15g Paludarium journal

[gy960]

Looking awesome already I can imagine plants protruding out here and there.

[fatmax]

hi gy960

oops sorry i didn't able to upload this picture in my posting earlier..

Like i say earlier the water fall will flow down the like this DIY buttress root

Helloo eddy. Thank you for all your sharing. May I now ask how do you diy this massive root? Are the roots fake and sculpted from something?

[Zenith82]

hi gy960

oops sorry i didn't able to upload this picture in my posting earlier..

Like i say earlier the water fall will flow down the like this DIY buttress root

Wow, Eddy did you DIY this piece of background? I want one too... when free come share share.

[gy960]

FTS: October 2013.
Siliconed more cork bark to the left side of glass to create one more drip wall.

[TS168]

It a beautiful scape. Thanks for sharing.

[kennethc]

Beautiful set up
Quite successful i must say. Are you planning to add land fauna?

[gy960]

Thanks

Kennethc: Not planning to add land fauna because I'm not a fan of covered tanks

[Merviso]

Very nice setup! Really give me lots of inspiration to setup my new tank...

[kennethc]

May i ask you where did you get the thin pieces of driftwood?

[gy960]

I bought them from East Ocean Aquarium at 22 Havelock Rd, used to be Keong Seong Fish Shop

[Aventador]

Really nice setup. Need alot of creativity and patience to plan the landscape. Well done!

[Mystikboy]

May I know how you contained the soil for the land area..? Thanks!

[gy960]

For the boundary, siliconed cork bark flats to the bottom tank, reinforced with eggcrate. Then I added a layer of 5 cm pebbles for the bottom so that i no need to use so much substrate. Substrate is alternating layers of gravel and ada amazonia and ans aquatic plant soil. I didnt use any bags to contain the soil, just treated the land area as a container.

For the raised area on the right, I used terrace method using corkbark to hold upper substrate.

[Mystikboy]

Thanks for the reply! May I ask, wouldn't the soil leak out from between the cork bark gaps..?

[gy960]

Nope, I used silicone to fill up the gaps btw each cork flat. There are tiny holes here and there, which are too big for the soil granules to pass through, but large enough for excess water on land area to drain off into water body. Thats why I only used aquarium soil.
Its been a few months alr, so far no cloudy water caused by that.

[ananthan]

Really amazing. Lots of patience and hardwork. Awesome pal.

[gy960]

FTS (7 December 2013)
Added beach area on left. Redid the rockwork and also added more driftwood that I've bought from Hong Kong's Goldfish street.




The "beach"

[gy960]

FTS (14 December 2013)
Removed the fern on the top left. Covered the lighting on both ends to create shade for the cryptanthus.

[AQMS]

Beautiful...

[aquanick]

very nice.. i really liked the way water sprite was growing in the water column.. why did you take it off?