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Schruz's Works - Wabi Kusa, Emersed setups, Planted tanks

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Wouldn't a quick co2 blast kill off any nasties? I do it to all my terrarium plants.
 
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Morgan Freeman said:
Wouldn't a quick co2 blast kill off any nasties? I do it to all my terrarium plants.
Tell us more about this please, I have never heard this method.

Finally a glassbox of life in the ground foor of my apartment. Today my aquascaper friend and I have built the copboard that now holds the Iwagumi. Actually it is much more correct to say that he built it and all I mostly did was watch and tell jokes :) This piece of furniture is capable of holding an aquarium with a base up to 60x30 cms in the future if I get bored of the emersed Iwagumi.But that is distant future :) So a few nice ambient pics and some not so nice with flash, so you can compare size of things and have a clearer idea of the tanks placement in the flat.

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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr



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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
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The project's new place by András Tündik, on Flickr
 
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Inspiring stuff schruz, makes me want to start my own Wabi kusa project. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before ADA get you to provide their Wabi kusa promotional shots, your stuff is leagues ahead of anything else I've seen!
 
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Gary Nelson said:
Great photos! simple clean lines... looks great :thumbup:
Thanks!

leonroy said:
Inspiring stuff schruz, makes me want to start my own Wabi kusa project. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before ADA get you to provide their Wabi kusa promotional shots, your stuff is leagues ahead of anything else I've seen!
Mate, thanks for your warm words. You made my day, even if you exaggerated a lot :lol:

The emersed Iwagumi had a large prune so that the rocks are visible again.

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iwagumi_dec_06-22 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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iwagumi_dec_06-11 by András Tündik, on Flickr

I thought it was time for a new before-after pic too.

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beforeafter by András Tündik, on Flickr
 
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Yep, made me start couple of mine as well :thumbup:
Is iwagumi going uncovered just in room humidity?
 
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Piece-of-fish said:
Is aquarium open top all the time?
Yes it is. Please go to page 2. There, I explained in detail the process of setting it up successfully so that it can be opened up all the time after a period of time, once the plants are mature enough. Actually, its partly an answer to another similar question by you ;) If you leave it open right after planting, chances are it wont work.
 
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Thanks, i do remember you saying that and the process as well. This one just looks too good to be true :lol:
 
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I made a new Wabi. The plants are in a 30 cm diameter ADA Cylinder Plant Glass.

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newbowl-1 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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newbowl-2 by András Tündik, on Flickr

The cover looks quite homemade :p, I just couldnt find a glass bowl in the kitchen that is large enough to cover up such a large Plabt Glass. I'd now like to thank Ms. J. K. Rowling, for writing such sturdy and massive books :lol: The cover is not air tight or anything, but it does the job I think.

Substrate: I wanted to make substrate balls out of Amazonia and black mosquito net, but it just wouldnt look good and wouldnt stay strong no matter how hard I tried. So I threw away the idea and just did the regular substrate method. There is a mixture of ADA Amazonia and Malaya in there since I didn't have enough Amazonia left. :p On the bottom-middle of the glass there's some Substrat Pro and some other porous stuff. I didnt have any concentrated plant substrate either so I left that out as well this time. I'm expecting a little slower growth due to these reasons, although regular watering with nutrient rich tankwater should compensate for the substrate's hindrances

Plants: Most plants are fresh emersed ones this time. I went shopping in the Green Aqua store :p
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Pogostemon erectus
a small amount of submers Rotala wallchi
submers Ludwigia glandulosa
Myryophyllum matogrossense
Hygrophila pinnatifida
half submers Hygrophila sp. Araguaia


Later I might plant some other species. I'll see what else would harmonize well with the current ones once they have grown in a little.

Lighting: For now I'm using my old Arcadia lamp, 2x24 W T5HO. I'm undicided of the bowls final place yet and the lights I will use in the end.

Maintainance will be the usual. Since I'm using emersed plants this time, I expect that it will be OK to remove the cover earlier than in my other projects.
 
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The award ceremony of the Hungarian Aquascaping Contest 2011 was today. There were 65 contestants.

I recieved 17th place with this tank:

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Hungarian Aquascaping Contest 2011 - 17th place out of 65 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Im completely satisfied with my results. Regarding the fact that I am currently running 7 different planted projects, its kind of a miracle that this tank was able to recieve such a nice placement.

My other tank recieved 27th place.

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Im completely satisfied with this one too. Cube tanks dont tend to recieve too good results in general but compared to that fact, the tank still managed to be in the middle range of the results.

Both of my tanks are in the top half of the HAC 2011. I don't think I could wish for a better Christmas present :D
 
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mattb180 said:
Very nice Schruz and well done on your top half finishes!
Thank you very much mate! ;)

Made a new cover solution, because the previous one had an overly large surface where humidity could escape and this proved to be a problem. I pruned the roots of some of the plants I planted and those started to swelter. Now they are fine :) Higher humidity compensated for my mistake. A lesson to learn: when planting emersed, don't prune roots! Its logical after all. Roots are the only parts of plants when emersed that can take up enough water to keep the plant alive.

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newbowl11-2 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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newbowl11-1 by András Tündik, on Flickr

It kinda looks like a laboratory experiment to me. Cool. :D
 
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Well I havent posted in a while, sorry for that...

Some somewhat outdated pictures, gonna take new ones soon.

Glosso carpet in 100l tank is full and healthy again.
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fairytale-2 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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fairytale-1 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Emersed growth on 100l tank.
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fairytale-4 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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fairytale-3 by András Tündik, on Flickr

One week old pics of my new Wabi Kusa. The Wabi is 2 weeks old on the pics, it is at the moment 3 weeks old. Its much denser since then, beacause I moved it closer to the lights. It reached the age when the plants are pretty strong and bring a lot of side shoots. I took most of the cover off by now, only left some at the back. Since there mostly emersed plants in there from start, they required less time to acclimatize. Soon will post new pics.
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emersed_things-11 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-5 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-6 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-7 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-8 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-9 by András Tündik, on Flickr


Tiny new leaves on the hydro. Since then their appearance is exponential...
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emersed_things-10 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-12 by András Tündik, on Flickr

And finally the emersed Iwagumi. One week old photos. It needs serious trimming on the pics. Im gonna do it tomorrow hopefully.
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emersed_things-2 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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emersed_things-3 by András Tündik, on Flickr

An interesting little pic :D
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emersed_things-4 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Something else. I am going to rescape/restart my 50L planted tank by the end of January. Better said, I'm going to turn it into a half planted tank half emersed thingy. I hope it will work the way I planned it. Details coming soon ;)
 
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Great stuff you got there mate. Trying some wibi-kusa myself.
I really like the last shot :)
 
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Thanks guys!

schraptor said:
Great stuff you got there mate. Trying some wibi-kusa myself.
I really like the last shot :)

Please share your photos, I'd really like to see them. Or are you publishing them in the emersed growth section?


I don't have much time to comment the pics atm, but I've commented them on Flickr so you can read that if you'd like. ;)


The bowl is 24 days old.

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wabikusas-5 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-6 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-7 by András Tündik, on Flickr

I've planted Staurogyne repens in there.

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wabikusas-8 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Older wabis.

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wabikusas-25 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-9 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-11 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-12 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-13 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-14 by András Tündik, on Flickr

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wabikusas-15 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-16 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-17 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-18 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-19 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Wow :D
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wabikusas-20 by András Tündik, on Flickr

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wabikusas-21 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-22 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-23 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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wabikusas-24 by András Tündik, on Flickr
 
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