Beneath the Whispering Peaks
About This Aquascape
The final photo mirrors my aquascape’s structure and emotion: towering Dragon Stones like quiet mountains, red and green contrasts breathing life beneath them, and the fish weaving through as if carried by unseen whispers. My artist statement for “Beneath the Whispering Peaks” is: Amid towering stone ridges, life moves in quiet harmony. Beneath the peaks, each ripple and leaf carries a whisper of stillness and motion intertwined. This aquascape captures a valley where color, texture, and flow merge into a living echo of nature’s calm resilience.
- Filter
- Oase BioMaster 2 250
- CO2 System
- ~35ppm CO2 via a DIY (citric acid and baking soda) tank. On around 1h before lights are at peak intensity and off when lights end peak intensity
- Lighting
- Chihiros WRGB Universal 800
- Substrate
- Dennerle Deponix-mix and Scaper's soil, sand
- Hardscape Materials
- Dragon Stone, Lava rocks, Seiryu stone, some "dragon blood" contrast stone, Rio Xingu gravel, different types of wood
- Background
- Frosted window with a blue sky background film
Species
- Fish: Black Neon Tetra, Poecilia wingei, Harlequin Rasbora, Kuhli Loach, Dwarf Spotted Danios, Trigonostigma espei, - Shrimp: Amano Shrimp, Orange Sakura Shrimp - Snails: Dusky Nerite, Hornet Nerite, Red Nerite, Pink Lady Snails
Plant species
- Foreground to Midground: Micranthemum tweediei (Monte Carlo), Marsilea hirsuta, Hydrocotyle tripartita, Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini', Helanthium tenellum 'Green' - Midground to Background: Hygrophila pinnatifida, Pogostemon deccanensis, Rotala rotundifolia 'Green', Ludwigia repens 'Rubin' - Epiphytes / Hardscape Plants: Taxiphyllum barbieri (Bogor moss), Riccardia chamedryfolia (Coral moss), Bucephalandra kedegang, Microsorum pteropus 'Trident'
Fertilization
5 times per week dosing 2HR Aquarist APT3 + Seachem flourish advance. Also, 2 times per week, Seachem Flourish (micros) for a boost
Edgar Ruiz
Rotkreuz, Switzerland
Quick Stats
- Style
- Aquatic Garden
- Size
- 80x34x40 cm
- Volume
- 108 L (28.5 gal.)
- Plant Species
- 13
- Fish Species
- 13
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