Well yea as per the title ....
Giving the old wabi kusa a go . I haven't actually done a lot of research on the different methods but I have briefly read through the ones on ukaps and decided to give it a shot , another project involving aquatic plants !! Why not 😉
I found a glass bowl at home bargains for £2.99
190mmx 170 mm (not the biggest but big enough)
I made the light from some offcuts of wood from work , mitred them and glued it together, stained in a medium oak.
The bulb is a gu10 4 watt 4200kelvin 45 degree lense - £2.99 home bargains. I wired it up and it works brilliantly.
The plants I've used are from underwatergarden (eBay seller)
Echinodorus tenellus
Hydrocotyle Sp. Japan
Cryptocoryne Beckettii
Hc Cuba
Anubias nana
I've used java moss and spagnum moss for the wabi ball .
The wabi ball is made with garden soil ( the soil is like a clay where I live) with a cat litter core ,
I was going to use Ada Amazonia but I didn't want to open the sealed bag just for a little bit .
I'm hoping that the cat litter will absorb the nutrients from the water and then sufficiently provide the plants with what they need .
Once the ball was made I wrapped it in spagnum moss with fishing line followed by a some java moss
I then planted all the plants with tweezers , made a nice hole and pushed them straight in .
I really don't know how I managed to get all the plants that I did onto the ball but wabi kusa are meant to be wild so at least I'm on the right track 😉
I poured in some sand and placed a few lava rocks into the bottom for my wabi ball to sit on.
I'm hoping the moss will slowly creep over the lava rocks (hoping)
The ball just about fitted through the opening hahah, I added some dry ferts into some water and poured in so the bottom of the ball is slightly submerged .
I have no idea how much ferts to mix Into the water I just dosed Ei as per 500ml . Also not entirely sure how often to change the water .
Misted the plants with water then covered with cling film
I'm planning to spray about 3 times a day for the 1st week then reduce it over 3-4 weeks along with slightly opening the cling film untill it completely acclimatized.
I've also set the light for 10hours a day, and again I'm not sure if this is the norm .
Cheers 😉
I have no idea how this is going to turn out or if it fails miserably. But I'm hoping it grows in nicely .
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Giving the old wabi kusa a go . I haven't actually done a lot of research on the different methods but I have briefly read through the ones on ukaps and decided to give it a shot , another project involving aquatic plants !! Why not 😉
I found a glass bowl at home bargains for £2.99
190mmx 170 mm (not the biggest but big enough)
I made the light from some offcuts of wood from work , mitred them and glued it together, stained in a medium oak.
The bulb is a gu10 4 watt 4200kelvin 45 degree lense - £2.99 home bargains. I wired it up and it works brilliantly.
The plants I've used are from underwatergarden (eBay seller)
Echinodorus tenellus
Hydrocotyle Sp. Japan
Cryptocoryne Beckettii
Hc Cuba
Anubias nana
I've used java moss and spagnum moss for the wabi ball .
The wabi ball is made with garden soil ( the soil is like a clay where I live) with a cat litter core ,
I was going to use Ada Amazonia but I didn't want to open the sealed bag just for a little bit .
I'm hoping that the cat litter will absorb the nutrients from the water and then sufficiently provide the plants with what they need .
Once the ball was made I wrapped it in spagnum moss with fishing line followed by a some java moss
I then planted all the plants with tweezers , made a nice hole and pushed them straight in .
I really don't know how I managed to get all the plants that I did onto the ball but wabi kusa are meant to be wild so at least I'm on the right track 😉
I poured in some sand and placed a few lava rocks into the bottom for my wabi ball to sit on.
I'm hoping the moss will slowly creep over the lava rocks (hoping)
The ball just about fitted through the opening hahah, I added some dry ferts into some water and poured in so the bottom of the ball is slightly submerged .
I have no idea how much ferts to mix Into the water I just dosed Ei as per 500ml . Also not entirely sure how often to change the water .
Misted the plants with water then covered with cling film
I'm planning to spray about 3 times a day for the 1st week then reduce it over 3-4 weeks along with slightly opening the cling film untill it completely acclimatized.
I've also set the light for 10hours a day, and again I'm not sure if this is the norm .
Cheers 😉
I have no idea how this is going to turn out or if it fails miserably. But I'm hoping it grows in nicely .
Sent from my mobile telecommunications device
