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  1. samc

    Dennerle Scapers Tank

    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...
  2. samc

    5ft Root n Stones

    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...
  3. samc

    5ft Piranha aquascape

    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...
  4. samc

    sams 60cm naturescape V3

    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...
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    sams work tank

    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...
  6. samc

    sams 80cm 'river stones'

    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...
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    sams 60cm 'Pinnatifida Peak' (4.5 weeks)

    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...
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    sams 12x8x10 opti nano (DIY lilies)

    i have recently acquired a nice little opti-white nano :wink: it is to replace my old chipped clearseal one which is holding shrimp. It will be a shrimp only nano, although i may add a few celestial danios, as i saw some at the LFS and they are beautys :D the style i have chosen is nature...
  9. samc

    Hydrocotile leucocephalis pico

    since taking apart the comp pico i thought i would take the oppertunity to use the tank, as i can get away with it being small :shh: i have used japan string moss which it turning emersed again. and Hydrocotile leucocephalis which i have lots of growing emersed in various places around the...
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    sams reed frog tank

    MODS: if you dont want this here you can delete or move :D a few guys have been interested in these little guys so i though i would start a thread here for my tank. also for people who are interested in getting some. first off a few pics of them. they only grow to about an inch so idea if...
  11. samc

    60cm nature scape v2

    i decided to take my tank down the other day as nothing was going right with it. i belive there was not enough light. i am going to buy a MH soon :D . i wanted to try a naturescape again using manzanita wood i got yesterday which is great. i was inspired by an amano scape in the gallery. after...
  12. samc

    Comp_Nov09: sams opti pico

    Name:samc Tank Dimensions (height/width/depth): 13/15/14 Aquascape Name: none yet Hardscape/Materials used: westmoreland stone Plants: taiwan moss, e. parvula, e.acicularis Fertilisation: 0.5ml easylife profito daily About the aquascape: this has cost me £0.00 as i made the tank myself...
  13. samc

    8l mini mountain scape

    hi all yesterday my nano got the chop to make way for more ideas i have. i eventually decided on a mountian scape. currently there is only taiwan moss but there will be an addition of UG. from my experience with this plant it melts in new setups so i am waiting a couple of weeks then add it to...
  14. samc

    sams wabi kusa

    :wave: this last few days i have been bored :( and found a piece of glass from a picture frame and it popped into my head that i could cut is myself and make a little wabi kusa which i have wanted to try for a while now. The glass cutting was the hard part. i used a tile cutter so score the...
  15. samc

    8l nano. little project

    :wave: this is my latest project :D i was going to put a picture up earlier but the camera was playing up. this tank was saved as it was about to be thrown in the skip by a friend. it has cost me about £10 to set up which was mainly the light :D the rocks were from the garden. the sand was...
  16. samc

    sanzon iwagumi

    hi all since i have taken an interest in keeping crs and will be getting some soon, i thought i better rescape my nano as it wont be easy when full of shrimp, plus i was never happy with the old layout. i decided on a simple sanzon iwagumi just using what i had and will be using the rest for...
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    sams nano

    about time i posted this really :) i was planning on entering it into the AGA competition but due to diatoms the hc got covered and now wont fill in time so i thought id share it. the tank has been running for a couple of months now but only just added the parvula at the front and middle...
  18. samc

    sams 60cm (planted!)

    journal time! EDIT: THE JOURNAL STARTS ON PAGE 9 in the next couple of months or so ill be setting up my new iwagumi so ill start the journal now as ill be working on things starting tomorrow as you will see. tank: 24x15x18 (custom)(100l) filteration: tetratec ex1200(bought about an hour ago...
  19. samc

    5cm cube (inspired my mr.luke)

    today when i was just looking on the forum and looked at mr.lukes tiny tank and it reminded me of some tiny tanks iv seen on the internet and had nothing to do so thought id give it a go, the tank it about 5.5cm square and took about 30 mins to do here it is:
  20. samc

    consealed land

    here is my latest journal with quite a few pics of the initial setup is it an aquaone 320 (32l) iv had it for a while but never done a scape in it. the lighting is the standard 11w but ill be putting another 11w unit in the hood at some point. the co2 system will be my hydor advanced system...
  21. samc

    my first scape 80l

    this is my first scape althought it has changed many times. it currently has a eheim aquaball in but is not really good enough so im going for a large eheim external one as this will easily be enough for this tank and should get crystal clear water too. the lighting is 2x18w which is slightly on...
  22. samc

    sams 30l tank

    here is the tank i have just done today; the tank has already changed since the photo and now has some windelov in from joyous The tank has been sat doing nothing for a while and decided to scape it into a shrimp tank,i am now planning on making a moss wall, and covering alot of the tank in...
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