Current build status of my nano tree stump

[castle]

Started building a desktop nano; which will only be seen from the front and angled left. Plan is to be lighting planted, primarily using moss and some small epiphytes

Anyway, lightings a little poor but you should be able to get the idea 👌





I wanted to have this “over hang concept”



Finally, I carved out the bottom to hide the pump for the trickle fountain to come up through the centre. A 500mm 10mm drill bit did the pipe line.



Photos ain’t doing it justice but it looks nice in person 😊

Tries an image with the normal lights on…



Gravel is ❤️ (note, gravel comes from in-laws garden!)

 

[castle]

Went for it after work today, mostly planted up and the shenanigans of getting that wood to attach to the stone. The stone the wood rests on was very heavy and the angle to glue left me no choice but to remove the wood and glue outside of the tank.







A bit of a mare, I covered the glue with some dark sand to try and hide as much cotton pad as I could.

Then I prepared the fissindens (thanks @palcene) I did this by nutri-bulleting it with about half an egg cup of water:





After this, I painted on some mossy water…



Like that tbh.



Finally added some teeny anubias to some of the cracks to the wood, however I have moved one since that image 😅

Now I must mist for a couple of weeks. Planning to add a single crypt spiralis tiger on the right and left, with probably one last anubias addition rear front left. It’ll be slightly bare planted but that’s ok with this one.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

This is cool. Looking forward to seeing the progress

 

[Spartacus]

Looking very good 🙂 Quite an unusual bit of wood! If it helps I read that you can use capillary matting (for greenhouses etc) attaching it to the wood to create a wet area for a large section of moss etc. Similar to ADA's Terra Tape just a whole world cheaper 🙂