bigmatt
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So, after seeing a few amazing Wabi Kusa tank in Garuf's lovely "Get Excited..." thread (i highly recommend having a browse - great body of ever expanding work!) which sadly i'm too stupid to copy here, i'm thinking about building a massive Wabi Kusa setup over the next few months, just to see what i can make of it.
THe root for this is a tank i acquired for free a while back. It's no beauty - used t be a shop tank with all the wear and tear that implies - but the dimensions are perfect fr this kind of thing - 5ft x 2ft wide x 18in deep (or so). I have most of the hardware - couple of spare external filters set in the garage, and thinking about setting up a couple of cheap B&Q floodlights for the lighting...
So, this is the idea... The tank is to be set up in my unheated garage, meaning i can heat the water but not the emersed parts. It also means i can go BIG!!!! and this is a list of things i'm thinking and could do with some help with as i've never done emersed before
1) I'm thinking about two rock piles emerging from the water, perhap with a waterfall (filter outlet) running down one of them. I'd like to build a couple of small pools in these rock piles. Becaise of the projected size of the project normal landscape rock is prohibitively expensive - does anyone have any ideas as to what rock i could use? Must be cheap! I was thinking about grafting rock onto a foam base to make it easier to "build" - probably using filler foam that i'll then shape
2) Because the garage is unheated i need to know what plants can grow emersed in UK conditions
3) It will get no natural light - will this prohibit moss growth?
4) Please point out everything else i've missed!
Thanks, as always, for looking and for your help
Matt
THe root for this is a tank i acquired for free a while back. It's no beauty - used t be a shop tank with all the wear and tear that implies - but the dimensions are perfect fr this kind of thing - 5ft x 2ft wide x 18in deep (or so). I have most of the hardware - couple of spare external filters set in the garage, and thinking about setting up a couple of cheap B&Q floodlights for the lighting...
So, this is the idea... The tank is to be set up in my unheated garage, meaning i can heat the water but not the emersed parts. It also means i can go BIG!!!! and this is a list of things i'm thinking and could do with some help with as i've never done emersed before
1) I'm thinking about two rock piles emerging from the water, perhap with a waterfall (filter outlet) running down one of them. I'd like to build a couple of small pools in these rock piles. Becaise of the projected size of the project normal landscape rock is prohibitively expensive - does anyone have any ideas as to what rock i could use? Must be cheap! I was thinking about grafting rock onto a foam base to make it easier to "build" - probably using filler foam that i'll then shape
2) Because the garage is unheated i need to know what plants can grow emersed in UK conditions
3) It will get no natural light - will this prohibit moss growth?
4) Please point out everything else i've missed!
Thanks, as always, for looking and for your help
Matt