15gal emersed Iwagumi hardscape

**danbryans** · 12th Nov 2007, 08:42

Hey guys.. I had a 15gal tank lying around and was thinking of setting it up emersed (as per T.Barr) Iwagumi style. It took me awhile to find rocks which I thought would look good. So after fiddling with the placement... please take a look and if possible please provide some comments so maybe I can make more adjustments to it if needed. This is actually my first attempt at iwagumi.
Oh and right now this emersed setup includes HC, HG, tenellus, M.umbrosum, glosso, r. rotundifolia, L. arcuata and aurea.

HC at 2 weeks

arcuata, rotundifolia & umbrosum

+/- Comments are welcome.

**Shadow** · 12th Nov 2007, 10:21

Very nice rock hardscape.

what is HG?

I felt that M.umbrosum, r. rotundifolia, L. arcuata and aurea, are not suitable for iwagumi scape but who knows I'm also beginner

. my 2 cents wortth.

**danbryans** · 12th Nov 2007, 10:39

Thanks shadow. HG is hairgrass. As for the arcuata, umbrosum and aurea well I just thought I'd throw those in and when it comes time to flood I'd take them out and transfer them to pots and leave em outside.

**marle** · 12th Nov 2007, 14:16

very nice hardscape.. but there seems to be 2 focal point?

**danbryans** · 12th Nov 2007, 14:31

Originally Posted by marle

very nice hardscape.. but there seems to be 2 focal point?

Thanks marle! But would you be so kind to help point it out? I'm really havin a hard time with this hardscaping stuff.

**Shadow** · 12th Nov 2007, 14:50

he is probably talking about the two big rock on the left and right.

**Zen** · 16th Nov 2007, 01:00

emersed HC grows at the same rate as submersed HC?as in,does it propagate faster?why the choice of using emersed here?thanks for entertaining these questions

**marle** · 16th Nov 2007, 01:30

Originally Posted by danbryans

Thanks marle! But would you be so kind to help point it out? I'm really havin a hard time with this hardscaping stuff.

yup, take a look at the 2 rocks biggest in size, try to lie one down or make it lower, so it gives the visual it looks smaller, thus when we look at your scape our eyes wont shift left and right due to 2 focal points...

**Shadow** · 16th Nov 2007, 11:21

Originally Posted by Zen

emersed HC grows at the same rate as submersed HC?as in,does it propagate faster?why the choice of using emersed here?thanks for entertaining these questions

Emerse HC suppose to grow faster and you don not need to care about CO2, Algae and melting issue. There was a thread on this by Tom Barr, you might want to take a look for more detail information.

**danbryans** · 16th Nov 2007, 12:03

Originally Posted by Zen

emersed HC grows at the same rate as submersed HC?as in,does it propagate faster?why the choice of using emersed here?thanks for entertaining these questions

Well first of all I did not do this to see whether HC would grow faster emersed than doin it under submersed conditions. Besides this is the first time I used HC so I really don't know the rate at which this plant grows. Perhaps someone with more experience with HC can help answer that for me. As for the reason why I grew it emersed.. well as shadow had mentioned, at this stage I don't need to hook up CO2 do water changes nor add fert'z to help HC carpet my tank. And at this stage I don't have to worry about algae yet. Ofcourse this might not hold true once I start flooding the tank. Still this is an experiment worth taking I would say.

**Shadow** · 16th Nov 2007, 13:41

one thing in question is whether the HC will melt once we flood the tank.

I flood my tank 3 days ago, so far I didn't see any melting yet which is good.