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Ammania bonsai in my emersed pot :) Sent from my D6502 using Tapatalk

Eriocaulon quinquangular and Eriocaulon parkerii in my emersed set up. Sent from my D6502 using Tapatalk

Rank 809 :) Here's the fts. Sent from my D6502 using Tapatalk

All the entries from India :) Including mine. Sent from my D6502 using Tapatalk

So starting another cave scape, this time the dimensions of the tank are weird, it's 18"*12"*9" (lbh) I want to make 2-3 bridges in the limited depth creating a cave with light falling through it. If anyone has reference pics please post them, I saw one done by hamsa Arif which I really liked...

Some new emersed setups of mine for storing and propagating. Hygrophila compacta Cryptocoryne nevilii just newly potted with first new leaves Bolbitis heudolotii getting first new leaves I like product photography so I did this for my potted Cryptocoryne wendtii (more of these can be...

Completely forgot about posting here. I took the final shot for TGIAC, IAPLC & AGA here are some close ups. Golden bee shrimps added At first I thought I'd add boraras sp. But realised that the stone will hide the fish. So instead went for sundadanio Axelrodii "blue" sent from my Sony z2

Just propagated and sold some reineckii mini from my propagater. :) sent from my Sony z2

Some candid shots of my tank :) The rilis are carrying. Soon will have enough to give away. sent from my Sony z2

Day 100 update sent from my Sony z2

Just propagated some from my propagater :) A full shot. Peacock moss flowering :) sent from my Sony z2

My propagator. Actually more like a dump spot. A place where I put plants that i have no space for. In it there alternanthera reineckii mini, java moss, peacock moss, thiudium sp., monte carlo and selaginella sp

Love the scape. Just create some variations on the right side.

Finally added some shrimps. Have added red rilis. If all goes well will add few more. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Thinking of CBS or rilis with galaxy rasboras. I referred to a book by readers digest called wonders of the world. Lots of inspirational landscapes in that book. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Haha yeah I'm waiting for the HC to cover the whole bridge and the moss to cover more area. These rocks are very jagged so the stones below have interlocked very well without any additional support, the bridge portion I've used an adhesive to bind it together. Its holding well. Thank you...

candid time :) Sent from my Panasonic P11

"Orb moss" a native Indian moss I've nicknamed. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Lovely! Where has the ammania bonsai been planted? Sent from my Panasonic P11

Thanks guys! My HC Cuba drilled its way through the stones and now its roots can be seen on the underneath of the bridge. Sent from my Panasonic P11

There are 49 species of barbula recorded here in India. Almost all are purely terrestrial. Some which are said to be aquatic are either hard to find or hard to id. So they all have to be tested and tried. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Only the top portion is glued. Rest sat in place thanks to its jagged structure. Here's a time lapse. I've modified it further more after the last pic was taken and plan on making two more modifications during next water change. Hope you guys liked it! Sent from my Panasonic P11

Amazing presentation! Really good interpretation of your inspiration. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Haha thank you. I'm loving nano and pico scaping. After my exams I'm gonna get a lot of small tanks to scape with! Just can't live with myself when there's an empty or unfinished tank! I have to finish it! Adding moss is just one thing. In two weeks I'll be starting work on my very own...

Thanks! Thing is I got exams now and no time to work on it. Hopefully in two weeks I'll stuff in a lot of moss! Sent from my Panasonic P11

Hope you guys like an update. Need to add moss to cover the blank stones. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Awesome! *following* Sent from my Panasonic P11

You can make a high tank planted tank with epiphytics. There's no issues of that. You just need to increase the water flow and keep the water cool so the plants will grow well. A high tech epiphytic plant choice can be the following: Bucephalandra (pink, red, blue leaved) Colored crypts...

Quick phone snaps. HC Cuba started doing well after adding a fan. Japan hair grass is packing in. o also added few crepidomanes sp. Here n there. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Bucephalandra are found in fast flowing waters. Tie them to lava rocks or some nice rocks. Theyll grow well. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Its windelov fern. A cultivar but looks nice in a bunch. Tie it to a coconut shell or lava rock Sent from my Panasonic P11

The first plant is azolla pushed out of water. Second is a hydrocotyle sp. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Yes we do get females. And we get some other darios called Dario kajal and Dario flame. On Facebook you can contact a person named Andrew Rao. He's in charge of exported the most number of Indian native fish. I'm sure he can help you guys out if you place a large enough order. He's got the most...

Here's some of my old tanks. Hope you like em. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Wow that's lovely! I gotta try this. Great job chris! Sent from my Panasonic P11

Azolla is good to absorb excess nutrients, especially nitrates. Also amazon frogbit IMO. Remove it after the first few weeks. Sent from my Panasonic P11

I mean in water bodies in the city. Potamogetons are runners in the wild but in a tank it grows like a stem for me. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Here's a potamogeton sp. That a friend of mine found. Found in a lake. Sent from my Panasonic P11

In the city, Bangalore. Within the city also we find some plants such as: azolla bacopa duckweed otellia Vallisnaria. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Aaah great, but all those states that you mentioned? They're not very rich in aquatic plants due to the climate. The next time you come to India visit the following states: Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Orissa Karnataka Kerala These states have the most varied amount of plants. I will try to...

You seem to know India well, where are you from? As for the height, the tallest I've seen is 2.5' in length. Temperature here where I stay ranges from 26-35° celsius. In our tanks we maintain it at 21-26°. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Yes it is an Indian stem plant. It grows in muddy slow flowing streams. Its always flowering. And fish such as gouramis, shrimps and killifish hide in it. Another pogostemon variety found in central south India is pogostemon deccanensis. Slightly larger than erectus Sent from my Panasonic P11

Some hobbyists here have somehow kept it by feeding mainly micro pellets or frozen brine shrimp, but most of us get the wild collected ones and they only go for live feed such as white worms and grindals. Some have also slowly tamed it to have micro pellets. A close relative to this fish is...

Guys, it is a badis badis. A micro predator hats found in several parts of India. Warmer regions where its found has a golden tinge with dark stripes. Whereas when its found in cooler areas it tends to get shades of blue, pink or red. They have amazing attitudes and are very active. Sent...

India is home to 86 varieties of fissidens as per a survey conducted it 2010. Now there can be more. Most of them are purely terrestrial but some can be grown in submerged conditions. Here in this pic I've placed a mini fissidens variety I had found. It was dormant for months before it sprouted...

I thankfully had some more HC, So I replaced it. Hope it does well. Lights are 36w pll. So its high light and I've seen to it they get good light. I also added fissidens fontanus now. I hope that latches itself. Sent from my Panasonic P11

A bit of the HC melted away while I wasn't home. But new leaves seemed to have sprouted over it. Should I leave it as it is or should I do something about it? Sent from my Panasonic P11

Will try to get a pic of that. Here's a fern that was collected in the western ghats of India. Its a microsorum variety. The leaves have roundish tips and grows very short. Sent from my Panasonic P11

Salegneilla is a very good terrarium plant. Looks like a bonsai at times. Here some sell it as an aquatic plant.

Hey guys just wanted to make this thread to display aquatic plants which are found in India. Here, in my country one needs to pay lot to get aquatic plants which they desire for. Some of our native mosses and ferns especially are exported. Some of us here didn't even know of its existence. We...

Sorry for the delay. I had to change the soil on the bridge as the particles were too big for HC. So changed it, replanted the HC added some diced peacock moss here n there too. Hope you guys like it. :) yet to add more moss and fissidens.

Thanks martin! A small update: Added Japan Hairgrass to the lower regions of the tank in the crevasses. Added a mist maker to help in DSM. added few more small stones and soil on the bridge.

Oh shuck... yes I will be having pressurized co2 Reason I asked about filter placement is because the rocks might block flow.

Thanks guys! The tank size is a foot cube. Since its small I'll either be keeping just shrimps (carbon rilis) or a school of danionella priapus. Can someone help me with filtration? A canister is out of my student budget so I thought I'll use a HOB and a small internal filter. Will this be...

Thank you! Few of the rocks I cut using a hammer. Some I found it as it is. These are actually used as bricks for construction in coastal south India. So I guess that's why some are flat. Thanks Tim.

Hey guys my first post/thread on UKAPS. this is my first scape which is a bit next level for me. Got the idea of it from a book. I used Laterite stones which I collected Behind my house. And for soil I've used amazonia and white sand as decorative. Right now I've left it in DSM for the...