"Our Preciousss..." by ADist

Hello, aquascapers! Greetings from Turkey! My name is Mustafa and this is my first post in this forum (and also in all international forums for a long time). I want to share one of my amateur group' s tanks with you. My group' s name is ADist (Aquarium Design İstanbul; in Turkish "Akvaryum Dizayn İstanbul") consist of four aquascapers. For more info about us and more photographs of this layout (and others we did) you can visit our site: Akvaryum Dizayn Istanbul

Your comments are very important for us :Happy:


"Our Preciousss..."
A Hobbit house concept from the Lord Of The Rings








Tank Dimensions (cm): 40*23*25 (h) --- (using only 15 cm height except sand height)

Net Aquarium volume: 12 liters

Setup Date: May 2010

Flora:
Eleocharis parvula
Fissidens fontanus
Vesicularia sp.

Fauna:
Neocaridina denticulata
Caridina japonica

Hardscape material:
Silica sand, lava rock, some grey stones, small battens and driftwood

Lighting: 2*15W T8

CO2: Pressurized CO2 for first 3 months then removed.

realy great concept!!!
like it very much!!!

hi man,

all my respect for this beauty !!

greetings !

bilobo baggins will love it....nice scape very well executed...

arjun dogra

FANTASTIC:drool:

This is really special! Do you maybe have step by step pictures of making this hardscape?

I love it,really something different.My girlfriend is a "Lord of the rings" fan and she was delighted to see your scape,great work.:=D>

wowwwieee.... 8)

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That is a great tank! I am interested to know what materials were used for the door and chimney. Your group did a brilliant job. I have saved it in my picture files to show my god kids. You folks ROCK!!!---best wishes---R P.S. pics of the group making it and tank's set up would be great. Lets see the faces of the creative talent!

Thank you everyone for all these great words!

I' m sorry but for this setup we haven' t got any group photos (However, if anyone want to see us; take a look our Turkish site and follow "Yarışma" and "Jüri" sections in order ) or detailed setup photos. But about the progress,i can share with you these (also writes what materials were used for the door and chimney):


May 2010: Around a week after setup.




June 2010: First backlight tests





July 2010: First trimming the moss. Planting some E. parvula to the right side. And HC s on the small hill were going bad due to summer' s high temperatures; so removed. Some algae problem occured.



August 2010: House made. We used small pieces of battens (or boards; i don' t know which is the right word for define this correct:-? ) for door, window and chimney. In addition, we used a small saw to form them and soldering iron to darken necessary places. And used wooden toothpick for fences )

After that, Fissidens grew and i removed the second hill to bring out the magnificence of the tree. As time passes, all wooden pieces get dark and seem more natural becouse of absorbing water. (Of course it' s not a long term using method)

That' s all.

You should colored a little the fences by burning them with a lighter

Thanks for the tip

Graet use of moss. I love it. Crystal red and crytal black shrimp would look fantastic.

amazingggggg...that realy nature tought

Completely amazing! Perfect combo of two aquascapes i have seen previoulsy. Goooood job!

fantastic scape

hats off...^^^^