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English woodland Long overdue update

John Starkey

John Starkey

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Hi all, hope your all well,after selling my 450ltr tank 7 months ago i felt it was time i set up another one be it very much smaller,after visiting Aquajardin last week i got my self a Dennerle 60ltr nano,since i spend of lot of time in the forest of dean,cannock chase and other places of natural beauty i thought it would be nice to have a little bit of woodland in my front room,hence the name English woodland,hopefully i can try and do something that resembles a bit of woodland,
Tank specs = 38cm X 38cmX 43cm 60ltr,s
lighting will be one aquadistri 18 watt at first and if i need more light i will add a second of the same make and wattage,
substrate is Columbo Flora base 10ltr bag
Plant list
christmas moss or versicularia, has anyone tried christmas moss ?
staurogyne repens
Microsorum pteropus Narrow
Marsilea hursuta,has anyone tried this plant,
hopefully i can make the setup interesting reading with some pictures as i go and look forward to your comments/advice

regards,
john
 
Re: English woodland

Marsilea hirsuta will be an excellent plant for this size of tank. It is dead easy to grow, but gets a bit taller than Marsilea crenata in my experience, and is slower growing. Mine chucks out the odd three leaf clover, but I cut those off as they look out of place.

I`m looking forward to seeing the Staurogyne repens.

By the way, is 60l a nano?

Dave.

P.S. The Marsilea hirsuta may not be too fond of having Excel added anywhere near it. I think I burnt some of mine recently when I chucked a dose in by it at low level during a water change. I am pretty sure the Excel sitting around for a few minutes in the water whilst there was no current burnt some Marsilea h.
 
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By the way, is 60l a nano?
Hi Dave,it says so on the box :lol: ,thanks for the info about the Marsilea,i am looking forward to doing this little tank,
regards,
john.
 
Re: English woodland

Can't wait, John, I'm certain it'll be to your usual exceptional high standard.
 
Re: English woodland

This one looks like an interesting scape in the making, i can't wait to see pics. I'm deferently subscribed for this one.
 
Re: English woodland

Sounds great Jonny Boy, i'm sure you've picked up a mass of inspiration from your wood trecking, even if you don't know it!

Marsilia is a cracking choice, it should suit the forest look very well. Depending on the scape, I recon Juncus repens may work well as it has a very "wild" look to it?

Can't wait to see it buddy :thumbup:
 
Re: English woodland

Thanks for the being so enthusiastic,hope I can do something worthwhile,well I have ordered the plants I have gone for weeping moss instead of Xmas moss,so planting day is this Fridy,I forgot to mention that filtration will be via a eheim pro 3 250 ,
Regards john
 
Re: English woodland

john starkey said:
Thanks for the being so enthusiastic,hope I can do something worthwhile,well I have ordered the plants I have gone for weeping moss instead of Xmas moss,so planting day is this Fridy,I forgot to mention that filtration will be via a eheim pro 3 250 ,
Regards john
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The nice thing about christmas moss is the formation, a little like fern, which would have been great for an English woodland. I dont know about the weeping moss but from pictures I have seen it is quite different.
 
Re: English woodland

Here the scape i have settled on,its what i can see in my minds eye from the forest of dean,i am sure some will like it and some not :rolleyes:,i may tweek the stones a little but the wood i am happy with.
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i am fetching my plants later today from aquajardin so i may get some of them in today,
regards,
john.
 
Re: English woodland PICTURES

Really nice John, really natural. Can't wait to see it planted!

Oh, the Marsilia may hide your rocks once growing so i'd consider some larger ones.
 
Re: English woodland PICTURES

john starkey said:
Oh, the Marsilia may hide your rocks once growing so i'd consider some larger ones.thanks Dan,i have been looking at it all after noon and you a right the stones need to be a bit bigger, :thumbup: cheers mate,
regards,
john.
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Hi dan,yes your right i realised this afternoon as i was looking at it i will replace them tomorrow during planting,
cheers mate.
 
Re: English woodland PICTURES

is it at all possible to twist the v shaped wood through about 45 degrees so that it raises up slightly from the substrate on the right hand side? I think it'd help make the scape feel more dynamic, especially once you've some bigger rocks in.

Looks Great, John, Keep the pictures coming! :thumbup:
 
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