Iwagumi...

[Iain Sutherland]

Nick from Crystal Aqua was nice enough to offer up one of the hardscape challenge tanks to play with. It is a wide shallow 60cm with proportions i really enjoyed working with.
So i planted it up last weekend and all is going well, even the UG isnt melting..

Fave new plant... marsilea crenata
marsilea crenata by iain sutherland, on Flickr

iwagumi by iain sutherland, on Flickr

 

[George Farmer]

Awful... 🙂

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Haha I know, it's got no tension 😉

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[spyder]

Not giving much away in those photos. 😛

 

[Iain Sutherland]

I'll get a full tank shot in the next few days. Not being deliberately cryptic.

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[Greenfinger2]

Hi Iain, Love what you have done with my rocks 😀 Looks better than the Hardscape I did with them 😉

Marsilea crenata What a little stunner 🙄🙄

 

[Berlioz]

Gorgeous! The marsilea is a lovely little plant, one of the first I ever kept. 🙂

 

[Iain Sutherland]

8 days later all is well, even the UG is growing!! In need of a clean and proper photo tomorrow night.



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[Iain Sutherland]

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[Iain Sutherland]

Similar angle to the first journal pic just 2 weeks later... fastest growing tank I've kept.


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[Nelson]

Looks fantastic 🙂.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Iain, Looking good 🙄

 

[Nick16]

Looking great,
Give us some info on the hardware please?
Tank size, lighting etc 🙂

 

[Iain Sutherland]

thanks guys

tank - crystal aqua 60x30x50 ( i think, off the top of my head)
lighting - chihiros led
filter - JBL crystalprofi e701
Substrate - Tropica soil and powder
Fert - Tropica specialised and premium opposite days
No heater so 20c
weekly 80% water change.

Plants
HC
Marsilea crenata
monte carlo
UG
eleocharis mini
riccardia chamedryfolia

all Tropica 12grow and

dwarf riccia

livestock 8 Taiwan Bee hybrids.

 

[CooKieS]

Nice growth here! What is the exact dosage of tropica ferts you use daily?

Thanks!

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Nice growth here! What is the exact dosage of tropica ferts you use daily?
Thanks!

6 pumps which, if i remember right its 1.6ml a pump so would be 9.6ml

 

[Seweryn Piotrowski]

Really nice

 

[Eduard18]

Hi there ! Nice tank ! Could you please tell me what cabinet is that

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[Tim Harrison]

Wow that is super fast growth...

 

[EdwinK]

Nice rock work. Could you please right down your light regime?