Aquascaping - The Art of the Planted Aquarium 2013 XL pt.2

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Aquascaping - The Art of the Planted Aquarium 2013 XL pt.2

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Second video from The Art of the Planted Aquarium, presenting aquariums which took places 6-10. My favourite aquascapes are aquariums of the 6th and 9th places. The first one is a very nice, simple yet beautiful iwagumi layout made by Georg W. Just, and the second one is a driftwood-based composition by Tobias Fricke, with ingenious positioning of Anubias nana on top of the driftwood. There is one usunusal aquatic plant in this aquarium - it's Ranunculus fluitans, a coldwater species of plant which you can find easily in Central European rivers.
All aquariums were provided by Eheim, there are standard Eheim aquarium lighting in the hoods (2 T5 fluorescent lamps) and Eheim external aquarium canister filters. No CO2 supply systems were used during the contest. The substrate was provided by Dennerle, however some scapers used their own substrate. There were no tropical aquarium fish in the aquariums because they are forbidden by the rules of the contest :)

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@naturalFun19 6 жыл бұрын

Its May 2018, and i still enjoy watching these tanks...

@nodrama490 10 жыл бұрын

how can someone give this a thumbs down crazy. this is art captured in an aquarium,

@sobetterwithyou 10 жыл бұрын

Love Tobias Fricke's aquascape. Just beautiful.

@maxwellsvlog6218 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, the second one is so stunning and awesome. It's definitely will be one of my favorite aquascape decorations.

@TinyKimKit 10 жыл бұрын

The first one was breath taking. Wow gorgeous.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

True, I also like it a lot :)

@chrisherself 11 жыл бұрын

That tank was the reason I hit the Like button for this video. :)

@lucystocker1023 10 жыл бұрын

I feel calmer after looking at that. Beautiful.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

Great! Making people to be calmer is a very good thing to do :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Yup, exactly, just a white plate, skewed towards the top, and a small light at the bottom, behind the aquarium. Take a closer look at 0:55 - 1:02, the white background is clearly visible behind the aquarium.

@dgw9051 11 жыл бұрын

I agree, that is one of the nicest tanks I have ever seen. love the cave.

@waterkeeper03 11 жыл бұрын

I would vote aquarium #15 , 8th place to the top. #1. Some are incredible from an aesthetic point of view, but this tank is both gorgeous and practical for the fish. random like nature, many caves and hiding places, elevation to the right with the large water column on the left. I'm in love. Kudos to that guy.

@PlantedNano 10 жыл бұрын

I love going back and watching all your older stuff. :) You must have one of the best aquarium video archive on the net! Fantastic. :D

@hakanze 11 жыл бұрын

1:28 wonderful rock great catch

@aquaecosystem5807 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome close up of Oliver Knott's aquarium. Love your videos!

@sahanmoradeniya 4 жыл бұрын

The 6th place is so cool...It feels like a part of my soul ..it deserves the 1st place

@DeeFromBrooklyn 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome Aquascape, Rock work seems to defy gravity. Nice now I have to go prune my plants...

@blackfishblackfish 11 жыл бұрын

that dragon tank was awesome

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

They set up these tanks at home, well in advance before the show (like 3-4 months, minimum), and then they disassemble everything, and transport the decorations and plants to the exhibition hall, where a tank of similar dimensions is waiting for them, together with water and substrate (all is provided by the organizers).

@njw1383 11 жыл бұрын

That looks so nice

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

The rocks are probably the Seiryu stones from ADA. Try to look for them in online aquarium shops in your country. And the plant is called Eleocharis parvula.

@blisslilly1 11 жыл бұрын

Too bad the fish are not allowed. I'm such a fish lover. I just recently discovered this art of Aquascaping and i'm in love. I subbed! Thank you for sharing :)

@cybershot1688 11 жыл бұрын

I like the 6th place. This could be an inspiration for my planted tank.

@headfangs 11 жыл бұрын

I'm fairly sure they are a variety of Seiryu stone, Seiryu famously has that sort of texture and white striations.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :) Only after publishing I realised that I should film also the sides of this tank. Oliver did it, if you look at his channel here on YT, called "amanoshrimp", you'll find that video. Sides of this dragon-layout are quite nice :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Plant species is Eleocharis accicularis. For infos about substrate, conditions, etc, visit website of the aquascaper - I can't put links here, so just enter "Just Aquascaping" in Google :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Sure they do. First, water movement is good, second, mechanical filtration is also good, third, additional bacteria in the filter will not do any harm - the more bacteria, the more stable the environment conditions.

@neverwander 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I'm looking to get a new tank once I move soon, and these look like the perfect size :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :) Aquariums were made by Eheim.

@aydnmutlu5192 6 жыл бұрын

great aquascaping.Congrats

@waterkeeper03 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the videos. they are great!

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks, mate :) I'm glad you like them! :)

@Tormentousss 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man that all for now, lol you take care and thanks for the advice!

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

It's Eleocharis sp., not sure what exactly - maybe E. parvula, or just normal E. accicularis. You can check Just Aquascaping website, maybe there are some more infos there about the tank :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Hi mate :) Yes, it is a sort of a job. There are many KZfaqrs who make a living by making videos and uploading them to YT. However, my income from YT is not enough to support myself financially - this is why I also breed fish and sell them. Actually, just recently I've quit my job at the University, to do only this - breeding fish and running DefiniteAquascapeTV.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Well, it can be done. And maybe it's even easier than cleaning gravel, because when the carpet is present you won't be able to suck gravel granules (happens to me all the time when I do vacuuming of the substrate in my tanks). But the most important thing is that when there are not too many fish - there is actually no need for vacuming. The dirt is falling down between plants and substrate, and stays there for plants' roots to consume it :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Don't think so - they have different requirements in terms of water parameters.

@craigsmart1986 11 жыл бұрын

i liked the dinosaur tank, very original

@schumix 11 жыл бұрын

good for you bro, your videos are very entertaining, i`m sure in time you will make enough. As a subscriber i would be interested to see your own scapes, fish-room etc

@iamaloner 5 жыл бұрын

You haven't uploaded in a while. I hope all is well with your health and wish you the best

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 5 жыл бұрын

Abhishek Goel Thanks! :) My current job doesn't leave me much time to work on videos, or travel to aquascaping events :( But I hope to be able to change this :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

It was made by Giulio Golinelli, enter this name in Google and you'll find his website. I'm not sure if there is any online shop there, but it's a good place to start :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

That's true, the layout is very detailed :) Funny thing is that I realised this some time after filming, when I was watching my raw videos during editing :) When I was there, at the exhibition, this tank looked "just" very good - I didn't realise how many details there are :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Well, more info on yor tank is needed. There are many carpeting plants to choose from, but tie choice depends on the conditions you have. What size of the aquarium, what illumination, what are the water parameters, do you want to add ferts/CO2 or not, etc.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

It's warm water species. Eleocharis parvula or Eleocharis accicularis.

@CulverSongalia 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! that is more beautiful than the other tanks that i see at other videos,if your an expert at decorating tank pls give me advice because my betta fish is not 100 percent happy because theres no decoration tnx for the answer

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

My pleasure :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

That depends on the species of fish - there are some specied not suitable for planted aquariums. But most of the typical aquarium fish you could easily put itno such aquariums, and nothing bad would happen. The fish are not present in the tanks only because it's forbidden by the rules of the contest :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Yup, seems that it's really attractive one. This video has the most views of all TAotPA 2013 videos :)

@ShuKatashSam 11 жыл бұрын

Most impressed by the 9 year old Adrian Gladis.

@kingbucky6 9 жыл бұрын

lovely tanks thank you so much for taking the time to share.

@JimmyzHoopz 11 жыл бұрын

2:42 Best tank IMO!! Earned a sub too, great video man!

@valipantea 5 жыл бұрын

where the hell can i find a dinosaure like that for my aquarium?? omg thats so kool

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Hey, so it seems that there is some "background" behind the idea of making such layout? It's based on Chinese mythology?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

What is your water's carbonate hardness? If the water is soft, then adding CO2 will lower the pH. If change in the pH is too large in a short time - fish may not survive it... :/

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

As usual - to make something original, about what no one would think before :) (and it's a matter of personal tase if someone likes it :) )

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

What rocks, exactly...? In what aquarium...? The first one, by Georg Werner Just...?

@ibex33 5 жыл бұрын

How do they setup the tank for competitions? Do they leave all the plants and hardscape intact and just drain out the water during transportation?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

A link to buy what? Planted aquarium like these in the video?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

This one is done in Hannover, Europe, end of January, every two years. The website is "planted-aquarium.de".

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

Which one do you like the most...? :)

@gabrielgowacki2241 10 жыл бұрын

Strasznie mnie ciekawi jaki to kamień został zastosowany na pierwszej aranżacji.

@scarhbar23 11 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. This guy (Nils) lives in Europe. To ship it, you would have to empty the tank of water and keep the aquascape intact and moist. To keep it this nice looking, you would need the nutrients that this person is using. Also, you would probably want to match these lights. The cost of shipping, plus the tank, nutrients, and everything else would probably scare a lot of people away. It'd be much easier to set it up at home :)

@TheDragonfly256 11 жыл бұрын

yeah. Those in first tank from Georg

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

That's true, these tanks are great :)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

No worries, mate :)

@Shep220 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting these videos! Question, at 4:50 if you pause, is that Anubias Nana Petite with rhizomes growing vertical instead of horizontal? Or is it trimmed to look like that? I'm on my first tank for about 2 years now and have learned a lot and can't learn enough. I love this art form!

@dfzurichch 10 жыл бұрын

You all way dogwood work. I enjoy looking at all your work. All the best .dfzurich

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and have a great New Year! :)

@ika333ika 11 жыл бұрын

stunning!!! too bad, we do not have those plants (in my country)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Very carefully ;) ;) Hehe :) And now, seriously - there is not much to clean, actually. There are no fish in the tanks, so no fish waste, and no food leftovers. Just some trimming from time to time, cutting off a dead leaf, and that's it :) And even if there would be any fish, still the cleaning wouldn't be difficult, providing, of course, that the plants would be healthy and there would be not too much fish.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Which one? What time of the video?

@YourFriendlyMe 11 жыл бұрын

I'm buying the entire tank....which includes the lights filter ..EVERYTHING....also you can do a lot of things with money

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Actually - both :) Seriously :) Here is how it works - aquascapers set up the layout in a similar aquarium at home several months before the show. Then, they disassemble everything, and transport all elements of the layout to the exhibition hall. No water, and most of the time no substratre, as these are provided by the organizers.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

What aquarium do you mean?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's one of the most interesting tanks at this contest :) Cheers! :)

@paulozeboulon6289 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! But where are the fish

@StanTheObserver-lo8rx 6 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the Dragon?...he should have found matching rock to make two more islands..with the one in center being the surprise...

@lindawetton6538 11 жыл бұрын

stunning i love these tanks !! thanks for sharing :-)

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Hehe, I don't have any scapes - I'm not an aquascaper, I'm a film-maker, and to be honest, I was never sucessful in planted aquariums. As for my fishroom, I can't rule out that one day I will film some of it - but at the moment I have too much other, already overdue materials from various aquatic events, and I don't want to add new stuff. I'm too busy already :)

@almirodil 11 жыл бұрын

Very good video I love this channel ... which is the mark of the aquarium? are beautiful

@truckletchimera 11 жыл бұрын

im a little confused. do they still need to circulate the water if theres no fish or anything?

@RandomlySwagified 11 жыл бұрын

The tank with the dragon was cool, but not very natural looking. To me it seems like that one would be hard to keep at the right water level. Thanks for sharing the video.

@seantheo8260 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful aquariums! What background do you use to get that gradient effect in that first aquarium? Just any white background with a light placed behind it?

@Djoma85Sweden 11 жыл бұрын

Soo Cool!! =)

@mpplantedaquariums7457 10 жыл бұрын

nice inspirations

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah, these tanks were very good :)

@scarhbar23 11 жыл бұрын

I thought you wanted to buy the tanks shown in this video exactly?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Not allowed by the rules of the contest, unfortunately...

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Nope, unfortunately no other videos on this tank... :/

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, dragon head...? Maybe these somewhat curly Bolbitis leaves in the central left part of the screen...? (and leaves above would be the wings of the dragon... :) )

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

Which one is the "mystical" one...? :)

@1ROWDY35 11 жыл бұрын

what kind of grass is that and is it warm or cold water? totally love this style

@koiashesembers 11 жыл бұрын

For example, the first tank in this vid, how do you clean the substrate if the tank has fish? Freshwater can not be self sustaining right? I'm just so use to vacuum cleaning my gravel it seems like a full carpet substrate would be a headache....

@iamevildoing2 11 жыл бұрын

Do they set up these tanks months before hand or do they somehow transport the whole thing with water and everything?

@chriskelley1989 11 жыл бұрын

I wonder, are those actual rocks in the first take or fake, and if real, what kind?

@TheDragonfly256 11 жыл бұрын

Those rocks man those rock... how can you get them?

@geovannycarrillo3312 10 жыл бұрын

MUY HERMOSO......GRAN VIDEO

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@nicolassoleil 11 жыл бұрын

i wonder how they shipped the 9 yr old tank to the facility.

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

You could try to make an aquascape based only on driftwood overgrown with moss. Maybe plecos wont eat the moss too soon... :)

@Pieman4233 9 жыл бұрын

How much does it coast for things like these I have a 20g tank that i might have to move the fish in it to a larger one and I want to try and do this is it really expensive to do a small one?

@DefiniteAquascapeTV 11 жыл бұрын

100x50x50 cm, so it's about 250 liters, so it's about 66 US gallons :)

@smileycracker99 11 жыл бұрын

can you put rainbow fish, angels, dwarf gouramies and discus in the same tank. around 350l

@nicolasnetsuj2775 10 жыл бұрын

td bem? preciso de uma ajuda sua com urgência. eu entrei numa cachoeira perto de minha casa e achei diversas rochas super lindas, so que algumas delas são escuras e olhando de pertinho, vi que as partes escuras parecem com ferro . inclusive as rochas tem várias manchas de ferrugem. por acaso seu eu colocar essas pedras no aquário plantado carpete, elas podem prejudicar meus peixes e plantas?