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Hi all I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year! :) Here's a few shots of my home tank, a 30cm cube. It's been set up for a few months and is surprisingly low maintenance. I'm not using CO2 injection but add liquid carbon and Tropica Specialised daily, 1ml each. I...

This pinned topic is to showcase UKAPS Members' full-tank shots (FTS) of fully mature aquascapes. It is designed to be a high-impact and inspirational thread with no dialogue, discussion or feedback. For this reason only posts containing the following are to be submitted - 1. One full-tank...

The final shot of this 'scape before by 6 month 'holiday'. I really miss it, actually. 60cm shallows by George Farmer, on Flickr

60cm shallow in kitchen by George Farmer, on Flickr

Ranked 408th in the IAPLC 2011. I think this is my strongest aquascape to date. iaplc 2011 entry by George Farmer, on Flickr

Hi all, PFK recently commissioned me for a jungle-style layout so this is my attempt, featured as a step-by-step feature in the June '11 issue. It was refreshing to use lots of large-leaved classic species that aren't common in modern aquascaping. Aponogetons, Crinums, Echinodorus, Giant...

This is the final shot of my Dutch, as featured in the Jan '11 PFK. All the plants are now distributed amongst fellow UKAPS Members! :) Season's Greetings to one and all! :D

Three months of gardening like I've never experienced! Hat's off to the Dutch masters. Nature Aquariums are easy! :lol:

I recently set up this and photographed it for PFK Editor, Jeremy Gay. A full six page article is in the latest (Dec '10) issue. Tank - 80 x 30H x 60 cm optiwhite, braceless, rimless, Aquariums Ltd. Cabinet by Aquarium Cabinet Solutions. Lighting - 2 x TMC 1000ND 6500K Filter - New TMC...

Please share with us all your entries for the IAPLC 2010. I'll start with Dan Farmer's - Nature's Reflection. A collaboration between Dan Crawford and I. The photo isn't the best as it was taken during the Interzoo 2010 using tank lighting only and no fancy backgrounds etc., hence the...

I'm posting this as I believe this aquascape deserves some well-earned attention. I hope you all agree. Graeme Edwards aquascaped this huge tank in May 2009, as part of his hard work for The Green Machine. Here's a journal on the TGM site where you can see all the technical details -...

HI all, I've just uploaded a few new videos including my UK biotope, planted marine and South East Asian biotope. Please feel free to leave comments on here or on You Tube, or both. :D http://www.youtube.com/user/gf225

I did this for PFK a few months back - a Mexican Cenotes biotope. Another simple layout. Fish are the rare Liberty molly - Poecilia salvatoris. Plants are Riccia. Wood is locally collected from a lake. Substrate is play sand. 60x30x30cm tank 1200lph external filter 2 x 18w T8 and...

My biotope featured in Feb '10 PFK. March issue is Lake Inle and is also planted. Nice and simple. Play sand, collected wood, leaf litter, E. tennelus and C. furcata. Water stained from leaf litter and Indian almond leaf tea-bags that sit in an external filter. RO water, pH 6, temp 28C...

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This is one of my favourite aquascapes of all time. The whole process was thoroughly enjoyable, from getting wet and researching the biotope, to executing it in my aquarium. All the decor, plants and fish you see here are very similar to what I experienced in the lake, that's about 10 miles...

370 litres, 10 species of Cryptocoryne and 169th in the 2009 IAPLC. :mrgreen: Another 6 months or so would have seen it look much better still, I think, but circumstances meant strip down and sale of the tank. This was one of my favourites due to the long-term and low maintenance aspects...

It's been a while since I posted a full tank shot, so here we go... This has been growing in quite nicely for a couple of months now. No heater or CO2, so growth is nice and manageable. There's some issues with my Nesea but thanks to JamesC it seems to be doing ok. The layout isn't...

60cm - Scree (2010) iwagumi1 by George Farmer, on Flickr 80cm - The Shade (2007) 120cm - South East Asia (2009) 30cm - Little Mountain (2009) 60cm - English Summer (2008) 120cm - Crypt Eternal (2009) 60cm - Espei's Escape (2009) 60cm - Cambodia Blackwater (2009) 60cm -...

Not a true biotope, of course, but you get the idea. One of my best I think - taken about this time last year. My latest 120cm is better and will likely be my ADA 2009 entry. Spec - 216 litres 2 x 54w T5, 8 hours 2 x 1200lph external filters Pressurised CO2 into filter Ecocomplete TPN+ daily...

Some low-res shots from my 60cm opti-white.

This is my 30cm nano. I set it up originally for Tropica, to test out some new plants. http://www.tropica.dk/article.asp?type=aquaristic&id=855 Full tank shot These are Oryzias sp. 'Neon Green' from my brilliant LFS. They're fully grown at approx. 15mm. I feed them crushed quality flake...

This is an aquascape I created over winter 2007. I really enjoyed watching this mature and the eclectic mix of SE Asian fish and plants provided many lost hours of wonder. It was also nice to see that I can turn my hand to more complex layouts, as typically my aquascaping style is relatively...

They're aren't many nice 'scapes on the PFK reader's tanks section, but this is... http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... pload=1318 Is Simon a member here?

Four chocolate gouramis (three in photo). I decided against Apistos. With Sumatra wood and Indian almond leaves I figured some Asian fish would be better and appropriate for a 'true' biotope. I know these guys are difficult, but I like a challenge. I took 6 hours to acclimatise them...

Here's a recent photo of my low-maint, low light, long-term layout. It's been establishing for around 12 months now. Tank Juwel Rio 125 - 125 l. / 33 gal. Plants Microsorium pteropus Anubias barteri var. nana C. balansae C. parva C. wendtii 'green' and 'brown' C. amicorum C. undulata...