Escarpment Nature Aquarium by James Findley – Step by Step

Visit the aquascape journal for more info https://thegreenmachineonline.com/articles/journals/escarpment-nature-aquarium-james-findley In this 23 minute video, you will see professional aquascaper, and founder of The Green machine- James Findley creating a planted aquarium from scratch. We’ll take you step by step through the process so you can understand the technical and artistic decisions James makes at each stage. James is using one of the most popular sized aquariums on the market- a 60 cm wide, by 30 deep,…

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Red Rock Aquascape Journal by James Findley

James Findley’s recent nano aquascape for The Green Machine shop gallery. This aquascape journal contains 60 step-by-step photographs, along with a 15 minute video that document the creation of this aquascape. This is a 15 minute long video documenting the process step by step, along with narration talking through the techniques and concepts involved in the creation of this layout. The video transcript is at the bottom of this page.   Setup Specifications Aquarium -…

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Arizona Aquascape by James Findley (1600 Litre) The Making Of

In this video you will see James Findley, professional aquascaper and founder of planting one of the large display tanks that are in The Green Machine’s showroom. During this video you will see how James chose and positioned the hardscape, the planting techniques he used, and the sources of his inspiration. Timecode Events: 06:30 Hardscape begins – TGM Fossilised Wood 20:29 TGM Substrate Supports added to gain height in substrate 24:25 Aquarium filled with water…

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ADA’s Substrate Article – Characteristics of Substrate Materials Unperceivable Just by Their Appearance

Not only promoting the healthy growth of aquatic plants, Aqua Soil-Amazonia is also popular as a substrate material ideal for breeding bee shrimps and other aquatic creatures. The greatest feature of this soil is in its quality natural black soil as an ingredient. Then, how superior is Aqua Soil-Amazonia? Let’s compare this product with other types of soil focussing on the trend in water quality.         Aqua Soil-Amazonia Powder Type Among the…

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