viktorlantos
Aquascaper
I always was inspired by the real wabi kusa tanks from the japanese friends. I also liked those low height tanks and one of my all time fav is a tank from Aqua Zoom Japan. This one here if you're not familiar with it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/saimo_mx70 ... otostream/
So we have a 60 cm tank with half height. A nice glass stand, a solar lamp, a pair of jet inlets... and the first attempt started a week ago.
Used ADA Nile Sand (i love the color of it), 2 larger lava stone, a few mosses, pogo helferi, anubias under the water. And on the top we added in a simple plant called Dawallia. At this point i am not sure this ill survive on the long term as this is not friend with too much water, but worked well in the Aqua Zoom tank and i heard that this works well in a paludarium too. So we will see. For now this good, but if the plant is not doing well i will change it to aquatic plants and will build something like this> http://wabikusa.jp/images/main.jpg
Oh i forgot to mention we have a mist generator there. from Hobby.
This is how it looks 1 week after the setup
For filtration we used the Super Jet ES-600 with 4L Bio Rio and 1L NA Carbon. This is really too much here, but hey we had this on stock and we wanted to use it. And if we loose the interest on the low height tank then we will build something like ADG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/509 ... 74e9_z.jpg
or ADA http://www.adana-usa.com/images/large/c ... sample.jpg
The tank with the mist:
The reason why i share it, because this is very different from the tanks we build usually, but gives a great impression and no need CO2 or heavy fert to keep it running. With a few shrimps and fishes in it's a nice add on to any living space.
So we have a 60 cm tank with half height. A nice glass stand, a solar lamp, a pair of jet inlets... and the first attempt started a week ago.
Used ADA Nile Sand (i love the color of it), 2 larger lava stone, a few mosses, pogo helferi, anubias under the water. And on the top we added in a simple plant called Dawallia. At this point i am not sure this ill survive on the long term as this is not friend with too much water, but worked well in the Aqua Zoom tank and i heard that this works well in a paludarium too. So we will see. For now this good, but if the plant is not doing well i will change it to aquatic plants and will build something like this> http://wabikusa.jp/images/main.jpg
Oh i forgot to mention we have a mist generator there. from Hobby.
This is how it looks 1 week after the setup
For filtration we used the Super Jet ES-600 with 4L Bio Rio and 1L NA Carbon. This is really too much here, but hey we had this on stock and we wanted to use it. And if we loose the interest on the low height tank then we will build something like ADG: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4152/509 ... 74e9_z.jpg
or ADA http://www.adana-usa.com/images/large/c ... sample.jpg
The tank with the mist:
The reason why i share it, because this is very different from the tanks we build usually, but gives a great impression and no need CO2 or heavy fert to keep it running. With a few shrimps and fishes in it's a nice add on to any living space.