As some of you may know I've been toying with the idea of putting together and emersed growth setup. Well, I finally went from toying with the idea to starting to put things together. The last two days I've been working with the supplies that I gathered and have completed the necessary construction.
I'm going to be using a large plastic container to hold everything. Inside of that I'll be placing three shoebox sized containers which have holes in the bottom and slits in the sides to allow for water and nutrient movement. This will also allow for easier water changing as I can remove the small containers quickly draining the water, dump out the old water, replace the small containers, and refill with fresh water. Over the top I've made a humidity dome out of vinyl to help keep the humidity up for the plants. The dome is fastened to the large container using small binder clip and paper clips on the corners to minimize the gapping. This setup fits perfectly on one of the shelves in my indoor greenhouse which is in a nice sunny window.
By the end of the weekend I plan to have rinsed and added Turface MVP to the containers, filled it with water, and added plants. I'm planning to try Anubias, Crypts, and HC to start. Depending on how things go I may try some more varieties of plants. My main goals are to get the Anubias and Crypts to bloom, and to get better growth out of the HC to give myself more to work with and share.
I'm going to be using a large plastic container to hold everything. Inside of that I'll be placing three shoebox sized containers which have holes in the bottom and slits in the sides to allow for water and nutrient movement. This will also allow for easier water changing as I can remove the small containers quickly draining the water, dump out the old water, replace the small containers, and refill with fresh water. Over the top I've made a humidity dome out of vinyl to help keep the humidity up for the plants. The dome is fastened to the large container using small binder clip and paper clips on the corners to minimize the gapping. This setup fits perfectly on one of the shelves in my indoor greenhouse which is in a nice sunny window.
By the end of the weekend I plan to have rinsed and added Turface MVP to the containers, filled it with water, and added plants. I'm planning to try Anubias, Crypts, and HC to start. Depending on how things go I may try some more varieties of plants. My main goals are to get the Anubias and Crypts to bloom, and to get better growth out of the HC to give myself more to work with and share.