zozo
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Since we have no seperate Hardscape Material Section i was wondering where to post this. And since Hardscape is the backbone of the aqauscape i guess this is the next best place.. 🙂
Anyway, i was wondering, mainly we read strip bark from wood.. But when walking the woods i notice bark aint just bark, i come across types of bark that could definitively have soem gorgious aqauscaping potential. As in the TT for example Poplar bark. For example the Populus Nigra and especialy on the large older trees. They grow extremely big and are often cut down because they get way to big can easily be blown over in a storm and form a potential hazard if it grows near populated areas. I have a little forest near my home littered with this tree and regularly one fall over. After a while it starts shedding its bark and than it becomes interesting.
I know poplar wood is a safe hardwood that can be used, poplar leaves are in the shrimp comunity trade as welcom addition to a shrimp tank.
But the bark? This one triggers my curiousity the most.
Once it is fallen off, i notice it is extremely thick and dense, it has a very hard wood like structure. And extremely beautifull color pallete when wet.
This is a cross section from a cut tree to see how solid this bark is.
I've already used this bark as scaping material for an emersed setup in my little wardian case.
This is from one piece 30cm long about 3 to 4 cm thick and cut and glued back together to create this shape.
Dry it is kinda grey and dull (Hence Black poplar) it was i do not for how long on the forest floor and still in remarkable good condition and surpriced how hard and solid it actualy is.
But when wet it realy lights up and shows a very intriguing texture in different browns.
Anyway, lately (2 days a go) i did my stroll through the woods and stumbled upon a huge black poplar blown over maybe a 20 metre long tree on the forest floor. And it wont take long there will be tons of bark pieces for the picking.
Wondering since the wood and leaves are ok to use.. If there are any, arguments? Not to use its bark submersed as aqauscaping material. It would be a pitty, because it is in one word GORGIOUS! 🙂
And if not, it still is a welcom scaping material for anything emersed.. So no energy wasted sharing all this..
Definitively keep an eye on the forest floor for fallen poplars boys and girls..
Imagin the huge slabs of bark that will fall off an old poplar like this when it comes down.
Anyway, i was wondering, mainly we read strip bark from wood.. But when walking the woods i notice bark aint just bark, i come across types of bark that could definitively have soem gorgious aqauscaping potential. As in the TT for example Poplar bark. For example the Populus Nigra and especialy on the large older trees. They grow extremely big and are often cut down because they get way to big can easily be blown over in a storm and form a potential hazard if it grows near populated areas. I have a little forest near my home littered with this tree and regularly one fall over. After a while it starts shedding its bark and than it becomes interesting.
I know poplar wood is a safe hardwood that can be used, poplar leaves are in the shrimp comunity trade as welcom addition to a shrimp tank.
But the bark? This one triggers my curiousity the most.
Once it is fallen off, i notice it is extremely thick and dense, it has a very hard wood like structure. And extremely beautifull color pallete when wet.
This is a cross section from a cut tree to see how solid this bark is.
I've already used this bark as scaping material for an emersed setup in my little wardian case.
This is from one piece 30cm long about 3 to 4 cm thick and cut and glued back together to create this shape.
Dry it is kinda grey and dull (Hence Black poplar) it was i do not for how long on the forest floor and still in remarkable good condition and surpriced how hard and solid it actualy is.
But when wet it realy lights up and shows a very intriguing texture in different browns.
Anyway, lately (2 days a go) i did my stroll through the woods and stumbled upon a huge black poplar blown over maybe a 20 metre long tree on the forest floor. And it wont take long there will be tons of bark pieces for the picking.
Wondering since the wood and leaves are ok to use.. If there are any, arguments? Not to use its bark submersed as aqauscaping material. It would be a pitty, because it is in one word GORGIOUS! 🙂
And if not, it still is a welcom scaping material for anything emersed.. So no energy wasted sharing all this..
Definitively keep an eye on the forest floor for fallen poplars boys and girls..Imagin the huge slabs of bark that will fall off an old poplar like this when it comes down.
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