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I really like the individual pieces of rock and root. It's quite a symmetrical layout you've got, a bit too much for my taste. I think perhaps a smaller rock on the left back might settle it for me. Glassware looks lovely

This looks like an interesting challenge if nothing else. I do think circulation could prove an issue if you want injected CO2 but with low light plants you won't need it. Suppose the other thing is depth, and light penetrating down to the bottom. Though i would think the most interesting thing...

Really enjoying this - I love a bit of emersed growth mixed in with an aquascape. What happened to the air plants? I might have missed it, but it looked like they were happy, and then gone!

It's been a while! I had a real issue with several types of algae after neglecting the tank somewhat. I went on holiday, and also dropped water changes down to 50% every fortnight or so. Had to cull most of the hair grass, large areas of it were covered in BBA and it has never really thrived. I...

Lovely tank, really healthy looking plant growth, and nice variation in texture and colour. Do the rams bother the shrimp?

This looks like it's going to be a stunner. The way you've placed the rocks does look very natural and uncontrived. What substrate are you going for?

I would think they'll be OK if you make the submersion process quite gradual, rather than filling up the whole tank in one go. I love the right side of the scape, but the left side doesn't quite have the same depth - I think because the sizes of the vertical 'trunks' are more uniform

Awesome. How are the pieces of wood stuck together? I assume it is a composite of many pieces rather than found like that!

I used my wife's old pop-socks, stuffed with gravel, as sandbags to prop up the stones in my scape before then adding the substrate over the top - this helped preserve the slopes and rock positions

Could I please have some help ID'ing this? Lovely thing to come home from holiday to!

This is really original and cool, well executed so far. Looking forward to seeing it planted. Who's going to live in that deep dark cave?

Post some pics so we can see what you got!

well I for one am very disappointed - with the thread title I expected to see a small tank with neon pink gravel, a badly painted resin shipwreck, a treasure chest spurting bubbles, and a very sad goldfish

I love magnolia trees, and the idea of using trees to memorialize occasions. We bought a magnolia grandiflora when my daughter was born, it's been in a pot since, waiting to plant outside our forever home

Love this. How old are your kids? I think my four year old would be very interested

Loving this tank, and I bet your gourami are too! It's beautifully uncontrived

What a fascinating thread! Welcome aboard, Dominik, and thanks for your interest already - keep asking questions, it's a great way to learn

You're welcome. Yes, the tissue cultures were small, about the size you mention. With hair grass as long as you have the patience and some tweezers, a little goes a long way

I like the hardscape a lot. I think a bit more depth could be created but ramping up the substrate at the back, and introducing some smaller grade rocks. As you say, I don't think the Alternanthera quite gels. I'd also suggest breaking up the crypts into separate plantlets so that they grow out...

Hi Dominik. Thanks for your kind words. I'll always say "if I can do it, anyone can!". The Microsorum pteropus is called 'narrow', I believe it's a Tropica cultivar. If I remember correctly, I bought: Eleocharis parvula x6 tissue culture portions (this was too much actually, I think 4 would have...

Really natural looking, looking forward to seeing it evolve

Thank you, that's a huge compliment and appreciated

Trim and water change. Had a bit of stag horn algae on the vallis, which seemed to have a bit of a melt after planting, but is now rallying. I'm thinking about getting a pair of rams, but slightly worried about my shrimp.

The transition from large landscape rock to sand is abrupt, did you consider using any different grade substrate to smooth the transition?

Looking great, and really nice rams too. Do they harass the shrimp at all?

That's a stunner, great find

Once again, a lovely scape - you're on a roll!

For me it's about seeing the fauna behave in a natural way, so I want to create an environment in which they are able to do this, and which I enjoy aesthetically. Not too hard to achieve in my experience

Looking great. That piece of wood is a real find! Something to build a scape around happily. Look forward to seeing your wabi kusa evolve too, have you got a separate thread for them on the wabi kusa board

Just spraying with tap water. I covered the top with cling film for the first 2 weeks or so

All growing in nicely:

Does anyone use 90° elbows on their filter piping? Thinking of using for where they exit the cabinet - I realize they will reduce flow velocity, but at the moment the pipes turn quite sharply as they exit the cabinet and get kinked

Really interesting textures in those leaves and things. So is that a selection of natural items specifically designed for leaching tannins into an aquarium?

Right, order made, thank you team!

I would like an inline diffuser, but worried that the reg on my CO2 system wouldn't provide sufficient pressure to run one - does anyone know? It's the JBL ProFlora one. Less hardware in the tank the better, I agree

I'm very impressed, would recommend it. Some updated photos I've done away with the pelia - it looked like boiled lettuce, not even the shrimp liked it! Will get some proper Riccardia chamedryfolia soon. A couple of my cherry shrimp have met a choppy end swimming into the koralia...

That rock has a really grand scale to it - lovely pieces

Plants look lovely and natural, but I miss those really cool striated rock formations!

Yes I think so. It's rated at 900LPH I think, so not quite 10x turnover/hr but close enough IMHO I think it has turned the corner, and I'm seeing some new growth now. Since I had no algae issues (what I thought might be BBA before wasn't, perhaps some kind of bacteria on the wood - the shrimp...

Glad you've managed to make the opportunity to enter the hobby again - well done and welcome, from another recent returner

Thanks Robbie. Actually I chose this tank because it was on clearance at a great price, and fitted the cabinet/space!

To achieve the same effect, I stuffed my wife's old pop-socks with gravel and used them as mini sandbags to build up substrate height - worked well for me

Where did those beautiful stoneware containers come from? I want!

Having two small kids I can relate. I think the key is having anything you don't want touched well out of reach. He's too little to be taught not to approach the tank. I think 80-90cm is a good height as it suits viewing from sitting or standing positions, maintenance doesn't kill your back, and...

Now featuring 12 black neon tetra, 4 Amano shrimp, and 8 cherry shrimp

Gorgeous, simple, elegant, lush. What is the foreground plant?

Take a look at the Tropica website, 'inspiration' section - it's really useful to see various plants grown next to each other and clearly labeled, from which to draw ideas

One week old

Very interesting write up, thanks for sharing it Doubu. This is a really pleasing aquascape, feels like staring off into the distance

Vallis in situ. Looking a bit worse for wear after posting but hopefully it'll bounce back. Started EI dosing regime. Staurogyne repens is my new favorite aquatic plant. It's really taken off even in the last few days. Some patches of the parvula are yellowing up and apparently dying - not...

Very interesting Phil, thanks for sharing. So what kind of company do you work for? Do you know that the ADA wabi kusa are planted that way? When I had a crack at it I actually stuck the stems in perpendicular, but your way looks a lot faster! I also made the ball with some clay based substrate...

Thanks. I'm hoping that once the hair grass border grows contiguous it will hold back the pellets

Hi all, Just finished planting my first tank in a few years, and had some free samples and leftover plants to use, so dug out some old glass containers I had been saving for such a project. Here are the results... We've got some java fern, hair grass, crypt walchii, rotala, glosso, something...

Oh, and anyone after CO2 refills in the Bristol or South Glos area, check out Bristol Fire, in Yate (http://www.bristolfire.co.uk/). Really friendly helpful team who refilled my cylinder for £10 with a 1 week turnover. Also going to source me a refurb 2kg cylinder to use for swaps, fit it out...

I fixed the solenoid issue using a better adaptor on the original power supply. I also spent a day planting! Plants ordered from K2aqua and planter's paradise on eBay. Not very happy that half the crypt wendtii brown have no roots so won't stay planted. Tiny quantity of overpriced Christmas...

Thanks SinkorSwim. I got it at Almondsbury garden centre, South Gloucestershire. They have a really good hardscape selection for a fairly small independent retailer. Hi Iain. So far I'm really impressed with the lights - great build quality given the price, and VERY bright! Slightly cold, but...

Thing is i don't know what the name of the flat/round connection is to search for, otherwise I would And the cupboard space is limited!

Thank you HiNtZ. Kadoxu, I did have that worry, so think I'll stick to the old pollen diffuser for now. I have a second hand JBL ProFlora system with solenoid from mainland Europe. It came with a transformer which is bulky, heavy, and has a European two pin plug. When attached to a multi plug...

Hi all, I have a second hand JBL ProFlora system with solenoid from mainland Europe. It came with a transformer which is bulky, heavy, and has a European two pin plug. When attached to a multi plug extension via a euro-uk adaptor it's really ungainly. I'd like to replace the transformer with...

Hi all, I have a second hand JBL ProFlora system with solenoid from mainland Europe. It came with a transformer which is bulky, heavy, and has a European two pin plug. When attached to a multi plug extension via a euro-uk adaptor it's really ungainly. I'd like to replace the transformer with...

For balance, I have the Chihiros a series 60cm unit, and don't notice any flicker with the dimmer on

Very interesting concept, beautifully executed. It looks like a lovely part of the world. Is that Hydrocotyle leucocephalia in the second to last photo? Never seen it grow so densely, almost like a carpet

Thank you Nick. I've started a separate Journal which lists the planned contents here: https://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/millions-110l-medium-tech-red-and-green.49048/

Hi ukapsers, I used to keep tropical planted tanks while at uni, but gave up when work meant I had to move house every year. It's been about four years since the last one was taken down now, in which time I've got married, bought my first home, and had two kids - busy busy! I always promised...

Ok if I have my say, Andy? :) Don't get me wrong, there are some lovely tanks on here, but...

Jack, have a look at practical fishkeeper readers' tanks section, there are some pretty jaw dropping domestic setups

Gorgeous little tank. Love the colour contrasts - sort of Dutch meets jungle

Looks beautiful. Are you happy with the Chihiros light? I've not planted up my tank yet but it's a similar setup to yours with the JBL filter, Chihiros LED, pressurized CO2, Hydor inline

Just setting up my first planted tank since before children (B.C.). My youngest is now 2 1/4... and my wife still doesn't think I have the time!

Beautiful! Any update? It's a cool container but open both ends may have made it pretty tough to keep humid, so you might have to try some diff species before striking it right

Love that stump. Bonus on the free plants!

I used to use EI on my tank a few years ago, but have been out of the hobby about 4 years. Dug out all the dry powders, they look the same, but would anyone suggest they might have become ineffective over time? I would've though that as long as they were in a dry container they would be ok...

Very interesting looking rocks, I think they'll make a great foundation for hardscape aesthetically. But I'm no geologist! The first would be nice in an iwagumi scape, the others in a riverbed style I'd suggest

Thank you for the replies. I was inspired by this guy featured on PFK: http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/readers-tanks/articles/2016/8/18/your-tanks-kris-oddy Anyone recognize the species?

How did you prop up the rocks before filling in substrate?

Thanks folks, appreciate the feedback. I've tried to place the stones to form a pallisade, to hold back the substrate. I've also made some sandbags underneath the substrate (using wife's old pop-socks and gravel) to retain it

To my eye the top central stone needs to be shifted back a couple of centimetres

Gorgeous little tanks. I've never seen what I would call a Dutch style nano before (the second one)

Lovely pics in here. Does anyone have recommendations of an orchid that I might be able to grow on a branch emerging from my aquarium? It will get some light from the luminarie, and with some moss would be high humidity

You have inspired me to merge emersed growing with my new aquascape. Just wish that there was a suitable pitcher plant I could easily obtain. Might have to go with orchids

This is the very definition of lush. It makes me want to dive in!

I've had good experiences with K2-aqua on eBay too

My new tank is based on a wooden cabinet. I'm customizing it for aquarium use, and am interested in doing what I can to reduce transmission of vibrations and therefore noise, primarily from the canister filter. Does anyone have experience with this? Was having a Google around and found that...

That is a great piece of wood right there, and I like the color contrast with the rock

finally managed to upload an image direct from my phone. Have resized to allow for forum restrictions so please forgive me if quality isn't ideal

Thanks for your advice both, but what a pain!

Is there any way to img embed photos from Google Photo? When I go to share with url from Google Photo I get a link like https://goo.gl/photos/3V6vJeTmcWw9WiZw5, but this can't seem to then be adapted to show an image inline in a forum post - anyone know why, or a way around this? I'd really...

https://goo.gl/photos/xRJKdMzCu4FbXjAC7 Sorry, scroll down for picture. Had some trouble uploading at first. 80x40x40 Optiwhite.

What sort of lights are those, Adam?

I think the word you were looking for was dry

beautiful hardscape Berlioz, the color contrast really enhances the green

Lovely, Amano would be proud

Thank you both. So I've had a look at JBL, and considering the Cristalprofi e901

Mods please move if there's somewhere more appropriate. I'm getting back into the hobby after a few years off establishing a career, getting married, buying a house, having a couple of kids, generally paying the game of life. I used to have several fairly small planted tanks, got as far as a...