The Forsaken World (Final photo.. scape now ended)

[Pedro Rosa]

Is it just me or was the sand damp - was that a deliberate choice for scapeing or just the way it came?

Sorry James Couldn't understand what you meant by "sand damp"...

 

[aliclarke86]

I think he was asking if the sand was wet before you started to fill and if you had made it wet of it came this way?

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[Pedro Rosa]

Ok, yes it was still wet because it was washed at the middle of the week. It was best if it were dry but when i filled with water all came along nicely.

Pedro.

 

[parotet]

Wow! Your videos really add another dimension to the journals! Congratulations for both the tank and media

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Christmas Miracle!!!
Look at my aquarium when i got home!!!

IT SNOWED INSIDE THE AQUARIUM!!!

I already gave some cloths to fish and shrimp. Let's hope for the best

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Forsaken World Aquarium
SETUP

2013.12.14-15

Aquarium
120x50x50 cm - clear glass

Filter
Eheim Professionel 3 (previous established)

Pipes
DoAqua Violet Glass Outflow 17 mm (Lilly Pipe)
DoAqua Violet Glass Inflow 17 mm (Lilly Pipe)

Heater
Eheim Jager 200 w
Thermometer ADA NA

CO2
Pressurized 3 bps
Solenoid Valve
TMC Bottle
DoAqua CO2 Music Glass (difusser)

Lights
Solstar by Ramirezi 4x 39 w
T5 39w 6500k daylight
T5 39w 4200k coolwhite
T5 39w 8000k skywhite
T5 39w 10000 aquastar

Substrate
Ada Aquasoil Powder (upper layer)
Elos Terra por baixo (lower layer in tights - 2 / 3 years in water)
Ada Power Sand. Aditivos ADA.

Hardscape
Spirit Stone
ADA La Plata Sand

Plants & Moss
1 - Taxiphyllum sp. ‘Flame”
2 - Taxiphyllum sp. “Spiky”
3 - Riccardia chamedryfolia
4 - Fissidens fontanus
5 - Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
6 - Anubias sp. “Petite”
7 - Anubias sp. “nangi”
8 - Microsorum sp. “Trident”
9 - Bacopa “Compact”
10 - Hygrophila pinnatifida
11 - Rotala rotundifolia
12 - Didiplis diandra
13 - Ranunculus inundatus
14 - Rotala Macandra “green”
15 - Marsilea hirsuta

(2013.12.20)

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Day 14

Growing is going very good.
Made some more tests, because there is 60Kg of rock on water and results are preatty good:

PH - 6.5 (same as day 8 )
KH - 4

Photos:

Fissidens fontanus... growing very good. The rock where it was attached is almost gone.

Spiky... starting to spread.

A Marsilea changing for underwater leafs.

Flame... the one that grown better. On first week it was already vertically.

Rotala Macandra Green (not pearling! water change)

Didiplis Diamdra... some interesting vivid red shoots!

Pinnatifida... starting to spread.

Rotala Rotundifolia... Still very green.

Pedro.

 

[Rob P]

Look fantastic Pedro

I love the amount of planning you put into the set up, planting plans etc. Very jealous of the creativity some of you clearly have (and I don't )

 

[roge21]

Looks very clean and growing well

 

[Lindy]

This scape would also look great with slow growing plants on the top terrace,such as ferns and crypts, for a more jungly look. Its given me ideas, thanks....

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Look fantastic Pedro



I love the amount of planning you put into the set up, planting plans etc. Very jealous of the creativity some of you clearly have (and I don't )

Thanks Rob. We have to learn will all the good examples on UKAPS. I've learned and be inspired by many excellent works done by all of you.

This scape would also look great with slow growing plants on the top terrace,such as ferns and crypts, for a more jungly look. Its given me ideas, thanks....

Yes maybe, but too much light on the top.
I use two kinds of Anubias and a Fern on the front/lower side.

Pedro.

 

[flygja]

I have the same sized tank - 120 x 50 x 50. I'm using DIY 10x 10W LEDs for lighting. It's running at about 70-75% power through a dimmer. I have to use an uncountable (I have tried counting a few times...) amount of bps in order to keep BBA at bay, but I still have GSA on anubias and rocks. I'm amazed you only need 3bps with 156W of T5!

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Flygia, maybe too much light even with only 705?
BBA is a little tricky to control once is around and I don't think that pushing up CO2 only will make it go away.
There should be many infos around here about BBA.

I've got a paper from Tom Barr in my ipad about red algae that i want to read for weeks but i'm having difficulty getting my hands on the ipad with two kids around

Pedro.

 

[TOO]

Looks great, Pedro! This will look better every day.

Do you have a link or reference to the Tom Barr paper you mention?

Thomas

 

[Martin in Holland]

Of you are finale able to get your IPad, please share that Tom Barr paper

 

[Pedro Rosa]

Sorry guys, I can't. It's for subscribers of Barr Report and someone gets troubles for sharing that kind of documents

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi pmgsr, Superb And i Love the rock work

 

[Edvet]

I'm a member there Pedro, is it in the members section?

 

[Pedro Rosa]

I'm a member there Pedro, is it in the members section?

Yes, Members Section, Barr Report Newsletters (~in the middle of the first page - Red Algae).

Pedro.

 

[Edvet]

thx