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Glad to see this is still going strong. Lovely tank.

Aye Cookies, great to see you are still at it. This turned out to be absolutely perfect, well done. You have inspired me to get my old scape back in shape!

Yep, I had read that too so opted for the Pygmy corydoras this time. They definitely do spend more time higher up in the tank than my Corydoras habrosus.

Thanks! Not necessarily sand, just a soft substrate. I have the ADA Aqua Soil Powder, which is very small grain size and not abrasive, like say a gravel substrate. They poke around in the carpet and exposed soil areas quite happily.

Also added 10 new Corys :) The left side of the tank needed some rearranging too. The moss archway had eventually collapsed and was removed, replaced by some extra drift wood I had and a few Anubias Nana Mini. I then realised that this new stick lent itself quite nicely to site over these...

This little tank passed the 4 year mark this summer! It's gone through many changes over the years. Since being in our new house for 2 of those years, this side of the tank has been annoying me. The scape was set up to be viewed from the front left corner, but where it sits now we spend more...

looks great, quite unique!

Still going strong over here: ADA60F 02/2019 by 5EAN11, on Flickr ADA60F full 12/2018 by 5EAN11, on Flickr missed a spot! Cherry 12/2018 by 5EAN11, on Flickr

:geek: perfect!

incredible!! This has seen some interesting changes and impressive growth since it started, love it at every stage too. :thumbup:

thank you both! I am really happy with how it has developed. I did try to pick fish that were naturally found in shallow water courses, even though I never had a biotype in mind, I think this is still quite natural for them all. made quick clip from a video I took the other month...

full tank by 5EAN11, on Flickr

I forgot to post on this tanks 2 year birthday! ADA60F 2 years in by 5EAN11, on Flickr Everything is smooth sailing still. Bulking out the carpet with more Monte Carlo, and seen a reduction in algae thanks to more duckweed(less light) and better fertz schedule. Bucephalandra by 5EAN11, on Flickr

I really enjoy looking at this tank. Dream set up! Good call with the big trim back, that most recent picture looks so natural. if you do still go with Ficus pumila I am sure it will go crazy and you will enjoy making it wrap around things to fill gaps. Just be weary of its aggressive roots...

Had a very daunting task of moving house, and did not want to disassemble this tank. There is no way I would have got the shrimp out of there, so I knew I was going to have to get clever. Decided to build a table and removable top thing that the tank could be secured to. With the whole set up...

Lookin good! I like those dimensions, and you have made the tank look even bigger with the hardscape and plant choice :)

Thanks Joe! That outdoor pond and the Monster Tank are actually at my parents place, in Trinidad. Very equatorial climate, so the plants are in their ideal setting! here are some tropical shots from my last trip home over Easter: The nanoscape is with me in the UK though. Ironically, it...

Thank you ! My brother has caught the green-thumb and took some cuttings from The Monster Tank for the pond. He added stones along the concrete sides to increase surface area and extend the shelf. I got a polariser filter for my lens which allowed me to capture some of his all-natural carpet...

They are great, if you have the control module. The long 'ramp' allows a nice gradual change in brightness. I have my lights at 45% intensity as I am not injecting CO2 and am still seeing good growth and colour. There are a couple options for mounts with these dual beams and the tiles too, so...

managed to get some more light down to the marsilea, which has been struggling. Hope it picks back up, but at the moment the lilaeopsis is spreading quickly and I'm enjoying the mixed carpet. Sadly, Random Randal has died :(. He got bloat and despite doing everything suggested, including...

I assumed their crazy prices and apparent popularity made them profitable, but you might be right. Those display tanks must have taken some serious outlay. My friend introduced me to aquascaping with TGM youtube videos, so it is a bit of a shame I have not been to see the actual shop before...

Quite surprised to see this too. I never got to visit the shop since they haven't been open on weekends, but always wanted to.

oooooh man this is gonna be good.

Still growing away happily over here. Reduced fertz to twice a week as I was definitely over dosing for a bit, despite doing weekly water changes. This has really helped my fight against algae in the last month and somehow improved growth rates too. I also got a macro lens and have been slowly...

bookmarked for sure! glad to see you are back at it

finally got some boraras brigittae. They haven't shown a whole load of colour yet, and could actually be boraras merah... but I don't mind. They are very curious and not skittish or shy at all. Guess they don't realise that even the shrimp are bigger than them!

ideal, nothing scary then. will take them out anyway thanks everyone :)

almost looks like they are burnt huh?! I have had a similar thing with a fern in my terrariums, they grow well, but then the tips that touch the glass go brown and melt. I wander if it is that they become too damp at the tips due to all the condensation on the glass (a strange thought for a...

thanks folks. I am thinking more crane fly after some more Googling. I had planaria at one point but my honey gourami made quick work of them :hungry:. these worms are much bigger/ rounder and have been left alone by the fish.

just wandering if anyone can identify this unwanted guest please. found 3 in my tank in the last 2 weeks. I suspect it is some sort of larvae. I did see one come out of the substrate, like a worm. No signs of them attacking fish or shrimp thankfully. I have been chucking them out anyway...

:woot: now that paludarium is quite an achievement, looks so natural! Do you have to stand in the water to trim the plants? looking forward to the aquarium too, nice dimensions to play with.

thats incredible AnhBui, what aquarium lights do you have? They must be great for bringing out the colours of your fish

thank you :)

Random Randal: I cleared a lot of the mosses off of the wood in the middle, trying to get some features back in here!

It has taken a while, but staghorn algae is finally dying off on its own. I have had to run my lights on quite a low setting, just 45%, and put up some cardboard barriers to stop the evening sunshine from hitting the tank. Ludwigia really didn't agree with this lack of light and melted away...

Incredible scape Alex! I would never get tired of looking at that tank

:nailbiting: you're killin me with the suspense! can't wait to see this all planted

looking good and very healthy growth! subscribed :)

Thanks guys :). The air plants unfortunately did not survive the winter. Had friends looking after the tank and various house plants while we were away but they watered the tillandsia too and it rotted very quickly. I always thought they looked a bit too much like a pineapple in that spot, but...

love the tank! it looks even better now that some algae has covered the rocks, very natural. I have some Lilaeopsis brasiliensis in my mixed carpet.. it seems to be hardy and spreads on its own quite easily in my low tech set up. A decent option if you still want a grassy look, but compact.

I keep 2 in my little shallow scape, but I started them from bulbs which took ages. The plus side being you can then keep the leaves small with frequent trimming. If you have a taller scape they can still be encouraged to grow into a big compact growth, with bigger leaves and varying stem...

thanks for the likes folks :) my little tank is still okay. hoping to get some Boraras brigittae or similar in the next week. Time for some more colour in here: Will likely re-stock on Ludwigia palustris as I am hoping my fertz regime is much better now than when I first tried to keep these...

I made it home for a break last month, only to find that my Dad had opted for a very low tech approach to the Monster Tank :eek::lurking: Pops and I spent a full 6 hours working to get this thing sorted, but thankfully everything had filled out and a lot of the algae died back. My brother...

wow, you put some serious effort into that hardscape mock-up, soil and all. Lookin good!

Thanks Cookies! As much as I love the jungle I think it needs some more taming. I have been trying to keep the mosses at bay and removed a lot of hydrocotyle to get some more light in there, but don't want to go too crazy and give the staghorn algae any opportunity to spread. After my holiday I...

Things are still going okay in here, bit of staghorn to fight off unfortunately. Had pulled up some roots of the rapidly growing Ficus Pumila and must have made a bit too much of a mess. Probably was also badly timed with the increased sunlight on the tank in the evening. Put a shield up and...

A lobster, in a tree:

the added wood on the right really works well! I like how the bucephs and mosses look like bromeliads and lichen on an old tree :)

Thanks Tomas & Cookies! The plant above the water is a creeping fig (Ficus Pumila) and it actually is growing emerssed very well. The ludwigia often grows out too and compliments it nicely with the red leaves. I got a bit fed up of my mound of dirt at the front of this tank. I guess I wanted it...

Thanks for the interest :) It is going well, left it for 2 weeks over Christmas with a friend doing top ups and a reduced dosing of ferts. The tank handled it well, and strangely the two Lotus Lilly buds I dropped in there months ago finally decided to throw some leaves up! Bacopa has however...

starting to fill in nicely Cookies! keep those great detailed pics coming :snaphappy:

Thanks everyone, sorry I didn't see your replies :oops:! We almost didn't build that pond Roy, contemplated a jacuzzi haha, its big enough. Randal and his Cory army are still doing well ! I will just have to give the Marsilea time I guess Cookies... if I get any sort of carpet I will be...

Now that's a serious aquarium stand. Great tanks too Doubu, I think its really difficult to use thicker bits of drift wood and rock in a nano tank effectively, but you have nailed it! :woot: is that your workshop?!

wow Roy, you have two great scapes there. I am loving the way you used that slate. More pictures please :hungry:

The brown algae is gone! finally :) Dug out this old Olympus Stylus Tough point'n shoot I hadn't used in ages, after getting fed up with my old iphone. Hope you all like the snaps. Shrimp are everywhere. I might have about 30 fry in there already and they have teamed up with my 10 salt'n pepper...

also been itching to see this one planted, keep the pics coming! :D

(meanwhile, in Trinidad) My Dad's big tank is still a work in progress, but I have recently converted him to an EI dosing approach. Dark Magic he said! But it has worked fantastically alongside his CO2 as predicted. Still a lot of work to do, but the right hand corner has had a full re-vamp...

My lil tank is still going, not quite two months in but healthy and I am enjoying the new inhabitants. These red cherry shrimp are doing very well, good colour and some babies already appearing after two weeks of good living. Sadly the Amano shrimp did not understand life in a glass box and went...

I love your aquarium Zozo! I think it's perfect, like a cross section of a tropical pond :thumbup: keep the updates coming

great set up, I love the variety of plants and all looking so lush! Nicely done :)

I think I will avoid the skittish tetras all together Lindy as well as the otos in this case. I have always had luck with Corys, they don't seem to spook and I think they are hilarious to watch. 10 or 12 pygmy/dainty Corys & a Honey Gourami sound reasonable for the little 60F? No offence taken...

nice one, thanks! Amano shrimp are amazing :wideyed:

or maybe I shouldn't try fit a school of tetras at all? Shrimp. corys. gourami.

Thanks Lindy, I will avoid the risk of stressing the lil otos altogether and wont get any for my 60F. Thank you all for the feedback, thats why I posted before making a decision based on assumption alone. The next question is, what would be a suitable clean up crew for this little shallow tank...

okay thanks for the heads up. The tank is new (1 month old), but parameters have settled and I have a nice garden of brown algae waiting for them. I don't mind supplementing the diet with blanched veg in the future, but would I be better off with just 4 ? or does that sound like too few for a...

thanks Stu, suppose thats a big shortfall of a stocking calculator, no minimum limit for a species! You are right, I would prefer to have 10 or more tetras. Do you think it likely the 6 otos would run out of algae to quickly? I would likely avoid getting the cories and just have 2 shrimp (if...

Sounds like a plan, maintenance crew should make life easier anyway! I have no experience with chocolate gouramis so not likely the best person do advise, but a little school of ditherers to flow around the tank might be nice, like a simple school of harlequins or dwarf rasbora (unless you...

glad to hear it, thank you. Plants are abundant, but will let them grow more before adding the tetras and gourami.

Ordering a pot of Hygrophila araguaia next week :woot: check out this site for bigger terrarium/vivarium bromeliad stuff, amazing selection: http://www.dartfrog.co.uk/plants.html#fern The shrimp do seem a bit too curious, have lowered the water level a bit and will try keep any emergent growth...

looking forward to it!

What do we think of these bioload/fish stock calculators? Can they be trusted? This is my planned list for my ADA60F so far: AqAdvisor Matura List 1 I will be adding these in groups, gradually to monitor my filters reaction to the extra load.... Shrimp are in already. Would any of you...

:wideyed: amazing scape, I would never get bored staring at that! Any other critters joining the chocos?

glad its clearing up for you, I am tackling the same brown bloom as you at the moment. To help ID the stuff, I'm not sure if you have already seen these but they were recommended to me on here and have helped a lot: http://aquariumalgae.blogspot.co.uk/ http://www.greenaqua.hu/en/alga-tajekoztato

Two Amano shrimp moved in today after a good slow drip feed acclimatisation, I hope they appreciated it as I missed out on a good evenings surf to get them settled in :D. They have loads more character than I expected. Thanks Roy, thats very kind of you! My Dad's tank is a lot of work, but we...

that willow tree is loving life in there! would be sad to see this dismantled :arghh:, are you going for a full rescape?

hoping to add some this week, thanks for the heads up about the inlet, I will get a sponge for it. Any tips for acclimatising? This is my first attempt at keeping shrimp

Thanks, the bright light hid a few of the iphone's shortfalls ;) Thank you for the link, had not read that one before. I will take my lights back to 80% after reading their method for removing brown algae, while keep at the excel and ferts. Shrimp should be moving in this week.

Three weeks in now and all plants look healthy. The marsilea is showing new submerged growth on all of my planted patches, which is encouraging after the initial melt. I am keeping on top of the pesky brown algae while I wait for parameters to settle so I can add the maintenance crew. Full...

I didn't expect the mangrove in the filter, clever idea!

it is a crazy plant! I like that it grows without substrate, but you have good ideas for other epiphyte growth by the looks of it :)

I love it already :happy: not going to add the Hydrocotyle again?

thank you both :) I hope to let the back right have a lot of emergent growth. These little shallow tanks are great! I think the 2211 is doing well, I have the spray bar cut to the full width of the tank and angled it down slightly which seems to be giving any particles a nice lap around the...

thank you :) I don't have a real camera but hopefully the iPhoneography will do the trick for now: 1 week later, lights at 80%, two hour ramp up from 10 - 12, then 2 hour ramp down from 4 - 6. 2 weeks, EI started, getting some red on my two types of ludwigia: also found this moss growing on...

Hello, figured I would show my little shallow scape. For a bit of context, I helped my Dad set up a big planted tank, which has been a learning process and still takes a lot of time to maintain. Excuse the external link...

how is this one coming along? Wish I had the space to include some emersed growth. Is the maidenhair fern growing straight off the wood and rocks (no soil)?

thanks everyone! I have been reading journals for days. talk about a flood of inspiration !

that looks right, thank you!

oops, I only ment to quote for the last picture in that post. Its a stem plant that has narrow dark leaves, but is planted in the substrate

this set up is amazing! great info about the mimosa, and the water variety. It grows all over our rugby pitches back home and is very spikey :( which plant is it thats giving such consistent little flowers below? :

Hey folks, great site you have going here, very happy to see such an enthusiastic community going strong. I am livin in North Wales at the moment, though I'm from Trinidad in the West Indies. I seem to have sated any home sickness with an abundance of tropical plants around the house. That has...