TBRO
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When I was younger, I once got lost in a Jungle. To make my escape I had to follow a river and climb down several water falls. At the time I just wanted to get back to a road but looking back, the scenery was amazing!
The crystal clear stream was full of little fish and shrimp, the surrounding rocks were covered in a garden of mosses and ferns.
Thus when I saw the DOOA Wall it seemed like a way of emulating that environment. I considered building something myself but in the end decided to spend the money. The wall is very nicely constructed with lots of little features I wouldn’t have thought of.
Eventually it will hang in a 60p aquarium, decided to go for a full aquarium to maximize humidity + give me the option of standard aquarium set up in future.
Twinstar light and Eheim Classic 250, not decided if it needs a heater yet!
I’ve been mocking up hard scape in an old tank in my garage. It’s slightly deeper front to back than a 60p but otherwise the same.
The water will come up to the level of the bottom foam pad.
Scapewise I want to do a deeply concave scape, like a waterfall eroding into a steep volcanic slope. I have some heather wood and lava rock to make a base. I anticipate all the rocks will be covered by moss. When I’m happy I will glue all the wood together, will try and direct some water to flow over the wood.
Plants will help with the concave appearance.
My list so far:
Christmas moss (most of the pads and rocks)
Emergant Hygrophila Pinitifada
Emergant Anubis
Hydrocotyle sp. trailing down the middle
Urtricularia (hope it flowers!)
Here’s what I have so far:
Should be really interesting project. Thanks for looking. T
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The crystal clear stream was full of little fish and shrimp, the surrounding rocks were covered in a garden of mosses and ferns.
Thus when I saw the DOOA Wall it seemed like a way of emulating that environment. I considered building something myself but in the end decided to spend the money. The wall is very nicely constructed with lots of little features I wouldn’t have thought of.
Eventually it will hang in a 60p aquarium, decided to go for a full aquarium to maximize humidity + give me the option of standard aquarium set up in future.
Twinstar light and Eheim Classic 250, not decided if it needs a heater yet!
I’ve been mocking up hard scape in an old tank in my garage. It’s slightly deeper front to back than a 60p but otherwise the same.
The water will come up to the level of the bottom foam pad.
Scapewise I want to do a deeply concave scape, like a waterfall eroding into a steep volcanic slope. I have some heather wood and lava rock to make a base. I anticipate all the rocks will be covered by moss. When I’m happy I will glue all the wood together, will try and direct some water to flow over the wood.
Plants will help with the concave appearance.
My list so far:
Christmas moss (most of the pads and rocks)
Emergant Hygrophila Pinitifada
Emergant Anubis
Hydrocotyle sp. trailing down the middle
Urtricularia (hope it flowers!)
Here’s what I have so far:
Should be really interesting project. Thanks for looking. T
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