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Hope she's nice! Good luck at uni Nick :thumbup:

Pretty sure JamesC has done the breakdown on the TPN+ if you search the forum Im sure you will find more info on it. Personally I have run tanks exclusively on TPN+ with no problems, George Farmer has as well AFAIK.

Brilliant stuff guys love it all !

still around on the web anyway. http://www.dupla.com/]

I was cross posting there earlier ceg, giving George all the credit, so missed your post. Probably going to be cross posting here as well, I will catch up!! Still reckon it was George and possibly Dan who came up with the 10X flow guideline that we use now for highlight tanks. I would have been...

Yes, credit where credit is due. I heard it here (UKAPS) first of all, I didnt read it in PFK although you probably did mention it there in print earlier then I would have heard it here. I remember it well, it was you who mentioned it in a thread here probably early 2007 regarding a conversation...

I cant remember who started the flow discussions it possibly was James and ceg, I do remember George and Dan talking about 10X flow rates thats where I picked up on that idea first of all. Good point on flow and circulation, its about having good circulation. Having a single point source for...

Growout tank for the next scape would be my choice.

Some very tidy people in this thread :geek:

I imagine too much direct sunlight and also tanks overheating would be your main issues, interesting idea though, but I dont think it would work tbh.

Might be there to stop skinheads from shoplifting :angel: :mrgreen:

oh I see, Florabase. Thanks nelson.

Amano's latest book £35 in Japan but £60 in the UK :|

Pardon my ignorance but what's columbo, any links?

Nice looking book but pricey at 7500 Yen = 57 Euro approx, 4500 Yen sounds about the right price to me. Nice present though, thanks for the heads up Victor.

I must check out the questions, see if I can beat that Dan fella :geek: (and make sure there are no mistakes :lol: )

haha....great first picture George :thumbup:

We don't all use lily pipes though. I bet not many people use or setup a seperate airpump for when the CO2 goes off at night thats really what I meant. I think it should become standard practice for high light tanks in particular and included in all the "How to start a planted tank" manuals, I...

Yes it is good practice and one I would recommend, I dont think enough of us do it though as standard practice on all our tanks myself included.

Here's an article from an Irish newspaper today about weed management on a large lake/waterway in the west of Ireland, sounds like they are only interested in containment of the problem, or maybe the problem is just to big, these guys are going to be busy for years to come I would imagine, the...

Hiya Stu, well it depends on how you look at it, that could be a loaded question. It disadvantaged me insofar as I didnt want to enter the medium tank catagory and certainly didnt expect to win! anyway just wanted to set the record straight on my behalf.

Sorry to drag this old thread back from the dead but this has been bothering me for the past year!! :mrgreen: Anyway it turns out that the guidelines issued by AGA are misleading, I knew I wasnt imagining things, they took down the guidelines once last years contest was over so I could not...

Winning tank looks retro style, circa 1982 (but planted yesterday)

I like them, I probably refer to them more than Aquajournals, aquajournals are nice but I think I get more out of the IALPC booklets I have to say, cant go wrong really they are pretty cheap afterall. Word of warning though, the binding on then isnt great, a couple of mine have loose pages in...

Nice shiney new website, giving plenty of advance notice for next years competition (no excuses now :wink: ) http://en.iaplc.com/ I have my entry ready, just a little trim here and there and should be sorted, take the snap :wink: No pressure on anyone else like!!! its still 2008 so plenty of...

Thanks Gary Wu and welcome to UKAPS! Nah I'm not saying they are two different layouts, one layout is clearly based on the other, the idea is more developed in second tank that did well at ADA. Both tanks were grown out at 2 different times about 6 months apart in different aquariums, the...

Yes the rules are gone or taken down now the competition is over I suspect, they were issued under "guidelines" or something like that, not exactly rules per se. I will give you some harsh commentry if you want Andy :lol:

Thanks chaps I'm sure your fed up looking at these tanks of mine by now though better get something new up quick! I honestly thought I had entered both of these aquascapes in the same small tank catagory in the competition. I dont think I would have enterd both of them if I knew they were going...

Thanks all!! speechless> thats an understatement :shock:

They have a bittorrent link as well to download the whole contest, but thats not working either, theres no seed for it. looks like Erik had a few to many at the banquet last night when he flipped the switch. Wait a few hours and I'm sure the site will be up, still relatively early morning in the...

This is the post modern age :)

Why do they need you to register :evil: its not like its a forum or anything like that, didn't register maybe later. I have seen some pictures already, one thing that struck me from looking at them was some of the outer stones do not look right IMHO, there is a stone to the left and a stone to...

Hopefully in the next day or two mate, don't know what the storey is tbh, as soon as ADA post the top 27 tanks I presume I can post mine :?

Thanks everyone! Garuf, yes its a custom tank, opti low cost ordinary glass DIY tank I made myself :mrgreen: same dimensions as a 60p except 45cm depth instead of 30cm.

Thanks mate, no.4 looks hot to me

Here you go mate all the winning scapes are here including my own entry, in slide show form anyhow. http://www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6646

It looks like the "International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2008" competition booklet is now printed and available for shipping, I had mine on pre order and today I got an email telling me the order had advanced to "Processing" which from ordering Aqua Journals from the same source means...

I don't use any dechlor either, although I do let the water that I use for water changes sit overnight to let any chlorine that may be present evaporate off, it lets the water reach room temperature anyhow if nothing else. Never had any problems doing this that I am aware of, never lost any...

Just hope it lives up to the hype :lol: Its really in ADA's hands not really a lot I can do I'm afraid :? it could be a week or two after the party before they release the pictures :( I want to see they all myself at this stage. Crazy busy recently but the pressure is easing off now, might...

Sam its not that particular aquascape, I did a second "new improved :) " version of this aquascape and thats what got me 15th position. I didn't do a journal or anything like that pre the contest so the new version has not been published online at all. I won't be able to publish the picture...

beeky I don't really do journals for my tanks, I usually just do an aquascape and post the finished result. I didn't post any pictures of this aquascape when it was finished because I knew I would enter it into the ADA competition, that was done on purpose, I just presumed most people would do...

Mystery solved! Patience my friend patience! haha, well at least being placed one of the top 20 I know what one of them looks like anyway :wink: takes the edge out of wondering what the others look like :)

Don't think its the same Ole Pederson though, this confusion came up last year as well I think, don't think its him anyway.

Hi everyone, thanks very much for the kind words, I just wish I could show you the photo of the 15th position tank, as soon as they publish the top 23 or 27 whichever it is, I will put the photos online here first of all. I documented it quite well, how I set up the tank and equipment used etc...

Well, if you happen to be in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, this coming November you could do worse than check out the annual Aquatic Gardeners Association convention, the master himself Takashi Amano will be making an appearance this year and giving a lecture and an aquascaping demo. Hmmm must check...

I don't entirely agree, I think for a beginner with planted tanks they have their uses if even to give you an indication of where you may be going wrong if you encounter problems, I don't necessarily buy into the idea they are all totally inaccurate either, they can still provide good clues as...

Revenge of the phosphate haters :mrgreen:

Well its really up to the moderators to set the tone on any forum I think, obviously they cannot be there all the time but their thinking or good practice usually permeates through the forum to other members and the knowledge base grows. You got to remember though that TFF is primarily a fish...

You get no individual feedback at all unless you come in the top ten, the top 100 were given the individual judges point scores last year, 2007, for the first time, but no direct feedback. Every entrant receives a letter when the judging is completed with your final contest ranking other than...

Well the competition has not been announced yet so thats why there are no entry forms, the deadline will be the end of May though. I can't remember when it was announced officially last year, they set up a special web page where you submit your details and photo (singular) and you get...

oh ok, I didnt realise it was an ADA brand as such. I saw these rocks on a Polish website also and I don't think they were ADA branded although that site did sell Aquasoil as well. I will check them out there.

They have Manten stone, wouldn't mind some of that, hint hint, would be prepared to pay the right bucks as well :wink:

Hi Richard, good to see you here, welcome aboard :) Good news about the plants as well :wink:

That sort of gathering will probably attract all sorts of rif raf, you wouldn't want me around adding to it!

Poor in comparison IMHO, better off to buying an Aquajournal instead. Where did you get the magazines out of interest, fleabay?

I took delivery of this yesterday and I have to say I was disappointed tbh, would I buy it again, no :wink: www.adana.co.jp/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19&zenid=c238a9f516ece4e0be3abfd9d7d5a41e

Dan I would be very suspicious of anyone looking for payment by Western Union, you have no comeback whatsoever if the goods do not turn up, its like giving someone cash. First rule on ebay is never pay anyone by Western Union money transfer, its the scammers No.1 money transfer route of choice...

Last time I checked the postage to here was $75, definitely didn't seem like a bargain then!

I think we can assume "a safe set of results" would be the verdict on the competition. Not sure its good for the competition though, a lot might not bother entering next year if they feel they know in advance who is going to win. The lack of American entries was interesting I thought as well...

Download the torrent from the AGA site and view the results right now, I can view the whole website offline if I wish, pretty cool. I used Azureus and will leave the client open for some time, I would say it will get busy later on today so may be slow. Enjoy...

oh ok lets hope its Sunday then.

The waiting is getting to be a bit of a pain now :( if they say a date they should stick to it IMO. Unless they hit a technical hitch :roll:

I've been using it on and off for over six months and to all intent and purpose its exactly the same as Seachem excel, it definitely works as an algaecide if that's you main intention using it, I find spot treatment always works best for me treating algae this way.

Yes I entered, I didn't realise the results would be due so soon, I was sort of expecting them due "November" sometime but not the 1st so that's a surprise. Im not expecting much tbh but the judges comments should be interesting anyway I guess . The best of luck Tom, you have a good chance of...

Hey Andy, welcome.

Well done Graeme can't wait to see the tank you entered. Congrats. :D

A little quiz I found on APC to ponder over for a few minutes, my knowledge obviously ain't to hot, I only got 15 right. http://www.allthetests.com/quiz10/quizpu.php?testid=1094864949 No cheating and post your results :)

Heres some more pics from a link I nicked from somebody that posted on planted tank, very recent shots, only a few days old, of Amanos main tank with altums added, nice pics. http://clubaquaplant.org/forum/index.php?topic=12229.0

Yes there still is an option as far as I know, but those entries would have been entered from last years AGA entries, anyway not quite sure but if thats the case I may enter it, but couldn't knowing the result from this years ADA be sort of prejudical in the outcome of any tank entered into AGA...

I dont know George I hadn't really considered that iwagumi layout, I wasn't quite sure what the protocol was as regards entering competitions like that with an entry that had already been entered into this years ADA competition, is there a protocol? I was not quite sure on that one, or would...

It was reassuring a couple of weeks ago when the AGA organiser Balin shaw posted on APC regards the "stiff competition " based on the entries recieved so far :roll: :? I wonder who the judges are?

I have 2 tanks I may enter although Im still not quite sure, its going to be last minute anyway on one of them its not quite finished yet, not quite there yet on that one and the other is finished, although not quite sure on that one either. So I may enter although I may not :D so hows that...

Greetings Nick long time no see, look forward to seeing your 90cm tank, is it all planted up?

George that photo you sent them beside the articles looks nothing like you mate :lol: Well done, they were good articles :wink:

This is a very interesting video link I found over on Planted tank and something Im sure most here have wondered about at some stage I know I definitely have. How many rocks are safe to put in your aquarium before it becomes overloaded and could potentially break? Interesting results...

Well this is a first on any plant/fish related forum that I am member of. How about a his and hers sort of setup, if you can't beat them join them sort of thing :)

Sam dosing it at normal levels will keep algae away but usually just the types of algae that proper levels of CO2 will usually help you avoid anyway, hair, brush, beard etc. Stored as bought it lasts indefinitely AFAIK, I don't think the bottles have a best before date on them, diluteing it and...

Cheers guys always wondered, will sign up tonight for the 1 year + 3 back issues, actually works out a good deal about €4 per magazine, cant complain about that really.

Is the magazine any good, is it worth signing up for this? I don't mean your article graeme just TAG in general, whats your opinion of it. I always just assumed it was aimed at an American audience, but the dollar rate is good so may sign up. May even get to read your article :)

Graeme you need to get out more! Rex is legend in planted tank land, mainly posts over on The Planted Tank, he's known for his straight forward talking style, well maybe style and Rex don't mix too well lets just say he's a straight talker, also runs a pretty useful guide for newbies, I used it...

Well, seems everyone is starting up forums these days even Rex is getting in on the act! Gotta love the user handle :lol: http://www.rexgrigg.com/phpBB2/