my first proper aquascape

[@AquaJoyClub]

THAT TRIDENT FERN IS SO NICE!!!! Lovely choice of fish too!

[@lifewaterscapes]

thank you so much. yeah it really was a great big java fern narrow. it looks so cool when you get a big bunch.

[@marta_na_moto]

Nice job! My one complain as in 99% of the scapes. you did such a great job with the hardscape with dynamic lines of the wood perches on a dramatic cliffs and.. then covered if with a wig of java fern XD

[@lifewaterscapes]

thanks! yeah it definitely needed to be trimmed and kept more under control so it didn't take over the whole hardscape like it did.

[@danp3321]

absolutely fantastic video and scape. I look forward to hearing more of your insights!

[@lifewaterscapes]

thank you so much!

[@accer93]

That’s beautiful!

[@lifewaterscapes]

thank you so much!

[@grassnake7122]

Great job, I'm about to do my first aquascape, nervous and excited at the same time, I'm taking in slow and have been doing my research for two months now, I have a tank already but only have false plants and ornaments, great video 👍

[@lifewaterscapes]

thank you so much! I hope you have good fun with the first scape. one thing I found was at the start all my scapes get algae but after a few months it starts to get more in balance and becomes easier to manage and find the balance of light and nutrients, so don't be too alarmed with the starting algae.

[@grassnake7122]

@lifewaterscapes Thank you, I know not to panic when that happens, I look forward to your upcoming videos 😄

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

Indeed a "proper" scape! Curious how you knew the old UNS soil was depleted? My experience with Flamingo Crypt is that one needs a "seasoned" tank (as opposed to a new set up) in order for it to flourish.

[@lifewaterscapes]

hey I had the old UNS soil is a scape for about 6 months before but I think I lost the bacteria a bit as I didn't really plant in wet soil. so I put the used wet soil in then topped up with the new soil. but it took me about an hour or more to plant with the filming and I did it dry without adding any water to the soil. which would have lead to a lot of the bacteria dying, and also made it much harder to plant. now I use a wet soil as its much easier for me. but it ended up being about 30% used soil and 70% new contra soil. yeah for crypts and stuff like that ive been using more dark starts to help keep the ammonia down and have a more stable start which I think is a lot better for the more sensitive plants.

[@LushSaltyAquariums]

@@lifewaterscapes I look forward to seeing this tank and your channel progress!

[@MorningDriftwood]

Nice to see even more Lagenandra.

[@lifewaterscapes]

thanks! I have another video coming soon where there's more lagenandra

[@opawikztv6569]

love the scape

[@lifewaterscapes]

thank you so much!

[@adamcenteno6155]

I love your aquascape. I think it looks great! I’m wondering how much money you invested in total. Especially in plants. You’re lucky to be able to acquire all those different types of plants. I live in Puerto Rico and I have to purchase my plants in Amazon. Nobody in Puerto Rico that I know of dedicate themselves to producing aquatic plants. So you could imagine how much money I would have to spend on aquascape to make it look at least similar in beauty as yours. Best wishes to you.

[@lifewaterscapes]

hey there thank you! so for the price I paid around $700 aud for the tank, stand, filter, light and hardscape, I bought it all second hand from one person so it was a great price. for the plants I paid $500 for the ones I planted in this video but some of them were expensive and fancy which made the price higher. and then I paid another $250 ish for more plants later. where I am plants are pretty expensive. Western Australia has a fair few aquascapers but unfortunately it's difficult for shops to get plants as we have very strict bio security for plants which makes it harder and more expensive to get them. but that being said because the plants are harder to get it does make it so you can sell a bunch of them once they are growing well. when I pulled the tank down I took a bunch of them to a local shop and traded a bunch in for credit and traded half in and almost got my money back and had some left for other scapes. so that is one bonus of it being difficult to get plants. I hope you get to make a great scape and find some good plants to buy in Puerto Rico.

[@lewiswilliamson2444]

nice scape!

[@danieljaewebb]

Awesome - what camera are you using to capture video of the fish?

[@lifewaterscapes]

thanks! I have a Sony a7iv and I use the Sony 90mm macro and the sigma 24-70mm f2.8.

[@yashtapase3821]

Hello sir I also got the narrow leaf java fern but the new leaf which grown in my tank are stuned i mean the rhizomes producing leaves but they get stunt after hitting the lenght of 1 or 2inch 😢 Please guide me

[@lifewaterscapes]

im not sure about that. it could be a lighting or fertiliser problem. when I first had it I was dosing a really lean fert and there was so much plant mass that there weren't enough nitrates in the water for it so it had more damaged leaves and damaged tip. so maybe test your nitrates to make sure you have some in the water. cause if you have lots of plants it can be really low. and if you do maybe see the light if its got enough power. I have had some of the java fern in tanks with less light and they remained pretty small. but I never had them in there for really long periods of time.

[@yashtapase3821]

@lifewaterscapes I have hygrophila corymbosa so it was sucking so much of nitrates and all the fertz I was dropping in So I removed a big clump of it and I see 1 rhizome is trying to produce a long leaf maybe I need to see how my other plants gets what they need and will make sure that jaba fern also gets their food

[@davidwebster621]

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