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Wabi kusa - Spontaneous setup - unexpected visit - Ladybug

Antoni

Antoni

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HI guys,

a week ago, I have started this new wabi kusa project. Had a small tank laying around (dirt cheap tank from Pets at home) used to use it as a storage for excessive plants- kind of a overflow tank :) but got bored to keep it half empty with some random sad looking plants in....so I have decided to give it a bit of a beauty transformation...

This is what I came up with:

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A view from above, just after the planting:

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A mixture of different plants, all emmersed forms.

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and I wanted to use some floating plant.....got the azolla caroliniana from Tropica - lovely little plant

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A frontal view:

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Thanks guys!
Alexander Belchenko said:
Nice setup. Does the tank have a cover?
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Yes it has a cover at the moment only to keep the evaporation low. I think the plants will be ok even if I remove it, as they have been grown emmersed.
 
Thank you very much guys! :)

Tim, give it a go mate! Now is the time! Kokedama are great too...which reminds me to get some pictures of them as well :)

I want to get a fish or shrimps or snails for this wabi....or a small tree frog, but can't decide . It is only about 2 l of water, so can't have much inside... any ideas?
 
You know what, I have a circular glass tank 30cm across and 14cm high. It used to be used as a pond life teaching aid, but has been in my junk room for years. It looks very much like the second pic in your signature. This would be perfect for my first Wabi Kusa! Time to get reading up on this subject me thinks......... :rolleyes:
 
Antoni said:
I want to get a fish or shrimps or snails for this wabi....
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Each time i see a picture of this setup i wonder what live animal to keep in it, but without waterchanges it would be tough i guess. A few hardy shrimps would be best i guess.
 
Robbie X said:
You know what, I have a circular glass tank 30cm across and 14cm high. It used to be used as a pond life teaching aid, but has been in my junk room for years. It looks very much like the second pic in your signature. This would be perfect for my first Wabi Kusa! Time to get reading up on this subject me thinks......... :rolleyes:
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Those bowls are fun! Mine is acrylic and is scratched and not very presentable at the moment, otherwise I would have made one again :) There are some very nice candle holders 35-40 cm in diameter in John Lewis, which I am tempted in buying.... but we shell see :)


Edvet said:
Each time i see a picture of this setup i wonder what live animal to keep in it, but without waterchanges it would be tough i guess. A few hardy shrimps would be best i guess.
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Yep, the water changes are must, I am doing a 100% WC every week now, but if I get some creatures might start doing it 2-3 times a week... Shrimps are a possibility definitely, but which one? Maybe RCS ..
 
Hi guys,

It's been awhile since my last update, so here are some more pictures from today. Everything is growing ok, not very fast, but that is fine with me, as I wanted it to be a low maintenance project. The light is only 11W so not strong at all. Started adding some fertilisers from today - a small squirt of Tropica Specialised diluted in some water. I poured it over the substrate during water change.

Here some shots:

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