Nigel95
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Got bored of my Iwagumi and wanted to do something with spiderwood. Decided to make my own forest.
Have a look at my Youtube channel
>> www.youtube.com/nigelaquascaping <<
Final video
My tank with black background in the room.
nigel aquascaping enchanted forest black background by Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
Recent pictures
detail shot forest scape by nigel aquascaping by Nigel H, on Flickr
forest 8 by Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
forest detail 128l nigel aquascaping by Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
Specs planted tank aquarium
Tank
80x40x40 cm / 31x15x15" opticwhite 8mm
34 gallon / 128 litre
Lighting
Aquatlantis easy led 742 but soon chihiros rgb 60
Hardscape
Lava rock
Spiderwood
Substrate
ADA Aqua Soil
Shrimp
50+ Red cherry shrimp
Fish
20 green neon tetra
Snails
10 Clithon sp.
Plants
hydrocotyle tripartita
cryptocoryne parva
fissidens fontanus
fissidens mini
solenostoma tetragonum
Bucephalandra (soon before flooding)
Co2
Pressurized CO2 with a diffusor
Co2 checker edge (20 ppm)
Heater
Hydor eth 200 temperature 25 celcius
Filter
Eheim experience 350 (2426) with stainless steel lily pipes
Background
Frosted glass spray
Day 1 Hardscape & DSM
Yoghurt method moss dsm
Day 36
Day 60
forest scape 128l day 60 p3 by Nigel H, on Flickr
Day 75
Day 95
More details
day 95 forest aquascape by nigel aquascaping by Nigel H, on Flickr
Day 115
details growth by nigel by Nigel H, on Flickr
Tank 80x40x40 cm - 34g / 128L
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Yoghurt method experiment
Got some fissidens fontanus from someone. Trying out the yoghurt blender method to attach mosses on my lava rocks.
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Waterlogging all pieces hopefully they will not dry completely out during my dry start to attach mosses to hardscape.
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To be more safe to avoid floating spiderwood I zip tied spiderwood pieces to a piece of slate. These will be buried in the substrate. So far it seems promising as pieces sink immediately in a bucket.
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Plants
Planning to use the following plants:
- Fissidens fontanus and mini
- Solenostoma Tetragonum
- Cryptocoryne parva
- Hydrocotyle tripartita
- Some small bucephalandra
Have a look at my Youtube channel
>> www.youtube.com/nigelaquascaping <<
Final video
My tank with black background in the room.
Recent pictures
Specs planted tank aquarium
Tank
80x40x40 cm / 31x15x15" opticwhite 8mm
34 gallon / 128 litre
Lighting
Aquatlantis easy led 742 but soon chihiros rgb 60
Hardscape
Lava rock
Spiderwood
Substrate
ADA Aqua Soil
Shrimp
50+ Red cherry shrimp
Fish
20 green neon tetra
Snails
10 Clithon sp.
Plants
hydrocotyle tripartita
cryptocoryne parva
fissidens fontanus
fissidens mini
solenostoma tetragonum
Bucephalandra (soon before flooding)
Co2
Pressurized CO2 with a diffusor
Co2 checker edge (20 ppm)
Heater
Hydor eth 200 temperature 25 celcius
Filter
Eheim experience 350 (2426) with stainless steel lily pipes
Background
Frosted glass spray
Day 1 Hardscape & DSM
Yoghurt method moss dsm
Day 36
Day 60
Day 75
Day 95
More details
Day 115
Tank 80x40x40 cm - 34g / 128L
image uploader
Yoghurt method experiment
Got some fissidens fontanus from someone. Trying out the yoghurt blender method to attach mosses on my lava rocks.
image uploader
Waterlogging all pieces hopefully they will not dry completely out during my dry start to attach mosses to hardscape.
image uploader
To be more safe to avoid floating spiderwood I zip tied spiderwood pieces to a piece of slate. These will be buried in the substrate. So far it seems promising as pieces sink immediately in a bucket.
image uploader
Plants
Planning to use the following plants:
- Fissidens fontanus and mini
- Solenostoma Tetragonum
- Cryptocoryne parva
- Hydrocotyle tripartita
- Some small bucephalandra
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