Planting on a Budget: A 30cm Nano Aquarium

Click here to view a larger version of the above image. This is the first in our new feature series ‘Planting on a Budget’, which each month will detail a different aquascape designed for ease of setup and maintenance and without the need for pressurised CO2. These features are in response to interest from some of our customers and are generally intended for beginners. The layout of the tank is shown as a frontal and…

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The Green Machine become UK Distributor of Tropica AquaCare products

We are now the UK distributer of the Tropica AquaCare product range. This is an exceptional range of products available at very good prices. We at TGM have been users and believers in this brand long before we opened our retail store. What this means for the general public; we will be actively promoting the AquaCare range of products to retailers throughout the UK, and in doing so, make the range more readily available. By…

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Aquatic Layout Guide- Rules of Composition: The Golden Ratio, Creating Perspective and Layout Shapes

Aquascapes, like all art forms, have a plethora of rules of guidance and application. These rules exist to guide us towards success, and often succeed in doing so. But remember: rules exist only to guide, and a skilled artist can actually enhance their work by bending or breaking the accepted rules if done so in just the right artistic manner: aquatic artistry is no different. *Update* There is now a new ‘Linear Layout’ style created…

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Chasing Rainbows by Andy Mack (True ‘Naturalist’ Aquatic Design)

The goal of the true ‘naturalist’ aquatic designer should be an interpretation of the natural environment, fashioned as much as possible by the forces of erosion, deposition and plant colonisation and as little as possible by the hand of man. Style is a very personal thing. There are no rules, but for me the exposed ‘grain’ of a water worn river’s edge has a much richer tale to tell than the random coalescing of the…

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Do!Aqua Nature Aquarium Goods now available

Do!Aqua Nature Aquarium products have arrived in store and are also available for purchase over the phone and online. Click here to browse our range in our online store. The concept of Do! aqua products is fun-to-use & easy-to-understand; they are carefully designed to encourage the planted aquarium starters to understand how to use them and why they are used. Do! aqua brand offers not only the products for planted aquariums but a wide variety…

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