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Hi all I’m putting my eheim experience 350 onto my DENNERLE Scapers tank. It’s got a 16/22mm hose but my nano pipes are 12/16mm so I’m looking to reduce them. Rather than buy reducers then double taps has anyone ever reduced via a double tap? I was think of buying a 12/16mm DT and 16/22...

The deadline for the AGA entry is tomorrow (sept 18th) so if you're thinking of entering then pop over there to register and get your scapes in! http://enter.aquatic-gardeners.org/?&op=showpage&name=index Ill be entering this (with plants in)

In case anyone hasn't spotted them the results of the French aquascaping contest were announced yesterday. Link below http://www.aquagora.fr/CAPA/palmares_fr_2015.html

Hi folks Just a quick thread to say we are on the way to the art of planted aquarium competition in Hanover. Myself, dan, Antoni and Eduard will be taking part in the competition and scaping one or two tanks each over two days. It's a take your own hard scape and plants affair so we've got...

New tank time! Ive been after a 120cm tank for a while and while I wanted a 50cm deep tank I couldnt quite find anyone out there making decent custom rimless optiwhites so when Dave Spencer kindly mentioned he was selling his I snapped it up. After quite enjoying my last dragon stone tank in...

Is anyone from UKAPS entering? Ive put my IAPLC tank in to see how it gets on as theyve been advertising it as a European competition. Deadline is tonight and quite easy to enter if you've already got a pic ready. www.gaplc.eu

Here's my ADA Mini M which i recently re-scaped for Tropica. Its not a big and detailed scape but I had some nice black lava I wanted to use and wanted a nice contrasty setup to go next to the TV :) I cut some of the lava with a Stihl Saw to get it flat against the glass where I wanted it...

This is my most recent scape. Previous one here - Stu's 90x45x45cm Tropica Tank | UK Aquatic Plant Society Hardscape: Seiryu Stone Co2: Pressurised via diffuser into UP atomiser Lighting: ADA Solar 1 - 150w NA Green Filtration: Eheim 2078 Cal Aqua Inlet, ADA P2 Lily Heating: Hydor 300W...

ill probably get shouted at for this but what the hell :) mods feel free to move or delete if you like This is a rather large tank on the River Llugwy. From this in 2006 when i first visited River Llugwy by Stu Worrall Photography, on Flickr To this in 2013 last week. Afon Llugwy -...

Heres the new tank setup after I set it up at Christmas. Further pics to follow on its progress. The plants, plant substrate and ferts have kindly been sponsored by Tropica for this tank so it should be appearing on their website at some point. Hardscape: Seiryu Stone, Manzanita Wood Co2...

I did a years review to put up some of my favourite wedding images. Ive been using a lot more flash this year after doing some courses, Damian mcgillicuddy's being the best one There's about 250 images so don't click if you're on a slow connection! 2012 Wedding Photography Review » Stu...

hi all thinking of buying one of these with my winnings from the aquatics live comp (thanks ukaps :) ) Anyone got any opinions of it as it has both positive and negative reviews on zooplus.de The eheim rep at aquatics live mentioned about a V2 but I didnt quite catch everything he said

Hi All. Long time no scape! As the wedding season has now tailed off I decided to re-do my nano with some seiryu Ive had for a few years but never used. Specs Tank: ADA Cube Garden Mini M - 36x22x26cm / 5mm optiwhite glass Hardscape: Seiryu Stone Co2: Pressurised via Do!Aqua Music Glass -...

do these often blow themselves to smithereens? Luckily the glass enclosure of the solar 1 caught all the nasty glass fragments and stopped them going into the tank. Wasnt in when it went but expect it was a sizeable bang. Off to TGM tomorrow by the looks of it :( :( ADA NA Green Bulb...

Thought I'd post this up which is a pic of a Bonsai Larch forest I planted up tonight. Its a forest of 23 Larch trees planted in a big tray pot with Seiryu Stone and some garden moss in the cracks. The path is made up of Akadama and the rest is my normal bonsai mix. The Seiryu works really...

I stripped down my mini-m last week in preparation for a new scape. I'd toyed with the idea of a Yamaya Iwagumi as it haven't seen many of those done in the UK. I came up with this... ADA Mini M Aquascape by Stu Worrall, on Flickr But then I changed my mind after buying four pieces of Manzi...

Really want to get me some of that Unzan stone!!! Anyone know if its just really knurly black lava? have a look at these two videos of them setting up a massive tank in the ada gallery. Notice how they use what looks like coir matt at the back to stop the aqua soil from spreading into the...

I picked up a Damian McGillicuddy 19" Beauty Dish yesterday for use at the weddings I cover. I wanted to test it but my wife and daughters went to bed so the dog volunteered for biscuits instead! The dish itself is really sturdy and collapsable but I haven't practiced how long that takes...

Following on from this last scape which to be honest got too grown in. Final photo for IAPLC 2011 - #577 - The Unknown Valley The Unknown Valley Stu Worrall - 90x45x45c IAPLC 2011 - #577 by Stu Worrall, on Flickr Ive now stripped the tank down and started on a new design. this time its...

Ive got some videos taken on my canon 5d mk ii of my nano that I want to piece together and change the soundtrack but unfortunately I dont have any software to do this. Is anyone aware of any cheap or freeware video editing programs that can work with the .mov files that comes out of the canon...

The search didnt turn up much so I thought id adda new thread. ive had a load of bolbitus growing in my spare 60cm tank for the last year which has been lowtech, no water changes just top ups and no co2. Ive now moved this into my nano which is hi-tech with co2, more light and ADA ferts so im...

time for a new journal :) Ive been buying bits for a new Nano since Christmas. A Mini M Cube Garden tank on the last ADA shipment then recently a Solar Mini light to go with it. Since then ive been lucky enough to be sponsored by TGM to do a full ADA nano scape to be used for their...

Ive ordered a cube garden mini-m tank to replace my tropica aquacube but will need to upgrade the filter as its just got a HOB on there at the moment. Im after some recommendations for an external cannister that will be up to the job and will fit the cal-aqua nano inlet/lily if I can pick some...

Llyn Peninsula (below) was stripped down this week with much regret but I wanted to have a go of using the black lava rock I picked up from a local quarry a while back. 90x45x45cm ADA Entry 2010 by Stu Worrall, on Flickr This is what ive been working on for the last few days. Lots of prep...

Bored tonight so I re-scaped my Tropica Aquacube after it had had a recent stripdown and clean Here's the stats Substrate: Silica sand (foreground) / Clay balls / ADA Aquasoil Amazonia fine Plants: Eleocharis Acicularis, maybe some mosses later, HC Lighting: Supplied Tropica light upgraded to...

hi all does anyone know of anywhere in the north west/north wales area that can refill a Sera co2 bottle with the internal valve? TGM have had problems getting their refill connector (only for sera internal valves) fixed so im needing to get gas asap as its been running without for about a...

New on the ADA site from the latest newsletter. looks like a good read but haven't had chance to go through it properly yet http://www.aquajournal.net/na/iwagumi/

Name: Stu Worrall Tank Dimensions (Height/Width/Depth): 10x10x10cm Aquascape Name: Dragon Quarry Hardscape/Materials used: Bogwood, Dragon Stone Plants: Fissidens Fertilisation: 3 drops of brighty k, easycarbo and ADA step 1 per day. Lighting: A Halogen desk lamp...

Well, my tank is here at last and im most pleased with it. Its a 90x45x45cm optiwhite on a metalika stand from Aquariums Ltd. Had a wee problem with the original tank which was sorted with no problems by Ray at AQ and to say im happy with it is an understatement. The silicon on these tanks is...

done a search and not found anything so does anyone know where to get this from to fit a 90x45cm tank either online or in a shop? Id like it to be a dark grey so it matches the tank and ive seen the clearseel mats in a LFS but they were all too small. by the way, do people still use these?

Hopefully im ok to post this here. Im nearly there with my new tank and light hanging bracket shown below. The only thing Ive not been able to source is some decent cable clips to attach the cable to the stainless braket. Ideally id like some like the ada ones which are round and clip on the...

I picked this up today. Its a stainless steel light hanger for my 90cm tank which isnt quite here yet but hopefully imminent :) I got it made at a local engineering shop to kind of replicate an ADA Grand Solar light hanger. Its not quite the same in that its not collapsable as its welded in...

Ive seen the use of a stainless steel mesh between powersand and amazonia aquasoil over on aquascaping world. Im just wondering has anyone here done this with their tanks here? After speaking with the chap whose tank it is they use it to help with re-scaping so it doesnt mix plus if you decide...

Shamlessly pinched from aquascapingworld.com but hadnt seen any posts on it here. 1--> 576 http://en.iaplc.com/results09/pdf/ranking2009e_1.pdf --> 577 onwards http://en.iaplc.com/results09/pdf/ranking2009e_2.pdf from http://en.iaplc.com/results09/results09.html Havent had a good look through...

just looking around for a drop checker for my tropica aquacube as ill be injecting co2 and ive realised the ones ive got look HUGE in the tank. Havent had a proper trawl of all the sites yet as im in work but does such a thing as a Nano size drop checker exist or has anyone put any other...

I picked up a Tropica Aquacube the other month which has been languishing in the lounge with nothing except air in it so I hardscaped it last night with Seiryu stone and tropica aquacare underneath, ada amazonia normal then topped off with powder (read normal amazonia put through a 2.5mm bonsai...

Well, i was bored... and decided to plant this up with a bit of spare HC i had floating in my 60cm. Not a lot of thought went into this and depending on how spectacularly it fails i may decide to do a proper scape for this. Its a 10x10x10cm cube which i spotted in a small aquarium for a...

Im getting a new 90cm tank in the next few months and have been looking for a different hardscape to put in it. Its replacing my rio 125 which currently has the blue/green schist from TGM but I fancy a change and ive got an idea for a rolling/sloping mountainscape, a bit like a chinease valley...

anyone heard of this stone? apparently comes from Turkey but I cant find hardly any mention of it online and whether it could be used in an aquarium.

brand new and with a choice of tubes apparently. 4 x 24W T5 and 800mm which fits Rio 125 tanks Quite cheap at £99 delivered as they go for nearly this when second hand but this is the old model. No link to seller, just saw it on ebay...

Hi All I thought it was about time I posted some pictures of my 60cm clearseal tank that Ive been working on for a couple of months. Its always been my "spare" tank that lives in the utility by the washer so doesnt get seen much as we dont have enough room in the lounge for two tanks. I...

woke this morning to a loud buzzing sound in the lounge which sounded like a failed dimmer. Unfortunately i quickly found that it was my FE dumping its load into my tank with the bubble counter squealing like a little piggy :( My entire shoal of high spot rasbora are dead (about 30 fish) and...

After having the odd theme of a "life giving water" themed triptych at Mold Camera Clubs competition this was all I could come up with. entered tonight so will see how well it does or doesn't do when its judged in two weeks! For the strobists it was taken on my cooker with white paper as an...

I managed to stupidly shatter my heater last night doing a water change when I pulled out the wrong plug and didnt turn it off. Im looking at what to replace it with and may go with a hydor external instead of an internal and my questions are; will my fish be ok with the colder water whch is...

Met up with Graham Edwards, Dan Crawford and Dave spencer today for a photography meet. we wandered around some of the more urban and abandoned areas of Wallasey and got a good few pictures. First of many photo meets me thinks :D Heres a quick peek before I go out for t, probably many to...

hi, sorry but its another riccia thread. Ive just got a bunch off ebay and started securing it to some slate stones ive used before. Only problem is some of its white and ist pearling or growing so is this part dead? You can see it on the stone on the right in the pic below

Hi all progress with my tank is going well although theres no water in it yet! Having come back to planted tanks after a bit of a break im after some advice on what to put in the filter. The previous guy I drained of knowledge at Alisons Aquarium advocated just putting Sera Siporax in his...

Hi all This is my first journal on here and im currently cleaning the gravel out of my rio 125 tonight in prep for putting in some ADA amazonia I picked up from TGM on Friday. Im stuck on whether to do an Iwagumi with some schist rock I have or do a combined rock/redmoore as I also picked up a...

hi all im just getting some equipment together before i set my rio 125 up. Ive found these two slightly different glass diffusers and was wondering if anyone has any experience of them? Theyre both about the same price and come in a pack of two so one will be spare or used in my smaller tank...