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Been trying to find this for weeks lol, thankyou.

Hi, i forgotten what the standard home mix was for liquid ferts, i had a look through threads, im just after the basic liquid macro and micro ingredient and how much per m1/ ltr , i need to disolve, any links would be great thank. Think when i was in uk i used apfuk's standard one. Thanks in...

Thankyou, when its a bit tidier ill get a few pics up.

Hi all, tanks a mess atm due to work stuff. Messing with co2 today as its the weekend and i can keep an eye on things. Very impressed with the micro bubbles from this very cheapo ali express diffuser more like a smoke than a mist.

Ive been pretty disapointed with the taps with our 2 new ehiems. Ive had two just snap off and leak in the cabinet, id kept an older pair that i shipped here with us to nz from the uk,( having no tanks knew theyd have some use) the plastic is thicker on the older ones. Ive replace the brocken...

Lots still to do detailing wise but 6hrs was all i had sunday. So it sort of thrown together if im honest, still glass pipes to add second 2217 ,custom heater set up, finish door on cabinet bit more goldern tree when its in stock. Two chihiros shades to source .

Agreed for the first time this year i am disapointed with ehiem. The plastic isnt as thick i have two broken taps here from the new classic 600/2217 seems noisey compared to the old one i had 10 yrs ago in the uk. The taps were solid yrs ago now poor moldings.

Dry day so doing a few bits, had paint mixed not quite the green i asked for ,this is more narrow boat green, may as well barly twist the fire extinguishers😂🤦‍♂️ , removed all my dragon stone from other tank and stripped some plants to give away i dont want. This cabinet sure is overkill and...

Thanks, hardest bit is the calculations, then get the glass cut, im a little disapointed they didnt polish the botton edge when that was cut. Too far of a drive to go back just for that, so ill have to live with it. One sisde pannel is a little off if im honest. it was hard to get my request...

As its about 3ft from the stove It would atually be fine in this house when the fire was in operation the wall behing the fire dosen't even get hot as the wet back sucked most the heat (its a big room open plan to dining and office, 2 storey with single glazed windows its a timber house so...

Had a nice dry day so been sanding and priming, was concidering leaving it white but i like these 3 colours so may just get some twin pack mixed up and save on the resin/appoxy top coat

Not the timber i would have use overseas but i think it will hold up cant even move it alone . 19mm ply on 3"x2". Undecided on colour and weather its going to be single or duel door yet but j knew i wanted better access to plumbing at the rear rear that i can get my hands through.

Got a bit bored of the 45 cube found it sort of limiting. ( id like more plants) . Has taken a while to decide on dimensions and im hoping ive gone the correct route to be able to accommodate my idea. Anyway few pics so far been on hold due to the high rainfall and humidity here atm. Sealer...

Well due to neglection and lack of interest in this one im shutting it down soon. Currently building a new set up. 90cmx60cmx40cm. Accumulating scaping stuff in nz is time consuming too specialist for most stores up in the north. Even tracking down materials for cabinet that i can afford is a...

Thankyou, thats the thing about scaping , tests our patience for sure at times , but i will not give up , ive spent too much already haha.

Power outages havent helped in storms, been out 11hrs some days and not being home timers on co2 end up out from the app on light.

Too much time away has ended this scape, un unsalvageable. Ive cleaned what i can and more or less thrown stuff back in.

Well tank is picking up after ditching my liquid mix and now dosing dry fert, bit of algae as to be expected but happy with it so far. Just done a moss trim up and water change.

Well. Probably the most annoying thing so far , worse than forgetting i was filling the tank . This stuff has reduced my filter to a trickle during lights out whilst at work. Did everythiing i could before wood went in soaked for weeks to get it to sink etc. This will sure test me.

Well after encountering so many issue trying to save money and use mostly what i can find or mod ive decided to give in get some proper soil and start all over again.

Yes we always end up with either multiple tanks or a bigger one.😂 hope i didnt say that out loud ill be in the dog house

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Think i went overboard ordering 17kg of dragon stonhe for a 45cm cube

Hello i was from gloucestershire now living in newzealand and after 6 yrs started scaping here , gutted to hear aquajarden closed down .

Hello and wecome

This will go in once ive got everything else sorted, im still running heater less as the stupid sunsun inline on first plug in started melting waited mths for it too , so now have a hydor inline on order from the US

Hi heres afee pics, its working pretty well , happy so far

Well i decided to make a giant one i can use my diffuser in tank and out. Had most the stuff lying around so all i had to buy was the brass fitting for the co2 line.

Decided to make rather tahn buy as i had lots of odds and ends around just had to buy the brass fitting for co2 line, when everything is set ill hook it up and test.

Hi, im curently pondering ( no pun intended) what to do myself . Also i tried many different methods over the years and on return to the hobby find myself back asking myself the same questions. Ive had roughly a six year break from planted aquariums and now is quite few visually different...

Early days will be hard to keep my hands out of the tank and just stick to water changes and not move plants lol.

After previous scapes finding wood a pain to get right i decided to make some bits articulate.

Went out for morning walk looking for vines roots and mosses to add to the root id already found , will all be trial and error .

Finally ferts here and mixed

Takes ages to get stuff here waited 5 weeks for my pos nitrate to turn up under DG postage and they lost it. Awaiting another parcel from the suplier 2 week gone on that now they find the first parcel and return it to sender 😂 i said this scape would be slow

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Well i purchased two new second hand aqua one aqualis 700's what a load of plastic trash imo. Going in the bin. Today my ehiem 2217 turned up , no comparision . Ehiem have never let me down mechanically or on flow output awesome as always.

Thanks Thanks ill take a look at those.

Out looking at mosses the weekend. Tanks on hold due to house improvements oh and fur ball kitten 🤦‍♂️

This one

Opologies if its in the wrong place, my previous experience with hydor external heater having to rebuild it wasn't great, so i was looking at this. Has anyone used one?

Baking 😂

Well started digging some soil up from garden, rinsed roots out and then got caught baking it in the oven 😂. It's not dissimilar from fancy stuff I paid good money for in the uk.

Hi, sort of, mosses, ferns, and maybe some hydro which grows in the lawn here as a weed. Also using soil from our garden.

Scape/ set up is a long way off so just thought I'd have a play with some bits of rock I found at work. I want this scape to be done from stuff I find in newzealands natural environment.

Thankyou guys, trying to take my time with the setting up. Already prepped primed and put 4 coats on cabinet, one more coat to go.

iron tank forsale here. I'll do journal one day, it's going to be a very steady set up. Using our own volcanic soil from the garden lava rock is everywhere here and cheap 🤦‍♂️

This thread popped up in my emails. Fine over here in newzealand, in our second week of lockdown. no tanks as yet but busy on the 5.7acre lifestyle block tree felling etc. Stay well all

That's what was great about it being able to adjust the percentages. Wish I'd shipped it to nz with me i miss aqua scaping.

Well i was always happy with our maxspect razor.

Hi all ive not been on here for a long time as i no longer aquascape, mainly due to living in northland nz. The landscape here is amazing, a few pics of mosses we saw on todays strole.....not the best pics as all on my phone sorry.

Yes I've not any tanks now, but I get alerts for here ( ukaps) . Ive had a rubbish day and going through this has made me smile .

Close..........but no Newzealand lol

Love the tanks Andy:-)

All plants are grown, under a leddy. No ferts whatsoever, other than shrimpy poo. I'm too paranoid about ferts with crs,cbs, due to hightech disasters.:-)

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Well, if it's worked great for my son in is lowtec set up , as long as your carefull with top ups, his tank runs it's self now, just a filter and 50 percent change once a mth, compared to my set ups it's been superior. It cost less to run is less work. If your busy lowtec is the way to go...

No more time for this hobby now got stuck in for the last week......these are my last minions.:-)

I'm not sure about your gravel choice, maybe move the stones abit too.....:D

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I've too much hairgrass. Tare and share hairgrass:-D

I'd definitely be one for watching the out takes......snapping glassware, ruining glass with rocks......flooding the lounge floor......etc.

2nd trim already.:-) soon to be a nice carpet fingers crossed. < algae watch:-D Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

We use ro, and remineralize. :-) i window clean some times using a pole system so the kit pays for itself......I don't like the amount of waste water ro produces thought not very ecco.:-(

5 percent.........Na that's bed time:-D I've ran it upto 48 percent recently.......and just hover around the tank with scissors 24/7

Hi lindy.....would that be the razor? Ideally I'd like to sell it as a set up for about £450ono , that would be light + hanging kit, cabinet+ electrics, heater temp controller,tank, filter, draggon stone, glassware, different diffusers, 3x drop checkers, tons of hair grass ferts, 4 fire...

Also my sons tank..... These leddys are slow but look how they grow plants with no ferts or co2, just fish and shrimp waste. The shrimp population is booming!! Just got rid of 40 adult/ juveniles. Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

just a quick go with the rocks and hair grass before I sell it all, unfortunately all my stuff has to go as I can't ship it to newzealand:-( Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

Well that scape as ended........Oh how I hate bba:-D

Thanks mate like wise, how long did that take to complete?

, sorry about multiple post.... Has been q while since I've used Tapatalk.:-) Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

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Another item. I've put legs on the stove as the weathers been good enough today.:-)

That is a beautifull combination of wood used in this.^^ very nice to look at.

Great story mate, :-)

Thankyou lindy. I've been making them 15 years now, first one I saw (stove from a gas bottle) was at my dad's friends house over 25 years ago. Everyones on the band wagon now you only have to look on ebay:(. Foxfish excellent job on those guitars. :-)

Hi all, Ive realy got into this scaping lark and realy don't want to give up on it as I will miss the beauty it brings into our home. I'm trying to decide weather it's worth me exporting my equipment over to newzealand if we go. Or sell and rebuild in 12 mths or so. Im imagining the tank...

Is that drackulas pop up tent in the first pic?

Tea in the park Edvet:) good time then lindy? Our son calls those party/porta loos a turdis:D. Lake fest by us has the same mess afterwards.....great if your looking for free camping stuff :D I picked up a self inflating matress 2 tents, spare pegs poles guy ropes,an air pump and a gazebo. I...

Could be. I'm unfamiliar with the mentioned led. But for me algae and melting plant has me knocking lighting back. I've had vallis growing mad low tech under a desk lamp over a two ft deep cube. That mad I got sick of vallis and threw it away as it took over. If we were talking about a...

Try reducing light adding more ferts too. One of the plants needs nesting back into the substrate a little. That is making me think are the fish ripping them up? I've heard of this happening at lights off to vallis with certain fish too. I like the rock work, we just need to get your plant...

Have you tried reducing the lighting to sat 50 percent at all? You are close to running low tech, I'd probably reduce the light to 30/40 percent for a bit, what happens to the leaves before they break off or you remove them? Are they going yellow?

Hi, I can't see brilliantly on this phone, but it looks like you have bba, also melt. I'm guessing you are not using co2? Are you dosing liquid carbon? Your lighting is too much, how long are they on for? We need a bit more info please to be of more help, ie light time /distance from...

Wow, you have free fissidens. (moss not algae). In a few more months that piece of wood will look amazing once covered in that. Don't kill it it's not cheap.

It's all right opening the widows at night if your not a serious hayfever sufferer with asthma in this country. I open them anyway why should the rest of the family suffer because I can't breathe:-D I'm one of those people who can't even cut a lawn:-D

No get your shorts out your clogs on, cold beverage sun cream and lap it up.:) As for the fish, I'm a little concearned about our cbs crs. They are up stairs in a dormer conversion. It's 25 on a sunny day nevermind a hot one. I've considered rolling out cheap tin foil on the roof but I imagine...

Great!! Camera turns towards two rocks as Maroon 5 say, suck on these lmao! Joking aside silly me. You have done a splendid job with the scape, looks very tranquil. :)

Cheers all, just finished cleaning it up, one last pic if I may..... Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk

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Thankyou Roy, it's the best it's been since set up........amazing what adding a few fish can do, the plants are now growing. Not a lot was going on until I put fish in. If I do a fish less start again it will be a dry start:D I think the rotala bansai has given it that bit that it needed...

just realised the water is low.....should of topped it up before shots :-D cheers kirk.

Hadtotakea few pics now I have put some of hoggies bonsai in.:-)