Iwagumi-esque Journal

[Keithoms]

Decided that i loved the look of Iwagumi, and when i saw some stones which were perfect for the task i jumped on the idea for my new tank.

Tank is 65l with 24w of lighting. Homemade CO2 will be built and i'll dose with Plantamin.

My 12th formation has turned out like this: (Ignore the blue, its a mixed actinic and white lamp, but it looks whiter in real life) Its not perfect, but for my budget it looks nice enough for what i want to do.

Ive ordered:
Glossostigma Elatinoides
Quantity - 10 (10 whats, i dont know )
Will use the glosso for carpeting
Eleocharis Vivipara
Quantity - 2 Pots
Will use the hairgrass to define the rockery.

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Video of rock placement: http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmJDNBuoP0
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Have just purchased 100ml of Tropica Plant Nutrition+ for ferts, am building a fert co2 system and have ordered a 5000k light fitting to replace the actinic one (made the picture blue).

 

[lljdma06]

Welcome to TFF!

Hmmmmm. I wonder where I've seen this tank before. I can't put my finger on it just yet.

llj

 

[Keithoms]

Haha, you know i was here before right... cant pickup sarcasm on the internet xD

 

[lljdma06]

Haha, you know i was here before right... cant pickup sarcasm on the internet xD

Yes, but there was a time when my job at the university was very demanding and I was not as active here, so a lot of the people who joined around mid-2008 to about February 2009 are not as well known to me.

 

[saintly]

Hi don't feel put off by the stones being of similar shape.

Amano him self sis create an iwagumi with 3 stones all of similar size.it's not done often, but it is done.

here's one of set up's with a similar layout.....it does works my friend

create what you want, not what others want you to create....a valuable lesson I'm learning.

 

[Keithoms]

Wow, nice tank. Are those flowers that are everywhere but the foreground, are they just hairgrass?

 

[Keithoms]

Ok, not updated in a while, been keeping the discussion up at ukaps. But here is where the tank is now:

Ok, here are the pics and video.
How much more glosso and hairgrass should i order, or can anyone recommend an additional plant to go with this?

http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI51FXXm37s

Tank before planting with new lamp:

Cut up the glosso stems onto a plate:

Two pots of hairgrass:

Planted, but very naked..:

And if anyone wants to read the full journal there, heres the link:
http/ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7312

 

[Geoff1991]

Love the rock, whered you get it from?

 

[Keithoms]

Pets at home. Not updated in a while here, so heres a new pic.

 

[Geoff1991]

Hi don't feel put off by the stones being of similar shape.

Amano him self sis create an iwagumi with 3 stones all of similar size.it's not done often, but it is done.

here's one of set up's with a similar layout.....it does works my friend

create what you want, not what others want you to create....a valuable lesson I'm learning.

Any idea what the larger grass like plant is, im currently considering a second tank and this is the sort of plant im looking for...