Steve Smith
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I decided to shuffle my slowly declining emersed growing setup to a much smaller tank as most of the plants had died off due to neglect (I'm still using the moving house excuse!) This freed up a little 16x8x8 Clearseal tank which I've had knocking about for a while. I wanted to set up a small low light scape. I have a good selection of hardscape materials kicking about now, so why not eh?
I'm still thinking this one through, but tonight I got the 'scapers itch I stripped down the emersed setup, cleaned the tank out and started playing about with manzanite wood.
What I'm planning is a scape using crypts, anubias and moss, and maybe some hydrocotyle and staurogyne as accent plants. I'm sort of winging it at the moment though.
Specifications:
11w Arcadia Arcpod light
Azoo Mignon 240 HOB filter
Used ADA AS Amazonia I from another setup
Unipac Zambezi sand and graded gravels
Manzanite wood from the UKAPS group buy last year
Small chunks of Seiryu stone
Ferts - Probably ADA special shade, Easy Carbo also (no other carbon/CO2 source).
This is the hardscape I came up with tonight. I'm going to live with it for a few days and see if it sits right
(Click for larger image)
If you imagine that the back corners will be filled with crypts and possibly Staurogyne in front, maybe even P. helferi. Not decided yet
As always, input/critique appreciated
I'm still thinking this one through, but tonight I got the 'scapers itch I stripped down the emersed setup, cleaned the tank out and started playing about with manzanite wood.
What I'm planning is a scape using crypts, anubias and moss, and maybe some hydrocotyle and staurogyne as accent plants. I'm sort of winging it at the moment though.
Specifications:
11w Arcadia Arcpod light
Azoo Mignon 240 HOB filter
Used ADA AS Amazonia I from another setup
Unipac Zambezi sand and graded gravels
Manzanite wood from the UKAPS group buy last year
Small chunks of Seiryu stone
Ferts - Probably ADA special shade, Easy Carbo also (no other carbon/CO2 source).
This is the hardscape I came up with tonight. I'm going to live with it for a few days and see if it sits right
(Click for larger image)
If you imagine that the back corners will be filled with crypts and possibly Staurogyne in front, maybe even P. helferi. Not decided yet
As always, input/critique appreciated