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thank you @sflaqua34 that is really useful feedback. Good idea about the pliers! I have a couple extra bits of wood in my "holding" tank, but fear they are not the same type of root. I may have to consider what to do. That "left side" was going to be full of plants of course (not sure what...

I am not an expert - and in fact find this whole hardscape malarkey quite difficult(!)...but I think this one looks far and away the best - the most natural looking.

Hi all....long time lurker... always and forever inspired by "what you do"... I am open to any critique of my 145 litre (80cm long) freshwater hardscape.... Thank you!

excellent, thank you!

thank you milla....I too want to go for the cheaper option! This whole aquascape malarky isn't cheap though... Does it matter what light "type" it is - daylight, marine, natural, etc...? Thank you!

Hi, a bit more help needed - please direct me elsewhere if this exists already...I am sure it has! I am rescaping my Jewel Rio 125L tank....I am no expert as other threads will testify...plants to be used include: • Micranthemum ‚Monte Carlo‘ • Pogostemon helferi • Microsorum pteropus...

Thank you emil. And that's a really interesting point... I didn't want to "blame my material" as I do accept that this needs to come "from me", but I did feel that having limited funds, and so limited material probably isn't helping. Don't get me wrong, I am certain that Good scapers could...

It gets an inspirational thumbs up from me!

Inspiring tank - I have the same.... and have a thread elsewhere on how hard I find all this!! Thank you for posting.

You know...I do find it a little odd - and, as you say...MASSIVELY frustrating.... I was fairly active on here about 3-4 years ago, as I "found" aquascaping as a logical progression from just having an aquarium...I thought I "found my thing". These beautiful scapes etc...a whole new world -...

well...poor you...but it is heartening for me to know I'm not alone!! I have looked through your journal and so feel your pain!! Thank you; you have still been an inspiration....so please take that as a positive! Good luck...I look forward to see how things develop!

thank you for your replies....I will certainly try to "do" as you suggest...

Thank you for the reply and patient reply alto.... I'll have a look through all that you said... "Tetra active substrate" is what I meant, as a planting medium.... Thank you!

Hey, long time lurker....always thoroughly inspired by yous. Simply, this aquascape malarky seems easy to some and a complete non-starter for me....so any advice... Be brutal, I can take it... My 'parameters' are that it's a Jewel Rio 125, internal filter removed, but plenty of external...

Ok, that's all great, i understand now! Thank you all. I am going to go for a 50/50 RO/tap mix. This gives me a manageable 50% wc. The new water mix comes out at 140 TDS, PH 7.2 Gh 8 KH 6 Which all sounds nice and perfectly ordinary for the livestock, and perfectly good for the plants...

Thanks so much! I thought i was going mad... I'm going to test with the last of a different kit, just to confirm... But i think that, yes, we have very hard water down here in Oxfordshire; Thames Waters finest. Their own water quality report (from 2015) has a gh of 16, so the ball park seems...

Thanks for all this great feedback! If i'm going to up my wc % and also switch to just tap water, should i perhaps up the % over the next few weeks? My tap water seems very hard 17gh and 11 kh... So, in order for me to understand... From the advice, for a planted tank these high Gh and Kh...

Hi, i know this is an old post, but perhaps my truly will push it to the fore... I'm totally flummoxed buy the Gh and Kh test kit, can anyone help! I wanted to test my tap water. I got Gh = 16 drops Kh = 21 drops That fine. It's the conversion in confused by. Are my results simply 16 and...

This is a truely inspirational tank for those of us without an ounce of artistic ability! Thanks for sharing. What is the wood sitting on?

Thanks for this 3-fingers...all very good info. I do have a drop checker; apologies, should have mentioned it! It errs on the slightly blue side of green. More generally, i think i may consider switching to pure tap water - depending what it's parameters are!? Please can anyone remind me...

Thanks Dr Mike! I'll switch to a 50% wc and see if there's any ill effects... Cheers!

Hi all... I had my water tested at the LFS and everything was ok, parameters wise; except the phosphates reading was "off the chart"... Well...i 'say' the parameters were/are all ok... The tank looks healthy, fish are healthy... Rio 125, internal and external filters. UK UP Aqua...

Well, that's very kind of you... I see wonderful tank setups but can never then get my hands to do what my eye just saw! So if you like the wood in my tanks... I'll take that, thank you!! The small one is just one idea, I'm seeing if that layout grows on me. The larger one is really... just...

Hi there, not sure if this'll be useful but I've had such good advice from others on here is nice to (hopefully) be able to give something back! I've set this up for you to show a side by side comparison of a Dennerle 20 and 30. This isn't how they are, but should give you an idea of relative...

Thanks - I realised what it was the moment I pressed 'submit' :banghead: Do you use it just by itself or with anything anything else - on top or below it?

Thanks James! What's the Tropica product detail?

Hi. Does anyone have any experience of this substrate ( http://www.glasgarten-aquarium.de/english/environment_aquarium_soil.html) for a planted tank, and also with livestock (and if so, what)? I can't afford ADA Aqua Soil... So looking at an alternative... Thanks!

Hi, am looking to rescape an existing tank and might need to move some plants around , there's fish and shrimp in the tank currently. Some things, like Java fern are doing really well. Some crypts are....ok. Some Amazon swords have had some recent heavy pruning. And a couple are just crowns...

Excellent! As a 'newbie' looking to rescape my tanks...only properly this time, this has been really useful. Can I ask though....I am eager to know; what soil did you use, what lighting (wattage and hrs) and also more about what co2 set up for this size of tank... Many thanks!

Hi there,. I have enjoyed reading this post...and I have learnt a lot - not least that I need a LOT more patience and need to not rush my set-ups... I need to "play, leave, look, repeat". I am not artistic... Which makes it tougher! But I guess that's why I need to take my time more...

Great looking scape. M always impressed with the ideas and images people produce (having no eye for this :(). What's the grey fan thing stuck on the rhs?

Hey good people, I hoped for a little advice on my current rescape. I'd like some options for lighting...? I have a growing colony of crs, dennerle nano 30, Shirakura Red Bee Sand substrate, 250L/h filter and some plants added - all low tech - Java fern, Anubias, some Xmas moss (including...

Where are you? I have a bit of moss, in exchange for some advice...

Thanks ender. It is heavy enough to sink. I think my concern is it being 'clean' enough to enter my tank....

Thanks for such a swift response.... Does that mean, steer clear, full stop.... Or just, don't use any chemicals, but scrubb it well and better still, try and boil it? It is already 'heavy' and waterlogged.

So...there I was walking along the river Thames and I came across some inspiration for a rescape... Well...I think it's interesting! It's about a metre long, and of a decent girth. It is a piece if root, from what I can tell, rather than branch, but was washed up and loose. It has bark on...

Phew! That's what I hoped!

Thanks Mick...there's an answer in there somewhere...but I can't fathom it...:crazy:

My goodness! Much to my surprise, there is an outside chance, a possibility, a hope within hope...that I may be allowed another tank. The unit is 75cm wide, by 39cm deep. I have on it already my Dennerle nano 30 crs shrimp set up... I like shrimps, and plants, and am happy to have this "less...

...it was bought to my attention that my cunning plan, above, is subject to an issue.... As my little RO unit drops in efficiency, which is par the course, the bit/filter that begins to "let through" may allow chlorine/chlromates...as such, I should, actually, consider dechlorination....just in...

...I use just RO for my crs/cbs colony. I have a basic (and not expensive) 4 stage unit and I don't dechlorinate. The water comes out totally 'stripped' and ready to have the TDS increased from 0-10 to my desired TDs (about 150), using SaltyShrimp. gH+ I add a few other bits and pieces too -...

Thanks big clown. Any suggestions as to a decent CO2 starter kit...? With instructions!!

.... I have just realised, I want to be pushing my PH DOWN, so...that would suggest more RO % to tap water... But...more RO I'd imagine will push my kh down too! Golly....I'm getting confused....

Hi, and thanks for the gentle nudges to date....my learning continues! ... So I am performing water changes using a 50/50 mix of my own RO and dechlorinate tap water. My parameters are headed towards Gh of 7 and Kh of 5. PH 7.2 However, my reading of the CO2 charts is that either my PH...

Hi all, I lurk these pages for a while... and have already stated posting where relevant regarding the rescape of my 125 litre community setup to a planted scape with some fish ('s. America tetras, but also some shrimp - Amanos, rcs and snails). As my thoughts turn to introducing co2 I...

Thank you for such a swift red Ian. I'm reading all that I can!!! What do you mean by circulation? I have the internal jewel filter at one end, and an external eheim cannister (2213) at the other, so I think the flow is OK.... Unless you mean something else. Does that sound OK? I'll...

Hello good people, please bear with me or redirect as I am sure this or similar may already be asked.... I am to reshape my 125 litre community tank to a planted scape, with a few fish. I'll be asking some substrate questions in the relevant area, but for now.... It is a Jewel Rio 125...