LondonDragon
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Awesome indoor pond 🙂 ducks?
Hi all,
Like the Fig (Ficus lyrata) in the planted/flooded photo, very snazzy. Have you had it long?
cheers Darrel
I think it is a Strangler Fig, so possibly yes. I used to have a large Ficus benjamina (also a "Strangler"), that produced aerial roots into an open-topped galvanised water tank. It had originally been in a very small pot, but as it grew the basal roots were mainly embedded in the concrete floor of the glasshouse, and it it did really well even though it wasn't actually in any potting compost at all.And will it grow with its feet in water?!
This is awesome. Love the set up and the planting and bogwood are making me wide-eyed and green with envy.
Your tank looks bigger than my living room.
You are an utter, glorious Cad, and I am insane with jealousy.
All the best from Bill. 😀
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Hi Alastair,
looking great, love the way the wood emerges in the centre.
What we need now is photos from each viewable side 🙂.... tomorrow will do though, looks like its been a busy day 🙂 lol
Cheerio,
Ady.
Hi all,
Like the Fig (Ficus lyrata) in the planted/flooded photo, very snazzy. Have you had it long?
cheers Darrel
And will it grow with its feet in water?!
Paulo i promise that i will go out and buy some plastic ducks and take a photo of them for you. That can be my little girls task however.......Awesome indoor pond 🙂 ducks?
Oh man, that's a bugger. Not long enough curing d'ya think?
Crushing news Alastair.....gutted for you mate. Better safe than sorry though.
Really sorry to see that mate, I think it is either the silicone bond is too thin or it was not cured enough. Possibly a combination of the two, I would defo strip it now just in case it does give as that would be even more gutting than just stripping it.
The water level is only ever so slightly uneven and you would really have to look to notice it plus its not actually on the side where the water level is highest.One thing, I presume the tank was 100% level when full and not happening to have any reason for exces pressure on the side that got the problem?
I feel your disappointment mate, try to syphon off the nutrasoil even if you have to keep refilling till you get most of it out, real shame buddy 🙁
Even if it was caused by twist it could only happen if the silicone was not cured 100% or was too thin. Better it happened now than when it had all settled in anyway so something to be be kind of happy about ( if that is possible ).
That looks quite unusual!
It is difficult to see exactly what is happening, is that water ingressing into voids in the silicone or is the pressure pushing the panes of glass apart & deforming the silicone?