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Such a cool tank and scape 😎

One contributing factor to keeping the 75p running was a visit to @Horizon Aquatics and a show grade betta that caught my eye…. My previous betta Vega unfortunately contracted dropsy a few months ago, and after a long treatment battle he finally succumbed to the illness. It really affected me...

This is interesting, I don’t know how significantly this will be a factor, however perhaps those plants under the light are not red directly due to the intense spectrum, but perhaps due to the lighting intensity driving the rate of growth? A very close to the surface light offers little surface...

This post completely caught me off guard, I was happily liking away before I realised the date of the OP 😂 Like others have said, liking old posts simply highlights there validity 😁

Here’s a Vanda orchid flower… I added this plant to my Jungle Puddle in the hope it would do well. Once I got back from the garden centre the flowers went a little limp and faded and I thought they would drop immediately. To my surprise they became reinvigorated and lasted another 6 weeks which...

Well, it’s back down to just the 75p… The plan was to take down both the 60p and the 75p and begin something new, however I have decided to keep the 75 running as it still offers a nice feel but is really straightforward to live with 😀 Instead a little reshuffle will allow me chance to scape...

Thank you. Yes some concrete vases, just an Etsy purchase but thought they would be a good solution to hold and display. I added a some foam padding to the bottoms inside to set the height for long and shorter tools which also acts as a soft cushion for the scissor tips 🙌🏻 Always happy to say hi...

I don’t add any fertiliser to this set up. Just the terrarium soil mix 🙂

Thank you 🙏🏻

Hi, there isn’t, but there easily could be, I have considered it as it would open up my stocking options and allow ottos which would help with film on the wood. While I’m here here’s some images and a little transcript from last night…. M I N I M A L I S T or D I S P L A Y...

Ha, thanks man. Good to see you back. Here’s an updated image and a link to a little video…. Cheerio,

Thanks mate

No problem :-)

Hi, I haven’t manually misted the majority of plants, however the peripheral plants such as the Hoya on the right uppermost branch I need to mist occasionally to moisten the sphagnum as I haven’t got a wick to that area. The main branches with moss and the nepanthes I have dooa terra tape to...

Hi, there is a metal bracket you purchase seperately that sits on the aquarium… Then you hang the mizukusa wall on top of this bracket in slots designed to mount it on either this bracket or the glass of the neo glass terra 36 Hi Sid, I initially removed all soil from the plant roots and...

Hello 👋🏻 I use a smart power strip that has timer functionality 🙌🏻 great to know it reminds you of nature 😃 The tool box was primarily for my old 30cm cube aquascape, however it now houses a limited set of tweezers and scissors for nipping out the occasional leaf or overgrown plant and pulling...

Many thanks. I will do the same.

Thank you again. It has only been sited for a week so it’s difficult to tell exactly how it is developing, I’ll know better how the pitchers are going on a few more weeks I guess. I don’t know how humid it is up there, but it is right in line with the mist so hopefully reasonably high. I may...

Beautiful, love the lepanthes 😍

Thank you so much for the information. I’m a novice keeper so hearing from someone with experience is reassuring. The new leaves are developing pitchers so I will monitor progress. I won’t mind the plant becoming bigger, I nearly purchased a larger one but once I saw the oversized vanda orchid I...

Thanks. Mainly Christmas moss, but Java moss, spiky moss and a tiny bit of weeping too. I keep the moss at the top wet with dooa terra tape laid over the branches and dipped into the water weir at the top of the mizukusa wall so it wicks along the branch. The mist maker helps also. I have...

Still ticking along….. The 60p needs trimming every 2-3 weeks to maintain stem shape…… the 75p could do with a further fern thinning 😂 Cheerio,

Hi, just about done now with more plants added to the exposed branches. A begonia amphioxus and some peperomia piccolo banda were added to the foremost left and right branches. Perhaps only a few creeping Marcgravia and Solanum sp. here and there will finalise things. Time to see what happens...

Little update. I have started planting this with moss from @Horizon Aquatics and I visited a garden centre in York called Deans which has a great selection of terrarium suitable and unusual plants. A little out of season, the range was still good with some nice plants which will only get better...

You’re always welcome mate, you could pop into mine also for a visit, I would be happy to host you, always great to have a cuppa and catch up with friends. My mate Pavol Kulanda stopped by while he was here too… Horizon tend to do all their promotion via their website, Instagram and Facebook...

It was a really incredible day, a double iaplc world champion in my home town of Newton Aycliffe…..crazy!! Credit to @Horizon Aquatics for continually pushing the possibilities so that uk aquascapers can experience first hand the considerations of world class aquascapers. The event was a huge...

Thanks, hopefully when I plant it it will grow in as beautifully as yours. Hi, its wio Neptune wood, it wasn’t particularly expensive, I can’t remember how much as I purchased it a long time ago.

I know exactly how you feel. I think I will fill the tank and run without planting to see how the moisture creeps on the wood naturally and then add wicking tape where I would like extra. I also think I will run the mist flow unit permanently to begin, and see how things go. Ha, thanks...

Sounds great, I know what you mean about the plant choices….i haven’t really sat and thought fully about it yet and am in unknown territory really as I have no soil and a new system to work with so it will be a learning experience. I have been concentrating on getting the hardscape finalised and...

Thought I’d share my latest project 😁 I have just started building a mizukusa wall system. This will be another new facet of the hobby for me and one I’m looking forward too. I’ve had a wish list system in storage for a while now and felt with a creative itch to scratch, but indecision on which...

Hi, The dooa 20x20x35 got another lease of life a long time ago in simpler form. A bun moss creation over a terrarium mix soil to hold the moisture, with a few small frodo stones, a piece of manzanita wood and some oak leaves and gravel detail. This is super low maintenance, watering every...

Thanks mate 🙌🏻

I think it’s for those that don’t utilise the dooa drain. It’s another way of draining the excess water build up from the substrate area if you need to maintain it a little drier for certain plants.

Thank you for the reply. Much appreciate the information. I plan on running the 60f about 2” below the rim, so a shallow shallow 😂😂

Hi, quick question if that’s ok? Dooa recommend the superjet es150 for the mizukusa wall. Have you had any issue running the larger 300 version at all? I’m guessing not as it grew in beautifully, but just interested as I’m not utilising the dooa neo glass terra 36 with the closed back and sides...

It’s getting there now. A little overgrown again but it’s not a bad thing. I don’t know the exact species, but yes I have some black ottos in there 😀

Exactly 😀 Latest FTS image, in need of a trim again but I know I’ll leave it at least another week or two 😂 The scape is just over 4 months old, and I’ve listed below some details of the current running; This tank receives a 7.5 hour photoperiod, no ramp up or down. ADA solar rgb. 1 x 70%...

Never 😂😬

Ha, this is the ultimate lazy man’s system, I literally do hardly anything to it now. Trimmed very very infrequently, top up the water reservoir every couple of weeks and spray dooa mist when I remember. Don’t even clean the internal glass, it’s pretty self sufficient.

Little update pics, over a year on and the simplest system to care for, a constant and stable environment offering a calming feature in the kitchen diner….i enjoy it every day 🙂💚

Hi, apologies for the late response to your questions. You may no longer need the information but basically I run the pump 24/7, the mist generator was on for 10mins every hour in the early stages as the plant mass was low and it tended to dry out a little more. As time passed and water was...

Happy New Year 🥳 Thanks, he’s a really nice guy and makes very nice videos 🙂 Ah, sorry to hear mate, I think our Smudge has numbered days now, she’s 19. Like you say a very good innings. Smudge is never far from the tanks, most of my images have her either drinking from the tank or laid out...

Beautiful scape.

Looks incredible mate. Really nice job.

Hey, it’s been a while, here’s a link to a little update video of the two tanks; Things are going reasonably well, the 60p is still growing in to its full potential and another trim or two should see the stems in peak shape. There is some green spot algae and a little cyano along the front...

Thanks @Wookii I wouldn’t worry too much about the roots being in water also, the roots on mine sit in the water tray. I know @Horizon Aquatics have one sat in betta display tank and it is doing great. Update: I carried out the 75p trim over the weekend, I removed a lot of bolbitis, microsorum...

Nice journal @Tankless 🙌🏻 Both iterations of hardscape have been nice with lots of interesting vistas. Really like some of the ‘look through’ images you’ve taken under archways. Bristle nose are a pita unfortunately, with either soil or sand for different reasons. Sand becomes covered in fish 💩...

Thanks Conor 🙌🏻 Thank you, the light arms are ADA Solar RGB arm stands and yes they need to be fixed to the stand 😃 Have you started a journal for your new tank? It would be good to see it. Cheerio

Super crisp and clean, really like this 💚

Really like this scape, it has a really unique feel 🙌🏻 I water change and get my back under and lift while screwing the feet out a little if there is a slight discrepancy…when you screw the incorrect way and make it worse some swear words pop out and then you repeat but screw the feet the...

Cheers Matt, looking forward to your 900 being planted later this year 🙌🏻 Thank you 🙏🏻 Little update; Im enjoying the two scapes and their contrasting styles. I feel I can run this journal as one for the two systems as they sit side by side and are both on garden stands 😂 For the most part...

Really nice creation and journal. A great evolution of mossy, ferny goodness.

It certainly is. We have a few and that is the succulent range 🤩

Thanks Tim, it’s planted now, hopefully it will end with a lovely backdrop of stems…..after the ‘ugly’ stages of course 🤣

Hi, Not a huge amount changes in the tank, just trim the mosses occasionally and thin the fern leaves and cyperus leaves which is nice….. I’ve added to the collection now and am at a stage of confirming a higher maintenance plant list for this one. Moved my fish wall art behind the tanks also...

Hi, here’s a little maintenance timelapse video…. Maintenance was a little more involved this week, with hoses and glassware, sand siphon and trimming of the hygrophila sp. Tiger along with the regular glass panel cleaning and water change. It was just over 2 hours condensed into 20 seconds...

Thank you. Ha, it changed a little from my initial vision to be fair. I do find myself watching the tank for long periods. Thanks, that’s very nice of you to say, although not quite ADA gallery, I appreciate the positivity Just filmed on my iPhone 11 by hand 🤳🙌🏻 So pleased you like it, the 🌶️...

Thank you. Thanks Tim, hope your well? Thank you Gill. I ran a course of treatment last week 🤞🏻

Hi, It’s been a while and just thought I’d share this little video of the scape. It’s slow and steady and very nice to live with. Nature Aquarium 💚 Cheerio, Ady.

It makes me happy 💚 Yep, I totally agree, timeless classic. I’m so grateful to have came across your sale post. I really enjoy the whole system 🙏🏻 I had a lightground made to fit, I tried it on however in real life it clashed with the whole feel so I have taken it off…. I’m really enjoying...

Congratulations @Courtneybst 🙌🏻 Looking forward to next year 😁

I know I have replied to this already, but I’ve just lost two hours with a couple of drinks listening to Van Morrison watching this tank. I haven’t found myself so engaged in viewing a tank in a long time, it’s calming indeed. NA💚

Thank you. Here’s a bit more spam 🙂 Cheerio, Ady.

Was a great day, looking forward to the next one 🙌🏻

Little update. The tank is doing ok. There was a minimal amount of diatom algae which have quickly disappeared, especially with the addition of a clean up crew compromising otocinclus, clithon snails and shrimp. More worryingly I had a little Cyanobacteria on a couple of very small areas of...

Im just about to set off so will get there around midday ish. Looking forward to seeing some old and new faces.

Thanks mate. Things have settled in the paluda now, with very little additional misting required. I just use the dooa wabi mist occasionally now for a little nutrient boost and the plants are doing great. I have plenty of new leaves, and even bare bolbitis difformis rhizomes are springing into...

Thanks Paulo 🤣 Cheers Tim, yes a classic look for a classic set up, I’m really liking the garden stand aesthetic, the scape takes centre stage and I guess that’s the point of the design. thank you 😃 Yep, NA baby! I wanted a strong hardscape to match that of the industrial look of the stand...

Thank you 😊 🤣 Well I finalised my plant list and have planted this up. The plant list is: Microsorum trident Taxiphyllum barbieri Fissidens fontanus Riccardia Chamedryfolia Bolbitis heudelotii Cyperus halferi Helanthium tennellum green Cryptocoryne wendtii green Cryptocoryne mi oya Hygrophila...

nothing better than a mossy rock, just enjoy them as they are 😃💚

Looks like an awesome build. Pleased you’ve managed to dedicate some time to moving things forward, one step closer to the good stuff!

The next step once I had decided to scape the 75p was to actually decide on how to scape it 🤣 I’ll be honest, I had no idea what I was going to do but a trip to my local @Horizon Aquatics inspired me. The tank dimensions are slightly unusual at 75 x 45 x 45cm, which make for a slightly less...

Thanks, yeah there is something about the garden stand. It’s not to everyone’s taste and holds its own issues regarding the under tank tech which we can normally hide behind doors, but I love the floating nature it gives the tank. Good luck with your search for a 90 garden stand 👍🏻

Thanks Tim, that was just a holding tank I got carried away with. It only ran for about a month but was quite an unusual concept for me at least. Thanks Kalum, I knew I’d use it one day and the time was right. As I just mentioned to Tim above that scape was just a very temporary iteration that...

Hello, Thought I would start a journal for my latest project, ‘Garden standing around’….. About a year ago I purchased an ADA 75p tank, garden stand and Ada solar 1 light unit from UKAPS member @Kalum. It has been ‘standing around’ since then except for the test fill, holding tank scape I set...

Love this little scape Thierry. So pleased this little tank is still with you.

Thanks, yeah it could have been something in the wood however it was only the anubias that were effected. The initial issues may have been melt however afterwards it was the rhizome rot whereby the leaves remained intact but detached from the rhizome which was mush. When you moved or squashed it...

Hello, no the soil was Tropica soil and it rarely got additional fertilisers. I used the apt line when I did fertilise. Cheerio.

I have the fan and mist flow on a timer together so when the mist is on the fan is too. I found this best at distribution. I’m still dialling it all in tbh, I need to turn the duration down a little now. Thank you. I have some miniature orchids on the stone already 😃

Thank you. It doesn’t always look like this, it is often misty and with condensation on the glass which I squeegee off for viewing.

Hello. Whilst aquascaping, I’ve been dipping my toes into terrariums and such like and the opportunity arose to give one of these little suckers a go. It is an all new way of doing things for me, and I knew it would take a little trial and error along the way….. Dooa Paluda 30: The system works...

Ha, too true! The tank does offer enjoyment but I just lost the desire to commit to it long term after the anubias issues…..I do have an idea for an anubias only scape for a betta fish in the 45p to ‘get back on the horse’ though 🤣🤣

Hi, I think with the extra wood pieces and stones it will ground the existing hardscape and offer a nice balance. Why not plant the Monte Carlo in the substrate and use moss on the wood? Cheerio Ady.

Thanks Kalum and yep, the horse has been flogged! You know what’s next, the lovely ADA 75p set up I purchased from yourself last January is getting a dedicated scape 😃🙌🏻 Yeah, the lightscreens add a level of slight infinity to the rear. I’ll let you know mate, I’m not sure exactly what my...

Hellooo again 👋🏻 …..whilst the wood and algae cleared, the anubias melt continued in this scape and after several replacements of vast amounts of anubias I resigned myself to the fact that reinfection of the anubias rot wasn’t going to stop. I had to bite the bullet and use bucephelandra as an...

…..to elaborate on the issues I have faced since set up….. Very quickly within 3-4 days a large scale anubias melt, like all of them…I had a little crypt melt which is to be expected, and one patch of in vitro bucephelandra melted it’s leaves but left the rhizome intact. After this the wood...

Thank you, I really do like the weathered stumps. The plants were very lovely, but that didn’t last long…. Cheers Dean, they initial planting was when it looked it’s best, it’s been a turbulent start for sure…..

An oldie, but do you think the anubias melt could be related to ammonia release also in this case? Thanks Ady.

Thank you.

Whilst finalising a plant list I took the opportunity to test fill to ensure the wood had stuck fast and wasn’t going to float…. Phew…… PLANTING: I decided upon a plant list and fortunately have forum sponsors @Horizon Aquatics just round the corner. I purchased the bulk of the plants here...

Yeah, I don’t really know why I like them, but I do 🤷🏼‍♂️😃

Lovely tanks and lovely journal. A great read.

Hello. After my previous journal ‘Aftermath’, which had a couple of scapes within it, I said I would start a new journal for the next one. So slightly retrospectively (the tank is now planted 😬), I will begin logging the process. I decided to move some plants and the livestock from the...

Nice updates Geoff 👌🏻

Good to see your scape progress mate. Excellent to see you back with wet fingers, like you said earlier in the journal, the hobby doesn’t seem to leave you, even after quite a hiatus. Cheerio, Ady.

Looking great Geoff. A strong hardscape and concept. Will be really nice to follow progress of this one and how you deal with all it throws at you. Ady.

Thanks and yes, most definitely na all the way 🙌🏻 Got the holding rocks and substrate in over the weekend. Just need to consider my plant list now….. The wood has been glued to rocks as anchors. All back filled to prevent soil ingress. Think I will take the graded gravel away from the right...

It’s looking epic mate. The wood has such definition and detail you are right to leave the stones out. I feel they would be fighting one another for attention 🤣 Looking forward to seeing the substrate in as that ties everything together…..then the plants of course.

Hi Matt, I love manzanita wood and frodo stone. I think either full soil or sand foreground would work well. If you opt for sand foreground I would perhaps try to add some smaller detailing pieces of frodo around the front of the larger rocks to offer a more natural looking transition from...

Picture sorted, all ready to go 👌🏻