Re: Schruz's Works
I made a new Wabi. The plants are in a 30 cm diameter ADA Cylinder Plant Glass.
newbowl-1 by
András Tündik, on Flickr
newbowl-2 by
András Tündik, on Flickr
The cover looks quite homemade
, I just couldnt find a glass bowl in the kitchen that is large enough to cover up such a large Plabt Glass. I'd now like to thank Ms. J. K. Rowling, for writing such sturdy and massive books
The cover is not air tight or anything, but it does the job I think.
Substrate: I wanted to make substrate balls out of Amazonia and black mosquito net, but it just wouldnt look good and wouldnt stay strong no matter how hard I tried. So I threw away the idea and just did the regular substrate method. There is a mixture of ADA Amazonia and Malaya in there since I didn't have enough Amazonia left.
On the bottom-middle of the glass there's some Substrat Pro and some other porous stuff. I didnt have any concentrated plant substrate either so I left that out as well this time. I'm expecting a little slower growth due to these reasons, although regular watering with nutrient rich tankwater should compensate for the substrate's hindrances
Plants: Most plants are fresh emersed ones this time. I went shopping in the Green Aqua store
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Pogostemon erectus
a small amount of submers Rotala wallchi
submers Ludwigia glandulosa
Myryophyllum matogrossense
Hygrophila pinnatifida
half submers Hygrophila sp. Araguaia
Later I might plant some other species. I'll see what else would harmonize well with the current ones once they have grown in a little.
Lighting: For now I'm using my old Arcadia lamp, 2x24 W T5HO. I'm undicided of the bowls final place yet and the lights I will use in the end.
Maintainance will be the usual. Since I'm using emersed plants this time, I expect that it will be OK to remove the cover earlier than in my other projects.