Aquascaping - The Art of the Planted Aquarium 2013 XL, pt.1

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Ravi Peter - 7 years ago

I was wondering, How they manage to transfer a fully planted aquarium to the contest site?

Bethho Diniz - 9 years ago

PARABENS OTIMAS FILMAGENS MUITO OBRIGADO

Tibizdk - 9 years ago

Merci, ça donne de bonnes idées.

猿である。吾輩は - 9 years ago

nice!

Л Ю Д М И Л А - 10 years ago

Спасибо за демонстрацию, этого великолепия!

Niagara Fish Lovers - 10 years ago

Thanks for sharing .

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 10 years ago

You're welcome :)

sunkhiu bong - 10 years ago

AGUARUMNYA CANTIK CANTIK

Mike More - 10 years ago

i am trying to find if there is contest or showrooms like somewhere in canada or northern states ?

Mike More - 10 years ago

it would be 2x times better with fishes :D
i am VERY impressed, i want that in my basement, NOW !

Sean T - 10 years ago

+Mike More nice

Mike More - 10 years ago

+DefiniteAquascapeTV
I just started my first aquarium with my son, its a 15g, i added 3 kinds of plants, its excellent LEDs, and added yeast CO2 2 hours ago, plants are not losing health, but didnt grow in 2 weeks, i hope the CO2 will help.
Im getting a new house built next spring, i WILL build a bigger aquarium then, hidden in a wall probably. I like beautiful small fish groups, but seeing these clips with stunning landscapes, its near more cool than the fishes.
Its like honey i shrunk the kids movie.
I wish it becomes a hobby and i can enjoy the calm picture frame to relax when im inside.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 10 years ago

Hehe, start practising aquascaping, and one day you will be also able to make such tanks yourself :) (if you are not able to do them yet)

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GuitarDudeBoii - 10 years ago

i thought #1 wasn't that great but still amazing tanks

Piotr Gmiter - 10 years ago

Hej,jaki jest mejl do Ciebie bo na stronie niby podajesz kontakt ale mejla nie ma!!!

minhaz shaon - 10 years ago

definiteAquascapeTV can u mention the plants used in that 1st tank please?

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 10 years ago

Hemianthus callitrichoides, Hydrocotyle tripartita, Hygrophila pinnatifida, Staurogyne repens, Pogostemon helferi, Eleocharis accicularis and one small clump of Bucephalandra sp. in the crevice on the right side.

OceanLife69 - 11 years ago

Beautiful stuff!!

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 10 years ago

True :) Some of these tanks are really great :)

Madness358 - 11 years ago

amazing tanks. No fish but amazing tanks!!

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 10 years ago

Fish are forbidden by the rules of the contest...

TheSharper1 - 11 years ago

Great work. What is the music used in this video?....love it.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

It's called "Time to breathe", and is available from royalty-free.tv :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

No worries, mate :) Glad to help :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

I don't know, but you can ask at one of Australia's planted tank forums - do you know it? It's called "Aquarium Life".

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Of course it wont, and you can keep such tanks for a very long time. It's just the matter of proper maintenance.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

lol :) Well, both types, freshwater and saltwater, have their pros and cons :)

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Lucien Barbarin - 11 years ago

Sorry I didn't finish...lol.....these tanks make me never want to do saltwater again

Lucien Barbarin - 11 years ago

Actually you can have one at home that's just as clean....I have one that's been set-up since july/12 and it's doing great...the otocinclus keep my tank very clean(I have 5) and any green algae I get on my glass I scrape off with a plastic card....in fact I'm in the process of setting up my 120 gal at the moment as a planted tank....I think I will never do sat

Exozius - 11 years ago

Sad that you can't have such aquariums at home. Try to clean and care them over months and years... good luck, it just isn't really practicable. The whole ground will become rotten in a year or a half.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

The scaping itself is about 10-12 hours maximum, or so. But - there is usually a long pregrowing-phase, done at home. I mean, the best scapers set up a tank of similar dimensions at home, several months before the competition, and then disassemble the whole layout, transport it to the exhibition hall, and assemble everything again.

Sławomir Drews - 11 years ago

How much time participants of the contest have to arranging and set up that tanks?

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Thanks, mate :) In my opinion, however, the tanks in 2013 were not so good as in 2012. Last year I liked almost every aquarium, and this year there were only few which I really enjoyed :)

João Gonçalves - 11 years ago

Amazing aquariums! I bet it was a difficult to judge contest . Really like your channel. Keep up the good work!

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

I wish I had the same problem... ;)

Costas Englezopoulos - 11 years ago

I also love real plants ... but whenever I was planting my aquarium with real plants they were soon getting out of control flooding the tank and leaving no space for the fishes ... !

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Great! :) Don't forget to post a video about your new tank, here on YouTube :)

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geile sau - 11 years ago

ich habe angefangen gelt zu sparen , in 2 monaten werde ich mir auch so ein schönes akvarium einrichten aber amazon style

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Do you mean me in particular? Or the aquascapers who took part in the contest? Anyway, none of us use plastic plants, only real, living stuff :)

delsi christiallen - 11 years ago

did you use real plant?

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Hehe, all of them are clean :)

tomo 99 - 11 years ago

It is a very clean water tank

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Thanks! :) More aquarium videos coming soon, I've just returned from PetFair 2013, organized in the city of Łódź, Poland :)

Andre Cox - 11 years ago

Wow - loving your channel btw, watched many vids during lunch :) Agree with Trena - side views great. On some tanks, side view better than front (all awesome setups though..)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Either pregrown at home for several weeks / months, or scaped directly on site, using plants from the pet shop.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Thanks! :)

obliviousthunder - 11 years ago

btw, great video! i love it! :)

obliviousthunder - 11 years ago

how is that contest working exactly? its not like someone can make his/her tank home and bring it there. are they all made on the location a few weeks in advance or something?

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

For moving water in the aquarium so called "powerheads" are used. Check EcoTech Marine VorTech propeller pumps, JBL Oceanstream, or Hydor Corallia to see what I mean :)

Joubert Heymans - 11 years ago

Hi there, what pump/filter would you recommend if I wanted water movement from 1 side of the tank to the next? 4ft tank Thanks

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

I'm glad you did, cuz this was somewhat new idea, and I wanted to see how it works :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Usually it's hunger... ;)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Thanks! :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Hehe, I'd say the are nice, but not very original ;) ;)

GJL Creative Studios - 11 years ago

yes. Its better than saying the aren't "nice". They are very nice but maybe not exceptional. ;)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

No artifical plant could "mimic" the beauty of a natural aquascape. Do you there are two large us-based forums on aquarium plants, "The Planted Tank" (net) and "Aquatic Plant Central" (com)? Both are filled with useful informations on "how to do this" :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Aha, "they are not exceptional", you mean?

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GJL Creative Studios - 11 years ago

"Exceptional" would be a better word

yocampout - 11 years ago

beautiful. sad this artform is mostly overlooked in usa. i would love to know how to do this or where to buy realistic silk plants to mimic the look.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

My favourite is the forth one, the rest doesn't impress me much... I mean, they are very skillfully arranged, but simply they are not "nice" (IMHO, of course :) ).

RandomlySwagified - 11 years ago

On the second aquarium, is there a light on the background? If there is, is it in front of or behind the background. Thanks, great video by the way.

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

T5 fluorescent lamps, probably 35W or 39W.

Jack Pee - 11 years ago

hey what's the majority lightning for these tanks if you know Cheers

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Yeah, well... I noticed some cones in other aquariums, too, seems like some other people "caught" the cone-virus... ;)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

I like the one before last the most :) Jan Simon Knispel's layout from the last year was better (in my opinion, of course :) )

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

A wiesz, to jest bardzo dobre pytanie... Znam kilka wydawnictw poświęconych temu tematowi - Aqua Journal ADA (5$ za każdy numer, do ściągnięcia ze strony ADA), jest też jakaś polska publikacja online, możliwe że za friko, ale nie pamiętam w tej chwili tytułu ani żadnych namiarów... Musiałbyś podpytać na którymś z forów rośliniarskich, albo np. na Aquascaping World - zresztą ci ostatni mają też własny darmowy magazyn (czasopismo) online, i nawet zdarzyło mi się dla nich kiedyś coś napisać :)

Rockdaypl - 11 years ago

Są jakieś poradniki dotyczace kompozycji w akwariach ?

ProtagonistNonTheist - 11 years ago

The final two are just spectacular.

Mrmomtanks - 11 years ago

Great video

7eitgeist - 11 years ago

Wow just amazing.. I have to ask, how do you pull yourself away from these aquariums. I could sit and watch them all day.

Osh Leveque - 11 years ago

I think I have to agree with you that last years taks seemed a little more impressive. Adrie Baumann is still a genius though.

Trena Marie - 11 years ago

Mesmerizing! Really enjoyed the side views.

Merotheq - 11 years ago

The Pinnatifida got very popular, many of them used it this year, very nice plant

leann lewis - 11 years ago

Beautiful

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Hehe, I was thinking whether I should show the sides, or not... :) Last year I was filming using the tripod, and there were only frontal views. But this year I decided to be more flexible, and that's why I was holding my camera in my hand. This makes possible to move around the tank, so I got advantage of that :)

DefiniteAquascapeTV - 11 years ago

Yeah, they are nice - but I liked tanks from the last year more... :)

almcloud - 11 years ago

great tanks

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