About a year ago I posted this photo
I live close to the Yorkshire dales and have been ruminating on an idea using locally sourced hard scape and a scape inspired by walks in Wharfefale. This initial idea culminated 2 Tanks,
The Riverside scape Iwagumi style:
And
The Woodland Pool nature style:
The River side started amazingly using advanced plants, the tank for the first 4 weeks was amazing, but then I was a victim of diatoms and literally everything has died, the window for introducing the clean up crew was miss timed as I didn’t get an all clear on nitrites so couldn’t get the crew in. It now looks like this:
I am totally gutted on whats happened, but I hope I have rescued what I can, the eleocharis at the back was melting so I have trimmed and replanted mosses and ricardia will be ok. So now I need a ground spreader which will weave through the cobbles, I am thinking H . Cuba but worried the Armani’s will pull it up.
The lower tech Pond Tank had bumpy start. I had lots of fungi type biofilm which was all over the wood, and a bit of a swampy smell which wasn’t pleasant. I am very pleased it all cleared up and the tank is looking brilliant:
I just think it needs some ground cover in the front, suggestions welcome.
I live close to the Yorkshire dales and have been ruminating on an idea using locally sourced hard scape and a scape inspired by walks in Wharfefale. This initial idea culminated 2 Tanks,
The Riverside scape Iwagumi style:
And
The Woodland Pool nature style:
The River side started amazingly using advanced plants, the tank for the first 4 weeks was amazing, but then I was a victim of diatoms and literally everything has died, the window for introducing the clean up crew was miss timed as I didn’t get an all clear on nitrites so couldn’t get the crew in. It now looks like this:
I am totally gutted on whats happened, but I hope I have rescued what I can, the eleocharis at the back was melting so I have trimmed and replanted mosses and ricardia will be ok. So now I need a ground spreader which will weave through the cobbles, I am thinking H . Cuba but worried the Armani’s will pull it up.
The lower tech Pond Tank had bumpy start. I had lots of fungi type biofilm which was all over the wood, and a bit of a swampy smell which wasn’t pleasant. I am very pleased it all cleared up and the tank is looking brilliant:
I just think it needs some ground cover in the front, suggestions welcome.
