Crystal Meadow. (F.spec19L nanao)

Ok. So million thanks to Kev!
such a nice chap! so.. too late for verbal diarrhea.
too late.. or should I say..too early? lost in time
but came up with this.. some plants will go in.
dunno yet what kind of.. no name yet..
any suggestions on plats welcome (top right side corner and left side of the tank)

Time-lapse will follow tomorrow..or today? lol
should I set my clock today or tomorrow? was it 1 hour + or - ? lol. don't have a clue

Tank: Fuval Spec 19V
Plants: a lot of different mosses

photos.

a bit of preparing














so this is what I came up with for now..




Will leave it dry for some time. Time for a nap

Nice work. Where do you get the wire mesh?

Real nice! good job.

One plant that looks real nice in nano's is hygrophilia 'mini'....

That tank is going to look stunning in that room- the dark substrate, with the gnarly moss-covered root wood will really compliment your leather and wood decor.
What is that substrate you're using? What is the front left of the tank being saved for? You seem to have it sectioned off with plastic?
LoB

I really like it with just the mosses to be honest,especially when they grow in and lush up the contrast of the different species of moss will look really good.
Have to get me a small nano tank..

swai wrote:

Nice work. Where do you get the wire mesh?

Cheers!
Mesh came with moss. If you ever in Finglas Maxi zoo - they usually sell moss like

Alex wrote:

Real nice! good job.

One plant that looks real nice in nano's is hygrophilia 'mini'....

Ta. Will look into this if wilk see any around. Just after getting Micro Sword.

Oh OK thanks yeah I'm in with des and willie every week! I'll hit them up.

Xaribdis wrote:

That tank is going to look stunning in that room- the dark substrate, with the gnarly moss-covered root wood will really compliment your leather and wood decor.
What is that substrate you're using? What is the front left of the tank being saved for? You seem to have it sectioned off with plastic?
LoB

Thank you!
It is soil *no substrate). ADA Amazonia soil.
Front left section gives me a control of water levels of the tank as dis will stay dry for a week or 2. So if water leveks too high i let the pipe in to suck water out. In thus case I will have acces to the lovest kvls of the tank and no soil will get stuck in pipe.

luas wrote:

I really like it with just the mosses to be honest,especially when they grow in and lush up the contrast of the different species of moss will look really good.
Have to get me a small nano tank..

Thanksagain!
I will try to trim moss short. So will see. Today MicroSwords go in. Will see how it will fill

Just a quick Time-lapse of my nano scape

Nice setup Lauris, I like the natural it looks. The microsword seems a nice choice but I won't be adding a lot of plants. A microsorum pteropus trident maybe or too big?
What kind of moss have you used?
Are you doing a shrimp tank?

I'd like to wait for you and chat with you and Kev a lil...maybe but other time!

Hi Lydia!
Thanks. I dunno if it was a micro sword or something like but very small in size. Could be some type of micro sword. Already added to tank. Mostly all over the bottom. I will see if it will settle in. I will try to keep it fairly low.I defo will add some bushy ones on right side top. This was the plan.

I would like to keep crystals breeding in it.

Btw - I promised to Kev to do a tank photography workshop at his place. So I do believe it would be a nice time to meet up if Kev does not mind

I have 3 type of mosses - triangle moss, java and willow moss

That's a great little time-lapse viseo there, Larius. Should have recognised the ADA Amazonia- I have about 6 bags of it in my main tank! Looks much better in yours though!
Good luck with the tank and keep those photos of the progress coming.
LoB.

Really a photography workshop. Nice. I only have a cannon s100...;'and a cannon poweshot sx50hs.. are these any good

Esoxluciouss wrote:

Really a photography workshop. Nice. I only have a cannon s100...;'and a cannon poweshot sx50hs.. are these any good

Heh. Need to talk with Homer first. As I just only offered to share my knowledge. lol.
I'm sure we can work with any camera. I can touch not only a settings and specs of cameras - also some tips on compozition.

Lauris wrote:

Hi Lydia!
Thanks. I dunno if it was a micro sword or something like but very small in size. Could be some type of micro sword. Already added to tank. Mostly all over the bottom. I will see if it will settle in. I will try to keep it fairly low.I defo will add some bushy ones on right side top. This was the plan.

I would like to keep crystals breeding in it.

Btw - I promised to Kev to do a tank photography workshop at his place. So I do believe it would be a nice time to meet up if Kev does not mind

I have 3 type of mosses - triangle moss, java and willow moss

I would love that, sure we can have a great time at same time we learn something new!

Lovely the triangle, didn't know it.

I have some willow in a breeding box, don't know where to use it since its too large, ideas?

Aroshni wrote:

I have some willow in a breeding box, don't know where to use it since its too large, ideas?

Maybe a new nano project?

Water went in today. Added co2 in huge levels. Will see how this lil one will go..

you've defiantly have been bitten by the planted bug Lauris.

Looking good.
the "sword" plant looks like lilaeopsis braziliensis. Which can grow with a bit of height depending on light.
It might grow taller than your rocks. Just keep an eye on it.

I would place the Co2 diffuser in the filter section and let the pump blow it around the tank.

Good luck with it.

Thanks for heads up on correcting my lak of knowledge Darren. Will keep an eye on them.

Will think about Co2 but I have a spare glass diffuser..it would be a shame to hide it

So war looks well. Water cleared out a lil. Still a bit dull.

Looks as in nature, the crystals are gonna love it!

It always looks good when started. Now I need to maintain it by my best to get the result wanted. I hope crystals will adore it

First inverts in. 6 CRS. So far so good.
Moss starts to adjust. Rest of the plants too

Looks great. Really dies but if you put too much in there u will never see shrimp

Esoxluciouss wrote:

Looks great. Really dies but if you put too much in there u will never see shrimp

Thanks. This will be shrimp only tank. I won't put anything else in. I will try to breed them. Have 2 males and 4 females. Will see how I can manage with that

Really nice job AGAIN ,
how many nano tanks have you got already lol

It is only two. But I would not mind at all to get sone cubic type nano. Fuval range will do. Lol

Absolutely beautiful and so natural !
Top work!