Interzoo BABY!

[Dan Crawford]

So George and I are off to Interzoo this evening, we're meeting up with Roy Devani from Unipac at the airport and traveling over with him.

We've gotta celeb packed list of folks that we need to meet up with including Lars Green, Oliver Lucanus, Chris Lukhaup, Oliver Knott and Heiko Bleher! Oh, and some bloke called Jeremy Gay 😉 We're only going till Sunday and theres a packed schedule but we'll be sure to find every new product out there and let you all know.

Graeme is already there and says it's awesome! The tanks that we did for Tropica have made it over and looking good apparently

Woo hoo, Germany BABY!

 

[LondonDragon]

Enjoy the trip 😉 (I am sure you will haha) and take lots of photos 😉

 

[George Farmer]

Chris Lukhaup is rumored to be coming over to the UK with Takashi Amano and Heiko Bleher as part of a "World Series".

I'm also meeting up with David Saxby, owner of D&D and the UK's best reef tank (IMO). See if I can get him into planted tanks...

It's going to be fun! I'm taking my usual camera and compact to get some video footage.

Can't wait to see the UKAPS/Tropica tank. I got a text message from Jeremy Gay saying there were about 20 people standing around it yesterday, all admiring it.

Beir bitte! 😀

 

[Steve Smith]

Without photos, it didn't happen!

Looking forward to pics 🙂

 

[chilled84]

Have a great time, And you make sure to get the inside info! And take care.

 

[Kosh42-EFG]

Tell Saxby that Eco System is the way forward... The days of Deltec are gone 😉

 

[Fred Dulley]

I got a text message from Jeremy Gay saying there were about 20 people standing around it yesterday, all admiring it.

Please tell me it's using glassware pipes 😀

 

[Nick16]

count me in for the world series!!!!

 

[keymaker]

Hungary - UK aquascaping bridge 3+3! 😀 Cool to meet you in person, guys!


(Keymaker, Nigro, George, Viktor, Dan, Graeme)


(Key, Oliver Knott, Nigro, Viktorlantos)

I made some photos at the Tropica stand of the stunning UKAPS-Green Machine scapes... I need permission to post them. Can I?

I got a text message from Jeremy Gay saying there were about 20 people standing around it yesterday, all admiring it.

Check. I have to confirm that it absolutely was a star when I got there... And it still was, when I had to go back a couple of hours later to see it again. 😉

You guys have without doubt made the best scapes around... It was an absolute revelation to sit around and watch them. For me it is obvious that the road you walk is the "One". Respect. :idea:

 

[Garuf]

Looks like you're having fun there. If you could snag one of those elos led lights I'm sure I can find someone who'd have it 😉.
Do we know anymore about tropica's new plants, weren't they meant to be being launched at interzoo? What's dennerle offering? Are the LED lights for their cube rumors true?

 

[Mortis]

Now is the time for you guys to get those cool shrimp you all wanted without the £80 shipping fee

 

[Stu Worrall]

you lucky bunch! looks like a really cool show with tons of planted stuff from the pics

 

[George Farmer]

It was great!

We'll get some photos etc. up soon.

It was brilliant to meet up with our Hungarian friends. Viktor Lantos took this shot the UKAPS/Tropica aquascape.

 

[Krishs Bettas]

Even though its half the tank it looks STUNNING. Great Job.

 

[Kosh42-EFG]

That's teasing... We want to see the other half of the tank too 😉

 

[keymaker]

OK, so here we go with the best tanks at Interzoo 2010:

George and Dan @ Tropica:

Graeme @ Tropica (Nature's Privilege - what a fantastic name):

The making of the previous photo:

Lars Green (?) of Tropica (the incredible Tenellus carpet was pruned several times to keep it dense and short - with spotless leaf-ends!)

Oliver Knott has made 5 great scapes for Tropica, HP Aquarium, Anubias, AquaDeco and Ceab. I sent my full-tank pictures to him and he said he was happy to post them on his site in the coming days, so please check back there later (currently only his wider shots are uploaded). Teaser:

Two stunning Glosso carpets. One from AquaticNature...

... and the other from... ?

Vitrea showtank:

There also were at least 15-20 other stunning planted scapes...

 

[andyh]

WOW!

George, Keymaker Great pictures!

WOW

 

[Tony Swinney]

Awesome work guys - loving the tanks, and pics too Victor. The hydrocotyle maritima is just beautiful 😀

Tony

 

[zig]

Brilliant stuff guys love it all !

 

[viktorlantos]

Tropica tanks were amazing. The acrylic tanks with the beauty healthy plants in it all professional scaped was really the top of the show. we had to visit that several times they were like a magnet

Congratulations to George, Dan, Graeme and Tropica for the Tropica booth.

the strange thing is that Oliver's tank was the weakest at the Tropica booth. he made many excellent tank on other places but the one he had on Tropica not worked out well. maybe the plants overgrown i do not know, but he was beaten by the ukaps guys for sure

i was happy to see that planted tanks were there at many places. probably half of the tanks or more were planted at Interzoo. And finally many company realized that they need prof scapers to do the job. The result was really good.

it was a pleasure to meet the ukaps founders. we had so much virtual talk here, but to meet with you guys worth the trip alone