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Forest Dreams - The fairy tale continues...

alex08

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As a setup ends, another one takes it's place.
Forest Dreams continues my journey through the "woods", with a more elaborate hardscape.
Hope you guys will enjoy it as much as i do.

Details about the aquarium and the equipement :

« Aquarium »
Aquael Econoline 60
« Size »
60x30x30 cm
« Lighting »
For now : 36w T8 - Osram 865 - 6500K - 7 hours per day
Coming soon : DIY LED
« Filtration »
TetraTec EX400 (soon with lily pipes)
« Heating »
Aquael Comfort Zone 75w , 24°C
« Fertilizers »
First 2 weeks, only VIMI Accelerator, in recomended dose
After this i'll use VIMI All in One and VIMI Accelerator, both in recomended dose
« Gravel, sand, substrate »
10 kg JBL Manado, 3 kg quartz (0,8-2,0mm)
« CO2 »
Coming soon :D
« Plants »
Anubias barteri var. nana 'Petite', Bucephalandra Green Wavy, Bucephalandra Mini Needle Leaf, Microsorum needle leaf, Microsorum windelov, Bolbitis heudelotii,
Ceratopteris thalictroides, Limnophila sp. Guinea Needle leaf, Cryptocoryne wendtii brown, Ludwigia sp. Mini Super Red, Creeping moss, Fissidens fox moss, Pelia,
Phyllanthus fluitans
« Fish & shrimp »
Neocaridina davidi var. Orange, Sewellia lineolata
Hope to get my hands on some Boraras urophthalmoides.
« Hardscape »
Wood : Red Moore, Twinty Wood
Stones : Dragon Stone

Step-by-step pics :


Day 1, the vision :

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Added JBL Manado and started to scape :
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Added some mesh pieces to keep JBL Manado from reaching the quartz :
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Put the Dragon Stones on top of the mesh :
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Added the quartz :
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Front view :
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Some details :
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Added some small pieces of Twinty Wood, on the rocks and between them, for a more natural look :
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More details :
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More pics to come...
 
Looking awesome, I wish I could do something like that. Could you post a top view?
Just to see the planting space.

Tapatalking
 
Very nice! Love seeing these scapes done in small tanks!
 
imak, it's kind of hard to get a top view because of the tanks placement, but i'll give it a try. Planting space it's kind of limited where there are lot of branches, but i do have a lot in the background to work on. :D
rebel, thank you! :D
Adi, my friend, this is just one of the surprises. :D

Some more hardscape pics :

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At first I thought you have nutrients rich substrate, but then re-read first post and see it's manado. Did you use it for color sake or there were other reasons?
 
Planted around 80%, but not all the plants you see will stay. I used some just to fill the tank for cycling.

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Alexander, i had Manado in the previous setup, so i didn't feel like spending money on something else. I wanted to invest more in the hardscape part this time.
Besides that, i had only good results with JBL Manado. I had it in all the Tranquility projects (i'll also stick to it in the new one, coming this January) and in some of my nano projects.

Roy, thanks a lot. I'm honored even to be in the same sentence with George. :D
 
Day 19 :

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Added some moss here and there and made some cuts.
Hope i'll manage to change the plants on the left side, after the holidays. Have some plans to use more plants like Myriophyllum (maybe a mix of red and green).
I think it'll help more with the "forest effect" i'm after.
 
hello ! you've got a beautiful tank ! if I may make an observation : the stone on the left looks completely different than all the others - color, texture; do you think you could replace it or hide under some moss - fissidens maybe
 
Yes Eduard, i also got my eyes on that and will make some changes. I didn't have any Dragon stones left at the time so i used a Seiryu. :(
Hard to replace, i have a lot substrate behind that, keeping it in place, so i'll have to cover it some how.


So, day 26 :
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No big changes, but i do have a list of plants to add in some places (especially in the middle, on the left side of the trail) : Hydrocotyle sp. Japan, Ranunculus inundatus and Juncus repens.
 
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