Hi,
I've recently been thinking to myself that it is not really fair for me to offer any advice to people without showing my wares so thought I would post some photographs along with a bit of history.
I got my first tank at the age of 11 back in 1971, a 2' x probably 15"x15" a metal framed affair with putty sealing the glass in. Since this time I have had more often than not (working away etc) various tanks mainly consisting of undergravel filters, fish and slowly dissolving plants. That is until my first visit to The Water Zoo in Peterborough approximately 30 years ago, where they had a 4'x2'x2' Dennerle furnished Aquarium, I was smitten. I saved and spent any available cash I had (I had two very young children at the time and now have 4 grandchildren of which one is 15) slowly collecting all the Dennerle Paraphernalia until I ultimately had everything to adorn a 42"x24"x24" aquarium. It was definitely the best looking aquarium around these parts but it was never 100%. During this time I was also one of the founding members of The British Rainbow Society where we used to post the eggs of different species to each other. Unfortunately I do not have any photos form this period of time. I forgot to mention that when I was 15/16/17/18 years old I had a fish room in our garage with about 10-15 tanks.
Fast forward 10 years and for some strange reason I found myself in a position to pretty much replicate the above....
Unfortunately that was the end of my relationship and this tank was never filled with water, the tank was given away as I moved into a first floor flat along with all equipment.
So the next iteration was an AquaOne AR 850 (I think) of which I utilised some of aforementioned equipment.
Along with the nano in the kitchen...
It was around this time that I discovered the Barr Report so it was time to retire from Dennerle's way of thinking and embrace EI and all philosophies that go with it. So out with the old and in with the new and next came the AquaOne 300l UFO corner tank.
Along with the nano in the kitchen..
I think it was around this time that I first met George Farmer and Dan Crawford at The Green Machine during a workshop by Oliver Knott. I must reiterate at this point that I am most definitely not a Scaper just a modest Aquatic Plant and Fish Keeping enthusiast so onward and upward with another scape.
Along with the nano in the kitchen
Next I fell into some kind of love when I spotted a Juwel Lido 200 in my LFS, by now I was getting fed up with the rounded glass front of the UFO and I'm sure the Fish were more skittish when approaching the tank so time for a change.
Along with the nano in the kitchen...
I unfortunately didn't take many photographs of this I don't know why, R2D2...
Along with the nano in the kitchen....
Incidentally while I'm here, a couple of photographs of my other passion...
The one above I built entirely myself and anything that could be carbon was, including the bottle cages.
I'm going to leave it here for now because I'll probably need to go back and do some editing when I can see the full picture and I also now fancy a couple of pints.
In the next couple of days I will come back with the grand finale, my latest aquarium. Hope one or two of you have enjoyed witnessing at least part of my journey in the world of Aquatic Plants according to bazz.
Cheers!
I've recently been thinking to myself that it is not really fair for me to offer any advice to people without showing my wares so thought I would post some photographs along with a bit of history.
I got my first tank at the age of 11 back in 1971, a 2' x probably 15"x15" a metal framed affair with putty sealing the glass in. Since this time I have had more often than not (working away etc) various tanks mainly consisting of undergravel filters, fish and slowly dissolving plants. That is until my first visit to The Water Zoo in Peterborough approximately 30 years ago, where they had a 4'x2'x2' Dennerle furnished Aquarium, I was smitten. I saved and spent any available cash I had (I had two very young children at the time and now have 4 grandchildren of which one is 15) slowly collecting all the Dennerle Paraphernalia until I ultimately had everything to adorn a 42"x24"x24" aquarium. It was definitely the best looking aquarium around these parts but it was never 100%. During this time I was also one of the founding members of The British Rainbow Society where we used to post the eggs of different species to each other. Unfortunately I do not have any photos form this period of time. I forgot to mention that when I was 15/16/17/18 years old I had a fish room in our garage with about 10-15 tanks.
Fast forward 10 years and for some strange reason I found myself in a position to pretty much replicate the above....
Unfortunately that was the end of my relationship and this tank was never filled with water, the tank was given away as I moved into a first floor flat along with all equipment.
So the next iteration was an AquaOne AR 850 (I think) of which I utilised some of aforementioned equipment.
Along with the nano in the kitchen...
It was around this time that I discovered the Barr Report so it was time to retire from Dennerle's way of thinking and embrace EI and all philosophies that go with it. So out with the old and in with the new and next came the AquaOne 300l UFO corner tank.
Along with the nano in the kitchen..
I think it was around this time that I first met George Farmer and Dan Crawford at The Green Machine during a workshop by Oliver Knott. I must reiterate at this point that I am most definitely not a Scaper just a modest Aquatic Plant and Fish Keeping enthusiast so onward and upward with another scape.
Along with the nano in the kitchen
Next I fell into some kind of love when I spotted a Juwel Lido 200 in my LFS, by now I was getting fed up with the rounded glass front of the UFO and I'm sure the Fish were more skittish when approaching the tank so time for a change.
Along with the nano in the kitchen...
I unfortunately didn't take many photographs of this I don't know why, R2D2...
Along with the nano in the kitchen....
Incidentally while I'm here, a couple of photographs of my other passion...
The one above I built entirely myself and anything that could be carbon was, including the bottle cages.
I'm going to leave it here for now because I'll probably need to go back and do some editing when I can see the full picture and I also now fancy a couple of pints.
In the next couple of days I will come back with the grand finale, my latest aquarium. Hope one or two of you have enjoyed witnessing at least part of my journey in the world of Aquatic Plants according to bazz.
Cheers!
