So Many Beautiful Aquascapes!! 💚
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- I give a full tour of Aquarium Gardens, my local aquascaping specialist store in the UK. There are loads of beautiful display nature aquarium planted tank aquascapes!
Which one is your favourite and why?
Keep on scaping!
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I like Philippe’s because of the color variation, the balance and variety of plants used. Awesome.
Great tour George thank you! And now another lovely display for our showroom, thanks again for your excellent workshop yesterday!
All great scapes the one with the red plant on top was my fav.🐠🌿🐟😎
Awesome video. Nice to see beautiful scapes up close and personal. Many thanks from Canada.
George I love watching your videos ! Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks 😊
I just set up a 29 gallon tank iwagumi style I want to do a carpeting plant could you recommend a light and a plant that can grow without CO2?😀 thanks in advance 😎
Favourite tank would have to be the 3 foot that Filipe did. The shape of layout and the plant selection and colour just appeal to me, I like his style. That Buce is possibly a type of Brownie Ghost. There are a few different ones, can be hard to tell from a little snippet of video but they are extremely hard to come by and I'm lucky to have a couple different ones that were very difficult to find. Great tour George, thank you.
I love trident fern as well. Such an elegant plant.
I can't conclude if it's a store or an art gallery. Thanks for sharing this wonderful place .
What a shop!
The 1500 for me! The direction of the wood and the massive ferns give it a minimalist look at first glance, but close up you see there is more than meets the eye. Love it.
They are all lovely George thanks for sharing.
Thanks Bill 👍
Spoilt for choice! Best shop in the UK by far so many incredible scapes. Impossible to pick one! Top 4 - first iwagumi, reminds me of a hillside very creative. The two 900’s, great colour on the first, second great depth deception with the middle valley, finally the 1500 - looks the most natural for me, love it, and the ferns are stupidly big and dense. Stunning
Thanks Jake! 👍
I love this video, even more so after today. I've bought plants online from AG before, but today was my first chance for a 300 mile round trip to the store to buy some equipment. Steve was fab, couldn't have been helpful. You could spend hours in that store just messing around with hardscape.... Loved it. In terms of my favourite scape, the Aquascaper 1500 is impressive but for me, has to be the 900. That thing is beautiful!!!
Was going to say the first tank, but that 900 tank, reds and greens together, beautiful, that is the best for me!
A stunning store...stunning scapes
candyland of a shop, and no cheesy florescent plastic decors. thanks for this video.
Cheers! You’re welcome 😊
Our favorite is the 900 with the ember tetras. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! so amazing. here in the usa such places are rare. In fact, I've never been to such a place. Most shops here are filthy and run-down, dead fish, few live plants. Its inspirational to see what is going elsewhere. yes, the USA is in rapid decline.
Thanks George love to c u in Australia some time mate love ur work 😍🙏👌
So far the aquascape 900 is my favorite. Beautiful colors, and set up. The fish seem to help with the contrast.
Love them all but the one phillip olivera
Done is my favorite I live the night and the red plant just sets it above the rest thanks George
It's the 1500 (125 us gallon) tank. Absolutely stunning, and more my type. Long way off getting my half pint version of this up to snuff. Might be cause I'm partial to all the bucephalandra hiding out in the tank. My second favorite would be the one Dave set up, again partial to Bucephalandra (Deep purple I suspect). Stunning. I also like the Iwagumi, but I feel like it is missing something to finish it off. Truthfully wouldn't know what to do for the finishing touch either. Wish there was a big enough tank to combine the Iwagumi and the Dave did! Wold look super cool with Iwagumi inspired center and heavy planted sides!
Off topic, but love your username. :)
I told my kid to get me an e-mail address set up after getting locked out of yahoo. And this is what he gave me. I left it alone, obviously funny.
All the Aquarium Gardens scapes are beautiful! My favorite scape is the beast. I love the overall composition, the fact that it’s designed to be a long-term, relatively low-maintenance (vis-a-vis trimming) aquascape that is suitable for a busy hobbyist to maintain. I have harlequins at home myself, and I love seeing mature ones in great condition like this-amazing color! My second favorite is Dave’s scape with the cardinals, although I personally would choose a more natural gravel color. Just my own taste; it’s lovely as is, of course. :) What a super shop!
The shop is looking great.. All the tanks are beautiful but of course the 1500 does it for me really love the bigger scapes. The 900 is a close second. Watched your recent workshop there and you seemed so much at home and relaxed than at other workshops. Another nice video 👍👍👍
Thanks Vinnie 👍
Aquascaper cube running c02,love how the plant growth has covered the ehiem skimmer 👌
Love the next tank too. The gigantic 125 gallon, awesome. Love the size, the greenery, the overall setup.
Amazing!! Beautiful!!!
I like the no co2 tank, the contrast of greens are lovely. The one next to it looks lush and full but the greens are all much of a muchness. There's such a contrast of greens in comparison in the lower tech version.
Great shop! Very beautiful scapes. My favorite is the Twin Peaks Path(the last one reviewed) :)
The beast is beautiful, I want those ferns! I also want that red plant from the island scape. The Iwagumi is lovely. I don't normally like Iwagumi (I favor the overly planted, jungle look), but the textures in this Iwagumi are amazing. I want to walk within the scape and touch all plants to feel their textures.
Filipe Oliveira👍 Super Colors and different textures 😍
My favourite was the last one with the two islands and second favourite was the triangular composition with super red plant really cool scapes 👍😎
Awesome! Finally a video thats as close to leaning into the tanks in person. As always thank you for sharing. Have a great day!
Love that mini Xmas moss tank! So cool, glad to hear the nerite snails helped out. I would love to see some riccardia, mini pelia, and fissidens in that tank along with the xmas! Maybe even some marimo algae too. Embrace the moss!
Hi George, hello from the Cayman Islands, can you do another video explaining how the little green houses work. I’ve never seen anything like it!
The "900" Aquascape is my favorite. I love the splash of red color of the center stemplant.
Although the "two island" scape is stunning as well.
And non of the scapes is boring, really.
All of them look really amazing but I'm going to go with the aquascaper 600. I really like the combo of plants used and how lush and green it is. Beautiful!
The tank next to the empty aquascaper 600 is my favourite! Because they are both not symmetrical and you have more things to look at. Love the details and how bushy it gets!
Interesting to hear you mention the algae issue with the christmas moss. I just tore all of mine out of my tank yesterday. So much thread algea and some tuffs of BBA. Some spots were salvagable but others were not. I have a low tech tank which I dose with ferts and Excel. It seems like the algea only preferred the moss..we'll see. It's been sort of a nightmare
Fillipe's scape is my favorite. I love the chaotic lush layout, and triangle scapes tend to be my favorite. Next would be either yours or the iwagumi with the mini xmas moss.
Mini Christmas moss!! my community fishes ate $100 worth of Riccardia Chamedryfolia within a week so I'm switching to mini Christmas moss. Thanks for showing nice samples of it George 😍
lucky to have a aquascaping shop like that so close to your house where I come from there's nothing even close great video thanks
Many beautiful arrangements. I love them all! :)))
Beautiful aquariums, very nice.
My vote is for the 900. I want them all but i prefer alittle red in there. I need some Farmer love on my 220 discus. Im struggling with a planted tank at high temp water for discus.
So my three favorite are the beast and the ones Jurjis and Felipe did. I also love the Irigumi with the moss. I’m a huge fan of misses and how they provide different looks and textures.
I suppose the beast is my top pick. 1. I love the size. I’m in America so I love big tanks. Lol. 2. I love the trident ferns.
The tank at 16:21 is great but it I can't help to think it would look better if it was shaped the opposite way with the sides higher and the island lower down and MC in the front with rotala green instead.
Buitfull aquarium very stunning aquascap
Nice video
Was in the store on Saturday 8th Nov. enjoyed to see you setting up a aqua display very informative
Absolutely LOVE this store! My choice would be the last tank, but it was hard to choose; loved the division, and the sand, both lent so much depth. George, (re Aquascaper 900) can I ask what you mean when you say you "don't have the time to maintain such a complex layout with all those stem plants"...how labour intensive is it? My first planted tank is relatively simple, but I'm looking at getting deeper into the hobby, and am not sure how much work such a tank would be. Thanks and cheers!
Allow 2 hours per week 👍
So beautiful, thanks for sharing, I also subscribe your channel, from Vietnam.
Favorite scape is “the beast” and I think the contrast in the last tank with the white sand works really well 😊
What happened to the big cube tank that was the first thing you seen when you walk in? That was my favourite
The beast is my favorit I think. I really like those massive logs and I like how they breaks the water surface, and all that super healthy trident fern just looks amazing. On top of that the tanks looks easy and fun to do maintencens on wich is probly the biggest reason I would love to have that tank in my own house!
For me the best one is the AS1500 by far, that amount of trident fern alone deserves an award!
Dear George I have a question. How do you keep the water so crystal clear. I mean what filtration do you recommend to use and what other chemicals or agents which help to keep the water so clear
I've had a real hard time trying to chose what tank is my favourite but I'd have to say the beast, it's overall look is stunning and probably closest to my style :)
That dry scape section of the shop is bloody brilliant!! Aquascaping isn't very big here in Australia and most materials are very expensive, having a dry scape section like that would be so helpful :)
Also the whole Shop looks beautiful and very professional, very jealous :p
Thanks Kieryn 👍
This hobby is annoying in Australia In europe asia they have dennerel tropica and ada avaliable to them while we only have pisces. Also I compared price seryiu stone and any drift wood is far cheaper in Europe and Asia also its hard to get Aquasoil and tools for a planted tank. Last point many Aussies with fish tanks only use plastic decor/plants i hope aquascaping gets more popular in Australia!!!!!!!
Great video George. 👍🏼 love them all but I guess the first one you showed, the iwigumi (spelling) love the rock type set ups.
Very nice scapes and shop!
The 900; the layout is better defined and the red adds a great focal point.
epic shop.george u are a pro.keep on scaping 👌
Thanks Grigore 👍
Hi George all the tanks are amazing really enjoyed Saturday mate
One question forgot to ask was one of my anubius is falling apart looks like the rizome is becoming increasingly mushy
Do I cut that bit off or remove the plant
Many thanks Iain
Bucephalandra deep purple
Love your vids. thanks for calling out the plants by name, it really helps a beginner like me!! I am pretty sure that Europe has much more aqua equipment than the USA. We can't get any of that good stuff??
What are those, "Houses" that the plants are grown in? Those mini green houses.
Excelente !
Hey George,
I work in that business for 20 years now and looked out for an alternative to store plants ever since. Especially the aqua decor items.
Converting terrariums did never worked out properly because of the condensed water that always build up on the front pane.
These little growhouses seem to work really well as i assume.
Could you name the brand please if you know?
Thanks
Hi George,
your comment on the 1500 regarding the crypt growing emersed, triggered my inner science geek/nerd, as it technically is emergent growth. I know that the two words are used interchangeably in the hobby, but it still vexes me.
I like Daves scape to most, although I would have liked it better if it had been less symmetrical and would like to see more of the stemplants in the back to contrast the lush green. Regarding the Buce in it, I think you asked that question in a video about a year ago (memory might fail me a bit here on the timeframe though), but I don't remember if someone came up with the answer back then.
Thanks mate. I’ll make an effort to use “emergent” in the future. 👍
Thanks George,
I know what you mean as the context does make it clear, and I will try not to comment on it in the future (hoping not to end up like this xkcd.com/386/ ).
Nice..
I have noticed a lot of aqua scapes have clear (maybe glass) diffusers on the filters I have a fluval fx4 on a 300L tank and it’s quite an eyesore to look at in my aqua scape. Is it possible to use clear diffusers on a fx4 or is it a custom filtration system ?
Of course the aquascape 900. The red just pops!!! 🤗
That 900 with the vibrant red plant (what plant is that?) is absolutely incredible! I definitely need to get to Aquarium Gardens at some point, but living near Edinburgh is a bit of an issue with that 🤔
ludwigia palustris super red
@@wjhdrew Cheers, thought it was but I'm fairly poor with plant identification!
Aquascaper 1500 best on ground at Aquarium Gardens
I am so envious; Tropica is not available in the U.S.
Yes it is. Speak with your local store and they can order direct from Tropica North America 👍
@@GeorgeFarmerStudios That's wonderful! Everything I had checked online was a dead end. Even read an article that stated Tropica had been unable to negotiate an exception regarding U.S. bare root requirements. Thank you so much for the info! Off to the fish shops......
Hi George. any tips for keeping algea off the leaves of plants such as crypts and anubius?
Shade them 👍
Sooo nice, hard to pick a favourite.🤙
Incredible work!!! Awesome video!!!
I would love to go there! The scapes are beautiful! It is sad that there are no stores like this where I live☹️😢. Im from Holland btw!
Im near münster i wish there where...
@@judethomas5175 oh dont bring this up i dont wanna lose my money
Hi where can I get this light from life aqua MaxLite ?? and what light would you prefer for aquascaper 1200 ? For aquascape with carpet plants and without ? Btw good store had some shopping there .👍
So lovely George! thanks for the preview. The stones you use are amazing. could really use a video about your fav stonetypes. loved the one you did on how to use stones too.
I have some granite here in dk picked in nature, and its not bad for a scape, just almost no strata, so Id love to hear if you or someone can recommend a webplace to buy stones like elephant skin stones? im in love with them... i need some some day. i cant seem to find them in stores or online on amazon (needs to be within eu sadly).
thanks for a great video again.
Thanks Loiuse. There’s a good store near Copenhagen called Bonnie Helsinge. They do nice stones too 👍
awesome, thanks so much!
I notice some of the eheim surface skimmers have something stuck in the top of them. I assume it's to stop shrimp or small fish getting sucked into it. Can you tell me what is being used as I'm thinking of getting one and don't want any livestock to get sucked into it
Hi Justin, it’s a plastic mesh. If you contact Aquarium Gardens they can help! 👍
Will the snails not leave the open top tank? I was told they would sneak out?!!
Also side note: I have an ADA 60P tank. I got it for my Betta, and was wondering which algae eating tank mates you would suggest? I was thinking some kind of dwarf catfish, but i'd love suggestions!
Sometimes snails will escape. Otos are a good choice, or large Amano shrimp
Oh man i would love to know which Bucephalandra that is at 18:50😍
George: I have two questions that your experience might help me answer the following questions.
Question#1: Why Aren't the bubbles of my co2 isn't clinging(stuck) with plants that I often see in your aquascapes.
Question#2: Why isn't the Drop-Checker Showing any results. It is always Blue.
I like moss city
Its most probably my favourite because I like mosses a lot(specially Christmas moss) and i can't grow them in my tank for some reason
Can anybody tell which type of super red stem plant was in the 900 ??
The 900 is definitely my favorite. I'm in the process of setting up my first planted tank and I have a question, do I place both intake and return pipes on the same side or opposite?
Have you tried scaping with 3d printed rocks or wood?
Not yet!
we need a shop like this in the states ! hopefuly Brooklyn Hard Scapes will do the job !! #TropicaplantsUSA
Need one near or in Wisconsin
Im not 100% sure about that buce but it could be the buce brownie purple or Kir Royale.
Dont Quote me on that.
I personally liked the Aquascaper 900 the best because of the Cryptocoryne growing emersed i wasnt even aware they could do that and also the Red of that Plant... Just buetiful.
Btw will you be doing a Series where u look at Aquascapes of your RUclips Comunity and give tipps or your thoughts about it?
Greets from Germany
@@kudalautbiru also that yeah i didnt even notice can all of em do that??
Since I am no lover of Iwagumi, this is not my favorite, although this particular one is pretty diverse compared to most Iwagumi. I like best the both Trident fern dominated ones, but unfortunately the fern has overgrown too many of the other plants, what a shame. I love Cryptos and the one probably you set up would be my favorite, if not dominated by the fern. Because of that I find Felipe's one is the best...
Which are those golden fish (21:40 min onwards scape with ONF flat one lights) ?
i believe the bucephalandra is a brownie ghost, cheers.
Do those get that purple tho?
how much can you trust the bottom glass?i mean..i see you loading tons of rock over it
I have to go there! I’ve been talking to Richard and he’s extremely helpful. Shame it’s a 2hr drive each way.
George, do you know any good shops in Kent and the south east?
GOOD👍👏👏👏😄
Red is 1. Valley 2.
Hay man Top video loved it some nice scope's there man 💖. My favourite was the homebound aquarium. 👏 because it's more in my price range and I could do a lot with that money saved when it comes to planting and scapeing.
I have a question you did a video on a gallery in Birmingham can anyone visit that gallery or do you need a appointment I checked on their website and can't see if I do need a appointment or not nothing about it in the information. 👍
Hey George, how do you get java fern to grow thick and lush as
you see in the video?
Good light. CO2 and nutrients. Good circulation
George Farmer okay, I always question that can grow many plants thick and lush but struggle with the trident. Well thank your your reply your a good man.
Thanks Nathan. I find Trident fern quite demanding actually. In fact to get most ferns looking lush they need CO2 in my experience
George Farmer good to know, I dose frets every other day to keep up with demand, but maybe I will increase my CO2 to see if I can get growth added.
What is the red plant in 11:16?