Something new for my 1ft cube

[Dantrasy]

My 1ft cube has been sitting empty for some time now.

Talking to friend on the weekend, we came up with a figure '8' idea.

So basically, a large circle back-right and small circle front left. The aim is to place a container full of soil inside the circles. the circles will feature rotalas and maybe some ar mini, dhg. The floor of the scape will be a few mm of off-white sand.

Here's the first play

 

[alto]

Another extraordinary rock scape

 

[luckyjim]

Looks promising.

Do you buy your stones asnsmall mixed pieces or break them up yourself?

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Your hard(scape) work makes me envy about all those nice rocks you use. Need to find some dragon stone for my next layout.
Keep going!

 

[Dantrasy]

Thanks everyone!

I got a bag of rock fragments, so i didn't have to break up larger rocks.

The rocks are still on the floor. I still need to empty the tank of soil and water.

I'll post pics of new layouts as they happen.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Dantrasy, Love the rock work so far Looking forward to following this little Scape

 

[Dantrasy]

Been a bit distracted, but i have managed to get the tank cleaned. And I have the plants I need. Just need a scape now

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

nice stand

 

[Dantrasy]

Just for fun...

 

[luckyjim]

The stone meister strikes again!

Love your style, very original and creative

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

hahaha, very nice try! but i'm sure you can do something yours very unique

 

[Rahms]

could call it dragons mouth, it looks like you're assembling a giant set of dentures!

 

[Dantrasy]

Might abandon the figure 8 idea (the foreground circle was never going to work) and go with something like this. Never used gold vine before, but it seems to go well with ohko rock.

 

[luckyjim]

Looks awesome. Still planning the same plants?

 

[Dantrasy]

Plants will be the ones in the pic above, growing in the tubs.

I'm thinking... a dome of sp Green, some ar mini, stauro .... others.

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Dantrasy, Looking forward to seeing this one come together now

One Q where did you get that superb stand and lamp its so so cool

 

[Dantrasy]

Thanks Greenfinger2!

I picked up the 1ft Cade tank locally. I'm in Perth, Western Australia. Like most things, they are from China. It was imported by Aquascape Design. The tank, stand and light all come together as a package. The light is 2x 24w PL, so you can grow anything.

 

[Dantrasy]

More twigs!



Public holiday today, so might crack on with the new scape later on.

 

[luckyjim]

Looking really good.

It looks like "gold vine" is the Aussie name for for what is called redmoor wood in the UK. You said you haven't used it before; if you aren't already aware, this stuff floats like crazy when dry. For this arrangement, you will probably either need to break the superglue, or give all of the wood a serious 3 hour or more boil (or soak them for several weeks).

 

[Dantrasy]

You're right lickyjim, they float like cork! So I've done the scape without the gold vine for now. I bundle them to a rock and soak in a bucket for a few weeks.

The tank is very cloudy atm, I'll post a pic once it settles. It's all short stems, so lots of growing in is required for decent height/shape.