Takashi Amano in PFK

Famous aquascaper and founder of Aqua Design Amano, Takashi Amano, has written an article that has been published in this month’s Practical Fishkeeping Magazine. It features beautiful images of Takashi Amano’s Nature aquariums and a timeline of his life and achievements. At The Green Machine we are proud to be the UK’s largest stockist of ADA. We use all the products we sell, so that you can be confident that you will receive expert, practical,…

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‘Five Stones’ Aquascape by James Findley

The Inspiration… James wanted to create an original, modern Andy Warhol, pop-art style of Nature Aquarium. To do this, he used the ADA Sado-Akadama Stone which has a lovely red colour, and the ADA Aqua Screen in Clear Green because red and green are at opposite ends of the colour spectrum and therefore create a very dramatic contrast, like blue and orange or purple and yellow do. At first, James was not sure about the…

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‘Five Stones’ Aquascape by James Findley – Time-Lapse Preview

James wanted to create an original, modern Andy Warhol, pop-art style of Nature Aquarium. To do this, he used the ADA Sado-Akadama Stone which has a lovely red colour,and the ADA Aqua Screen in Clear Green because red and green are at opposite ends of the colour spectrum and therefore create a very dramatic contrast, like blue and orange or purple and yellow do. At first, James was not sure about the Aqua Screen but…

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‘Reciprocity’ Aquascape by James Findley – The Making Of

James Findley’s latest Aquascape ‘Reciprocity’ which measures a huge 305cm x 61cm x 61cm (approx. 1200 Litres)- come and see it progress in Wrexham, UK! Livestock includes: 125 x Rasbora Merah, 80 x Black/Purple Harlequin Rasbora, 100 x Blue Line Rasbora, 20 x Botia sidthimunki, 50 x Rasbora kubotai, 60 x Rasbora espei, 45 x Emerald Eye Rasbora (Rasbora dorsiocellata), 70 x Amano Shrimp (Caridina Japonica). Mainly small species were chosen to make the aquascape…

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ADA 20th Anniversary Celebration!

The 20th Anniversary of ADA is here! This year, famous aquascaper Takashi Amano’s company, ADA  or Aqua Design Amano, celebrates its 20th Anniversary. To commemorate this, ADA are releasing a number of limited edition Nature Aquarium items!”ADA products were born from actual hands-on experience with the Nature Aquarium. “ADA-ism” is a reflection of our passion for product originality and has been proven through our product designs and high quality standard. For this reason, every single…

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