Rozza
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I bit the bullet, went shopping to the local pet stores and scaped my first aquascape:
The ingredients:
The build
When buying the tank, rocks and spider wood I tried to arrange bits on top of a tank box. I also bought 24 plants, I had no idea what I was buying really, I recalled 'monte carlo' and 'java ferns' from youtube videos but couldn't recall any others. However, there wasn't a huge amount of choice and I had no real idea. As this is a simple no co2 system, some are probably doomed to struggle in this tank - they can always be transplanted to another tank in the future.
I over did the soil level, and used some bags to hold the soil for the extra height at the back. I struggled to get the arrangement for the spider wood I had in the shop - but happy with the new one. I broke one of the rocks into two with a hammer and then had to bring in a big piece of flint to fill the space. On youtube they make supergluing the plants to the rock / wood look easy, now its all planted I can see loads of white glue where I over did it or failed to get two peices of wood to glue together.
I didn't have any tweezers to plant the plants, they had run out in the shop, luckily wilckos had some knitting needles which I used. I planted some of the ferns that probably should be attached to a rock - I hope they cope.
The background plants are all small at the moment - so that and the upgraded tank size mean that the tank will develop some of the missing height in the future.
The ingredients:
- Superfish home 110 tank - I had planned to go for the 80 but at the last minute (fearing I had too many plants) I upsized
- Some rock - unsure what type, plus a big piece of flint from my old garden
- Spider wood pieces
- Flora base pro - ridiculous expensive but hobsons choice - nothing else there
- Plants:
- Alternanthera cardinalis
- Anubias barteri
- Anubias congensis
- Cryptocoryne balansae
- Cryptocoryne costata
- Cryptocoryne lutea
- Echinodorus sankt elmsfeuer
- Micranthemum monte carlo
- Microsorum pteropus
- Microsorum narrow leaf
- Pogostemon erectus
- Day two additions:
- Salvinia auriculata
- Moss balls
- Some taller plants (sorry they came without a label) I think they were Bacopa's
- Cherry shrimps x 10
The build
When buying the tank, rocks and spider wood I tried to arrange bits on top of a tank box. I also bought 24 plants, I had no idea what I was buying really, I recalled 'monte carlo' and 'java ferns' from youtube videos but couldn't recall any others. However, there wasn't a huge amount of choice and I had no real idea. As this is a simple no co2 system, some are probably doomed to struggle in this tank - they can always be transplanted to another tank in the future.
I over did the soil level, and used some bags to hold the soil for the extra height at the back. I struggled to get the arrangement for the spider wood I had in the shop - but happy with the new one. I broke one of the rocks into two with a hammer and then had to bring in a big piece of flint to fill the space. On youtube they make supergluing the plants to the rock / wood look easy, now its all planted I can see loads of white glue where I over did it or failed to get two peices of wood to glue together.
I didn't have any tweezers to plant the plants, they had run out in the shop, luckily wilckos had some knitting needles which I used. I planted some of the ferns that probably should be attached to a rock - I hope they cope.
The background plants are all small at the moment - so that and the upgraded tank size mean that the tank will develop some of the missing height in the future.