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:thumbup: It's beautiful... and simple. That makes it even better. A true inspiration.

This is so beautiful. Congratulations on achieving such a piece of nature in just a little space. It seems that you choose the right plants for the look you wanted. Just a question, how's the filtration? (I suppose it comes with the DOOA product). Pedro.

Now I have it on full power because I have 2 trays packed with ADA Bio Rio. This media kills the flow of any filter :-)

A 50 sec video of Risa on day 8.

... keeps growing. This one is from yesterday, the 5th day.... (for the ones interested I opened another Instagram only for aquascaping @pmgsrosaaquascaping)

Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I thought about that. Maybe take it only from the left... I don't really know... will see it not the near future.

No, similar. Rui, from Aquaeden here in Portugal, sold a lot of these great lights. I used 4 in the Dutch. Here I'll use 2 after cycling. Yes, they're great. I used only Tropica fertilisers on the Dutch. I don't remember exactly dosage but will take a look at it on the next few days. Pedro.

Risa (60l) Designated as a "pleasure planet ", Risa was an inhabited Federation planet orbiting the primary Risa in the Risian system. This planet was the homeworld of the humanoid Risians. It was orbited by at least two moons and located in a binary system about ninety light years from the Sol...

Let's hope that this one can give inspiration to some people. This is really a great responsibility because one wants to give back something good to a huge brand like Tropica and nature seems not to cooperate some times :cool:

Thanks guys. I've got the hardscape tested but can't really say it's gonna be that one :p I will have Tropica support and thats fabulous because I really liked the soil and always loved their plants, and obviously their knowledge. Let's see what will be the result of this one...

Hi guys, how are you doing? :) Thinking of getting back to my 60P and UKAPS is always on my mind. Guess everything is running smoothly here and that *this* forum is still going... thanks to Paulo and other fabulous guys ;) Pedro.

Thanks Alto. I looked also and it seems that links are not broken.

First time using Lotus. It took me 2 months, or more, two tell her that i wanted a "low" plant. She finally understood :-)

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: copy-paste changes... i saw helferi and ... well it's Cyperus helferi! I will change the topic. Thanks Alexander.

I know, I should change :-)

Yes, I have some photos from last Saturday... and what a difference you guys will see. I was saying before that i was going to make some changes and here they are. Some plants changed place, some others are out and some others are in: Ludwigia Arcuata, Lysimachia Nummularia, Eriocaulon Cinerum...

Sorry Alto, i missed this Yes, it makes one year today. My personal record :D They are stunning. Great colours and a very nice fish. It says mainly on the bottom 1/3 of the aquarium but get pretty active when feeding. Recommended ;) Pedro.

Yes, it is. I changed it a little bit. I'm now growing the new plants and updated in a couple of weeks. Then it's probably time to move on :-)

This is far from a contest (IAPLC) aquarium so #1102 Pedro.

Adam, Yes, i only used Specialised because it contains not only micros but also some macros. This is more a planted aquarium then a fish aquarium, so i needed a source for macros that usually come from fish. Specialised also have micros so no need for Premium. I started with smaller doses...

Hi Adam, I think i used around 30l of soil (maybe a little more then 30l). This is a no hardscape tank so the ground is all covered and less high at the front. You should adapt accordingly yo your needs. I used only Tropica Specialised fertiliser. It changed a bit the weekly dose (divided by...

I'm using ADA P6 at this moment. I had others but this is the one that give better results.: I also have a Violet Lilly Pipe (Do!Aqua) that sends water in a diagonal way to the other side of the aquarium. Better with some hardscape but maybe worse with some carpet plants that doesn't like...

Robert, you're probably right. The final layout, in the video, already had some larger leaf plants and yes, i'm still working on that. Pedro.

Thanks Alexander :-) Well, here it goes: A video of this Aquarium from the creation to day two hundred and something :-) ... the lifetime of a Dutch. Enjoy. Pedro.

It's a great misconception to say changing to Lilly Pipes is only changing the way the aquarium looks and that it gives less power. You should understand that, with a Lilly Pipe outflow, you don't have a narrow output but a wider one. That changes the way the water circulation is done in the...

It's there ;-) Still there. Very difficult to catch :-(

Yes... it's a shame but better now then never :-)

... I don't know exactly when but a video of the lifetime of the aquarium (since day 0) should come in the near future! Pedro.

Thanks guys. I should return to "aquascaping" but i'm thinking in changing a few things before taking it down! Pedro.

I might know a thing or two about ferts, etc, but nothing very special or "official". Maintenance is daily and for about 6 hours (or something like that). Every day they clean glasses, sand and cut some plants. They obviously dive inside :-) Easy stuff :D Pedro.

Hi there, A few days agora i took a few pictures and shared on FB. Forgot to post them here :oops: Well, here they are... Day 227, a trimmed tank :D ... and now for "Something Completely Different": a non-trimmed tank :D ... and some details: Enjoy.

Hi guys, I posted on my YT Channel this video a few days ago. This is "Florestas Submersas" seen from backstage, mainly from above. Enjoy!

Color effects on those backlights can be done by putting some coloured plastic bags above the lamps, or something like that. Pedro.

It grows but for 4 or 5 months they were very quite. I suppose they're growing and needing more food :-)

Video will follow shortly. It's almost done. I only want to take some more images from 6 - 7 month lifetime. I've got Congo Tetras, White Fin Tetras and Santa Filomena Tetras. ... and I must say i'm having some troubles with the Congo Tetras because they started to like some plants. This is the...

Some details... completely algae free tank. Has been another easy one! (a new plant somewhere...)

Something went wrong in my head and i started disliking it. I suppose that was the main reason. And yes, the black was not getting a second color to make a nice mixture. Thanks Alto. That means a lot to read. Several people told me that :-) to "sell" it :-) ... this is an hobby... i must have...

Thanks guys. Alex, i was not liking the Cuba and Buces on this layout. Buses were too big for it. At this time i know for sure that a Ricardia only plant was the only decent plant. All other changed the proportions of the layout a lot. I'll do something completely different for the next layout...

Well... this aquarium did not grew like i wanted. The hardscape was difficult and i did not achieve the proportions i would like with these plants. It was dismantled some months ago. Nevertheless i made the video with the step-by-step. Here it is.

Thanks Mick :-) I'm having fun with this aquarium. More then I thought. Everyone was telling me that this was a huge work but, for now, I'm willing to sacrifice myself :p Pedro.

Ah ah ah, maybe i use some kind of voodoo for my aquariums :-) Nothing like that! Maybe it's luck... Thanks!

:) If you buy plants on a store and they are good, you should always have a nice grow at the start. :thumbup: David: Back, from the left: Murdannia Keijak, Rotala Macrandra, Pogostemon Erectus, Limnophila hippuridoides, Myriophyllum mattogrossense, Ludwigia Palustris, Heteranthera...

Yes, it's definitely time for some updates. Everything is going very well. Just had some problems with Crinum Calamistratum but i think that it's now recovering. These three first photos are from a week ago - i made a huge trim since then. The other photos are from December. Some details...

Thanks Tiago. Yes I'm loving Lobelia and Montecarlo is lovely at the UG place :) Thanks Paulo. 7 hours of light daily. One more hour at the weekend (mainly for me/family, not for the plants :D but like nature they are sunny days :D). Don't remember if it's 7,5 or 8 hours of CO2 (don't know it...

Some updates… starting 15 days after the last ones. I'm probably starting to repeat some type os photos... sorry. I’m very happy with the health of the tank. Completely clean from algae with no need for water changes or other type of maintenance besides the 50% water change at sundays...

Nature is the strongest thing on this planet :wideyed: Thanks Hoggie, great photos.

One squish daily for 100l? So you're giving less then Tropica says on the bottle? Plants are dying for some food. Start by something like 3 times that amount and evaluate after one week and a half or two weeks. For the first day you can give even more. Pedro.

My reading is that the information is for ALL people, not mainly people that have some good knowledge about fertilisation. So if there is too much info, it gets boring for the "normal" user. It's direct information... For my humble use of Tropica Fertilisation, it's a great product that you...

Jaap, I don't agree with you here. Planting should be done since day one. You're using a good soil so that plants have lots os "food" and planting some weeks later is like wasting food where there is no one to eat. Do you make dinner if you know that you'll not eat it? :-) And then there is the...

Depends of the plant. What plants are you talking about? Montecarlo seams to be very easy and quick to adapt, but others like Lobelia may take some weeks (doesn't mean that melts or dies, just take more time to adapt and have the normal under water color). Pedro.

Tom has been posting pictures on Facebook from time to time...

Depends on the plant. Some weeks ago (at the start) i wrote what i was thinking in doing: For Macandra i'm doing a mix of what i wrote (cut down and replant -> best way to get an healthy plant) and at the back (hidden) i cut where light can still reach the stem so it can branch. I know that...

Yes, I had some problems with editing the messages for changing the pictures size ... and them "something" happened. Thank God we have Paulo on the job 24 hours :D

Time for some updates… DAY 39 Last time i updated (a few weeks ago) i was having an issue with the water. That was fixed by its own in one and a half week and water came back to the usual crystal clear. These two first shots are still from that time. DAY 41 DAY 49 With nice water i was...

A little off-topic because I'm very proud of one member from my Team (Team Aquaeden, Portugal) that achieved a second place at 60L ~ 120L. Great scape made by Francisco Matos!

About the fish, yes i fond 3 or 4 on the floor on the last month. They're still very different from those beautiful photos but colors are starting to show. It's my first Dutch so I believe that it'll not be a "work of art" :-) I will try to make something good!

Arrive at home and it seems to be clearing... :hungry:

It's not algae... and i have some doubts about H2O2 in tanks! If on hardscape to clean some BBA, etc, ok, but in water... it can be dangerous. Pedro.

Thanks Rebel :) Of course... I corrected the message. ADA Gallery makes this every night by lifting all Lilly Pipes. At home lifting Lilly Pipes from two aquariums should be a really nice way to keep everyone awake :D

Antoni, I can only explain this with a bacterial bloom of Heterotrophic Bacteria. The reason i really don't know and can only be explained by filter issues or some set of issues. Like i said before my filter is not as strong/big as it should be, but never had any problems after being cycled...

They're Tropica plants so just put them underwater :D Joking apart, I think i have good lighting, good soil and i'm not saving on fertilization. Now i'm doing two large water changes weekly but hoping to make only one. I still have cloudy water... the first time since have aquariums. It's a...

Yes, I see no difference and i've been comparing to other aquariums (mainly Ludwigia Palustris) with T5 or other good led solutions. Macandra I honestly have never seen another one so healthy and with such a good growth and regrowth after trimming. Pedro.

Time for an update... Day 22 - Needing a trim. Day 24 - Small trim. Day 30 - I was away for a week!!!! It's not a Dutch, it's a jungle :) Day 36 - Trimmed but i'm still letting plant grow... will certainly start trimming to get the "Dutch feeling" on the next two weeks. What went...

Ian, only? :-D ... I guess not! ... or do you have "inside info"? :-)

... or more :D I'm also waiting to test a led controller that my LFS should have for my lighting. I suppose that at least sunrise and sunset should have, what is really nice for the fish.

It looks very good... let's wait for the price... As far as i know there is no info on that. Pedro.

Well, I've been caught by the Dutch Tank Police. Help me :nailbiting: :nailbiting: :nailbiting: I thought i could get away with this topic, but no :banghead: No for something serious :) Yes, I know about those "problems" and you could also know that i know if you read the first post. And I...

Guys, will try to update today. I swear :-) Can you specify?

Edvet, the only NDA they asked us was for the charts and written info they had there (that's a work place and have schedules, etc). But i tell you that after seeing the tank from above my mind was not on tubes or other technical stuff. I have lots of photos and video. I must have some time to...

BTW, I was at the fair and knew that Dark Land was #28 at EAPLC and my wabi kusa #5. Very happy! Pedro.

What i liked best was seeing the tank from the top. I can't describe the "monster beauty" that Amano have done. It's amazing!!!

Thanks Paulo for the update. Yes I was away since the beginning of the week and on Thursday I went to Spain to Iberzoo and Iberzoo Aquascaping where i personally met some great Masters of our hobby like Long Tran Hoang (IAPLC Winner and lots of plates), Luca Galarraga (many plates), Fernando B...

Bruce, yes, that's one of the challenges: keeping the plants on the right place (and with the right height).

First 40 fish arrived. Blame it on Flygja avatar for the choice :D : Tetras Congo. Still very white but they'll be much better on the next months. Lets see how they will grow. For those that don't know the fish, here it is a photo from wikipedia and a video from Flygja post here on UKAPS (hope...

Very good. I like it a lot :thumbup: ... but i have a "thing" about Wabi-Kuzas. Have 7 at home :banghead: - like my mother used to say when i was young: It's better then drugs :D One comment if i might: HC grows emersed but will grow much more if humidity is very high (closed aquarium). I...

Thanks Tiago. :rolleyes: What? Larger Aquarium? Why? What? :rolleyes: A possibility but not for now... It's fun because i don't have any rocks and specially wood that makes the whole job difficult.

Day 15 Trimming day! :nurse: I made very small trims before but this day i used the scissor a lot more. Before the cutting and water change it was like this: Some thoughts / ideas / methods... :bookworm: With only two weeks my main concern has been filling the gaps and at the same time...

Time for some updates. Two posts: this one for two photo days over the week; the next one with the trimming of last sunday- All plants are very well except for the melting of Eleocharis sp. Day 11 Some in situ photos: Rotala Macandra - 1-2-grow! Pogostemon Erecturs - 1-2-grow...

Ludwigia and Helferi are just great. Well, all the plants... Another great place. You made it very good this year :thumbup:

Luis, great place. I would love to receive by mail also :bored: Pedro.

Edvet, always showing something beautiful... I think i've seen some of those tanks before, I will never do that kind of "monster" beauty with only 300l, but it's a great inspiration.

Yes, I never had any problems with the tap water. I don't remember exactly the parameters (i can test it if yo guys wish) but never had any problem. I use to share my journals and in all those journals i never used any RO water or water bought in supermarkets, etc. I remember that in 2 tanks i...

No mail for me, yet!

hehe, it's good to be understood :-)

Yes I use the amount described on the product i use at that time (have used some brands lately). Buttony when i have fish or shrimp. At this time i'm not using any dechlorinater. I try to dose as i put water in. Yes, it's something like that. They're 4x of them (MAS WAS not ADA) on a stand...

I use a hose with that accessory you see at the end and on the other side just another accessory to connect it to the tap. To get the water out, I just suck it to the tub - gravity is a good pump when you can use it :D

Some news... Cryptocorine increased the melting but new leafs are also appearing. Something expected. Eleocharis sp. is melting :meh: ... something that i also saw before. Yesterday i had to make some serious trimming on Myriophyllum mattogrossense because it was starting to make shadow to the...

It's getting great! You'll have a great coloured and almost mature aquarium in a few weeks :thumbup: Funny, i bought the other one from Aquasabi (similar to a CO2 diffuser) also. Still in the box because i haven't any fish on my 300l yet. But i tested it and it's pretty good. Pedro.

Steve, I like this soil. I used some powder at the top and planting was great. Regarding UG, yes it's difficult :-) First week i replanted 3 or 4 pieces... i think it stopped but if i have to put Amano Shrimps in there, they'll destroy it :-( (i hope not, din't expect diatoms) If it wasn't on...

Thanks guys. Yes it's starting rather well. Let's see how it will grow from now on. Pedro.

First week is over. Everything growing very well. Three water changes (tuesday, friday and sunday). Made very few trimming to control some plants, mainly Myriophyllum mattogrossense that is growing very fast and Bacopa Caroliniana was spreading horizontally. Some few cuttings on Althernathera...

I personally spend some time preparing my Journals (specially photos) but I do it because UKAPS it's a very friendly forum and we can get back a lot from it. This doesn't mean that is friendly because everyone says very good of your layouts, plants, etc, but because every ideia is usually backed...

It's an interesting topic. A great layout you have, a little risky, perhaps, because that gap is "very strong" and time will tell if plants will help there. Your DSM will be very interesting to follow. Good luck. Pedro.

Yes, it would be wonderful to have that plant with that color. Yes, from Tropica. It's 300l - 120x50x50 cm. Sorry... I have to post the setup... Yes, and it would probably start this weekend :wideyed: Don't know about that. In Aquascapes we have to use small fish... but here... don't really...

It's true, i didn't upload any picture of the tank filled on the first day. I have it on video. Robert, as you can see you can start with a lot less and make more replanting on the first weeks.

72 hours later Uau! That's what i told myself when arrived at home on late tuesday :joyful: From the right to the left... even 1-2-grow plants are growing very well. Some details: Rotala Macandra... just love this one... still very, very small but it's starting up: Yes, UG...

24 hours later Some plants changed a lot on the first 24 hours. I have CO2 (3 - 4 bps) since day one and dosing 15 ml of Tropica Specialised since day one also (1-2-grow plants need fertilisation since day one or something like that). Almost all plants are upwards. Some 1-2-grow will take more...

Well, It's done! On the last weekend I was able to start this project. I'm pretty happy with being able to do an aquarium like this. I considered it a great challenge and I know that will not be easy. I think that the trimming will start next weekend :watching: I can't be more happier with the...

Yes, it should :rolleyes: No, that one i found to "big" to join the party but it's being "cultivated" near me so that it can jump there when needed :smug:

It's there! :-)