and grow it into a low bush. maybe with a few red stems too

Re: sams 60cm iwagumi i added the rest of the substrate yesterday which i dried off on a sheet in the garden. it created a bit more of a mound

here are the tank stats: Tank size (cm): 60x40x40 Tank volume: 80 litres Filtration: tetratrec EX1200 Powerheads: 1 x Koralia nano Co2: Pressurised via FE 24/7 Ferts: EI Substrate: ADA amazonia II & Oliver Knott naturesoil Hardscape: manzanita wood from Plantedbox.com Flaura: Hemainthus...

Re: Andyh's New 170l Lounge tank i dont have any, but i can take a few for you. i quite like the design of it. its pretty simple really, but not as small as the ADA unit. on the other hand they are very cheap on ebay. i picked mine up for £35 :D

Re: Andyh's New 170l Lounge tank thanks mate. i didnt know it was out yet :shock: :oops: i have not actually seen it yet as i am not subscribed :(

Re: Andyh's New 170l Lounge tank sounds a great setup andy :thumbup: i would personally go with a MH from my experience with them, they are much better than flouresent

Re: Mattyc's 160L opti-white ''tranquil hills'' great stuff! good luck with the new plants mate. sounds intereting. is it more like Pogostemon helferi? or like Pogostemon stellatus?

Re: Mattyc's 160L opti-white ''tranquil hills'' i like the last layout the best :D although i would not use the second biggest stone as its not a very good shape and a bit distracting. i dont think you have any others to fill the gap looking through the pics. there is never enough is there...

thanks guys and sorry for the late reply. i have thought about it but i cant bring myself to do it. i might end up with a load of nothing :? # i am very pleased with the halide. i am not sure why but it just gives me the plant health i allways wanted. i guess its the closest you will get to...

looking smart mark :thumbup: im doing the exact same with mine and i am suprised how well its doing. and like you, the moss is looking bright green. better than in my 60cm

cheers mate. i am not sure on what to do yet. i have got an awesome main-stone but its about 60cm i need to get i cut flat at the bottom which should'nt be a problem. the only problem i have is that i dont have any supporting stones. i may have an idea though :wink:

new scape on the way next week mate :D

i have not done a water change or dosing in this for a few weeks now and it has not really had much of an effect on it. today i forced myself to finally trim it again after putting it off for a week. i was suprised at how much HM i got out :shock: lookind a bit rough on this one with the water...

nice tank mate. looks like you have quite a few shrimp in there. they look orange to me :D or is that the photo?

Re: nelson's nano 2 looks great. nice to see something different :thumbup: i would be also temped by a moss carpet. if not i would put a little in the cracks at the bases of the stones, like the one right in the centre. it should creep up the rock and look really natural :D look foward to...

ahh steve. they could well be rotala nanjeshan :thumbup: look foward to seeing the update. it is looking sweet!

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano i am going try what amano has done in the latest nanos in his gallery. a random mix of stems :D

Re: sams 12x8x10 opti nano today i decided to fill this up as i will be on holiday soon so wont be able to mist it daily until the plants arrive. i also added the shrimp and i didnt realise how many there are :shock: i still need to add the HC and a few more stems at the back straight after...

i have not actually trimmed it yet :shh: i might use it in my next tank though. if i do, i would just cut it to the substrate. i have trimmed some bad bits off and they are still ok.