The Green Machine Wins Plant Retailer of the Year again!

For the 4th year running we have been voted as the top Aquatic Plant retailer in the Practical Fishkeeping magazine readers poll.We’ve won this award in 2010, 2011, 2012, and now 2013!On top of this we also won Wales retailer of the year and are listed in the top 40 shops.We’ll continue to be the best right into 2014 and beyond.Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

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An Article on Red Aquatic Plants

Winter is on its way, with Christmas not far behind…so its time to add some colour to your life! Nature Aquariums are particularly vital additions to the home during the long, barren, frosty winter months: they add colour, vitality and energy to our homes in a way that nothing else can. Professional aquascaper and founder of The Green Machine, James Findley has recently been experimenting with red plants in the Nature Aquarium – his recent…

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Nature Aquarium Cabinet Guide – Find your perfect aquarium stand!

Cabinet Choices An aquarium cabinet may not be the first thing that springs to mind when contemplating your next Nature Aquarium, but the cabinet you choose will have a huge impact on the overall look and feel of your aquascape… so choose carefully! At The Green Machine we only supply our own TGM Custom Build Cabinets and ADA Cabinets. This is because we have not found any other cabinets that we are happy with. When…

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The ADA Beetle Counter: A Collector’s Item

The ADA Beetle Counter is a highly practical, easy to use bubble counter for large aquariums, to allow you to see how much CO2 is going into your aquarium. But it is so much more than that…. Every single ADA Beetle Counter has been handcrafted by a single Japanese skilled glass artisan…and they are so fine, complicated and difficult to make that no one else has ever managed to do it. The ADA Beetle Counter…

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James Findley ADA Nature Aquarium Demo at Charterhouse Aquatics

On Sunday 3rd November 2013 James Findley performed an ADA NAture Aquarium demonstration in Charterhouse Aquatics’ East London showroom. The layout was an Iwagumi which was created in a stunning all ADA setup. We are plannign on updating this page in future with more shots of the maturing aquascape. Like this article? Read more like this… ADA’s Substrate Article – Characteristics of Substrate Materials Unperceivable Just by Their Appearance Summer Time is Wabi-Kusa Time….get your…

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