Inspiring 'scape

[Coursair]

This is my club member's tank, NOT mine ( I wish).
Raymond put a lot of work into this, but I wanted to share it with you.
He calls it Gorillas in the Mist. Shrimps are coming soon
Tank is an ADA 90p ~48g

The Moss is Fissidens and he used the method I mentioned, he did a emersed start using a reptile fogger and plastic wrap cover.

No I won't go over all the deets. You can find similar stuff on TPT if you want to read up on how to accomplish such amazing tanks.

Someday I hope to get this good

 

[Tcal01]

Wow amazing!!!! He makes me want to go buy fissidens right now lol. Was this at sfbaaps?

 

[Coursair]

Wow amazing!!!! He makes me want to go buy fissidens right now lol. Was this at sfbaaps?

Yeah, he's a club member who's been posting his progress.
I drool over some of my fellow member's tanks

His method is somewhat similar to this one I posted.

The Planted Tank (TPT) and APC both have lots of people posting about doing emersed or dry start set ups. Iwagumis are awesome ! His is more of a modified Iwagumi, but still I love the rocks.

This was not a cheap build, but worth every penny to end up so nice
I hope it inspires some of our new planted tank enthusiasts.

 

[Tcal01]

Yeah, he's a club member who's been posting his progress.
I drool over some of my fellow member's tanks

His method is somewhat similar to this one I posted.

The Planted Tank (TPT) and APC both have lots of people posting about doing emersed or dry start set ups. Iwagumis are awesome !

His rocks are from Aqua Forest, so NOT a cheap set up, but worth it

Oh yah the meat grinder method. I thought thats what he had done. Im definitely going to try and make it to the next meeting

 

[MABJ]

Wow. This tank is awesome. I wish I could get this good. Maybe someday. I'll buy a big tank and Just focus on the plants for a few months. Very beautiful.

 

[Coursair]

Wow. This tank is awesome. I wish I could get this good. Maybe someday. I'll buy a big tank and Just focus on the plants for a few months. Very beautiful.

I wish I had the patience and the resources and the skill
I'm surprised at so few comments. Hope more people see this tank.

 

[Tcal01]

I wish I had the patience and the resources and the skill
I'm surprised at so few comments. Hope more people see this tank.

Definitely. Everything just seems to be in exactly the right place. IM jealous

 

[Gillie]

Awesome tank,I have a moss set up in mind for the future. The fissidens will soon need constant attention to keep it that short. At the moment mine is about 3" tall and gets so thick that it requires weekly thinning and removing it from places I don't want it to keep it from totally overrunning the tank.

 

[Coursair]

Awesome tank,I have a moss set up in mind for the future. The fissidens will soon need constant attention to keep it that short. At the moment mine is about 3" tall and gets so thick that it requires weekly thinning and removing it from places I don't want it to keep it from totally overrunning the tank.

The tank owner knows
He will maintain it. It's been growing for awhile. Water went in recently.

 

[gman42]

wow, that looks truly amazing. thats one awesome aquascape.

 

[fishdude25]

Wow! Beautiful aquascape!

 

[Austin.b]

Absolutely stunning! I cant even begin to imagine how long this took! Did your friend ever say what shrimp he was going to stock it with?

 

[Donkey Gun]

wow wow wow! amazing!

 

[anikonslr]

wow amazing tank cant imagine how long that took to put together

 

[Coursair]

wow amazing tank cant imagine how long that took to put together

He did a dry start using a reptifogger for a month before adding water.

 

[Tcal01]

He did a dry start using a reptifogger for a month before adding water.

What are the benefits of that?

 

[MABJ]

Some plants grow better emersed a little, but kept moist. They develop better roots and carpet better. Not to mention they receive a higher degree of light.

 

[Coursair]

What are the benefits of that?

No algae. Fast growth. Look up Emersed or dry start planted tanks.

 

[Tcal01]

No algae. Fast growth. Look up Emersed or dry start planted tanks.

I have hheard of these methods but never knew much about them. The meat grinder moss method that u posted was a dry start correct?

 

[Donkey Gun]

Meat grinder miss method?? I need to look into this. I've got enough moss to make a meatloaf!