#67: 32L Paludarium Zen from bushland

Bonald Yau Chan Wan, China

Comments

Innovative idea but the bottom underwater portion seems to have very little in the way of any plants. Also the fact that the top portion is not even connected to the underwater portion detracts from the overall presentation and does not follow the ideal of the half aquatic half emersed paludarium.
— Carlos Sanchez
Both your land area and your water area are quite nice thought your land area shows better growth and maturity than the water. But the gap between the two is very distracting. You lose the cohesiveness of the design.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 58 × 35 × 28 cm
Title Zen from bushland
Volume 32L
Lighting T5 fl 21watt x 2 on top, T5 fl 21watt x 1 vertical on right side of the shelf. PL13W x 2 on both side of the tank for aquatic plants. 9 hours per day
Filtration CAP 200/1200 Internal Aquarium Power Filter
Plants Paludarium section: Adiantum raddianum, Cryptanthus bivittatus, Onicidium, Selaginella martensii, Nephrolepis mariesii, Begonia "tiger paw", Asplenium nidus, Sarracenia hybride, Tillandisia tenoiforlia, Cratonneuron filicinum

Aquarium section: Echhornia crassipes, Cyperus alternifolius "Gracilus", Anubias barteri, Cryptocoryne wendtii "Green", Nymphoides aquatica, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, Hydrocotyle vulgarius, Salvinia natans
Animals Cynops orientalis x 4, Poecilia reticulata x 2, Xiphophorus maculatus var. x 4
Materials Flourite gravel bed, White sand, River Rock, Driftwood
Additional Information There are two waterfalls down through the paludarium from the upper shelf, powered by an internal aquarium power filter which gets the water moving up to a DIY filte rbox on top of the shelf. One main tube fills directly to the top of the tank, and the other tube goes through athe mosses and plants, drops down slowly to the rocks like a sort of stream.
Yeast fermentation CO2. 30% water changes weekly.
Fertilization with TMG after water changes.

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