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Why do you aquascape? Be as concise or descriptive as you dare. I am super curious about your motivations; you should be too... :D Cheers George

Hi all, I'm looking at creating more UK-based content featuring fellow hobbyists that are comfortable to share their aquariums and stories. You don't have to have the highest-end equipment or have the fanciest aquascape. I'm more interested in telling engaging stories that my audience will...

Hi all I thought I'd share our latest podcast. We hope you enjoy it. Let us know what other topics you'd like to hear about. :D Special thanks to Aquarium Gardens for supporting this episode. 🙏💚 If you enjoy our podcast please consider leaving a review on Apple podcasts - it really helps us...

Hi all, Following my recent trip to the US I created a playlist of the videos I create during my time at ADG. Despite the US having many more challenges getting consistent good quality and variety of aquarium plants compared with Europe these guys are really leading the way in aquascaping over...

New series started last night. I hope you like it!

Beautiful work from the legendary Filipe A. Oliveira at the Aquarium Gardens workshop 2 days ago. Short film >>

10 scapes filmed at Aquarium Gardens. Watch the film and vote for your favourite! Link >>>

Today I aquascaped this Aquascaper 900! See more and hit the link! ⤵️

How I film aquascapes ⤵️

Tune in tonight....my channel... 9pm

Epic long-term Nature Aquarium from Jurijs

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKedE6P1X5Ox7f1fI7bt-i1dPc3tFx845

How we aquascaped this...

Lots of info in the video description

This was fun.

Budget-minded aquascaping, by popular demand!

Potentially my best scape and certainly one of my favourite videos so far... Keep on scaping

...of 2017 ;) Happy New Year, all. Keep on scaping!

Setting up an ADA 60P. Still prefer an Aquascaper 600....

No words required...

Nice and simple Nature Aquarium step-by-step in an Aquascaper 900. Non-CO2, easy plants!

Arguable my best long-term scape ever. Full cinematic-style video!

This was a cool project...

“Cinematic Sunday” video out now on my YouTube channel. Keep on ‘scaping!

I filmed these last month during a trip to Amsterdam. Epic.

Battling BBA but fairly pleased. It's nice tank in the living room and the missus is happy :)

6 weeks. Pleased. :)

I'm looking for a potential PFK Reader Visit. Post your pics here! Cheers, George

Hi all Here's a video of me aquascaping a Dennerle Scapers Tanks using some very cool plants, and with guest appearance from the legendary Stefan Hummer aka The Plantahuhter! I hope you like it! Cheers, George

Hi all, This is a quick 'scape I did on commission. I was given 4 weeks to grow-in a 'scape in a prototype tank, with the final photo shoot (by me) being potentially used for packaging. The result....

Hi all, Almost 10 years ago I created a low-maintence aquascape - mainly ferns, Anubis and crypts. Today I took the final shot of my latest 'scape - mainly ferns, Anubis and crypts. Note the difference. Mainly use of hardscape, open foreground and more complex textures. I thought it was an...

Hi all, I thought I'd share this video with you all after some of the comments I've received asking "how do you do it?" etc. I'm by no means a perfect plant grower! I have issues with my aquascapes and plants as much as the next man. Perseverance and patience are usually all it takes to...

Hi all, I thought I'd post pics of my current 'scapes before I tear them down soon and create some new layouts. Both have been featured fairly recently in PFK magazine although they've been re-scaped a little. The first is a Natural Aquario 65x40x45cm. I set it up as a sub-tropical set-up and...

Can't find much detail at the moment but photography is by Chris Lukhaup. Definitely one to check out, especially if they do an English translation. Timeline Photos | Facebook Aquascaping: Aquarienlandschaften gestalten: Amazon.co.uk: Oliver Knott, Chris Lukhaup: Books

Thanks to Dan Crawford for creating this nice little video. The aquascape is featured in the latest PFK and is one of my favourites to date. Fellow UKAPS member, Troi now has this tank and aquascape running successfully during my 6 month tour of duty. Check out the glitter lines created by the...

Hi all, I set this up for a work colleague 5 weeks ago. It's doing really well with minimal crypt melt and zero algae. Plants are various crypts, including some immature balansae in the background. Also some narrow Microsorum attached to Tropica Aquadecor wood. Hardscape is Unipac Sumatra...

Hi all Has anyone bought this book yet? 232 pages of aquascapes by the guys from the Creative Aquascaping Union (CAU). I've got huge respect for these chaps and have bought it, on the basis that I completely trust that the content will be amazing! http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/3935175841/r ...

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Hi all, I'm going to be on a radio show with Jason Baliban this weekend. I'll post the link to the podcast afterwards (it's 3am, Saturday morning...) http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wm-aquacul ... quabotanic Jason is my favourite US 'scaper so I'm really excited!

Anybody watching this? http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nap2011 The ADA NA Party featuring the IALPC winners. I've been watching since 0545 this morning. Some amazing scapes as to be expected but a lot of the same too. Lots of landscapes underwater etc. Second place looked almost identical to...

Non-CO2 (daily Excel dosing), inert substrate, internal filter, unheated, 11w PC. Rotala, Anubias, E. quadricostatus, Ranunculus. Dosing TPN+ and Excel daily. Commissioned as a beginner's set-up for Tropica to be exhibited at Aqua 2011, Telford. George Cube 2 by George Farmer, on Flickr

Please excuse the stuttering! :oops:

Check it out. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjux7i9e There seems to be a definite European aquascaping style emerging. Nature Aquarium meets some formality. What do you think?

Now open for entries, and this time it's free! http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2011.cgi

A lovely production.

To hand-in-hand with the pinned "Inspirational wood-dominated aquascapes" thread, please post your inspirational Iwagumi aquascapes. Here's a couple to start us off - Amano's original Iwagumi - now 30 years-old. www.aquajournal.net And a more modern version. www.tfhmagazine.com Love...

Hi all Please post your favourite driftwood dominated aquascapes! (I'm shamelessly seeking inspiration for my next 60cm layout!) Out of courtesy, please also provide a link to the original source.

This is a recent 'scape I did for PFK, featured as a 5 page step-by-step in the April 2011 issue. It's an Asian-themed set-up featuring plants and fish from SE Asia. It was a real shame I couldn't allow it to mature, as I think it had real potential. The tank and cabinet belong to the...

Image courtesy of Practical Fishkeeping. Copyright Matthew Roberts. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/c ... p?sid=3683 I'd like to hear what your opinions are, please.

Nano-Competition Place 2 "Black Beauty" XL-Competition Special Award "Hallelujah Moutains" The wood in the nano is 100 Euros per Kg. Japanese White Charcoal. Note the dwarf Hygrophila pinnatifida too.

One of my favourite 'scapers and all round great guy! http://www.lumersion.co.nz/Scapes_baliban.html

Amano has a technique where he creates a 'typical' Iwagumi. He then removes the original plants, but keeps the rock work. Then the 'scape is planted with other plants i.e. stems, ferns etc. Does anyone know the name given to this technique? First to give the correct answer wins a small prize!

This is awesome -

Are there any fans of the Dutch style out there; it seems most UK enthusiasts prefer the Nature Aquarium style? If so, please post images or links to your favourite Dutch tanks. Thanks in advance, George

Shallow, wide, braceless, rimless tanks have been popular with reefers, especially in Japan for a few years now. Amano's used them too in a few layouts. But I've never seen one in the UK until recently. In opti-white they look amazing. And they make perfect sense for the aquascaping...

Great 'scapes and interesting interviews from some fellow UKAPS Members! :D Mark Evans http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/c ... p?sid=3049 Paul Meelen http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/c ... p?sid=3004 Steven Chong http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/c ... p?sid=3000 Jason...

Not the biggest, but arguably the best aquascaping contest in the world. Submit up to 3 entries in several categories; small, medium, large, x-large, paludarium, biotope. Entries do not have to be photographed recently either, so submitting an old favourite is fine. Costs US $5.00 per...

You Tube The tank Me in rehersal Dan Crawford, James Starr-Marshall and I recently set up a fully planted aquascape for Sky1’s new UK TV show, Liza and Huey’s Pet Nation. The show celebrates the nation’s obsession with pets and a researcher spoke with me after Practical...

One of the best aquascapers in the world, in my view, and a very insightful interview. http://acuariorosa.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... cliff-hui/

http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2 ... w-showcase :D

This is my white cloud mountain minnow biotope that is featured in the Dec PFK. Stones collected from Cornwall. Clean and simple.

Not the best quality video with the jaunty transistions but there's some nice 'scapes. I've spotted a couple of UKAPS members' tank on there too... Can anyone spot them and name the members? :D

You can see exactly how I set this up in the Sept '09 issue of PFK. It's rewarding to step out of one's comfort zone and try to aquascape without plants for a change. The fish love it too. Biotopes are much easier than most planted set-ups and are relatively inexpensive, so why not...

Yesterday I went to a local lake, with Jeremy Gay, to research UK aquatic biotopes for a PFK feature. I found some nice wood whilst observing the fish and aquatic plant life... I had a great time! :D Here's some video footage of a rather over-enthusiastic George Farmer... :oops: :lol...

http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2009.cgi Good luck!

I was asked to set up a 35 litre planted tank for a work colleague. It's a present for his wife to sit in her office. He provided the tank and plants, including the new Cryptocoryne affinis from TGM. I provided the hardscape, substrate and completed the layout in around an hour, including...

A quick snap of my 60cm before I tear it down ready for my new PFK biotope series. Full ADA substrate system and fert line. Tropica HC and hairgrass (3 and 1 pots respectively). Absolutely zero visible algae from day one. Look out for a full step-by-step in PFK in Oct or Nov issue.

I thought some of you may be interested to know that the PFK Great Planted Tank series is coming to an end soon. Our very own Mark Evans (saintly) is to be featured in the last episode with his MA @ East Bridgford display tank. I have really enjoyed compiling the series and interviewing some...

I've just finished the final photo shoot from my 120cm, 370 litre layout. You can see the step-by-step in the April '09 PFK. I'm really happy with final result. It's been the lowest maintenance set up I've had too - 1wpg, non-CO2, crypt-only. 10-20% water change every 10-14 days...

Enjoy http://www.my-mac.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=6646

12 UK entries in this year's ADA. That's a 400% increase on last year!

There's been some rather unsavoury discussion recently about how aquascapes take longer than six weeks to develop. There was also some mention that many of us are trying to copy the 'Far East' styles. Rather than dwell on the negative aspects to that discussion, I figured I'd turn it around...

We spent hours prepping and photographing Dan's tank last night. Make no mistake, this is a serious aquascape that will very likely position far higher than mine in the ADA contest. It was a pleasure and an honour to photograph this masterpiece, amongst the great company of close friends. It...

I've submitted my ADA entry, so I figured I have a minor re-scape - just for fun!

My Chocolate gourami biotope, taken the other day.

This is my third and latest 120cm layout. The first was Jeremy's Iwagumi featured as the leading article in Jan 08 issue of PFK. The second I can't share yet due to new Tropica plants. It's a low maint layout - no stems, simple 'scape. Vallis will be swapped with Cyperus eventually. More...

A sneak preview of my first ever non-planted tank. A 60x30x30cm. I'm going for an Amazon-themed biotope. Probably a pair of Apistogramma sp. Pure RO, mega warm and acidic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlYTCwkU ... d=99999999 Underplanted and odd fish selection for the 2007 world's best aquascape IMHO. No sour grapes, of course! I placed 775th... Others - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyqQMpPN ... re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO-XMkXl ...

Here are my 3 entries in the AGA 2007 Aquascaping Contest. The judges comments were all worthwhile and I look forward to implementing what I've learnt for next year's contest. I certainly did not regret entering, that's for sure. :D Who else entered from UKAPS? Just zig and Tom? More next...

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My latest effort. All inspired from the festival... It's got potential I think. I'll be getting some narrow fern, bolbitis and Rotala 'green' from Tropica. There's some L. aromatica and E. stellata stems to fill in background(thanks, Clive). I also managed to rescue some C. balansae from...

As well as the very popular mini landscape rocks and dragon stone that Aqua Essentials supply, you may be interested in seeing these... Light Pagoda Leopard Stone I'll be using these, and some nice brachy wood, to aquascape two 350 litre Fluval Venezia corner tanks at the Festival of...

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