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have been trying various plants from the out doors like hyrocotle which is in our lawns here. Thought id pull some of this off the tree in the gardrn as see if it will stay alive. Similar leaf shape to glosso we will see. Two weeks and now sending nee leaves.

Messing about with some off cuts of acrylic to find the best lid that works for me then ill make a final 3 piece lid one who sheet is just to Fiddly when you have wood protruding. I have overlap atm as im awaiting more clips/ brackets for support then i will have it all level.

These have just arrived . Any advice on best way to keep this pink flamigno, pather what ever last lot melted with the week and never returned. So was concidering growing some emersed and some in the tank? . Tiny amount and hard to get hold of here.

Thanks buddy yes the tones can work nice just lots to think about ive learnt so much on this round. The pros make it look easy .ive broken a few rules but no one who visits my home would have a clue. i can't wait to remove the rock that is in just to hold wood down that break the surface on...

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Cleared up fast . Plants on order . Had to order from 4 different supliers , stock low limited and pricey i will add a list as i add them to the tank. Ive used the old substrate plus 2 x 9l bags of goldern tree to top up with jbl root balls where the crypts are going.

Found an old bit of material left over from a job at work and thought that it will suffice for now keep the cats out and the foxes in. Messured up cut and happy for now springs on its way and i remeber the daily water loss last year .

The covers i made were no longer any good as id cut out parts for wood pipes etc. So after 8hrs id had quit enough and reached for the cling film .

Transfered the scape as near to what i created out of the tank. Not having a spare tank sort of limited the time i had to do this , sold off most plants and wood unused to fund new plants.

Ordered plants , and a final tutu/ tinker with the scape before adding to tank. Tutu is maori for tinker not an item of clothing .

Got sick of the water marks down the back of the tank as i couldnt get to them. So got some wrap from a sign guy and set about cleaning and attaching the stuff. Fidly stuff on your own.

The collection of items and more thought has gone into this one realizing how tricky dragon stone can be. The choice where i live is limited so it make do with what i already had .

Well managed to get it into the tank. Nightmare few tweaks and plants to add but im not happy with it are we ever?

still tutuing/ tinkering.

Tanks now being broken down planning a new scape soon just playing with layouts.

Hi how did it go. Did you replace the pad or just run as it was.

Been trying to find this for weeks lol, thankyou.

Hi, i forgotten what the standard home mix was for liquid ferts, i had a look through threads, im just after the basic liquid macro and micro ingredient and how much per m1/ ltr , i need to disolve, any links would be great thank. Think when i was in uk i used apfuk's standard one. Thanks in...

Thankyou, when its a bit tidier ill get a few pics up.

Hi all, tanks a mess atm due to work stuff. Messing with co2 today as its the weekend and i can keep an eye on things. Very impressed with the micro bubbles from this very cheapo ali express diffuser more like a smoke than a mist.

Ive been pretty disapointed with the taps with our 2 new ehiems. Ive had two just snap off and leak in the cabinet, id kept an older pair that i shipped here with us to nz from the uk,( having no tanks knew theyd have some use) the plastic is thicker on the older ones. Ive replace the brocken...

Lots still to do detailing wise but 6hrs was all i had sunday. So it sort of thrown together if im honest, still glass pipes to add second 2217 ,custom heater set up, finish door on cabinet bit more goldern tree when its in stock. Two chihiros shades to source .

Agreed for the first time this year i am disapointed with ehiem. The plastic isnt as thick i have two broken taps here from the new classic 600/2217 seems noisey compared to the old one i had 10 yrs ago in the uk. The taps were solid yrs ago now poor moldings.

Dry day so doing a few bits, had paint mixed not quite the green i asked for ,this is more narrow boat green, may as well barly twist the fire extinguishers😂🤦‍♂️ , removed all my dragon stone from other tank and stripped some plants to give away i dont want. This cabinet sure is overkill and...

Thanks, hardest bit is the calculations, then get the glass cut, im a little disapointed they didnt polish the botton edge when that was cut. Too far of a drive to go back just for that, so ill have to live with it. One sisde pannel is a little off if im honest. it was hard to get my request...

As its about 3ft from the stove It would atually be fine in this house when the fire was in operation the wall behing the fire dosen't even get hot as the wet back sucked most the heat (its a big room open plan to dining and office, 2 storey with single glazed windows its a timber house so...

Had a nice dry day so been sanding and priming, was concidering leaving it white but i like these 3 colours so may just get some twin pack mixed up and save on the resin/appoxy top coat

Not the timber i would have use overseas but i think it will hold up cant even move it alone . 19mm ply on 3"x2". Undecided on colour and weather its going to be single or duel door yet but j knew i wanted better access to plumbing at the rear rear that i can get my hands through.

Got a bit bored of the 45 cube found it sort of limiting. ( id like more plants) . Has taken a while to decide on dimensions and im hoping ive gone the correct route to be able to accommodate my idea. Anyway few pics so far been on hold due to the high rainfall and humidity here atm. Sealer...

Well due to neglection and lack of interest in this one im shutting it down soon. Currently building a new set up. 90cmx60cmx40cm. Accumulating scaping stuff in nz is time consuming too specialist for most stores up in the north. Even tracking down materials for cabinet that i can afford is a...

Thankyou, thats the thing about scaping , tests our patience for sure at times , but i will not give up , ive spent too much already haha.

Power outages havent helped in storms, been out 11hrs some days and not being home timers on co2 end up out from the app on light.

Too much time away has ended this scape, un unsalvageable. Ive cleaned what i can and more or less thrown stuff back in.

Well tank is picking up after ditching my liquid mix and now dosing dry fert, bit of algae as to be expected but happy with it so far. Just done a moss trim up and water change.

Well. Probably the most annoying thing so far , worse than forgetting i was filling the tank . This stuff has reduced my filter to a trickle during lights out whilst at work. Did everythiing i could before wood went in soaked for weeks to get it to sink etc. This will sure test me.

Well after encountering so many issue trying to save money and use mostly what i can find or mod ive decided to give in get some proper soil and start all over again.

Yes we always end up with either multiple tanks or a bigger one.😂 hope i didnt say that out loud ill be in the dog house

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Think i went overboard ordering 17kg of dragon stonhe for a 45cm cube

Hello i was from gloucestershire now living in newzealand and after 6 yrs started scaping here , gutted to hear aquajarden closed down .

Hello and wecome

This will go in once ive got everything else sorted, im still running heater less as the stupid sunsun inline on first plug in started melting waited mths for it too , so now have a hydor inline on order from the US

Hi heres afee pics, its working pretty well , happy so far

Well i decided to make a giant one i can use my diffuser in tank and out. Had most the stuff lying around so all i had to buy was the brass fitting for the co2 line.

Decided to make rather tahn buy as i had lots of odds and ends around just had to buy the brass fitting for co2 line, when everything is set ill hook it up and test.

Hi, im curently pondering ( no pun intended) what to do myself . Also i tried many different methods over the years and on return to the hobby find myself back asking myself the same questions. Ive had roughly a six year break from planted aquariums and now is quite few visually different...

Early days will be hard to keep my hands out of the tank and just stick to water changes and not move plants lol.

After previous scapes finding wood a pain to get right i decided to make some bits articulate.

Went out for morning walk looking for vines roots and mosses to add to the root id already found , will all be trial and error .

Finally ferts here and mixed

Takes ages to get stuff here waited 5 weeks for my pos nitrate to turn up under DG postage and they lost it. Awaiting another parcel from the suplier 2 week gone on that now they find the first parcel and return it to sender 😂 i said this scape would be slow

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Well i purchased two new second hand aqua one aqualis 700's what a load of plastic trash imo. Going in the bin. Today my ehiem 2217 turned up , no comparision . Ehiem have never let me down mechanically or on flow output awesome as always.

Thanks Thanks ill take a look at those.

Out looking at mosses the weekend. Tanks on hold due to house improvements oh and fur ball kitten 🤦‍♂️

This one

Opologies if its in the wrong place, my previous experience with hydor external heater having to rebuild it wasn't great, so i was looking at this. Has anyone used one?

Baking 😂

Well started digging some soil up from garden, rinsed roots out and then got caught baking it in the oven 😂. It's not dissimilar from fancy stuff I paid good money for in the uk.

Hi, sort of, mosses, ferns, and maybe some hydro which grows in the lawn here as a weed. Also using soil from our garden.

Scape/ set up is a long way off so just thought I'd have a play with some bits of rock I found at work. I want this scape to be done from stuff I find in newzealands natural environment.

Thankyou guys, trying to take my time with the setting up. Already prepped primed and put 4 coats on cabinet, one more coat to go.

iron tank forsale here. I'll do journal one day, it's going to be a very steady set up. Using our own volcanic soil from the garden lava rock is everywhere here and cheap 🤦‍♂️

This thread popped up in my emails. Fine over here in newzealand, in our second week of lockdown. no tanks as yet but busy on the 5.7acre lifestyle block tree felling etc. Stay well all

That's what was great about it being able to adjust the percentages. Wish I'd shipped it to nz with me i miss aqua scaping.

Well i was always happy with our maxspect razor.

Hi all ive not been on here for a long time as i no longer aquascape, mainly due to living in northland nz. The landscape here is amazing, a few pics of mosses we saw on todays strole.....not the best pics as all on my phone sorry.

Yes I've not any tanks now, but I get alerts for here ( ukaps) . Ive had a rubbish day and going through this has made me smile .

Close..........but no Newzealand lol

Love the tanks Andy:-)

All plants are grown, under a leddy. No ferts whatsoever, other than shrimpy poo. I'm too paranoid about ferts with crs,cbs, due to hightech disasters.:-)

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Well, if it's worked great for my son in is lowtec set up , as long as your carefull with top ups, his tank runs it's self now, just a filter and 50 percent change once a mth, compared to my set ups it's been superior. It cost less to run is less work. If your busy lowtec is the way to go...

No more time for this hobby now got stuck in for the last week......these are my last minions.:-)

I'm not sure about your gravel choice, maybe move the stones abit too.....:D

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I've too much hairgrass. Tare and share hairgrass:-D

I'd definitely be one for watching the out takes......snapping glassware, ruining glass with rocks......flooding the lounge floor......etc.

2nd trim already.:-) soon to be a nice carpet fingers crossed. < algae watch:-D Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

We use ro, and remineralize. :-) i window clean some times using a pole system so the kit pays for itself......I don't like the amount of waste water ro produces thought not very ecco.:-(

5 percent.........Na that's bed time:-D I've ran it upto 48 percent recently.......and just hover around the tank with scissors 24/7

Hi lindy.....would that be the razor? Ideally I'd like to sell it as a set up for about £450ono , that would be light + hanging kit, cabinet+ electrics, heater temp controller,tank, filter, draggon stone, glassware, different diffusers, 3x drop checkers, tons of hair grass ferts, 4 fire...

Also my sons tank..... These leddys are slow but look how they grow plants with no ferts or co2, just fish and shrimp waste. The shrimp population is booming!! Just got rid of 40 adult/ juveniles. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

just a quick go with the rocks and hair grass before I sell it all, unfortunately all my stuff has to go as I can't ship it to newzealand:-( Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Well that scape as ended........Oh how I hate bba:-D

Thanks mate like wise, how long did that take to complete?

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Another item. I've put legs on the stove as the weathers been good enough today.:-)

That is a beautifull combination of wood used in this.^^ very nice to look at.