icepotato's 20g iwagumi

icepotato89 · 06-29-2009, 04:41 PM

saw a tank the other day by the side of the road so i was like "hey, why not make an iwagumi tank?"(don't worry, i tested for leaks).
i used fine gravel since i cant get ada aqua soil, eco complete or sechem flourite from any of the stores that i know of in melbourne. i put some hairgrass from my murray cod grow-out tank and as for the rocks, i liberated them from someones garden and cleaned em up. lighting is X2 24W t5HO 10k.

im trying a dry start, heard good things about it. since im not using aqua soil or anything should i put anything in to get the HG nutrience?

finfan · 06-29-2009, 05:07 PM

i really like your hardscape... the color and shape of the rocks are awesome and your layout is very nice

crimsonbull57 · 06-29-2009, 05:11 PM

what size tank is it?

icepotato89 · 06-29-2009, 05:33 PM

2.5ft long i think its about 20 gallons

Down_Shift · 06-29-2009, 05:49 PM

wow emersed? will look cool. i've been wanting to try a emersed tank.

I love how you "liberated" some rocks from your neighbors garden haha.. did you mean.. STEAL? =)

DvanK · 06-29-2009, 06:18 PM

I want these rocks!!!!!

icepotato89 · 06-30-2009, 01:57 AM

we dont condone stealing here at plantedtank.net.....but yes i stole them.

Francis Xavier · 06-30-2009, 02:30 AM

I like the texture and color of the rocks, they make a good contrast with the sand. However, if you can obtain some larger versions of the rocks, that would be good. I feel like the rocks that are in there now will be overpowered by plant growth and lose their effect as things grow in.

icepotato89 · 06-30-2009, 01:52 PM

thats a good point, if i took out the hair grass and used glosso instead do you think it will keep the effect of the rocks since they grow low?

finfan · 06-30-2009, 04:18 PM

or alternatively, don't have any foreground plants, just leave the sand as is... bare, on the edge of the stones, do either dward nana as boundary between rock and sand and then do lots of background plants behind the rock with some color contrast, i think that would look really neat and different than your common iwagumi approach

icepotato89 · 07-20-2009, 05:42 PM

filled the tank (impatient), still a little cloudy. dont mind the filter intake tube and spraybar lilly pipes are coming in the mail. i took out some of the hairgrass that were blocking the rocks and planted glosso instead. now the hairgrass is only inbetween and behind the rocks. CO2 goes in tomoro.

Strick · 07-20-2009, 05:55 PM

Nice. That's gonna look great!

icepotato89 · 07-21-2009, 08:05 AM

accidently caught 2 mosquito fish when i was catching shrimp for my other tank. since its illegal to put them back coz theyre a pest here in australia, i put them in this tank.

icepotato89 · 11-01-2009, 03:50 PM

Its been a long time since ive updated mainly because the tank looked like crap due to algae. everything has filled in nicely and i added some stem plants in the left to out compete algae.

pics:

JennaH · 11-01-2009, 04:21 PM

wow that glosso looks great! hope mine fills in like that..

06-29-2009, 04:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	icepotato's 20g iwagumi saw a tank the other day by the side of the road so i was like "hey, why not make an iwagumi tank?"(don't worry, i tested for leaks). i used fine gravel since i cant get ada aqua soil, eco complete or sechem flourite from any of the stores that i know of in melbourne. i put some hairgrass from my murray cod grow-out tank and as for the rocks, i liberated them from someones garden and cleaned em up. lighting is X2 24W t5HO 10k. im trying a dry start, heard good things about it. since im not using aqua soil or anything should i put anything in to get the HG nutrience? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by icepotato89; 10-28-2009 at 10:47 AM.

06-29-2009, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
finfan Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 164	i really like your hardscape... the color and shape of the rocks are awesome and your layout is very nice __________________ ADA 120p - 65 gallon planted community Eclipse system II tall - 30 gallon planted 6.6 gallon nano planted red cherry shrimp community AGA standard 55 - 55 gallon mixed cichlid

06-29-2009, 05:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Down_Shift Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Beantown Posts: 828	wow emersed? will look cool. i've been wanting to try a emersed tank. I love how you "liberated" some rocks from your neighbors garden haha.. did you mean.. STEAL? =) __________________ www.mattwan.net // www.slayerzinc.com cRSX krew #1

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Francis Xavier Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Seattle, Wa Posts: 350	I like the texture and color of the rocks, they make a good contrast with the sand. However, if you can obtain some larger versions of the rocks, that would be good. I feel like the rocks that are in there now will be overpowered by plant growth and lose their effect as things grow in. __________________ -X style Mini L: New Iwagumi Iwagumi Design

06-30-2009, 04:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
finfan Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 164	or alternatively, don't have any foreground plants, just leave the sand as is... bare, on the edge of the stones, do either dward nana as boundary between rock and sand and then do lots of background plants behind the rock with some color contrast, i think that would look really neat and different than your common iwagumi approach __________________ ADA 120p - 65 gallon planted community Eclipse system II tall - 30 gallon planted 6.6 gallon nano planted red cherry shrimp community AGA standard 55 - 55 gallon mixed cichlid

06-29-2009, 05:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
crimsonbull57 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana (brownsburg) Posts: 172	what size tank is it?

06-29-2009, 05:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	2.5ft long i think its about 20 gallons

06-29-2009, 06:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
DvanK Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lyndhurst NJ Posts: 49	I want these rocks!!!!!

06-30-2009, 01:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	we dont condone stealing here at plantedtank.net.....but yes i stole them.

06-30-2009, 01:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	thats a good point, if i took out the hair grass and used glosso instead do you think it will keep the effect of the rocks since they grow low?

07-20-2009, 05:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	filled the tank (impatient), still a little cloudy. dont mind the filter intake tube and spraybar lilly pipes are coming in the mail. i took out some of the hairgrass that were blocking the rocks and planted glosso instead. now the hairgrass is only inbetween and behind the rocks. CO2 goes in tomoro.

07-20-2009, 05:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
Strick Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: King George, VA Posts: 287	Nice. That's gonna look great! __________________ Please pet my little friends -> . . . And then

07-21-2009, 08:05 AM	#13 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	accidently caught 2 mosquito fish when i was catching shrimp for my other tank. since its illegal to put them back coz theyre a pest here in australia, i put them in this tank.

11-01-2009, 03:50 PM	#14 (permalink)
icepotato89 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 26	Its been a long time since ive updated mainly because the tank looked like crap due to algae. everything has filled in nicely and i added some stem plants in the left to out compete algae. pics:

11-01-2009, 04:21 PM	#15 (permalink)
JennaH Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: mesa, AZ Posts: 182	wow that glosso looks great! hope mine fills in like that.. __________________ *4 8 * 15 * 16 * 23 * 42**

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