Hello!
My name is Martin and I live on a far flung mountain top in the west of Ireland.
I am running a fully solar powered aquascape...60x27x37...heavily planted with anubias pangolino and various small bucephanandras....(wish I could find more!)....eleocharis/marselia crenata mixed carpet and amazonian! mist from a DOOA mist flow...there are many other species in there also...
There is a huge corner of emerged growth...Lobelia Cardinalis, Echinodorus and Murdannia...also the wondrously delicate emerged form of Ludwigia Palustris...and dear old Hydrocotyl tripartite....just try and stop it growing above water!
No livestock still....but wonder about Amano shrimp and possible other see through species?...glass cats maybe?...hatchets?
I really love these aquatic plants and the way they talk to me...they tell you what's needed if you listen well enough I reckon...
Delighted to find other enthusiasts at last...I've lived in my own aquatically obsessed bubble for too long!
ooooh...been finding such simple fascination in learning about the way these plants can transform in their emmersed versions...and sooo much easier to maintain a tank with above water growth!
Why would we not do this?....in nature its so common...and sooo beautiful...and so much better on the filtration....
Been using indigenous mosses and lakeside plants also and finding them to be so forgiving...everything we need is actually on our doorstep!
Brings a whole new dimension to the scapes...they really compliment the commercial plants we all rely on....and it saves a lot of dosh!
It's all about listening and watching...learning in a humble way and feeling grateful to be a part of this extraordinary natural world despite our shameful mistreatment of it.
These little worlds we create are true jewels...perhaps one day they will even be all that is left of the glory?
Looking forward to interacting with other plant people....
My name is Martin and I live on a far flung mountain top in the west of Ireland.
I am running a fully solar powered aquascape...60x27x37...heavily planted with anubias pangolino and various small bucephanandras....(wish I could find more!)....eleocharis/marselia crenata mixed carpet and amazonian! mist from a DOOA mist flow...there are many other species in there also...
There is a huge corner of emerged growth...Lobelia Cardinalis, Echinodorus and Murdannia...also the wondrously delicate emerged form of Ludwigia Palustris...and dear old Hydrocotyl tripartite....just try and stop it growing above water!
No livestock still....but wonder about Amano shrimp and possible other see through species?...glass cats maybe?...hatchets?
I really love these aquatic plants and the way they talk to me...they tell you what's needed if you listen well enough I reckon...
Delighted to find other enthusiasts at last...I've lived in my own aquatically obsessed bubble for too long!
ooooh...been finding such simple fascination in learning about the way these plants can transform in their emmersed versions...and sooo much easier to maintain a tank with above water growth!
Why would we not do this?....in nature its so common...and sooo beautiful...and so much better on the filtration....
Been using indigenous mosses and lakeside plants also and finding them to be so forgiving...everything we need is actually on our doorstep!
Brings a whole new dimension to the scapes...they really compliment the commercial plants we all rely on....and it saves a lot of dosh!
It's all about listening and watching...learning in a humble way and feeling grateful to be a part of this extraordinary natural world despite our shameful mistreatment of it.
These little worlds we create are true jewels...perhaps one day they will even be all that is left of the glory?
Looking forward to interacting with other plant people....