Thanks everyone.
Hedson - thank you very much for that great link. I have searched the internet for iwagumi info and found nothing as good as that. Looks like mine represents something near the Edo era.
One beauty of the nano is that it can be emptied in seconds and transported to wherever you like. In this case my dining room table where I can sit comfortably, listen to the TV and drink beer!
Bucket full of plants, almost empty tank to make planting easy, spray bottle to keep plants moist once planted, scissors, tweezers and old tea towel.
All set for planting 
About three short hours later - planted 
And hey presto!! Something that resembles a planted aquascape. Note my experimentation with a new background - transluscent colourless plastic with rear lighting (an old 3000K T
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I'm quite happy with the progress so far. CO2 is set to 1 BPS, dosing ferts EI, 6 hour photoperiod to help prevent algae, no animals until the plants are well and truly established. Water change 50%+ twice per week.
Don't ask for water parameters, I have no test kits. Temp is stable at 24-26C with lighting. 21-23C without.
The plants are pearling nicely. My biggest hope is that the algae monster doesn't appear.
Garden castle temple (Asuka era)
Linear Mode
