My first attempt at Iwagumi

[ashy4uk]

Hi all,
I'm Mike & this is my first serious attempt at an Iwagumi layout. The tank is 60 x 30 x 30cm (54l) & was planted up on the 9th September. Lighting is an Arcadia luminaire 4 x 24W tubes. I only use 2 tubes, 1 Plant Pro the other a Phillips 865 Daylight for 7hrs a day. Filtration is via a Fluval 405 with Sera Siporax & Sera course fibre, no chemical media used. CO2 injection @ 3 bubbles per second & fertilised by the EI method. Substrate is ADA Amazonia & rocks are Green Machine blue stone. Fish are Hemigrammus ocellifer & there's also Cherry shrimps, Ruby Nerites & River nerites (Theodoxus fluviatilis). Plants used are HC & Pogostemon helferi.

 

[Dan Crawford]

That looks really smart Mike!

Fair play on your first go, you've mastered the rock size/scale, layout and plant health from the off, cracking job!

 

[LondonDragon]

Another very nice scape, congrats, plants look healthy too

 

[Stu Worrall]

very nice setup there and great scape. Ive found it hard to do a good iwagumi with the Schist stone but youve really pulled it off here. Such healthy plant growth too

 

[Arana]

Great work, well done

 

[Themuleous]

Thats a fantastic scape!! I'd be well chuffed with that

Sam

 

[ashy4uk]

Thanks guys for the the kind words. And yes Sam, I am well chuffed with this scape

 

[Themuleous]