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120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

Re: 120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

Viktor, the UWA is distorting every angle in these images. Over do it with UWA and you can end up making a rectangle look square. Maybe this is what your seeing. I tend to reserve UWA for close ups, not full tank images :thumbup:

12 inches of substrate at the back down to 2 should give depth i think 😀 time will tell

Vito said:
personally I think attaching moss to the wood and letting it cover it but still leave bits bare might aid a more natural look between the rocks and wood
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good idea mate. :thumbup:

Antoni said:
I like it and Im excited about the plants list
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8) plant list soon.
 
Re: 120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

This setup it's perfect for shooting it with UWA from below the soil level with a nice reflection on the water surface. 😀
How big is the plant list? 1-2-3 .. 10? 🙂
 
120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

Hi Mark,

Love the new hardscape! It must be awesome in person and look bigger than on photos.

Think about attaching pinatifada to the driftwood and giving it a hard trim 😉
 
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clonitza said:
How big is the plant list? 1-2-3 .. 10?
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maybe 6 species tops.

It's a real pain deciding actually. There's so many combinations, it's overwhelming.

I'm about 90% decided on the final list.

Thanks gill and Juri. :thumbup:
 
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Piece-of-fish said:
Plant list plant list
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forget the 6 species 😳

Hemianthus callitrichoides
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis 'mini' special.
Echinodorus tenellus
Anubias barteri var. nana
weeping moss.
riccia 1
Vallisneria nana
Echinodorus 'Vesuvius'
Hemianthus micranthemoides

i may use just glosso or hc, maybe a bit of both. who knows.
 
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Wow, impressive Mark :clap: (I just love the hardscape!) It will certainly be quite a setup. I do not see a problem with using a lot of plants as most of them here are carpeting or small growing ones. Using these together might help improve the natural look.
Btw what is Eleocharis 'mini' special?
 
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cheers Keymaker.I'm pleased with the hard scape, but just hope the planting will live up to the layout.

keymaker said:
Btw what is Eleocharis 'mini' special?
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A little something I've received from a friend of mine. It's like parvula only smaller. Might be fun to try. 🙂
 
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Plants arrive Thursday,and as luck would have it, I have Thursday and Friday off! Also, I'm working local for the next 2 weeks so I can tend to it in the vital stages.
 
Re: 120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

Mark Evans said:
Piece-of-fish said:
Plant list plant list
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forget the 6 species 😳

Hemianthus callitrichoides
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis 'mini' special.
Echinodorus tenellus
Anubias barteri var. nana
weeping moss.
riccia 1
Vallisneria nana
Echinodorus 'Vesuvius'
Hemianthus micranthemoides

i may use just glosso or hc, maybe a bit of both. who knows.
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Will be looking forward to see how the Vesuvius goes. I want to try this plant but it's kind of expensive if it was to just go melt on me. Hardscape looks great. :thumbup:
 
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spyder said:
Will be looking forward to see how the Vesuvius goes. I want to try this plant but it's kind of expensive if it was to just go melt on me.
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It's a new one to me too. I'm just deciding where to put it.

samc said:
looks a good plan mark, nice to see your still making some great scapes.
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hello stranger :thumbup: The forum could do with you showing some of your journals.

Tony Swinney said:
Good news mark - look forward to the pics
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Cheers T! i'll be posting later today, hopefully.

Piece-of-fish said:
Great news. I feel lots of nice pics coming soon
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I'm sure i'll flood the forum section shortly 😳

I'm waiting for the plants to arrive. I've got moss and riccia stones to make and split all of the plants. The planting part will be a breeze, it's the prep work that takes me forever.
 
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A planting video, please please :geek:
For all us beginners.
I know you got time this weekend 😉
 
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Piece-of-fish said:
A planting video, please please
For all us beginners.
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:lol: you? a beginner?...your havin a laugh!

I'm all done! planted. Just filling up now. It looks nothing like i thought it would. :shifty:
 
Re: 120 x 55 x 55 Iwawoody.

I've had a few issues along the way.

Firstly, the anubias i wanted didn't turn up, leaving me having to rethink the layout.

Second, i ran out of fishing line, and then ran out of cotton, so i'm short of moss stones. I'll finish these tomorrow.

Third, the wood floated! :lol: ....the Amano curse...

No.4, i filled, and forgot to add 2 bits of wood. Added these after with great difficulty.

So, a fun evening all told! :crazy:
 
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