Johnbol
Seedling
- Joined
- 27 Dec 2013
- Messages
- 16
Hi Guys!
This time, after my emersed "cups", I am posting my latest creation, my little gem. Made it in my old 12L (30x20x20) optiwhite tank, adding only an optiwhite lid to keep the moisture levels more or less constant.
As a base I used Amazonia powder type, for hardscape xaxim panels and old root I had in my previous aquarium set-up.
Plant groups are of:
Everything is still "fresh&new", and will need some time for the plants to cover the tank as I wish they would. Whole thing is on my northern windowsill, so it's not getting too much light, but that seems to be enough. For now I don't use additional artificial light source - might do that later in Autumn and Winter.
I mist it every 2-3 days with RO water with small addition of ferts. Also I slight the lid to leave 1 cm gap during most of the day for air movement.
As you can see, it's not a professional paludarium with proper light, misting system, and ventilation. But seems to be working fine, and that bit of manual "conditions control" doesn't bother me at all. On the opposite - I enjoy every minute spent on watching it. Found a couple tiny spider-like red mites lately (probably came with orchids from Thailand), and I wonder if they can harm my plants... Still they are an interesting bunch of creatures, but unfortunately I can't catch them with my camera.
Here are the latest pics:
21052014_1 by Johnbol, on Flickr
21052014_2 by Johnbol, on Flickr
Cheers!
This time, after my emersed "cups", I am posting my latest creation, my little gem. Made it in my old 12L (30x20x20) optiwhite tank, adding only an optiwhite lid to keep the moisture levels more or less constant.
As a base I used Amazonia powder type, for hardscape xaxim panels and old root I had in my previous aquarium set-up.
Plant groups are of:
- terrestrial - Utricularia pubescens, U. dichotoma, U. warburgii, Ficus pumila and unknown fern
- epiphytes - Barbosella dusenii, Podangis dactyloceras, Schoenorchis fragrans and Thrixspermum merguense
- aquatic - Anubias nana petite, Cryptocoryne legroi (if I remember well), Rotala indica (to try it out), Bucephalandra sp. (2 different kinds), Bolbitis sp. Gua Angin, Microsorium sp., and few kinds of mosses pulled out from my tanks.
Everything is still "fresh&new", and will need some time for the plants to cover the tank as I wish they would. Whole thing is on my northern windowsill, so it's not getting too much light, but that seems to be enough. For now I don't use additional artificial light source - might do that later in Autumn and Winter.
I mist it every 2-3 days with RO water with small addition of ferts. Also I slight the lid to leave 1 cm gap during most of the day for air movement.
As you can see, it's not a professional paludarium with proper light, misting system, and ventilation. But seems to be working fine, and that bit of manual "conditions control" doesn't bother me at all. On the opposite - I enjoy every minute spent on watching it. Found a couple tiny spider-like red mites lately (probably came with orchids from Thailand), and I wonder if they can harm my plants... Still they are an interesting bunch of creatures, but unfortunately I can't catch them with my camera.
Here are the latest pics:
21052014_1 by Johnbol, on Flickr
21052014_2 by Johnbol, on Flickr
Cheers!