Takashi Amano Sumida Aquarium all parts english subtitles

[SunnyHouTX]

stop sunny or I will rant lol

Go on... Let it all out if you chest. Tell us how you made offerings of mass quantities of cash at Amano's feet

[sunkenmetal]

Go on... Let it all out if you chest. Tell us how you made offerings of mass quantities of cash at Amano's feet

nope not gonna start a shart storm

[Dan]

he transfers the pain to his minions, if you watch closely you will notice that every now and then he will touch one and they will fall over dead

You see how his minions do all of the work. Nice to be able to sit back and dictate what you want while others scramble over one another to get it done.

lol I almost fell in with that crowd don't even get me started

You can't just say that and leave us in suspense.

[Dan]

Go on... Let it all out if you chest. Tell us how you made offerings of mass quantities of cash at Amano's feet

LOL

[sunkenmetal]

nope

[Totenkampf]

finally got around to watching all these. very inspiring. although expertly arranged, none of the plants are truly demanding so this could be a good go by for beginning design. i didnt see if the staurogyne repens made it but that might have been the most difficult plant? i have to say that all of the 20th anni gear that they were pimping are uniformly lame. my favorite thing was perhaps the idea of the graduated back lighting behing the grasssland and stones. i wonder how he filtered the blue? layers of diffusing cloths or with lighting angles?

[SunnyHouTX]

Etched glass

[Totenkampf]

you can get a large sheet of etched glass in a graduated opacity that highlights the waves of blue?

[Dan]

I have to agree with you. I think he kept the plants simple for longevity of the scape and maintenance purposes. The gradient blue and white lighting used for the background was very nice but that technique has been used by many aquascapers. Just look at the aquascaping contest results and you'll see it used quite a few times.

I have to admit that having a group of people to do your every bidding would be nice. If I'm not mistaken his people maintain the scape as well for the Sumida Aquarium. The 20th anniversary gear pretty much looked like crap. Looks like they tried to make them look cool like everyone are mindless immature adolescents.

[Totenkampf]

ah but the some of the gear was titanium! do they really sell much of that stuff? japans economy isnt even as good as ours, from what i am told, and hasnt been for a number of years. i am curious what the average japanese planted tank guy is really using. amano must have made a mint here though, i saw about 36 grand solar fixtures at least! can you imagine what he charged for that stone, the tons of anubias, and all that substrate lol.

i had to lol when he decided that putting lava rock on top of dense stryofoam wasnt a good idea after all.

[sunkenmetal]

he wasn't expecting black pipe... so he didn't make the tank...

[SunnyHouTX]

you can get a large sheet of etched glass in a graduated opacity that highlights the waves of blue?

Where do you see so much detail? I see a light blue background with gradation of light that's consistent with backlighting, maybe with the uniform, linear source at the bottom of the tank. Yeah, etched glass can give that effect. Plus the tank lights form the top will also change the way the background looks.

[Totenkampf]

he wasn't expecting black pipe... so he didn't make the tank...

he had them change the wall, if thats what you are refering to.

[sunkenmetal]

he had them change the wall, if thats what you are refering to.

Wall?

I think he was talking about the pipe in the overflow