As the weather is picking up the tank took off.. A marsh, just moist substrate and open to the elements.. The plants are Riccia, Hairgrass, some Bacopa, a plant that when it is touched it smells like lemon (no idea what it is), and terrestrial moss and weeds on the rocks. Jagunco do Monte - Top view by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte - Left side by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte - Right side by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte - Middle by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Started like this: Ok, Crazy idea, but it may work. Will be a fight to keep the algae at bay, but I am looking forward to the challenge. The weather is picking up, so it is time to move some scapes to the garden. The tank is an acrylic tray of 50cm, by 30cm by 15cm tall, so shallow. I have purchased some EBI Gold substrate a couple of months ago from Edis, the substrate is just like Amazonia, superb. I placed two bags of EBI regular on an iwagumi, I will do a journal soon about it, and was left with the sand type of EBI Gold. Very much like Amazonia sand, and way cheaper. I left the soil on a bucket for two months, it froze a couple of times, and still did not crumble. So the plan is to plant HC or hairgrass on the scape, add some pressurised CO2, light is natural light outside, and add ferts daily. No fish, or shrimp or the like, maybe some red ramshorn snaills. Some pictures: Jagunco do Monte by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr Jagunco do Monte by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr
Isn't limnophila aromatic meant to smell like lemon? Looks good though, I grew R. rotundifolia a few summers back but the second the air chilled the whole lot died.
It does not look like limnophila aromatica.. When the winter comes I will put it inside the house. ___________________________ Luis @ghostsword
Tanks was moved from outside into the home, to make space for a bigger emersed tank on the garden. On Location Emersed scapes by GHOSTSWORD, on Flickr
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