Another Walstad Naturescape

[Tim Harrison]

Been hectic after moving house, and have serious scaping withdrawal symptoms so I spent the afternoon, well...scaping...
Large pebbles from a Devonshire beach a bit of manzi, and recycled 4 spp of Crypts, 2 of Anubias, Xmas Moss and a bit of B. heudelotii.
It's all a bit haphazard and not really thought out but it's low maintenance and I'm sure it'll grow in OK.

 

[darren636]

Nice peninsula .

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Troi, Nothing beats a bit of scaping glad to see you have wet hands again

Love the wood and stones nice selection of plants too Looking forward to seeing the plants grow in

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks Darren and Roy, it needs re-jigging a bit but I'll let it grow in first

 

[Andy Thurston]

It's all a bit haphazard and not really thought out

It'll probably end up looking more natural.
Looking good Tim,
Watching

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks Andy, the plan is to pretty much leave it to it's own devices with a little intervention every now and then

 

[Boxerbrad]

Wonderful looking tank, just seen this. What substrate is it may I ask?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks, it's 1:1 mix of Westland aquatic compost and moss peat, capped with a couple of cms of Unipac Limpopo Black sand.

 

[Boxerbrad]

Wow it looks great
Is how are the plants coming along?

 

[Ryan Thang To]

hey tim
tank look great. wood is really nice i got some my self. glad your back scaping

cheers
ryan

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks brad, the plants are doing ok...still early days tho'.
And thanks also Ryan, it's the same old Tom Barr manzi...the present to myself that just keeps giving

 

[PARAGUAY]

Really like the rocks.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks Paraguay...did I already mention they were free too

It's been well over a week since it was set up, so the critters will be going back in today after a 50% water change. Hopefully, the plants will have had chance to put some roots down and won't end up floating on the surface...I'm a bit worried the Cory catfish will have a bit of a field day rooting around in the sand, they've been in a bare bottom holding tank for a good while.

 

[faizal]

Nice one Troi... Looking forward to seeing this grow out.

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks Faizal, I think the plants have settled in already and are starting to take off.

 

[nayr88]

Love these set ups!!
Please share more about the tank! Filers and lighting used.

Will you be stocking heavily or dosing anything additional?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Thanks nayr.
T8 lighting 2x15w - photoperiod 8hrs (split 4x4hrs with 4hr siesta), APS external 1000 l/h. 2ml of TNC complete a week to start up - the plants have been in a bare bottom holding tank so need a bit of help, but it'll be run without soon.
It's planted heavily with young plants they'll fill out the tank nicely when they've grown. And yes the bioload is high but not excessively so.

 

[faizal]

Any update photos please Troi....how big is the tank by the way?

 

[Tim Harrison]

Hi Faizal....no updates yet not much has changed really, such is life in the slow lane. The tank is a Fluval Roma 90 with the lid etc removed 60 x 35 x 45cm (h). Volume 90 litres.

 

[Manisha]

I really like the Walstad aquarium - The manzanita is particularly nice in this ☺ Growth is slow, what time frame would you expect for this to mature? Would it be 6 - 12 months perhaps?