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Thanks every one. Joecoral is right, it's redmoor wood, there are pictures of it in my 150L thread. I got it locally, but Aqua Essentials have some. Making a tank is easy, it is just a bit intimidating because it involve glass and water. Silicon is very strong, even if you mess thing up, a...

Thanks Radar, The bummer is the tank needed just one more trim to finish the aquascape.... Well if I got it right :lol:

After the leak of my 150l I decided to do a rimless aquarium. The old cabinet had to be trimmed and resprayed to accommodate the new one. The dimensions are 75x42x40 cm and 8mm thick. The glass degreased, cleaned and masked. Assembly. Drying with a bit of water to keep the humidity...

The aquarium leaked last monday, it is now in the skip and those are the last pictures.

Hi George, Very nice, it will grow in a very attracting aquascape. Interesting blog to. The tank look much better with out the hood. Do you know the concentration of N/P in TPN+? I use it in a 12L with EasyCarbo (no CO2) and it's going pretty good so far, great product.

I cut it once or twice a month at about a inch, to give some water circulation and it seam to avoid algae even if the carpet is very compact. I am at six month with out having to replant it or algae.

The tank need a good trim and a bit of rearranging. ;)

Thanks every one. I let the tank down the past two weeks, work, parties etc... la vie quoi! ;) . I run out of CO2 the 2kg and 5kg bottle and was to lazy to get up the morning to get them refile, so most of the time it's been running with no light or just 2x24W. But it is not to bad and the good...

Thanks Reims, the plants are: Bacopa australis - Eleocharis parvula - Eleocharis accicularis - Eleoacharis Vivipara - Hemianthus micranthemoides - Peacock moss - Rotala sp. green - Juncus Repens - Ludwigia Arcuata - Cryptocoryne Parva - Cryptocoryne Petchii? (not sure about this one). In my...

Thanks nry and The muleous. @ nry: What don't you like, the Juncus behind the Crypts? I done a few changes, hope it's for the better.

A morning photos session, so there are some reflections and the colors are not very good.

Thanks Corin.

Thanks, but I only enter AGA for the fun and the comments of the jury. This aquascape will never win anything, there is nothing new, easy plants etc... and I think the level will be quiet high this year. The only way I can win some thing is if Cyprus do an aquascaping contest and I will probably...

You are welcome. Nry, answer the question pretty well. The lilly pipe do a good job for braking the protein film with out degazing to much witch anyway does bother me to much as to refill of my 5Kg bottle cost CY£10 and CY£5 for the 3kg.

I don't know, will see, thanks anyway. Thanks George. I prune it every two weeks and to be honest I don't know why because in my previous scape I never pruned it. No but I think the days are counted now, it is very dense and I don't really know how long I am gone get away with it. Ha la...

Sorry to hear your little problems George but with out them the hobby will be a bit boring. :lol:

Wow, Thanks Sam, that's a very nice comment to say. :blush: Thanks Mlawson, no I did not enter this aquascape, but I did enter the previous one, the one in my sign (you can click on it and see much more great aquascape). Thanks , but don't be jealous, it's only plants. ;)

If you really want drawf hairgrass, go for the Eleocharis Parvula and not for the Accicularis which grow up to 20cm. I can not tell you where to get them because I got mine from AE few month back when Richard was still selling plants , but I think Bistrall (speeling?) sell Tropica plants.

Here are the news, I redone most hove it. I broke my lilly pipe a couple of weeks ago, at 3am and got a nice shower. My harms was to short to stick my finger on the bit of pipe left and with the other hand open the cabinet and pull the plug of the 2028... I had to let it go... :lol: I must I...

Try to find a supplier who sell emersed plants, that will help a lot. Few times I received plants from the UK and France who got stock in the post. for just over a week. The lost are big and some time I lost 100% of a specie. Over my head here are a few plants that I remember took a week to...

I am not hundred % sure, but I believe it is red moor wood like the one AE sell.

@ Themuleous. Thanks for your input. Do you think the wood was better in the first picture? I do agree the wood look a bit bulky. It still floating a bit so every time I knock it has tendency to go up. To be honest, I start to be tired to mess with it (a month). If I don't manage some thing...

Hi George, Of course you may, I am glad you did. Thanks for your comments. I agree with you about the wood, things need to be improved. I bought 5/6 pieces of this wood and thought it will be more or less a piece of cake to do the hardscape. Well... I was wrong. :lol: You're right as well for...

Thanks Liam, I now use Purigen, That's maybe why the pictures look better. I don't think my photography skill did improve. :lol: The wood is maybe a bit to center but I tried a bit more on the left an it wasn't right either. The Arcuata will be the focal, there is also some Najean in front of...

Here is few shots after replanting the bush and playing Dr Frankenstein with the wood. It is better, but I am still not sure about it. So your comments and critics are welcome.

Thanks Corin. Thanks Sam, I agree with you. I forgot to mention that the aquascape is two weeks hold. So the bush never been trimmed. There is some Crypt and Accicularis on the left, witch need to grow. I am thinking as-well to move the wood a inch or two to the right. The problem with the AM...

Thanks every one, @ DevUK : The moss is Peacock.

Thanks Biulu, In the second picture, at the back is Eleocharis Vivipara and in front of it, it is Juncus Repens. On the top of the Tropica substrate I used 10/15cm of black fine gravel.

Hi evry one. I open a new topic here, which is a more appropriate place than the one before. My last aquascape for reminder: Alex's 150L v1 I replaced my Prodac substrate by 5L of Tropica substrate and 36 Tropica capsules. I added two Giesemann PowerChrome T-5 aquaflora. So now the light is...

Hello everyone and thank you for the comments. Corin is right, the foreground is Eleocharis Parvula. @ syntax-error: On the wood there is 2 ferns (Microsorum Pteropus and Microsorum Pteropus "narrow") and the moss is Peacock Moss.

Thanks, it's a Resun :sad:

Thanks for the comment. Yes just the Neons, the Botia Striata (Snails control) and the Cherry Shrimps. I can not get any other fishes here...

A photo from today. As you can see the synchronisation of the grow after cutting, did not go well. I almost lost all my Arcuata to. Hover shadowed, I think. That is why she is planted in the middle of the Eleocharis, just to save the little I have left. But, I just got that.... So, I give...

Yes, it is Eleocharis Acicularis that George used in his nano. I would say Eleocharis Parvula is more adapted to do a foreground carpet as it stay low and don't need to be trimmed. The Eleocharis Acicularis is better as a middle ground plant. The only difference apart the height is the way they...

Microsorium pteropus Windelow (Tropica: Microsorum pteropus 'Windel�v').

A bit difficult to say like that with out knowing your set up (CO2, light, etc..). But some midground plants will be a good thing. ;)

I have past many orders to Aqua Essentials, equipments, plants and shrimps. Never had problem, I often recommend this shop on French forums and never heard anything bad. Why did not you take pictures of the plants? Packaging or not, I am sure they can make the difference between the Vallisneria...

I am a bit a perfectionist. So having a plant who don't grow well, don't look is best is not an option for me. So the next best things are easy plants :lol: . I can agree that I have to many Rotala etc.. But like you say this is a hobby and I can get quiet stress at work... And since I'm running...

Thanks very mush. "Natural talent" it is a bit to mush, I don't do aquascaping for very long. I been keeping fish for more than 20 years on and off, work, moving from France to the UK and to Cyprus. What ever I was keeping I all ways tried to make a natural fell, even when I was 14 and keeping...

:lol: It is just the HC have a little reputation. It don't grow and die in aquariums where they should have every things they need. :unsure: