Ada 45p Forest Scape

Beautiful photo! How in the world did you get that? I think I'll still stick with green neons but mabye for the next build!

Thank you! External flash above tank + macro lens. Green neons are great to, beautiful colors and perfect schooling fish.

 

Day 86

 

Fantastic! The bubbles look like morning dew. Perfect

 

Awesome Nigel.

 

Awesome Nigel.

Fantastic! The bubbles look like morning dew. Perfect

Thanks guys. Happy Holidays!

 

That's absolutely stunning Nigel!!

Hope y'all had nice holidays!

 

That's absolutely stunning Nigel!!

Hope y'all had nice holidays!

Thank you! I hope you had a nice holiday to

 

I’m in love with this build

 

I’m in love with this build

Thank you

 

Positively stunning!

 

Neocaridina davidI var. Yellow

yellow shrimp by nigel aquascaping

 

Neocaridina davidI var. Yellow

yellow shrimp by nigel aquascaping

 

Neocaridina davidI var. Yellow
View attachment 408647yellow shrimp by nigel aquascaping

What macro clip on are you using?

 

Gorgeous!!!

 

What macro clip on are you using?

No macro clip Mak.

Canon 700d, external flash and canon ef-s 60mm f2.8 USM

 

No macro clip Mak.

Canon 700d, external flash and canon ef-s 60mm f2.8 USM

Haha I thought these were too good to be true I must have misremembered who on this forum uses one. I upgraded my phone and mine no longer fits, maybe I should upgrade my camera instead

 

Haha I thought these were too good to be true I must have misremembered who on this forum uses one. I upgraded my phone and mine no longer fits, maybe I should upgrade my camera instead

Ha the pictures were taken pretty fast. Can do much better with this equipment just don’t got the patience always . Macro clips can work but don’t give the same results.

 

Ha the pictures were taken pretty fast. Can do much better with this equipment just don’t got the patience always . Macro clips can work but don’t give the same results.

Very true!

 

New Twinstar 450 e series for the ADA 45p. Lovely colors! Bought this already for the next rescape (brazil style). In that scape I will be using stems with colors so this led comes in handy. I like the design!

new twinstar e series

 

First final shot is done. The photo is ok but it can improve a little more. Needs some time till the back fills in more, to have less negative space. But it feels good to have a good picture already in case something happens with the tank. When contests are over I will share the final shot with you guys

Here you can see my setup how I do final shots. I don't use my twinstar when doing final shot because it will block out light of my external flashes. I use a very small led flood light above the tank so I can still see the position of the fishes. It is a lot easier when you have a hanging kit. It takes a lot of pictures to get that one with the fish in right position. Even after 180 photos I don't have the perfect photo with them all being in a line. The black cardboard is to reduce the amount of light entering in the camera lens.

final shot ada 45p setup

 

Beautiful! Absolutely stunning photo, great job Nigel

 

Made a new macro photo of my boraras urophthalmoides in the ada 45p forest. What fish do you keep in your nano tank?


boraras uropthalmoides by nigel

 

I like Green Neon Tetras and ChilI Rasboras especially. Ember Tetras would fade out too much in my scape.

 

I like Green Neon Tetras and ChilI Rasboras especially. Ember Tetras would fade out too much in my scape.

I like them all three!

Never had embers so far.

 

Chilis are tiny little stunners

 

A detail macro shot of some very small fissidens fox and riccardia chamedryfolia moss on the spiderwood.
Do you like moss and which one is your favourite?

fissidens riccardia detail

 

Detail shot of the ADA 45P Forest

detail shot ada 45p by nigel

 

Only word for that ‘scape. . . . Wow!!
I knew there was a reason I didn’t visit this thread too often, tank envy

 

Woohoo! That is simply beautiful!
It doesn't cold like you have any water in the tank, it's an underwater forest now!

 

Only word for that ‘scape. . . . Wow!!
I knew there was a reason I didn’t visit this thread too often, tank envy

Thanks a lot! You can do this to!

Woohoo! That is simply beautiful!
It doesn't cold like you have any water in the tank, it's an underwater forest now!

Thank you

Yeah optic white glass and some purigen in the filter makes it look really clear!

 

Fresh layer of new cosmetic sand

 

Lovely!

 

When the tank goes wild because it's hard and not fun to trim the moss in such a small space. And a little bit lazy of course

room shot ada 45p nigel

 

When the tank goes wild because it's hard and not fun to trim the moss in such a small space. And a little bit lazy of course

room shot ada 45p nigel

 

Made a new macro photo of my boraras urophthalmoides in the ada 45p forest. What fish do you keep in your nano tank?

View attachment 425210boraras uropthalmoides by nigel

Late to this thread and this looks amazing! Just wondering, where did you find your boraras uropthalmoides? I've been trying so hard to find some

 

Final video. Final shot inside

 

That's so pretty! I wish I could figure out how to aquascape like that

 

Breaking it down? sad, love this

 

That's so pretty! I wish I could figure out how to aquascape like that

You can do it. Take your time never rush with scaping!

Breaking it down? sad, love this

Yes it is already down for a few months... new hardscape is almost finished. Brazilian style. Rocks and stems! Challenge in only 45cm tank. Will be planted after China.

 

Excited to see the progression, tag me when you post (either group)