Mirkwood - ADA 45P

[Mikeba]

Small update on the dry start of this scape. It's going very well, I can see new growth popping up everywhere.

We are at week 3 now, but I'm going to give it one more extra week to be sure.

 

[Guest]

Nice tension.

 

[Nigel95]

 

[14548]

Very nice, dry start needs patience and method, 2 things I don't own. 😀

 

[Mikeba]

After almost 6 weeks of dry start I finally got around planting this scape a few days ago.

The dry start was a big success and I'm going to use this method for all my future scapes, for sure. It's so easy with very nice results, the way I like it. 😀

So here some pictures for you guys, hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed the planting!

 

[Mikeba]

If you are interested to see how I build this scape, check out the video below!

 

[14548]

Very nice, myriophilllum guyana or some hemianthus micranthemoides would fill the background nicely adding the 'forest' effect. 🙂

 

[Jayefc1]

Wow looks amazing great start

 

[Mikeba]

Very nice, myriophilllum guyana or some hemianthus micranthemoides would fill the background nicely adding the 'forest' effect. 🙂

My first idea was to do a hemianthus micranthemoides background, but then I saw a scape a bit like mine using this plant in the background and I didn't like it. It was too bushy, taking over all the twigs, not a natural sight.

That's why I went for Eleocharis acicularis. I hope it grows well so I can trim it the same height as the twigs in the back, going from high to low. I think this will increase the feel of depth.

But I love the myriophilllum guyana, maybe I can plant some of it later on, to give the background a little more texture.

 

[Ryan Thang To]

Hey

Awesome layout out Love the tiny details. Going to look very cool in a month time. Love step by step video too

Cheers
Ryan

 

[TheAquascaper]

Great hardscape watching this one

 

[Jayefc1]

Really would like to see a update

 

[Mikeba]

Looooong overdue update on the 45P. Sorry for that guys, life got in the way. 😳

Replanted the foreground with Monte Carlo yesterday as the HC Cuba melted on me ... twice but hey, we’re staying positive!

 

[Nubias]

Looking great

 

[FJK_12]

I like the tall hair grass and the shape you've trimmed it in the back left, you don't usually see that in a scape like this

 

[Mikeba]

Thanks guys 🙂

@FJK_12 I hope it will fill in nicely so I can emphasize the depth even more. I'm also planning to add a lot more sticks in the back, going from bigger to smaller. But when the hair grass is grown in completely. 😀

 

[Mikeba]

Month 5

I have been struggling with this scape for the past months. 🙁 Had brown algae that just wouldn't go away, HC/MC in the front kept melting and to top things off, a giant Cyano outbreak.

So I decided to remove the front soil slopes and do a complete 6 day blackout to kill the Cyano bacteria. This worked like a charm and the tank recovered really well. All the brown algae is gone too

I recently added some Bucephelandra and more wood for more details.

Enjoy!

 

[14548]

Nice mini buce!

If cyano comes back (and it probably will...), try this;



Very effective, harmless, cheap and it works like a charm.

 

[rebel]

Very nice, prefer it without the foreground mc/hc!

 

[Mikeba]

@CooKieS I have some Chemiclean stand by in case it returns 😀 But I THINK I tackled the root cause of the Cyano outbreak. I think it was due to lots of MC/HC melting and some issues with flow the tank became very unstable.

@rebel Thanks man, I'm also more fan of this version