ADA’s Substrate Article – Characteristics of Substrate Materials Unperceivable Just by Their Appearance

Not only promoting the healthy growth of aquatic plants, Aqua Soil-Amazonia is also popular as a substrate material ideal for breeding bee shrimps and other aquatic creatures. The greatest feature of this soil is in its quality natural black soil as an ingredient. Then, how superior is Aqua Soil-Amazonia? Let’s compare this product with other types of soil focussing on the trend in water quality.         Aqua Soil-Amazonia Powder Type Among the…

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ADA’s Liquid Fertilizer Article – Comparison of Nutrient Contents for the Growth of Healthy and Beautiful Aquatic Plants

We may sometimes feel that the leaf colors of aquatic plants are fading. This is mainly due to lack of some nutrients essential for aquatic plants. What nutrients are contained in liquid fertilizers for the growth of aquatic plants in aquariums? Green Brighty STEP 1 STEP1 contains trace elements as major ingredients. Using desalinated deep seawater rich in natural minerals as a base, this fertilizer supplements all the trace elements essential for aquatic plants. The…

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IAPLC 2012 Booklets Available

The ADA International Aquatic Plants Contest (IAPLC) Booklet for the 2012 contest is now available! The 2012 contest had the largest number of entries ever: 2,021, from 63 different countries, demonstrating the popularity of ADA and the Nature Aquarium. The Nature Aquarium concept was developed by Mr Takashi Amano the founder of Aqua Design Amano, and has grown in popularity over time.   The 2013 IAPLC This year’s contest will no doubt be even more popular, and…

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Reciprocity Aquascape 1 Year Old by James Findley

https://thegreenmachineonline.com/articles/journals/reciprocity-aquascape-james-findley Measuring a huge 305cm x 61cm x 61cm, James has created another stunning Nature Aquarium in store at The Green Machine. This video shows footage shot at 1 year into the life of ‘Reciprocity’. You can see this aquascape being created in our 40 minute long ‘making of’ documentary here. As always, it’s best to see it for yourself, but because we know that not everyone can travel to see us, we’ve created these…

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The Making of ‘Five Stones’ Aquascape and Guide to Iwagumi Layout by James Findley

https://thegreenmachineonline.com/articles/journals/five-stones-aquascape-james-findley 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…

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