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Ca marche en anglais aussi ;) Beautiful nano!

You should keep an eye on the Classified section of the forum, plenty of lights avaiable within your price range! https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/2-x-aquaray-mini-led-400-controller-lighting-suspension-kit.56680/ This set would be great to encourage reds in your rotundifolia, well priced...

The Tmc mini 400 is a cracking light, but won't suffice your needs in the aqua nano 40 in my opinion. Better suited to something in the 20-30 litre range. If you can stretch the budget a little further, a Tmc 1500 tile will give you ample Par to grow most species, offering more control. Should...

Wow, stunning pond! Is this outside? How does it fare in UK climate?

Done, best of luck my friend!! :)

Cracking hardscape, look forward to seeing it grown in!! Any hints towards the light? Looks great :D

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Beautiful vision and exceptional technique, your style is inspiring :) hats off to you :D

Flooding went well! I'm enjoying this top down view :) Thanks again to @jarcher1390 for hooking me up with a Co2 system! New plants added, thanks to @hogan53: Hygrophila pinnatifida Hygrophila araguaia Rotala macrandra (mini variant?) [/URL][/IMG]

Smashing forest scape, nicely done!!

Looking good Jonny, glad to have been involved! Does your fert regime include liquid carbon? Seems like algae is getting a slight head start against the low biomass of plants you've got.. How much light have you got over it? Do you know how efficiently you're dissolving C02? After lights out...

Tank: 16l Clearseal Lighting: TMC Mini LED 400 Filter: Fluval Edge HOB Heater: None CO2: JBL ProFlora u500 Hardscape: Dragon Stone Plants: Micranthemum micranthemoides, Hemianthus callitrichoides 'Cuba' and Fissidens fontanus. I put this tank together last year with items I had boxed away...

Fantastic! I love the emergent pinnatifida!!

Exciting stuff, epic hardscape! Have you considered flow options? I agree with Nuno M, in that a smaller stone leaning back to the left would compliment such an imposing main stone. Either way though, it'll look great :D

Fantastic first attempt, very bold hardscape too! The depth of scale is awesome :D If you're already using the Dry Start method, why don't you add some InVitro HC to give it a chance to root before flooding? Best of luck, Joe

Awesome low tech, you've nailed the island composition too :D

Which may be due to you adding Purigen recently, reducing nitrate concentrations in the water column? Cheers, Joe

Exciting stuff! Hardscape looks great so far, you going for minimalist or jungle style planting? Joe

Scape looks great, and plants healthy too! Looking forward to seeing this in a couple of months! Best of luck with re-jigging hardware. I use a 200w Hydor external heater and its fantastic, flow reduction isn't terrible either. Joe

That's a really in depth reply, I definitely learned something! Cheers

Hey Tom, where do you work? I remember seeing a thread with some of your tanks in Edinburgh, have you since moved? It would be cool to pop in and meet you! I worked in Fishkeeper Leith for a couple of years ;)

Maidenhead Aquatics stock the JBL Proscape Test kit, which will test Fe and Mg, as well as those mentioned above. Cheers, Joe

Ahh fantastic! This looks amazing! Plant growth is lush, and the wooden structure looks epic!

Nice growth in five weeks, this will look fantastic with a South American community. 5 or 6 big Bleeding Heart Tetra's would go well with the Rummynoses, the big males look amazing chasing each other through tall plants :D

Love it, very minimalist and effective. I'm about the same stage of DSM as you, using fissidens and HC in a tiny 16l nano. Cant wait to see this mature!

Looks fantastic Hoggie, serious crypt envy :D How is the Pelia moss doing?

Really looking forward to seeing this wet, such cool dimensions. Looks like a painstaking process, but I'm sure the eventual outcome will all be worth it! Your celestials will love all the space :) keep it coming!

Still an absolute stunner, I am very tempted to try and emulate something like this. It packs such a punch! Congratulations on a fantastic placing Cheers, Joe

Fantastic Roy, it was well worth the wait! Both tanks look superb next to each other, can't wait to see them in 3 months time :D The use of slate is very interesting-with minimal planting this will have a unique look when grown in. Cheers, Joe

Ahh that's going to look incredible when mature, nice plant choice too! Good luck with the DSM. How did you apply the fissidens?

Love the tights Wabi-Kusa, this has inspired me to try it in a new scape I'm setting up. Any updates on how it's doing?

Cracking healthy plants, looks like the move went fine! I like the first wood scape, the angle draws the eye more naturally up to the top right. This'll look ace!

Cracking first planted setup, very healthy growth!! Congrats :D

Exciting project, love the shallow tank! How does it look now it's planted? Good luck! :D

For some reason it grew quite leggy in my tank, which I would describe as quite high light. Not sure what caused this but it didn't suit the scape as it dwarfed the Monte carlo as it sent runners out everywhere. Easy to grow, more difficult to maintain. What's your setup?

Aye the 17l! It's on our table at home with some dragonstone and stubstrate. Rox and I change the scape every day to see which one we like the best! It's also going to be wall-mounted....! What moss are you using in the scape? You messaged about a DSM right? Hmm...

Cracking hardscape, love the gnarly Manzi! Thought about plants yet?

Rock placement is fantastic! Really natural :D Looking forward to seeing this wet!!

Cracking progress, enjoying the GIF's! Keep it up :D

Hey Jonny! Thanks very much, the initial design plan for the tank is starting to come through :D The 110cm or the FlexiMini tank? I think you're probably right, bring this tank to its peak, shoot the hell out of it and then probably rescape.. At the moment the hardscape is leaning towards a...

Thought I'd update the thread to show how much the tank has changed since Day 1. To This! Thanks for looking! :D

Beautiful, more pics pleeease! :D How's the emersed section going?

I second that, really enjoy innovative use of height with substrate. Did you support it at all with anything, or just rocks? Good luck, looking forward to updates Joe

This must be planted by now?! It's going to look amazing!

Darrel if you're after some there's a tank full of them at Fishkeeper Scotland, Edinburgh (Maidenhead branch). Lovely, healthy fish with fantastic colour

Cracking! The rock placement top left is perfect, really ties the whole scape together. In 6 months this'll look superb, nice and mature.. Beautiful Buces! Cheers, Joe

Incredible results, your perseverance is admirable! Keep it up :D

Hey! Try Fishkeeper Scotland in Coatbridge (Maidenhead aquatics). If they don't have any in justnow, there'll be some on the way from Unipac. Cracking bookshelf tank, look forward to seeing how the DSM goes! :) Cheers

The second pic is an absolute stonker, love the sense of scale.. Keep it up, and keep the pics coming :D

You nailed it with the transition to low tech! Loved the previous scape, but this is even better in my opinion. Dense, grassy crypts look amazing grown in, and that anubias is super healthy! Any general tips on your transition period from high to low tech? Cheers, keep it up :)

Luscious growth Roy, reds are lovely :) Looking forward to seeing the comp tank planted!!

Simply stunning, keep revisiting this tank to remind me what aquaria should do in a household. Guaranteed to mesmerize any visitor I'm sure!

True that! I'll see what I can do ;)

Thanks for the advice, food for thought definitely! Cheers, Joe

Looking great Tim, revisiting this scape for some inspiration when re-scaping my 40cm cube. I too will be using dragon stone, just considering different layouts. Love what you've achieved here, that Aruguaia has definitely tickled my fancy too! Any tips in this sort of layout? Flow issues etc...

Hey Alex! Thanks for the feedback, do you mean a triangle style backed into one corner, with a sloping gradient towards the front of the tank? Thanks again :)

Hey Tim! Thanks for the feedback :) Definitely agree, that technique has seen the best regrowth, however I think you're right regarding flow. It is such a mighty difference in height, from the bottom substrate level to the surface of the tank, with the equivalent of an 80ft cliff to jump up...

Hey Darrel! Apistogramma are still there, however the female jumped during maintenance, only to be discovered when it was too late :( Male looks lovely now though, has coloured up with a nice mohican dorsal.. Cheers

My favourite view of the tank: Starting to adopt a slight jungly feel, just wish the rotundifolia would grow to its full potential... Pretty, pretty petchii. What a total beaut! I'm a sucker for crypts, and have never kept this one before. Lav it! A bodged airline raft for stray...

How's this coming along Jonny? The cave looks amazing!!

This looks very intriguing! How's the structure looking now?

Looks great! HC taking hold quickly which is a good sign!

Another 'outside of the box' scape from jarcher, can't wait man! When's the 200l thread starting? ;)

Ahh George, this is going to look ace, I love it! The Ludwigia at the back will be amazing filled in, and there's nothing better than dense crypts. Can't wait! :D Cheers!

The Apistogramma pair actually get on really well, even when she's had enough of him. Under the rock on the right, there is a tunnel system that extends to the back of the tank, If he is expelled from there, he can go unnoticed on the upper levels. Post WC, Hardware included... Pfft, that...

Looks great, sterling effort from the start! Plants look lush :)

Time for an update, long overdue! Lighting is now a TMC Grobeam 600, without the controller. Ferts are now EI, never tried it before but I'm really liking the results! New plants: Rotala Green, Rotala rotundifolia, Crypt. petchii Fish! Cardinals Featherfin Rainbows Apistogramma baenschi...

Thoughtful layout, I like it! What's your plant list? Looking forward to this in a month!

Cracking hardscape, this is going to be epic! Is that manzanita being swirled by the wind? What 's the planting plan?!

Brilliant! I happen to have the same tank (ex-marine too) and the same light unit in the attic... :rolleyes: Nice to see what could be achieved, this is really natural! What do you use to suspend/hold the light unit?

Absolutely stunning, amazing colour rendition with the custom LEDS! I love the stray red ludwigia stems to the left, such a gem!

Fantastic wee scape, really like the sense of scale with the Tennelus!

Brilliant effort and thought in to the layout! I enjoyed your last, and can't wait to see this grown in :) Try and isolate the Badis with dropsy if you can, should stand a better chance. Good luck!

I run an AquaNano 40, under Spring Passage if you're interested. Initially a TMC MiniLED 400, which I upgraded to a Grobeam 600. However I do inject C02, that would be overkill for a low tech. Look into the MiniLED 400 maybe? Cheers, Joe

Cracking video, pearling looks great!

Cabinet looks brilliant, as does the scape! Good luck with the plant growth, looking forward to it!

Ah no way! I bet @jarcher1390 missed these on the order sheet? Please tell me you got some Jonny? Might be taking a drive to Glasgow...

Let me know if you manage to get Rosy loaches, been hunting them for ages! Hardscape looks great man, get it planted!!

Beautiful stem growth, the red on that rotundifolia is impressive! I was tempted to take some wallichi recently, however took rotala green instead. Yours looks brilliant!

Wicked! I'm really liking the steep bank look, looking forward to see the moss develop :)

Cracking re-scape, look forward to it grown in!

Stems added, looks much better I think. I also narrowed the passage to emphasise the scale of the cliffs a bit more, I think it's worked. Also, the new stems have given the tank that slight jungle look that I crave.. Photos to follow once water has cleared as I added more JBL plant soil...

Simply stunning! Mods this should be a featured scape! Alongside pekoe pond this is about as natural as it gets.. Awesome! This would look amazing in my living room ;) Cheers!

Beautiful hardscape, very impressive. I can see through the forest already! Can't wait to see it planted, good luck!

I read this on the site too, was great to compare different models. How do you think this relates to height from substrate? Will this 400mm rating be from the surface of the water?

Looks great! You're right, that is Limnophila sessiliflora, an absolutely beautiful plant. Looking forward to seeing this grown in! A monte carlo carpet under the arch would be pretty awesome! Cheers!

Beautiful use or rock in such a small space, can't wait to see this grown in! Any details about the tank?

Greenfinch, what an amazing tank! So pleasing to read through, and totally agree with Mr. Teapot, it must have been a joy to live with! I'm sure it's mentioned somewhere along the line but I couldn't find your ferts regime? What were you dosing? Really enjoying the new UG scape too!

I made the switch over lastnight from Mini400 to GroBeam 600 in the hope to induce some pearling. That's on an AquaNano40 (60l) with C02 and ferts, will update with results! Thanks guys!

That's perfect Wisey, exactly what I was looking for, just didn't know what to search for. Thanks very much! Joe

Fantastic results for a low-tech, really nice work! How's it growing in now?

How are the plants after flooding? Interested to see the FlexiMini's results, as I have a tank of very similiar size that may be set up this year. Cheers!

Hi Folks, I have a TMC AquaRay Control unit, however don't have the connecting parts to link the circuit. I use a TMC Mini LED 400, and a TMC Grobeam 600. In the OP's image (not my tank), his AquaRay control unit has USB connectors on the left side.. Does anyone know what I need to...

Thanks Greenfinger! I'm hoping it will fill out with some stems coming next week. Also, I changed the light today to the TMC GroBeam 600. I've done some reading today, especially in other forums on here and think it may be a good move. Until the pH pen arrives I can only assume I've got...

Hey Julian, How has it been since increased light intensity? Also, what adaptors do you have on your AquaRay control unit? I have the black box, but obviously can't insert USB connectors from the light. Did they come with it when you bought it? Cheers, Joe

This is exactly the question I was looking for, thanks for getting back to the thread with your results! Out of interest, what were/are the tank's fertiliser regime and CO2 input? Thanks again, Joe

Tried my hand at invertebrate photography lastnight, shot on Sigma ART 35mm 1.4. Full journal and many more photos can be found here. Thanks for looking, Joe

Day 13 Update Plants are settling in and taking root, and I haven't seen any algae growth which is promising. My drop checker indicates over 20ppm of Co2 by lights on and flow is reaching all plants. To fine tune this I have ordered a pH pen, £12 hydroponics tool from fleabay. A crystal red...

Scape looks great, what plants do you have? Some surface agitation via filter outlet or air bubbles through the night will help to gas off excess carbon dioxide and replenish the water column with oxygen. Following with interest, good luck! Joe