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Hi everyone. Began brainstorming ideas and browsing and came across nature aquariums and their stunning layout. So bought a 60l a while back and decided for a triangular layout scape. The rock is that dragon stone thingummy and I'll be adding more pieces of driftwood and spider wood to...

Hi all! Newbie from Norfolk here! Firstly let me apologise for the lack of knowledge and 'technical terms' .. before this week I had zero knowledge of anything to do with aquariums 🙈 Me and the better half have recently inherited a tank, and last weekend finally got around to setting it up...

Looking on adding some more plants to my tank what do u think of this selection? 1x Echinodorus ozelot Red 1x Pogostemon erectus 1xAlternanthera reineckii Purple 1xNymphoides spec. Taiwan 1xPogostemon helferi And 5 more Monte Carlo ? Any advice would be appreciated

Hello, I'm still a newbie so I have a lot a questions and appreciate a lot your help. I haven't started because i want to know everything I need to know before, i had a 200litre tank in Portugal where I did water changes with tap water but the water was so diferent. My idea is to do a planted...

Hi everyone. I'm about to start my first aquascape project but I'm struggling to get my head around a few bits so some advice would be appreciated. I've taken on some advice already from previous posts so thanks again for that. Tank: Fluval Edge 2.0 23l Style: Iwagumi Lighting - Standard...

Here goes my first aquascaping journal. Right now it is little more than a twinkle in my eye - I have ordered a second hand copy of Takashi Amano’s “Nature Aquarium: Complete Works 1985-2009” to whet my appetite and I’ll keep this thread updated with my progress. Loads of ideas and no clue, how...

hey guys, Newbie here from Leeds. I am planning to set-up my first aquarium and while looking for videos in Youtube, i came across with “Aquascape”. It looks fantastic and it inspired me to set-up my first aquascape. Thanks there is a site like this which i believe would be helpful to a...

I will start my journal with a misinformed confession; I never thought I would go down the freshwater route as I thought it was boring. I can hear booing and hissing from the seats in the back. ;) I was a marine girl through and through. My saltwater aquarium was my pride and joy, I had LPS, a...

Dear Ukaps, 1.5 month ago I introduced myself to the forum. I bought Iain Sutherlands 300L optiwhite tank he used for his barb island, which is absolutely brilliant. Although I haven't posted for 1.5 month I am really grateful for this forum as it is a valuable source of information I...

gulp here goes my first foray into planted tank land all criticism gratefully received... this is no doubt the start of a series of blunders and miss steps. but its all part of the fun I guess substrate is in with a collection of rocks I am figuring out how to attach various bits and...