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Schruz's Works - Wabi Kusa, Emersed setups, Planted tanks

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Nice one.
I got myself 4 sexy glass bowls. It is all your fault. :D
Can they grow just with light on the windowsill? Or do I need to use artificial light.
 
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Piece-of-fish said:
Nice one.
I got myself 4 sexy glass bowls. It is all your fault. :D
Can they grow just with light on the windowsill? Or do I need to use artificial light.

I havent tried with natural light, though planning to. Actually next summer Im planning a huge wabi in the garden ;) But the winter months are approaching and I doubt there is enough light outside that shines on your windowsill. Im using IKEA lamps actually, I should have told you so you could have bought some. But IKEA doesnt sell proper bulbs for plant lighting so you'll need to get them elsewhere. I'd advise lams which work with E27 type bulbs, because there is a wider range of wattage choices and colour temperature with those.
 
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Well, its really trial and error. There are no rules here like with planted tanks. Buy lamps with up to 100W capacity and than you can buy smaller wattage bulbs and experiment. The Do!Aqua wabi is lit by 30W 6500K. It could be lit with much more and than the lamp could be placed higher up from the bowl but I need to take into account the coastly electricity we have here in Hungary. After all Im running a few lights on my 2 tanks and numerous wabis... :p The bulb is about 15cm from the plants. The lamp is capable of 60W and I would prefer using a 60W bulb so I could move the lamp higher, but cant afford it the moment. The two smaller wabis in ceramic pots share the same bulb also 30W, 15cm away from the plants. The cube wabi is lit with 15W, 5-10cm away from the plants.

The more W and mostly lumens the better though, if you can afford it.
 
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Thanks, well will try to use something not more than 30w. Electricity is also expensive here and I am using too much already.
Last question for now. I will use Colombo florabase and probably all emersed plants from tropica. How much water do i need to add. Should I totally flood the substrate?
Cheers :thumbup:
 
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Westyggx sent me a pm asking about lamps I use. I thought its a good idea to post the convo here because someone else will definitely find it useful:

Westyggx said:
schruz said:
I use this, and I made a base for it so it can stand by itself it can bare 60 watts:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/40370283/

And also this, baring 40 watts, though this is E14 type for which it is harder to find the right bulb:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00152461/

Glad I could help!

Cheers,
Andras

Thanks andras where do u buy the bulbs from and which ones should I buy? Thank you

Well I don't know about Britain mate :lol: I buy small stuff like that here in Hungary from local retailers. First decide which lamp you want. The E27 or the E14 and decide the wattage. As I wrote in my journal, I am using daylight Power Compact (6000-6700K) bulbs. Actually I use these or their T5 HO counterparts on my planted tanks too with great results. Colour temperatures between 5000-8000K could work also but I dont have experience with those...

I would simply Google this up for instance: E27 6500K 30 watts power compact

Just change the values to whatever suits you better. If google shows up crap, thats because there is too much info you gave at the same time. In that case erase the wattage completely and do a new search.

When you look at the bulbs pay attention to their lumens output, as this is perhaps a more accurate value with modern bulbs than wattage. If its not listed, dont buy it im sure it isn't listed on purpose ;) After lengthy searches I managed to buy a very good E14 type bulb for my KVART IKEA lamps: 15W 6400K T2 spiral with 800lm

Aim at T2 spirals. Thats apparently the newest generation of compact fluorescents. 800lm for a 15W bulb is rather good. Its not a must to buy T2s. Im using many T5 CFLs with great results. T2s just apparently conserve even more power and provide even higher output.

There is an important difference between lighting plants above and under water. In water, light rays lose considerable amount of their power, the moment they reach the water surface, let alone when they reach greater depths. Evidently above water this is no problem, a greater amount of the bulb's light energy can be converted into "biological enregy" for photosynthesis, thus plants grow faster (also due to abundant CO2 levels). Keep in mind, I was never good at physics, but I believe the general idea went through... :p

Now, although its great to use high wattage/lumens bulbs, dont forget, that with greater wattage comes greater heat and thus greater evaporation. If you decide to use, say a 100W bulb place it far enought from the plants, so they dont dry out.
 
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Great emersed plants.. :) I am glad that there is another emersed plants nutter here, was tired of being just me.. :)

I keep most of my plants on the garden, but with winter coming I need to start planing for them to come inside.

Your iwagumi is fantastic, nice use of rock. :)

Please keep the pictures coming. I find them truly inspirational.
 
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ghostsword said:
Great emersed plants.. :) I am glad that there is another emersed plants nutter here, was tired of being just me.. :)

I keep most of my plants on the garden, but with winter coming I need to start planing for them to come inside.

Your iwagumi is fantastic, nice use of rock. :)

Please keep the pictures coming. I find them truly inspirational.

Thanks for the warm words ghostsword ;)

New pictures.

Replanted the glosso carpet 2 weeks ago in my 100L tank. It was too thick and let go of the substrate. I will need to prune more often. Its amazing how fast this plant grows in a full high tech environment. On the picture here, the carpet was already pruned once, a week ago. No sign of it that I can see...

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current_state3 by András Tündik, on Flickr
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current_state1 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Had to replant the HC too.
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current_state4 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Eliminated the fissidens ball. It has grown too round for my taste lately. Retied it to small stones and put it in the base of the cryptocorines.
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current_state-23 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Emersed parts are developing.
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current_state-26 by András Tündik, on Flickr

Sorry for the reflection in the bottom left corner :p Its the Emersed Iwagumi's lights though, so its not that big a vice :angelic:
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current_state2 by András Tündik, on Flickr


Wabi Kusas

Just to give you an idea how they are placed in my flat.
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A type of creeping plant appeared in this Wabi out of nowhere. Anyone knows what plant it is? I dont think its aquatic.
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current_state-24 by András Tündik, on Flickr
 
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The little terrarium is at its lushest state so far. Tomorrow, me and my friend are gonna build a cupboard on which it will take its new place in my flat. Than we will prune it a little because it is too lush and would get out of hand otherwise. Ill post some pics showing its new place tomorrow.

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Arana said:
Wow! inspiring journal and great photos schruz. :clap:
Thanks Arana!

Update on the 100L tank.
Also needed to replant the lindernia rotundifolia bush in the back left corner. It started to sparse up and look unhealthy.
Looks a bit weird at the moment but soon the sight will be full and healthy again.

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emersed_iwagumi_2011.nov.26-28 by András Tündik, on Flickr
 
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Wow Stunning pictures and plant health!

Keep up the journal

Andy
 
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I love this thread so much.

I'm thinking of having wabi kusa on each table when me and the OH finally get married. I just need to practice!
 
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I've got a wabi tip to share for when mites or flys infest the plants.
Pick up a small spider, plonk it in wabi and leave it to eat the pests. Takes a few days for some results and if the infestation is heavy about a month to clean up completely.

Thought I'd post it here as this thread is (rightly so) getting a lot of wabi traffic :)
 
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a1Matt said:
I've got a wabi tip to share for when mites or flys infest the plants.
Pick up a small spider, plonk it in wabi and leave it to eat the pests. Takes a few days for some results and if the infestation is heavy about a month to clean up completely.

Thought I'd post it here as this thread is (rightly so) getting a lot of wabi traffic :)

Definitely, very valuable thanks! Please everyone else, feel free to share your tips and tricks!

I also heard on the Hungarian forum from someone that a few ladybugs could eliminate a lice infestation since their prime or only food is leaf lice. (Maybe they don't eat all kinds, but I'm sure it is easy to find more info on that on the "Interweb" :p )
 
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