http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc Discuss aquascaping designs and techniques as well as get critiques on your aquascaping pictures. Find out how to use aquatic plants, reefs, and wood to design a planted aquarium. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:28:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/images/apc/misc/rss.jpg http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66759-chuppy-s-ada60p.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:47 GMT media bio rio Image: http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/ngloon/ADA60P/DSC_3104.jpg Placed the 60P in position, next to my Mini M.. scape still pending for that 1 :p Image: http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa154/ngloon/ADA60P/DSC_3096.jpg general overview of the "fish room" Thanks for viewing, would post updates if I can.. Drew]]> Yet another journal arises.. guess I have too much time :rolleyes:

Well this time, It's my first ADA Cuber Garden, namely, the 60P!

Just assembled / collected the hardware today, will start scaping tomorrow.. pictures are as follow..


The ADA Cube Garden.. which I somehow won from a certain aquarium layout contest here :D


The substrate.. and rocks/wood(in the crate)


Cal-aqua glassware :cool:


A general overview of the stuff I'll be using..

::Info::

Tank : ADA Cube Garden 60P ( 60cm x 36cm x 30cm )
Substrate : ADA powersand S, amazonia I. some cosmetic sand..
Lighting : 36w x 2 ADA PL-L (72w total)
C02 : supplied
Filtration : Eheim Professional 2226 > media bio rio


Placed the 60P in position, next to my Mini M.. scape still pending for that 1 :p



general overview of the "fish room"

Thanks for viewing, would post updates if I can..

Drew ]]> Aquascaping Chuppy http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66759-chuppy-s-ada60p.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66750-first-attempt-more-than-just-growing.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:43:13 GMT I've gotten fairly good at making most things grow, quite well. I'm taking my first stab at actually aquascaping with a 10 gallon AGA. I spent the afternoon stripping the trim rings and cleaning up the silicone. I slopped a coat of light blue latex on the backdrop, then I plopped in a half dozen generous handfuls of Organic Choice and topped it off with some "multi-purpose" sand I picked up at Lowes. I'm used to using dark substrate, primarily Black Diamond. I figured with a rimless 10 gallon, keeping with the "make it look bigger" theme I should go lighter. Play sand is boring, so I went with this, a much coarser, more natural looking substrate.



I plopped in an old piece of driftwood I had laying around and weighed it down with some pieces of shale. In a few days I'll see if the wood has saturated yet.





I'm leaving it at this stage for at least a week, maybe two. I have the stock on order from some very generous members. Once it shows up I'll decide what goes in here and what gets grown out in my 55. I am thinking a background of rotala "green," rotala macrandra "green," and a splash of rotala "colorata." Some blyxa japonica slong the sides of the stump, and a spotty foreground of echinodorus tenellus.

Specs on the finished tank will be:

10 Gallon AGA, stripped rims
Whisper 5-15 HOB
100w Mercury Vapor pendant
Homebrew CO2 run through Whisper
No dosing required with current substrate ]]> Aquascaping El Exorcisto http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66750-first-attempt-more-than-just-growing.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66744-60lt-new-setup-2009-10-a.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:16 GMT Hi Guys,

Here it is my new layout.

Setup day: 2009.10.07





For the moment I did only one trimming but in a few days I need to trim tenellus because is growing so fast and covering the wood that is placed on the middle/foreground.

Pictures from today: 2009.11.19









You can find more information and HiRes pictures on my blog or clicking on the following link: 60lt new layout 2009'10

Setup:

Setup date: 2009.10.07
Size: 55x35x35 (67L)
Heater: 50w
Temperature: 25º
Filter: Aquaclear 18-76L/h
Substrate: Elos Terra Zero, Elos Bottom mineral and Elos Terra from previous layout with 9 months; To renew it I used one box of TerraUno (capsules).

Light: ELOS ELite (LED system)

CO2: ELOS SetECO + ATO-10 @ 1.5bps

Fish: Iriatherina werneri, Boraras maculatus and Otocinclus affinis

Invertebrate: Red Cherry and Crystal red shrimps; and Neritina natalensis

Plants: Eleocharis parvula, Eleocharis vivipara, Cyperus helferi, Lilaeopsis mauritiana, Echinodorus tenellus, Juncus repens, Bolbitis heudelotii, Singapure moss, Hydrocotyle verticillata and Hydrocotyle leucocephala.

Rocks and wood: Seiryu stone and Red Moorwood ]]> Aquascaping FAAO http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66744-60lt-new-setup-2009-10-a.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66712-80-gallon-48-x18-x22.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:45:54 GMT Greetings all;
I'm wanting to rebuild my 80 gallon tank. Currently it has 1 Red Oscar and 2 common Plecos. They are getting new homes.
I'm thinking of going with a Amazon area dwarf cichlids, Apistogramma genus and some tetras and or rasboras to round things out if they stay with theme.
I plan to stack flagstone making lots of caves and areas to grow live plants. Lots of live plants on a pool filter sand base.
For filtration I have Marineland Mag 350, Penguin Mag 350, Whisper 60. 2 200 wat Stelth heaters.
Water temp is 78 deg.
I have well water and it is very soft 2 KH & 3 GH.out of the tap. I plan to put "peat" in the Mag 350 basket lowering the Ph to about 6.5.
This is what my research has given me for ideas so far

Fish I am considering are (10 or so of each)
Apistogramma Cacatuoides
Apistogramma Schwarzsaum
Apistogramma Steinadchneri
Apistogramma Macmasteri

Plants
Echinodorus amazonicus (Amazon Sword) (as a centerpiece background)
Heteranthera zosterifolia (Star grass)
Anubias Nana (Dwarf Anubias) (here and there plant)
Zephyranthes candida (Crinum "Dwarf" onion plant) (center)
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae(Micro Sword ) (Ground cover)


So have I hit my mark or am I way off?
Are there other more colorful fish or plants that would go better? I'm new at this theme stuff. ]]> Aquascaping f1y5thr http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66712-80-gallon-48-x18-x22.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66669-saintly-s-120-hills-desire.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:07:39 GMT it's been a while sinece i've posted a journal here, so here's my latest scape.

similar to my LFS tank but with a twist or 2

the tank will reside in the far corner.



i did think about putting in the kitchen, but my boy looked at me strange.



so it ended up here.



this was 90% complete. a few alterations took place.



and on to the planting.



moss,



here's an image of that very same moss.







directly after filling.



2 days in, and the grass is growing nicely.



4 days in....



this tank is nearly 1 week old, and here's how it looks as of tonight.



updates soon. many thanks folks :D

mark ]]> Aquascaping saintly http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66669-saintly-s-120-hills-desire.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66665-stones-plants.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:52:30 GMT Hi everybody ;) i come back with a little tank before i make the big tank new version . Just for pleasure to have some shrimps...:D Tank : 60*30*35. Aquasoil Amazonia, Clear super, Bacter 100. 2*24W T5. CO2. The hardscape with Seiryu Stones : Image: http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7848/1006519.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/1006519.jpg/) With plants, eleocharis parvula, echinodorus tenellus, lilaeopsis, microsorum pteropus, valisneria nana. It must grow a little more... Image: http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5639/60l015.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/60l015.jpg/) Image: http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7854/60l016.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/60l016.jpg/) Image: http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7373/60l021.jpg (http://img262.imageshack.us/i/60l021.jpg/) Image: http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2841/60lw.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/i/60lw.jpg/) ;) Hi everybody ;)

i come back with a little tank before i make the big tank new version . Just for pleasure to have some shrimps...:D

Tank : 60*30*35.
Aquasoil Amazonia, Clear super, Bacter 100.
2*24W T5.
CO2.

The hardscape with Seiryu Stones :



With plants, eleocharis parvula, echinodorus tenellus, lilaeopsis, microsorum pteropus, valisneria nana. It must grow a little more...










;) ]]> Aquascaping olileon http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66665-stones-plants.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66663-help-me-complete-my-tank.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:51 GMT So i love how the right side and glosso look. i was wondering what to do about the left side. maybe wood or rocks, stem plants... not sure.. let me know what you think!!! Image: http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd129/aaddeo/66132758.jpg So i love how the right side and glosso look. i was wondering what to do about the left side. maybe wood or rocks, stem plants... not sure.. let me know what you think!!!

]]> Aquascaping ara35 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66663-help-me-complete-my-tank.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66662-your-2-cents-good-background-plant.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:59:21 GMT I'm setting up a tank with HC (foreground), and pygmy swords around my rocks and driftwood, what should I go with for a background plant? My intentions for the background plant would be to cover my heater and filter intake. Your input would be great!:D ]]> Aquascaping plooney http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66662-your-2-cents-good-background-plant.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66657-interview-paquale-buonpane.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:12 GMT This Italian aquascaper ranks 22º in the IAPLC contest (the best "occidental")


Here is an interview with him:

http://acuariorosa.wordpress.com/200...uale-buonpane/ ]]> Aquascaping Pereiro http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66657-interview-paquale-buonpane.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66629-aquarium-light.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:18:07 GMT I have small tank 5 l . My light is 9 w and hemianthus cuba grows wery fast but i want to cuba ceate oxigen boobles . What i must doing that cuba create boobles and this light enough for that proces . I have small tank 5 l . My light is 9 w and hemianthus cuba grows wery fast but i want to cuba ceate oxigen boobles . What i must doing that cuba create boobles and this light enough for that proces . ]]> Aquascaping Kova http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66629-aquarium-light.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66628-new-layout.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:11 GMT It's supposed to look like a deserted island type thing...
Thinking about starting off with either dwarf hairgrass and/or lilaeopsis for the base area to look like the jungle.
Some moss on the cracks of the rock.
Still need some lava rocks to cover the base

Opinions welcomed.

]]> Aquascaping obake88 http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66628-new-layout.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66623-10-gallon-rimless.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:11 GMT I started this tank after I tore down my old 10 gallon, and replaced it with a brand new rimless 10 gallon. This is what it looked like at the initial planting:


Basically the hardscape is a piece of Mopani wood sitting on top of 3 rocks, and then 1 bigger rock sticking up from behind it.

This picture was taken a couple weeks ago (look how much the Blyxa grew!)


Now there's more of a foreground, and I trimmed the Blyxa (alot). Here's the specs of the tank:
10 gallon miracle baby rimless tank
Eheim 2213
Marineland Stealth Visi-Therm heater
DIY CO2 with Hagen Elite Filter as a diffuser
2x24 watt T5 HO
EI dosing regimine

Plant list:
Blyxa Japonica
Staurogyne sp.
Hydrocotle sibthorpoides...I can't spell that one;)
Rotala Macrandra 'Green'
Polygonum 'Sao Paulo'
Hygro sp. 'Ceylon'
Anubias Nana 'Petite'
2 unknown Crypts

I'll try and get an updated picture up soon... ]]> Aquascaping ZooTycoonMaster http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66623-10-gallon-rimless.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66612-my-10g-tank.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:59:38 GMT This is the first tank ive had in over a decade, a small 10g, modestly planted and currently home to my betta fishie. When my 75g gets up and running tho this tank will become my quarrantine tank. Lemme know what yall think. Image: http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l11/TruKnight/32635326235353.jpg This is the first tank ive had in over a decade, a small 10g, modestly planted and currently home to my betta fishie. When my 75g gets up and running tho this tank will become my quarrantine tank. Lemme know what yall think.

]]> Aquascaping TruKnight http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66612-my-10g-tank.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66601-gf-s-tanks-stuff.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:22:44 GMT Hey everyone, this is one of my 4ft tanks that holds some of my more precious collection of plants.







This is a native Australian shrimp "Chameleon". It changes it's colour all the time, from clear-Maroon-Red-Black-mottled Brown. It grows to about 2.5cm and eat algae. :)


This is one of my low maintenance display tank. It is not the recent picture. Please excuse the algae.


Thank you! :D ]]> Aquascaping greenfinger http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66601-gf-s-tanks-stuff.html http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66595-great-stuff-foam-rivertank.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:27:24 GMT I know great stuff expanding foam is uses extensively for vivariums. I am building a river tank and wonder if this foam is aquarium safe for the water portion. I'm thinking of coating it w/ silicone and adhering sand and gravel to it. ]]> Aquascaping Juan http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/aquascaping/66595-great-stuff-foam-rivertank.html