60cm dry start...

[Iain Sutherland]

Afternoon all,

Being as we are moving house in January I didn't want to start a new tank right now. However the other half would like a low tech ram tank, so this dry start has been going 4 weeks.

I

really wanted to try the yoghurt blender method with mini fissidens, so I bit the bullet and blended up £100 worth of mini in the hope it would work. It has taken really well, to my suprise, no mould or melting issues.

I spray once a day and uncover a few hours a day.

Just iphone pics at the moment

The wood isn't ideal but it's what I had

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Greenfinger2]

Hi Iain, Nice Scape The fiss will take off no problem When you pull down the scape. And dry the rock for weeks even months. As soon as you place them in water the fiss will bounce back into life

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Hi Iain, Nice Scape The fiss will take off no problem When you pull down the scape. And dry the rock for weeks even months. As soon as you place them in water the fiss will bounce back into life

seen that with fissidens font, its nails!! I hope its the same with the mini as it made me cry blending 3 tiny little mesh screens on a hope and prayer....

 

[G H Nelson]

£100 you mad!......nice start though Iain

 

[alto]

blended up £100 worth of mini

blown away by your courage



What other plants do you have growing emersed in there?

Looks like you've left some nice rock "paths" & loads of secret places for the rams

(& so kind of you to set up this tank just for the other half )

 

[Greenfinger2]

£100 you mad!......nice start though Iain

Yes but when the fiss grows he will have £300 worth

 

[Iain Sutherland]

£100 you mad!......nice start though Iain

thats what ed said when i asked for it.... it'll be mad when each rock sells for £150 covered in mini

What other plants do you have growing emersed in there?

Murdannia keisak
Ludwigia 'super red'
Hygro pinnatifida
mixed small bucephalandra
Riccardia Chamedryfolia
Fissidens nobilis mini
cryptocoryne albida

(& so kind of you to set up this tank just for the other half )

gotta keep her involved or i'll end up in the shed

 

[Iain Sutherland]

Yes but when the fiss grows he will have £300 worth

my maths says £1200 just need to find some like minded fools who pay silly money for aquatic plants

 

[G H Nelson]

my maths says £1200 just need to find some like minded fools who pay silly money for aquatic plants

You got a point....there are a few out there....Mmmmmmnnnnnn

 

[Greenfinger2]

my maths says £1200 just need to find some like minded fools who pay silly money for aquatic plants

My maths was never good You found a like minded fool. I love plants"" No fish or shrimp"" As I rescape every 90 to 120 days bit unfair on the critters

 

[Joe Turner]

Cracking scape, looking forward to seeing it wet!

 

[JohnC]

looks ace. you seem to have some fossilized brains as hardscape.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Murdannia keisak

That is doing well. I might try it as a house-plant.

cheers Darrel

 

[flygja]

I didn't know mini Fissidens was that expensive! Might have started an air mule convoy carrying mini fissidens to you guys

 

[Antoni]

Looks good Iain! And glad to see you back in scaping Mini fissidens will make you rich