#73: 170L Paludarium Forest@Home

Arthur Mak Hong Kong, China

Awards and Comments

Third Place
Splendid lush paludarium with impressive plantings both above and below the water. This paludarium deserves a high evaluation due to the very well done plant composition and health.
— Carlos Sanchez
Interesting arrangement. My first impression was that the dark look to the water was a result of exposing for the planted wall area. However the shot of just the water area is also darkly tinted. Run some carbon through your filter to clean this color out of the water before photographing and the tank will present much better.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 102 × 51 × 33 cm
Title Forest@Home
Volume 170L
Background UnderWater - bark, AboveWater - polystyrene board
Lighting 150w--HQI x 2 , 20w T4 FL tube behind the background board
Filtration Wisdom S-20 (~400L/H)
Plants Microsorum pteropus(鐵皇冠), Aubias barteri var. nana(水榕), Cryptocoryne wendtii(椒草), Echinodorus urugwayensis(皇冠草), (鹿角鐵皇冠), lotus(荷葉)
Animals Zebra Danio
Materials Rock (collect from a natural river),
Driftwood (3 large driftwood to surround the plant on land),
Substrate - decorative sand
Additional Information All of the plant based with rock wool which can absorb water to the subrate for the plant. It can maintain the moisture of soil without flooding and keep the moss in a very good condition.
In order to create a natural style at the water part, all of the rock are collected from a river.

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