2.5 twig scape - Aquascaping

foofooree · 05-29-2008, 05:52 PM

Flora:
Anubias nana "petite"
HC
Weeping moss
Lighting-27 watt compact florescent screw in bulb
tank- 2.5 gallon AGA
filltration- home made canister filter
Okay, I submersed the hc and moved some from the middle to the edges. I then added some oak twigs that i peeled the bark off of and tied weeping moss to it (took forever). I am going to add more plants in a few days when i get them. I'm not sure what you'll think of it, but here it is before:

hardscape:

tank before hardscape:

with hardscape:

filled up:

big thanks to neon shrimp for the nana petite and weeping moss

foofooree · 05-29-2008, 07:14 PM

it's pearling like mad and i havent added co2 or excel yet :P

bratyboy2 · 05-29-2008, 07:18 PM

are you going for a tree scape?

davemonkey · 05-29-2008, 07:19 PM

The moss is going to look amazing when it really gets going on the twigs.

foofooree · 05-29-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bratyboy2

are you going for a tree scape?

Kinda yeah, a weeping willow look would be awesome! Can you explain your palm tree idea?

Afyounie · 05-29-2008, 07:44 PM

You gotta keep us updated on this. I can see that this is gonna look really cool.

foofooree · 05-29-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Afyounie

You gotta keep us updated on this. I can see that this is gonna look really cool.

thanks man, that means a lot, when i dreamed this up a few nights ago, at like 1:30 am, i wanted to go out and collect driftwood right then because i wanted to try this so bad. I was able to get this moss monday night and it arrived today, I immediately tied it on the twigs (it took forever, like 45 mins just to tie it on 18 branches, though the branches are really small) i cant wait, and hopefully it will turn out good!

bratyboy2 · 05-29-2008, 07:52 PM

that should look amazing!

oregon aqua · 05-29-2008, 08:56 PM

i watched your last scape from the begining. this one looks like its going to be great!!!!!

one warning. i had a hard time keeping my moss wet emersed. i found soaking the wood a LOT helped. i ended up loosing my moss tho in the end

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SUBSCRIBED!

foofooree · 05-29-2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by oregon aqua

i watched your last scape from the begining. this one looks like its going to be great!!!!!

one warning. i had a hard time keeping my moss wet emersed. i found soaking the wood a LOT helped. i ended up loosing my moss tho in the end

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SUBSCRIBED!

the tank is no longer emersed i would worry about the moss drying out to much as you mentioned.