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And from CBAP* Brazil come this: Triangle layout reminiscent of old school scaping. Very nicely done. Everything seems healthy and fresh. Crispy almost. The branches give the scape a nice dynamic feel to it and that is enhanced by the moss. I would suggest more detail work with the stones...

Yes Alexander, it all started on May,1 and the photo was taken a few days before the end of July. So 3 months in time.

True. my mistake :p Thanks Alexander.

With this photo I ran to the IIAC and eaplc and was ranked 350 th / 815 and 111th/213. Then realize that is neither good nor bad! :bored: Now say it was time to break up and go to another but there are other priorities at the moment, so I will try to maintain and improve the level of flora, I...

Another short update of how things are going here ancistrus are slowly growing for my relief :p placed weeping moss in branches. everythinge else is quietly progressing without major stresses. Nor could it be other way. The aquarium hobby should be both relaxing and pleasure. Took some...

Short update on how things are working here. 50+ small ancistrus joined almost 50 Tanichthys Albonubes. along them came the second eheim 2213 to help. Took some pictures, hope you like them.

Very boring video, sorry about that :oops:

Hehe, it´s the most strange and the biggest inside central tank, it's called peixe-lua or Mola-Mola

If you don't mind i'll show you few pictures of the oceanario and don't forget to smile at him :hungover: more info here: http://www.oceanario.pt/

Olá Paulo, what can i say about it :) totally insane the size of it, it's everybody dream to have at your living room and to a nightmare to keep clean and the bills...! :facepalm: For me it could get bigger fish on it, not monsters for sure :D but maybe more of the size of scalare for sure...

Been there with a small group (no more than 40 :p ) and now i can share with you the pictures. Hope this push you to come visit Lisboa :)

Your plants look very healty. Which bucephalandra is that on 4° photo? More photos and complete setup please.

More shots of details for your appreciation:

Few shots taken in the middle of wc. pH is now 6.2 and kH 3. o_O Amazonia at his best! :banghead:

B&W was my first passion, miss too much those days when i developed my pictures in my durst :( But from now on it will be the color of the plants who rules. The first one i took at 18mm and the second one at 44mm. See the differences ;)

Hello, this is my new aquarium, as usual i have a story to tell :) Before the beggining of last winter me and some good friends went on a hardscape search near the sea, and i was lucky enough to see one big wood portion! Problem, it wouldn't fit any of my aquariums :P I did try to...

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Hello everybody, next weekend we will have again Petfestival in Lisboa, Portugal. If by chance are around please come visit us. More information here: https://www.facebook.com/pet.festival.fil And here you can see the photos of the last year Petfestival...

Great job, well done.

Today was excited while helping my son assembling the Christmas decorations and the result was:) By no means is my intention to offend the faith of anyone, this is just a joke.

Last photo could be a cover shot of any music cd

This shot is amazing, never saw one like this, now i know what happened to my lost never found fish :dead: Do you get your macros with external flash?

Hi Andy, initial hardscape was very promising but as expected the hill collapsed a bit which is a pity. Perhaps bigger rocks would be better? I guess you are running 2 filters just to make the transition from one to other, right? What truly dislike is that huge heater inside, there are some...

I'm a huge fan of yours macros, those little shrimps seems huge :D. Another journal to watch :)

My first participation in a aquascaping contest was last AGA. This was the photo i send them:

Been a while without posting here :sorry: Nothing new really, plants are growing and the same with my shrimps :happy:

Pedro, they do what they do best - make money. No problem with that but don't say that they do it for "bringing more people for the hobby" as result of the contest. As you know there are more contests who trully deserve those words because they are pleased to show what people send and...

200% agree Robert Pedro, if the ialpc is for why they don't release the aquarium shots after the NA Party for free in their website? Because they prefer to sell the images people send and make more money , that's why.

Yesterday I made the first pruning to montecarlo, hope I have not screwed up :(

Great shrimp photos, amazing how you do it with a point and shoot camera! Yellows are my desired next shrimp.

Wow great aquascaping you've got. I'm not a big fan of white sandy rivers but yours is just fine for me :twisted: Hope this time you get more luck with the tank. And great work with the cabinet :clap:

Love the woodscape, one day i'll try manzanita too :p. Now more close shots of ug are highly appreciated ;)

Thanks guys, truly appreciate your compliments. :D Done nothing special i guess :), just planted and fertilize with co2 and macros/micros diy estimate index. It´s my first attempt with monte carlo and loving it! :playful: I do water changes of 50% twice a week too. Anyway not everything goes...

Thanks Allan, still don´t now what to do, i guess small schooling fish and for sure shrimps :)

Two weeks ago: And at last fresh shots:

This is my first attempt to do something close to aquascaping and with some carpet plants. I choosed micranthemum sp. monte carlo after watching George Farmer's iwagumi :) Still i bought 2 portions :) Setup Date: 10 feb 2014 Tank: Eheim Aquapro 60XL 60x35x40cms - 84L gross, 70L net Lights...

I've been playing today with my oldie Pentax-A 50mm 1.4 in my Canon 550D to try some cheap macros. For those unaware, is basically reverse the position of the lens to the body, there are rings that allow attach the lenses to the body, in this case as there was no ring i simply held by hand. For...

Is this the end? :(:(

Another photo update for you, hope you enjoy.

Hi everybody, just a small image update to this journal, everything going well, hope you like it :)

It was hard hard work, believe me ;) Last time i believe was in Oceanário in 2010 at our 7º birthday. Maybe this year we do something :) Believe me pallets are strongh enough. It was the cheapest way but not the most fancy. It would be more nice if we had enough tablecloth to cover.:facepalm:

And finally some of our staff working ;) And finally what kept us awake :p shots of ginginha de óbidos

Shrimps :)

Fresh water aquariums:

Salt water aquariums:

Hi folks, as member of portuguese forum aquariofilia.net i bring you some shots i took last weekend at animal show at petfestival in Lisbon. Some shots of overall stand:

So your aquariums are very secure from now on as long as the guardium doesn´t become thirsty :D Now, don´t you have a macro lens to make some closer shots of the aquariums? :twisted:

So, George, with the savings of buying just one pot of elatine you get enough money to spend in a Giesemann Futura and plus the twinstar?:p Would you consider work as Ministro das Finanças here in our bankrupt country?

Thanks Tim and Daniel :) Just the kit lenses that comes with the body, in this case it's the Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS working at Canon EOS 550D. I shoot raw and edit in lightroom.

Hi there, been a while without updating this journal, not because something as gone wrong or bad things happened, just because been littlle busy starting 2 new aquariums :joyful:, maybe later i show you guys some photos of those :happy: Meanwhile here are some shots of what this nano shrimps...

As soon as i saw the title of the last video i call Pedro asking if that was true - last day .He said yes and invited me to see with my own eyes, so i just picked my camera and drove to his house. So here are my photos of it just before he started cutting the elocharis down.

Welcome to ukaps Pedro :) Hope here you get more help to finish your hardscape and fill with water soon ;)

Started with 6 nine months ago :p, sold 24 and still can´t see how many still inside :D

guess nobody liked :(

Hi everyone, been a while not updating, have a few shots to show you hope you enjoy.

Not from me :p ;) What about the pic," later" means what? :D:D

Yes, it´s true that without precaution you end with awful photos but that depends of how you do it. The true is that software like Photomatix is a bit like Instagram, easy to work with and you don't have to be super pro photoshop user or need of expensive hardware. Unfortunately, not many of us...

I have a eheim 2213 and the tank is less than 30L, so i is high flow for sure :p as you can see when they are in front of the outflow.

Hi, been reading a lot lately about hdr technics, and when i was doing weekly 50% water change i realised the only way i could show what our eyes can see but the camera won´t show was with hdr techniques. So i picked my canon 550D and took 5 shots with different readings and post edit on...

Not really, i don´t do wc very often, in this hot summer days i refill lost water and that´s all.

Another home video, hope not too bad for your eyes ;)

Viktor, it's because of your works and others that publish here that i decided to join this forum, to show what i've got but most of all to see and learn from your admirable works. So keep the great work :clap:

aliclarrk86 - Yes, i did watched the movie but inside this topic, if you click to watch on youtube site it doesn't work because of copyright of the music i added. :( Perhaps you can try this: Later let me know if it works;) ;) sa80mark - thanks for your feedback and for your kind words...

Works fine on my android mobile! Does anyone else had the same problem?

Who said shrimp tanks are boredom?

Hi everyone, forgot to updated this :oops: So let's see what i got: 24 hours later the courgette/zucchini was like this:dead: : And last shot made few days ago: Now i strugle with high temperatures as here in Portugal we suffer from 35ºC/95F and above last week and still more to...

Yes clone, it´s Crystal Glass from Avery Graphics - here you can find more info about: http://www.spandex.com/Images/Avery_Crystal_Glass_tcm35-7231.pdf And yes it´s me :what: applying it on Pedro's videos

Today was courgette's special :)

Playing with movies, hope you enjoy :nailbiting:

Hi everyone, been a while without sharing what's happening here but at least what i have to show you are good news, whatch the photos ;);)

Last night i counted at least 40 shrimplets :joyful: and more still to come. How many do you see on this? And one last shot panoramic view, needs to be trimmed but with so many shrimplets it's not the time:D

Hello, everything is going fine around here, i counted at least 9 babies crs, don't know how many does a normal posture means, anyway some more photos for you;)

Hi, i can´t see most of the photos, anyway nice wk.

Thanks jbirley:thumbup: More shots of the adults and the best at the end;)

Hi everyone, great newws from here, today i found several crs babies :happy: just hope they survive

Olá Nuno, improving my english and learning more from so many talented and experienced people around here.

Hi guys, today i measure the water and got ph 6.2, 1º kh and worst of all only 2º gh . I allready put a little of equo gh+ but still no changes. Is that because i put less than recomended or it takes longer to show results? Anyway shrimps are less visible last two days, i wonder why.:(

Try No-planaria: No Planaria | Green Leaf Aquariums Have one here just for precaution, never used before but other friends of mine had used and with perfect results and very secure for shrimps.

Hi everyone, today i share my latest photos from my shrimps, hope you like it.

Fantastic job, well done Swee. What i don't like....it´s not im my room:(

Hi, this is my Desire plant, had them 3 times and didn't had any luck, first time it did grow and send some runners that i cutted and replanted :banghead:, 2º and 3º attempt didn´t worked too, now in my 4º attempt :D with a tropica vase now - it sloooooowly growing :arghh:. Don´t know why my...

Great nanos low tech, as you i throw to the garbage lots of pistia as it is impossibe to sell them here in Portugal as they are considered plague. I do have also limnobium laevigatum that i love to see on top of my aquariums. I would like to see an updated setup of both aquariums ;)

Hi Steve, thanks and yes i have 2 more photos one month old that i share now: Front view: and from above: As i said before they are one month old, actually the sand is less visible courtesy of my beloved shrimp and snails :banghead: , tenellus and tripartida are fighting for more room...

Hello, as promissed today i start my journal of a dedicated aquarium for keeping crs. Crystal Beach Guesthouse Made in February, 2013 52x26x28 - 35 Lts Filter Eheim 2213 Heater - Jaeger 50W Lighting - 2X15W T8 6500K CO2 and fertilizer - not Hardscape: 3 L Ada Aquasoil New Amazonia, silica...

Thanks for your reply, i started looking for your journal and i wish mine would become just like yours:clap:. So perhaps i should reduce lighting and fertilize with both macros, micros and liquid co2? What kind of dosing should apply? My thermometer reads 24ªC, in the beginning was 22º but a...

Hello, i had the same problem as mafoo considering i too have a "planted aquarium" meaning lots of co2 and ferts EI and 50% wc every week and my crs babies didn´t last long... So i decided to make one crs only tank without co2 or ferts and i now see many hair algaes and bba! Is it possible to...

Greetings everybody, my name is António and i have 3 aquariums at home, started with 160L for fish, second was 85L for plants and later 30L to shrimps, funny i'm downsizing and (in my opinion) upgrading in quality:) As example i show you all i´ve got: 1 2 3