#139: 792L Paludarium Desmond's Island

Sylvain VAN WAEREBEKE ARGENTEUIL, France

Awards and Comments

First Place
Excellent choice of plants and fish. The underwater and emergent portions blend together almost seamlessly. Try grooming the Anubias so they grow up out of the water along the dry rocks. Other than that minor detail very well done!
— Phil Edwards
What a gorgeous paludarium! I really like the use of the rocks in this tank to create the island and the use of the anubias to soften the perimeter of the aquascape. Congrats!
— Bailin Shaw
Lovely tank! Really nice planting below the water; one of the best we've ever seen. I also like your terrestrial planting. The tank would be even nicer if the rock border between the terrestrial and aquatic areas wasn't quite so stark. See if you can get other plants to soften the rockwork the way the Maidenhair fern on the left does.
— Karen Randall

Aquascape Details

Dimensions 110 × 80 × 90 cm
Title Desmond's Island
Volume 792L
Background Black paint
Lighting 4x39w neon bulbs
Filtration 600 l/h external filter
Plants Aquatic plants : Anubia narteria var. nana, Microsorum pteropus, Microsorum pteropus Windelow, Xmas moss, Cryptocoryne undulata, Cryptocoryne parva, Bolbitis heudelottii, Lilaeopsis macloviana.
Emersed plants : sorry, I don't know their names...
Animals Puntius pentazona (10) - Poecilia reticulata (2) - Neocaridina denticulata sinensis "Red Cherry" (?)
Materials Rocks, Malaysian driftwood

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