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There's a bit of a difference between adjusting the contrast and brightness sliders vs copying and pasting your fish though. I thought that these contests asked for RAW photo files to be kept so quite suprised that ADA did not ask for and check these from the winning entries.

Hardscape is way too small/low and background is very distracting.

Looks very nice! I would just make sure you give it a good soak in case there are any extra contaminants e.g. salt.

They actually meant to far backward - no space for any plants behind.

I would have the substrate more or less uniform across the front - max around 4 cm. I would get a much larger rock for the main rock (the current main rock you have is probably perfect for 45p). The rock on the right looks a bit out of place currently, however you could cover it with...

I got ADA after previously having Dymax... not a lot of choice in Australia. ADA much better because the the outlet size is much smaller and appropriate for the tank generating higher flow.

There's loads of other brands on aquasabi too... not sure about stock levels but ADA certainly isn't the only one. The other option is to buy a pipe reducer.

Thank you very much, think I will probably go for this one. Any ideas for plant species anyone? Going for CO2 and ADA ferts. I'm thinking HC for a the front bit at least as anything else might be a bit tall.

So, got the other rock today at work and got home and smashed it. Here's what I've come up with, the rocks are now all taller so hopefully with a small plant like HC and low pruning I shouldn't have a problem with disappearing rocks so much. I took a couple of shots with level and sloped...

Yeah, think I'm going to have problems with the plants being too big though :/.

Yeah it's just I am about a centimetre or two from the lower grill! As you've worked with this tank, you'll know where it is, do you think covering this up will pose any problems? What would you say was the better scape? Think I'm going to have to discover some insanely low plant for the...

Just done another scape guys, did the rock smashing as I did and now I've made a three rock scape with rocks a bit larger than the last one. As a note, I envy people with rectangle tanks that aren't the size of a pint glass right now. Think this one trumps the last one, think I might need to...

Yeah that's what I was thinking but I didn't want to impose too much on the middle rock cause it's pretty good. I could try and have another go and smashing my other large rocks and see what I come up with. I still have a couple of centimetres of AS powder to go in also. Not really sure what...

Just thought I'd make a post here to see what people thought about it and how I can improve it. It's pretty much my first attempt at a proper scape let alone Iwagumi so here goes. Been quite hard to make it look good due to the viewable dimensions on being 17cm x 15cm x 22cm.

It is most likely to fail the fizz test is I'm pretty certain it contains calcium as it is indeed marine rock.

Maidenhead Aquatics.

MA have a selection usually do big JBL tree roots and the like.

I quite like the general idea, I'm no expert but maybe you could spread rock into other areas of the tank rather than having it mainly in one section, and also the transition between soil heights may be a bit harsh.

Yeah ok I didn't completely discount it, just thought it's not important as in the plant hobby IMO, and my marine tank isn't a rock wall. However, conversely you do get some nice rock wall esque scapes, do to the nature of the rock the walls have different depth and height etc and caves and so...

Oi some of us here are reefers :P. Aquascaping isn't too important in a reef tank though really, because if you end up heavily stocked with corals they will grow out and become the aquascape.

Just to say about Angelfish I bought a pair and they now breed! (And I don't even do water changes very often at all.) Anyway what happens is they usually spawn on my Juwel Filter or Fluval Filter inlet and in their last spawn a few of the eggs hatched. I put them into a breeding cage but my...

No it's still quite alive.

Re: 120cm, 370 litre preview Yeah got it today, looks like it has grown since the pictures in pfk?

Re: 120cm, 370 litre preview Just what I've been looking for! I'm assuming the April edition is out really soon? I'm a subscriber too.

Just going to bump this thread as I want to start over again. I'm thinking of going with mainly crypts and different sizes and some wood here and there with moss on (already have the wood and moss). Obviously I'll want some balanse (excuse my spelling of it) and then varying sizes right down...

Just wondering but what lighting stuff will you be using? I have a Juwel Rio 180 and I want 4 T5s for marine.

How much is Flouro? I need some for moss.

Jbl Set Easy 1 £60 Extra Bottle £9 Solenoid £20 Europe to UK plug £5 4dhk solution thingy £6 Bubble Counter £6 Rhinox 2000 Diffuser £10 2 Clear Suction Cups from AE £1 (Recommended by AE, and I trust them, of course!) Good, I think my Dad is going to talk to my Mum about it soon.

They have said no.

It would just cost more money. I doubt they would sell it to me specially. Despite this, I have enquired.

Why wouldn't this work anyway?

So just to confirm the above will FULLY give me CO2 and I won't have to buy anything else? ...And it will FULLY work? If so I'll start buying. My Dad is going to talk to my Mum about it but I'm pretty sure I can get all of this.

Why'd I need more tubing? Can't I cut the stuff I get with the Easy Set? My Dad can get a timer easy. I'd just need the plug. Which is like £5. JBL comes with a check valve. If I have a Drop Checker (included with JBL) would I still need a bubble counter? Shopping list: Jbl Set Easy 1...

Well without a solenoid 2kg would run for 9 months, but the 500g I'll use only 2.25 months. If I had a solenoid it'd be at least about 5 months (if I'm lucky) and since I'm only 14 would be much more affordable for me. Would that solenoid work with JBL Set Easy 1? If so I'd have a Co2 kit with...

Yeah I suppose do you know of any cheap first hand solenoids? Found one, not sure if it's any good, but I know the company is meant to be: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CO2-magnetic-valv ... dZViewItem

WHERE WILL I FIND IT FOR £90?!?!!?!? Sorry I could only find it for like £160 so I'm a bit excited. Also heard there's a D-D set which is about £100, think it has a solenoid but not sure.

My Dad doesn't want to do it...

Well I am only 14 Years old (almost 15) and I don't think I'd be safe to work around a FE. I don't think my Dad would want to do it either really. Isn't there a way to get the reg to fit welding bottles or something? I may ask my Dad about a FE but I'm not sure if he'd do it. Nah I just asked...

Is that Java fern in there with the crypts, or is it a form of crypt? Yeah that was the tank I was thinking of, thanks a lot. So basically I need to get lots of crypts. (I also forgot I couldn't really do Iwagumi because I need some wood for my Clown Pleco.) I've made a post in the CO2 forum...

Ok well I have a Juwel Lido 120 (60 x 40 x 60cm) and I'm kind of confused about what plants to use and how to scape it. - 2 x 24W Juwel T5HOs (Amazon Frogbit avaliable to dim the lights) - No CO2 - EI solutions that Ceg told me to use (I don't think these are regular EI) KNO3, KH2PO4, MgSO4...

Hey how big is your filter? I'm thinking of getting one. This scape looks promising.

Ok then I will buy off AE the following: Azoo Mignon ___ Rocks Wood

Question: -Rock or Rock and Wood? -Anything else to buy?

Wow you seem to have got a lot out of that 2kg. Maybe I shall see what other stuff I could spend some money on. Since you get a lot maybe I should just buy lots of rock instead of wood. Not sure what to buy off AE really.

No problem with the hijacking. I'm sure I will have moss growing up my bedroom wall by the time I get my tank set up.

Thank you very much that would be a great help to me :).

Well if I managed to have enough cash to spend £50 on Aqua Essentials (which I probably will) I'll buy a bit of redmoor (It comes singulary I think, I'm not sure the site description is a bit confusing) I should get like 12kg of rock and a bit of redmoor. Should be plenty to be honest. It'd...

Tom's Tank seems to have riccia instead of moss. I'd be a bit worried getting the landscape rock since It costs quite a bit and I wouldn't know if I had got enough. Maybe if I get some rock and some redmoor wood. There's two things wrong with getting rid of the fish: 1. My parents 2. Will the...

If I were to change my Black Neons and Phantoms to something smaller then I'd have to take them to the fish shop which I'm not sure If I would be able to do. Does anyone else want to answer my questions rather than criticise my fish choice. The tank is practically almost a 2fter anyway. -...

I don't really see my parents letting me take my fish back to the shop (even if they do take them!) but I will ask. My birthday is the 22nd of June so it won't be a while but If you were kind enough to donate moss I could harvest it on the top of my big tank (with 2WPG T5HO :)). I found Dwarf...

What would you suggest then? a couple of Windelov ferns amongst the moss would probably fit too if I can source them. Gotta go will be back in the morning probably.

I already have the tetras otherwise I'd probably try flame tetras or harlequins or something. Frogbit is a great idea (especially since I have plentiful supply with huge roots in my main tank :lol: .)

Since it's nearly my birthday I am looking at making use of my 9g tank. I was thinking of making it a moss tank since it would be a cheap solution and I could use the equipment I already have. The tank is 50cm x 25cm x 30cm and has 14w of T8 light. Making about 1.5WPG of T8. I will have ferts...

2 would be good on its own, 5 if you have more pieces.

The ferts and Easycarbo are now here (very quick, thanks AE.) I will start dosing tomorrow and perhaps make a journal.

Is their plant Amazon Frogbit by any chance? I really like this set up of yours.

Yes obviously. Maybe you should give it a go.

Re: Re: Yeah taking some of my fish away would bother me. Although my Yoyo Loach is going to my friends Dad's 6' tank since he won't behave in my 30g so I had to move him to 10g.

I do hope that is a joke. :P

I did take some photos... but that was kind of before I did the rescape. By the way my snails have started multiplying, last night I saw 7 babies on my wood, just now I saw a few around. I'm thinking about getting a plant to attach to my wood. I like Anubias, of yes and I'm recieveing some...

Re: I have since found out they are and I have good news. I have managed to sell my laptop bits for £25, whether my Mum will let me keep this I do not know. I owe my Mum £45 but I still need to sell my old tank which will pay the debt off. So if my Mum lets me keep the cash, I'll be buying...

I think he uses it because it's the same as EI and my convenient.

Just a question but would using dry ferts be feasible and cheaper than TPN?

My lights is 7 hours now with 3 1 hour gaps, when I get ferts I'll change this back to 10 hours. Gotta go to school now bye. I am back, I'm going to get easycarbo it is cheaper.

Ok then new shopping list. - TPN+ - Excel I suppose it'd be better to leave out the co2 for now and see how they do on this. - Ok, as I'll keep low-tech how much water change should I do and how often? - Do you think the crypt leaves are naturally brown? They seem to grow brown rather than...

Would those plants be ok under my light? I can't dose excel because I don't have any. Ok then I have one answer, it says dose 5ml per week per 50l of water so I'd dose about 10ml per week. Ok then I think I shall try reducing my light from 10 hours to 7 hours with 3 1 hour gaps. Sounds good...

Ok well I am looking to get CO2 pretty soon anyway. I'll be having 2 Nutrafin Canisters and two rhinox 1000s if nry wakes up. I haven't really been doing many water changes, nowadays I only do it when my test kit says so because my typical stats have been: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10-20 pH...

I really thought I was going to succeed this time, but at least I now know that it's far from a piece of cake. I have lots of algae problems, and am generally unhappy with my scape, I want to create something great! I like the Iwagumi and Red Moor Wood (With moss) scapes but I'm unsure if these...