In this aquascaping tutorial we’ll guide you through each stage of the creation of a huge planted tank layout by founder of The Green Machine and professional aquascaper James Findley. Aquascapes are fine-art tropical fish tanks where the focus is on plants and natural décor, rather than fish. This tank is huge- the same tank used in Nature’s Chaos aquascape which you can find several videos for on our website. https://youtu.be/VuScdr53SM8 Setup Specifications AQUARIUM & CABINET TGM All…
This video focusses on aquascape maintenance. You can use the info as a guide for completing essential maintenance on your aquascapes. Learn how The Green Machine team maintains our beautiful Nature Aquariums. https://youtu.be/LLlme-XGZ6s Video Timecodes 00:48 Water Change 01:35 Gravel Cleaning 02:55 Dead Leaf Removal 03:23 Debris Removal 03:53 Aquarium Cleaning 05:00 Syphon 06:00 Gravel & Sand Adjustments 07:31 Sand Freshening 08:31 Stone & Rock Cleaning 09:35 Gravel Freshening 10:29 Finished Shots Video Transcript 00:00 Welcome back…
Learn how to create this aquascape yourself in this step by step guide. We cover filter and CO2 setup for the first time. We’ve listened to your feedback and we are going to be focussing on making our videos even better, and making more of them. Making our videos uses a lot of time and resources, so to enable us to do more we’re asking for a small fee for some of our new videos-…
TGM Fossilised wood is a stunning form of stone that brings a unique sense of age and atmosphere to an aquarium. It is sometimes called petrified wood, which comes from the Greek ‘petri’ meaning stone or rock and therefore literally means ‘stone turned into rock’. Fossilised wood is literally wood, or plant materials, from thousands of years ago that has been preserved by the process of permineralisation: the fossilising process in which all the organic…
Eleocharis sp. ‘mini’ is a relatively new plant species on the aquascaping market. As a result of that, it can provide the aquascaper with an opportunity to explore new creativity by experimenting with layouts, designs and uses. This plant is a medium level difficulty in that it is not quite as easy as Acicularis and standard Parvula, but it is not much more difficult and with the correct advice from a reputable and experienced aquascaping store…