Saintly's 120cm 'hill's of desire'

[George Farmer]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Mark - you've reached a groundbreaking level of macro plant photography for the hobby - kudos!

I'm looking forward to seeing how the aquascape evolves too. Keep up the good work!

 

[Dan Crawford]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

I can't believe how may plants there are in there, fair play mate, that must have taken some doing, it's gonna look awesome

 

[chilled84]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Forgive me if im mistaken, is that a real thin thin layer of sand youplaced at the front or is there no depth, if i right, whats the reson? out ofinterest not rudeness. im learning.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Rotala rotundifolia ey?? I realy do like that form you have of it. may consider trying to get my hands on some, is it a reasonable price?

as leah kindly points out, it will change form.

thanks leah. moss boxed and coming your way tomoz.

Even though immature it still looks sublime, Mark.

cheers Ad.

That's another classic Mark I really like the Anubias among the rocks. Spot on

thanks you steve.

lookin good.fantastic photography

cheers bud.

It's time that I am gonna teach you some lessons about a proper aqua scape

sure thing my friend. see you shortly

Mark - you've reached a groundbreaking level of macro plant photography for the hobby - kudos!

cheers george. i'm loving the photography at the mo. kinda reignited a few things in me.

I can't believe how may plants there are in there, fair play mate, that must have taken some doing,

if it's going to be done, do it properly is my motto the planting was easy. the moss stones took the time.

Forgive me if im mistaken, is that a real thin thin layer of sand youplaced at the front or is there no depth, if i right, whats the reson? out ofinterest not rudeness. im learning.

hey, no probs. i don't like to see 2 inch of sand. it also can lead to unwanted algaes. so spread it thin at the front....hey presto, less problems.

thanks to everyone for the kind kind words

 

[LondonDragon]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Bokeh Stunning shots! Looks great.

Ditto!! Amazing shots Mark and the tank looks awesome looking forward to further updates and the tanks development congrats and keep it coming!

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Ditto!! Amazing shots Mark and the tank looks awesome looking forward to further updates and the tanks development congrats and keep it coming!

hey, cheers paulo. i need to learn the moss skills from the likes of yourself.

everything is doing great. the rotala in places is at the top, but were large to begin with.

aciularis is spreading.....

the r walichii is growing nicely too. i've never had this before, so I'm looking forward to seeing the outcome.

 

[hydrophyte]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

I hadn't seen that picture that Dan Crawford linked above. What amazing texture in this setup. It looks to me like a scene you would see at your feet in an alpine meadow.

Are those elegantly refined hot pink and orange clothes pins permanent fixtures for the setup, or a temporary fix?

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Are those elegantly refined hot pink and orange clothes pins permanent fixtures for the setup, or a temporary fix?

temp I'm afraid. i fought hard to keep them though.

cheers dude.

 

[RossMartin]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Just wanted to ask where you get your plants from??!?!

 

[Mark Evans]

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Just wanted to ask where you get your plants from??!?!

i use Aquafleur plants Ross. Their quality is second to none.

 

[Mark Webb]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Looking great. And some excellent photography

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Looking great. And some excellent photography

cheers mark.

i've just come back from the W/C duties. Added the 2nd filter and second co2 diffuser. the slight surface scum has gone now and everything looks ace.

i'm a happy bunny.

 

[LondonDragon]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

hey, cheers paulo. i need to learn the moss skills from the likes of yourself..

Moss just grows mate, secret of nice mosses is to have lots of shrimp in the tank, you will never have a problem with them

I remember thinking back now, when I removed my cherries from my main tank to place in the shrimp only tank, my moss wall and the rest of the tank just turned to crap.

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Moss just grows mate, secret of nice mosses is to have lots of shrimp in the tank, you will never have a problem with them

thanks for the info paulo.

 

[Jase]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Looks great Mark. Similar style to the Maidenhead one you did a while back which you know was my favourite you've done... I'm looking forward to seeing the rotala tranformation

Any plans to enter the Pico competition?

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Similar style to the Maidenhead one you did a while back which you know was my favourite you've done... I'm looking forward to seeing the rotala tranformation

cheers jase.

yes it's similar. my intention really.

I feel, for me to progress I must learn certain styles to a high standard rather than moving from one style to another.I'm not good enough to move on just yet, when compared to the Asian scene were streets behind. Iwagumi or just general stone layout's is something I want to become good at hence this layout.

I'm looking forward to seeing the rotala tranformation

and the rotala wallichii

Any plans to enter the Pico competition?

i've got the glass,and been playing around with layouts, so who knows. 8)

 

[planter]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Mark, that rock layout is just superb.

 

[Jase]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

and the rotala wallichii

I used that in my main tank, never did anything quickly so i tore it out, cut it right back and still nothing

 

[AdAndrews]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

and the rotala wallichii

I used that in my main tank, never did anything quickly so i tore it out, cut it right back and still nothing

i have had a similar experience with r.wallichii, i presumed mine didnt take off becuase of the lack of light

 

[Mark Evans]

Re: Saintly's 120cm private scape

Mark, that rock layout is just superb.

cheers bud. hope things are good with you. not seen much of you recently.

I used that in my main tank, never did anything quickly so i tore it out, cut it right back and still nothing

i have had a similar experience with r.wallichii, i presumed mine didnt take off becuase of the lack of light

fingers crossed. it's doing good so far. even in the far left corner.