Aquascaper 1200 - Hardscape Tutorial

[@christophm.]

Half the comments on the last video: "Do a triangle composition!" Other half: "Do an island!" George: "Why not both?"

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

😉💚

[@Desconhecido1975]

Yes... why not 80)

[@joehalbop1928]

Howdy George. Never apologise for ' rambling ' , there are lil gold nuggets of knowledge hidden in your ramblings. So, ignore those other types of nuggets who find the need to criticise a professional who affords us his time and expertise for free. Always appreciated George. Pmsl, it doesnt need plants, such is the strength of this hardscape. Great stuff maestro. Cheers. Joe

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Joe! Appreciate your kind words 🙏

[@TheWrenchLab]

I ❤️ Rambling! Also a big fan of the longer vids. I don't even skip through like I do with other channels 🤣

[@newmexicoaquatics282]

Fantastic video. I love the in depth look at hardscape. A year ago I never would have thought I would watch such a long video of someone discussing and manipulating hardscape. Keep it up! Cheeri-O! - Little Bobby

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks mate! 🙏👍

[@phillymanpete]

Ramble all you want my brother. I am a photographer and your composition is very much the rule of thirds. It is about perfect and not much to pick apart. Spectacular! Cheerio from across the pond! ~ phillyman

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Phillymam 👍

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

Love the new Hardscape, looking forward for how you are going to plant it

[@atobpilot]

George, dont worry about the rambling. It's the rambling that gives meaning and context to your videos. I'm here to learn and I can't learn much from just video and photographs. Keep on scaping.

[@fishwhisperer262]

nice lesson and explanation George! I'm sure it was the green machine who used to mention substrate supports if anyone was wanting to see them in action

[@richardpezall384]

The hardscape looks great George. I think it will look really awesome after you plant it, I can not wait until it is done.

[@scapesessions9069]

Love the new hardscape, can't wait to see it planted.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@1reefluvr2]

The scape is off the hook, loving it

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏 💚

[@wandaoshiro2014]

🌺Your 1200 tank is starting to look really awesome! Can't wait to see it finished. Yes, good helpful hint for beginners, use fast growing plants to keep algae from taking over a newly set up tank. 🌱

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Wanda! 🙏

[@shookla]

Excellent coverage of the design heuristics you use for the various aspects. That aside the hardscape materials you’ve used are extraordinary. Beautiful.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@FRETW1ZARD]

I gotta say, G, I am really impressed with how you interact with the community and seem to genuinely listen to feedback. I've seen a response from you on literally every one of my comments, and based on your decisions I feel I've actually been heard. Keep it up!

[@lookabox1641]

That's a really dense and complicate looking layout. I think it looks fantastic. Those pieces of driftwood look like so much fun to work with. I'm looking forward to getting a good look once those plants are in, it's going to look great.

[@fookingsog]

Rambling is your thought process manifesting into the Natural Creation!!! Keep up the Beautiful Process!!!😁👍🏻

[@welshweeks01]

Looking awesome George, I really like it. You make it look easy, but as you said if you have quality hardscape to go in it does make things a lot easier. Looking forward to the coming steps.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks mate

[@shesellsfish]

Awe...you stopped. The rambling is important, it's creative free association, thinking out loud. 😘 That is a really bold composition. The rocks and wood merge so well together. I think a large amount of weeping moss creeping down the rocks would look good. Looking forward to seeing what you decide on for the final planting and stocking. 👍💕👍

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks SRL! 😘

[@terrywilliams5810]

Hi George, I really enjoyed the video today, soo much information, great idea to fill and leave for a day or two, it's the first time I have heard about the filling part of it , can't wait for the planting. Top .

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Terry 🙏

[@jimlubeskie4312]

looking good George. Great idea about taking a picture and they reviewing and coming back for adjustments if necessary

[@louisgenin1038]

Scape looks fantastic. Thank you for your workshop today!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Loius! Great to see you 👍🙏

[@stephenhopkins278]

Great to see your process again George.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Stephen. 👍

[@canelami1285]

Love this video, I'm ready to set up my first planted/aquascaped tank, so loved your explanation of hardscape. I'm going to start on my empty tank today and will take my time like you said. Looking forward to your next video!

[@benjidavis1662]

Perfect Hardscape layout. Looking forward to see it all done.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Benji 👍

[@lutzchouwee9664]

Hi George. Thnks for your video ! Great job and good materials. Sure that the aquascaping will be beautiful with plants ! Enjoy what you do. Please continue like that!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@roshanjohnson8849]

Can't wait to see how this gets transformed completely with the plants!

[@yannicksshrimpworld]

Beautiful hardscape! Can´t wait to see the tank planted :) I really enjoy your videos george! #keeponscaping!

[@hammoaquatics171]

It's looking great so far. It was great to meet you at Riverwood Aquatics today! All the best

[@steveng666]

Great hard scape can’t wait for the planting 👍

[@rickyabdullah4758]

Thank you for sharing your aquascape experience

[@OriginalApexTwin]

Keep the plants nice and low in front of the beautiful rocks. Great start George 👍

[@davidvandeest9249]

Really enjoyed this kind of video! In my aquarium I've got a similar kind of triangular scape, but didn't think about that, till this video haha. Keep on doing the great work George!

[@joeyripswell]

just got in 17lbs of black/white slate/quartz, 20lbs of black eco-complete, 50lbs of Black Diamond Blasting Sand AND a chunk of spider wood very exciting! this time I WILL set the hard scape and LEAVE IT BE for a few days to look at. i’m ready for an amateur masterpiece haha ty George ✌️

[@LoganRando]

Brilliant advice right here! I’m in the hardscape phase on my UNS 60U so this is really valuable for me

[@TheCuz117]

Well done George! Crypts and ferns for sure! Would like to see a big lotus also but all your typical plants will be great I'm sure

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Cheers Luke 🙏

[@mikeinca3762]

Awesome tutorial as always George! Great work! Lots of info! Thank you!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Cheers Mike 👍💚

[@aquariumplantman]

Love the idea of lots of crypts George. Put in a stack mate.🤘

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Cheers Pete! 👍

[@tonyshaw7420]

Thanks for the hard work George!! I wish we had high quality stores here in Alberta. The first carpeting plant I'm trying is Staurogyne repens, I like the leaf shape and it grows slow.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Cheers Tony 👍

[@stevet9487]

Thanks for today George, all the best for your coming trip to Germany looking forward to it.

[@ismaelbonal6537]

Looks really promising!

[@pmotta4545]

Once again an very enjoyable video! This hardscape is excellent and I am curious what plants you'll going to use. Thanks for sharing George 🤗

[@anson4924]

love the hardscape!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@vinniejudilla3921]

Coming along great George. So nice to see the hardscape going in. Glad it came together for you easily. Beautiful hardscape makes it easier for sure. As far as plants go, as many Crypts as possible of course and maybe just a touch of something red considering the new lighting can accentuate that.. Anyway keep on rambling😁👍👍👍

[@michaelmitchell5909]

Dude, I really like that scape!... Wow, looks amazing!...hard to imagine what your gonna do, but I'm always amazed at the talent you have with the hobby....very cool brother!... Can't wait to see it with plants!..... Sparkling gouramis with selestial Pearl danios and ember tetras would look awesome in there!....

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Michael 🙏

[@hugosorensen7464]

Been waiting all day for this

[@sethmuller2764]

hugo sorensen me to

[@LongshotLennox]

Damn George! What a wicked layout, this looks so simple yet powerful. I really like it, awesome job!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@GIXXER270]

Youre rambling is great! Keep that up it presents how youre thinking process works👍. Great scape. #nimroooooood

[@scallywagintexas7648]

Awesome!!!😍

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@scallywagintexas7648]

I got to meet you at Aquashella Dallas and your art is so inspiring!!!

[@joannecummins5265]

Can’t wait to see what plants you use. I’m not quite up on all the names still learning. Maybe a nice java fern mid ground? Love the music. Hope you had a good time a Riverwood aquarium. Looking forward to the next video and see how it all comes together. Take care. 😊

[@edwiser]

Nice layout. Will enjoy the journey of how this tank changes over time.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Ed 🙏

[@mscalucas]

Thank you George - just in time for my 10 gallon rescape today. I have alot of different types of stone that I ordered because my LFS is outrageously expensive, but Its difficult to get the stone you want unless you can order WYSIWYG. Finally got lucky and had some awesome pieces of dragon stone delivered and of an appropriate size to make a high impact aquascape. Placing the wood so it is aesthetically pleasing is a challenge for me.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Sounds great! Good luck with your wood 👍

[@karljoseph2083]

This hardscape is very beautiful I will wait to see which plants you are going to decide to add in this tank good video as always George 👌👌👌

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Karl! 🙏

[@NapFloridian]

Watching your content, I sometimes wish Iived in the UK awesome materials, and community. Thanks for sharing

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@lauraashmore7184]

This is amazing... you’re incredibly talented!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Laura, very kind of you to say. 😊

[@2131ukdavid]

Looks amazing, should do a view from the sofa on the angle, so we can see it from there.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Great idea 🙏

[@ThePlantedTankTV]

Do a super big carpet of dwarf sag haha. Loved the video man! Really liking these longer videos too! ✌🙂🙏

[@robbvanputte8193]

Go for Hydrocotyle tripartita carpet, George. I love the way the leaves look and move up and down against the water flow. Keep on scaping!

[@Syncronizeification]

YES!, When you wake up and see a new George Farmer video. "Gets excited"

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

😊👍🙏

[@robertpark2029]

To add more detail to your carpet, especially against the stone, maybe try some Littorella uniflora. I've been growing it a few months now, and it's really undemanding. It's even ok in the shade.

[@RaditzAus]

Unsure if it fits in with the low maintenance category but would love to see a bunch of moss attached to part of the wood with fishing line eventually completely covering that portion of wood. Looks awesome mate cheers

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

🙏💚

[@rachelh1452]

Looks great George! I was hoping you’d do an island composition. 😍 Excited to see it planted!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Rachel! Me too 💚

[@timbracco3300]

Looks like you hit it on both the island and the triangle scape, everyone is happy

[@teamtriptonite7445]

I love the hardscape! So much height and detail to it! For plants, I would love to see you use some Bolbitis, Hygrophila pinnatifida and Hydrocotyle tripartita. Also, maybe some dwarf stems for variety? For example, Rotala bonsai, Staurogyne repens, Alternanthera reineckii 'mini'. I think a mixed carpet would look great with this, maybe Crypt parva, Lilaeopsis and Marsilea mixed with things like Blyxa, Littorella uniflora and Hydrocotyle? Looking forward to seeing what you do!

[@stockraker1690]

Very nice. From this angle it looks like the wood is arched over the rocks creating a beautiful layered effect. Can see no plants and angel fish, Houston style. Trianglness can be a word I suppose.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@25Aditya25]

Awesome scape already

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks

[@GiantCake]

How about adding a single bright red rare plant in the background? I think it would look nice a bit to the right of the center in the background just poking out a bit behind the wood. Keep up the great work George!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@kmybitptys]

That wood is amazing

[@Kittykaty8969]

Looking good George 👍

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@spcb4582]

Use hairgrass as a carpeting plant, use s.repens and pogostermon helferi and alternenthera reinceki , ammania sp. bonsai and lebelia cardinal in the midground . use buce and anubias nana petite and fissidense moss in the hardscape .. Use rotala H’ra, Rotala sp. super red, ludwigia glandulosa and rotala sp green in the background

[@cooliipie]

Incredible 😍 one of my favorites

[@cannondale97]

I hope you use more crypt balansae or vallisneria in your scape. They're easy to maintain, add height to the scape and look very nice and relaxing, swaying in the current from the filter outflow.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Nice idea 🙏

[@theliikedanuss]

Awesome rambling! Oh and the scape looks good too! 😏😁 Hehe love that you took it for an "Island"

[@jaimb1089]

Awesome as always 🙌

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

👍🙏

[@morrisfalker2773]

Can't disagree on the hardscape and soil, good start. Can be good to have a little time out, next day you'll start fresh and maybe come up with even better ideas to continue than you imagined.

[@cicco1838]

Awesome George cheers

[@sunz1337]

Glossostigma & eleocharis mixed for a really natural looking carpet would match pretty good with that I think if you dont want to go with stems. Full carpet all around the hardscape.

[@paulhumphreys5764]

Looks great so far. Good to meet u today at Riverwood (The tanned one who just got back from Malta 😁)

[@philedwards7331]

That's the ticket right there. It's a nice combination of open and the diagonal plane lines you like. It's turned out to be quite a nice concave arrangement going strictly off the frontal snapshot. This may sound counter to the slow growing carpet you want, but what about Glosso? That stuff's easy to maintain in large open areas. With as low and spread out as the hardscape is, the carpet needs to be something equally low to maximize on the structure. Could you get some Elatine triandra? That may be a good bet for you if it grows as slowly as it's reputed to.

[@hugosorensen7464]

Hydrocotyle tripartita would look nice midground, especially creeping through the rocks.

[@robertpark2029]

But he doesn't want stem plants.

[@sethmuller2764]

Can get unruly.

[@JK-xp7pg]

I think Eleocharis vivipara would look amazing as a background plant! And Lilaeopsis is a great choice for the carpet.

[@DeanR3]

Looks great 👌

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Dean

[@redfox1066]

The aquascape already looks great even without plants I understand what you mean by a good foundation to build on. Just wondered with the amount of soil how will you stop it flattening out or will the plants make it stable?

[@jamessmith7981]

I personally love the idea of Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis as a carpet plant and would love to see how you get on with it!

[@trevordewatson]

Really enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing. The new hardscape layout is very well executed, well done. Looking forward to watching the progression. Also wanted to ask if you have considered doing a Dutch style scape in any other aquarium perhaps a 60cm nano Dutch. Sorry if this has been addressed already in any other videos.

[@26jambro]

This one Looks Better !

[@vishalkohli4992]

Looks good George! Great seeing you today at Riverwood aquarium!

[@DukeCityAquariums]

Another beautiful scape nice job man

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks 🙏

[@Smudger006]

Hi George, no need to apologise for the rambling, it's part of the process of creativity. Really enjoyed the video and the Scape is looking amazing. Also had a small chuckle at your new name plate at the beginning. Quick question: do you find it easier to Scape a larger tank than a smaller tank? Keep on rambling 👍

[@mell0116]

" Also had a small chuckle at your new name plate at the beginning. " me too :-)

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks guys 👍

[@DukeCityAquariums]

Maybe micranthemum monte carlo for the carpet? I always loved how clean it looks all grown in

[@flappinganimal]

Love it! 🤩

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Cheers bro 💚

[@rickfromthecape3135]

My favorite band from the 70's the Almond Brothers Band had a hit "Ramblin' Man". You could make it your theme song! Lol! The scape's looking good!

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

😂🙏

[@danieldowling-brown6499]

Great vid again. I'd love to see you have a go at emergent flowering plants... Nymphaea tiger lotus? Not sure it would work in this scape but future prospect maybe?

[@paulhunt2888]

I find an Amazon sword plant makes a nice corner statement with quick results

[@michaelmitchell5909]

I gotta get some froto stone!

[@alexbranzaru8563]

Glossostigma carpet? Don't see that plant too much but it's tiny leaves look super cool!

[@martinredfern9130]

Hi George, great to see the change of direction in the new scape to a ”trianguland”. The hardscape looks amazing. Would you consider mosses on the wood , Fissidens Fontanus would look great as well as Chamedryfolia Ricardia. Have you ever thought about red tiger lotus as a background focal piece ? This is really going to be great for the new studio and one to follow. All the best again mate, Martin

[@GoodSamaritan-g2i]

Bolbitis heudolottii, christmas moss, weeping moss, java moss, cryptparva interlaced with dwarf hairgrasss for foreground...Some rotalas at the rear mixed in with some hygrophila siamensis🤗🤗🤗

[@Gameovermam]

Looking good George. A couple of plant suggestions, Crypt crispatula in the background don't see that used very much, and maybe Crypt pygmaea as a carpeting plant.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Ian 🙏

[@baikia777]

Lilaeopsis or H. tenellum red for the foreground.. Or maybe a mix of Eleocharis mini and Marsilea hirsuta. That should give the foreground a nice texture.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Nice ideas 👍🙏

[@laurenceturner9346]

Great scape, Love the rock and wood placement. I would love to see a real collection of colors, with Ludwigia palustris, Alternanthera reineckii, Tiger Lily, Hygrophila polysperma It would be very interesting on how you manage to really bring the red color out. This would really work with the plants you already have.. I went for natural looking mixed carpet that I have monte carlo, Eleocharis Acicularis, Hemianthus Callitrichoides and Cryptocoryne Parva but then I've gone for a large jungle tank with about 50 different species of plant.

[@GeorgeFarmerStudios]

Thanks Laurence 🙏