#1342 From Sky to Sand
About This Aquascape
Misting & Humidity Hygger Ultrasonic Fogger (generating atmospheric low-lying fog and maintaining canopy humidity) Hobby Rain / Spray System with 4 nozzles (automated canopy misting and irrigation)
- Filter
- Filtration Pump: 1 × Sicce Syncra Silent 3.5 Pump (660 GPH / 2,500 LPH) powering the waterfall and internal circulation Filter Media: Integrated rear/internal filter compartment utilizing crushed lava rock (biological media) paired with multi-density mechanical filter sponges/foam pads
- CO2 System
- No CO2 - except from the fishes
- Lighting
- Lighting Chihiros WRGB II Slim 90 × 2
- Substrate
- Substrate ADA Aqua Soil - Amazonia Ver.2 (crushed, blended into a mud/clay paste, and applied to the back wall as a living background medium) ADA Plata Sand ADA Colorado Sand
- Hardscape Materials
- Hardscape - Dragon Stone (Ohko Stone) - River Driftwood - Lava Rock (crushed/structural base)
- Background
- F`ully covered
Species
Fauna Pethia conchonius var. (Glowlight Chilli Rosy Barb) Poecilia reticulata (Blue Ivory Guppy)
Plant species
Flora Epiphytic & Canopy Plants Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish Moss) Tillandsia argentea Tillandsia harrisii Neoregelia sp. / hybrids (Miniature Bromeliads) Cryptanthus 'Elaine' (Earth Star) Bulbophyllum lasiochilum Ludisia discolor / Macodes petola (Jewel Orchid) Terrestrial & Creeping Foliage Begonia 'Tiger Paws' (Begonia bowerae hybrid) Pilea depressa Pachyphytum / Mini pachyphyllum Davallia fejeensis (Rabbit's Foot Fern) Pteris vittata / Pteris cretica (Chinese Brake Fern) Bolbitis heteroclita / Bolbitis sp. ('Mrisa Fern') Peperomia prostrata / Peperomia perciliata Ficus pumila 'Quercifolia' (Oak Leaf Creeping Fig) Pellionia pulchra / Pellionia repens Mosses & Spikemosses Selaginella kraussiana (Krauss' Spikemoss) Octoblepharum albidum (Octoblepharum Moss) Leucobryum glaucum (Land Cushion Moss) Hypnum plumaeforme / Vesicularia sp. (Terrarium Sheet Moss) Fissidens fontanus / Taxiphyllum sp. (Wet Wood & Emergent Moss) Aquatic & Submerged Plants Anubias barteri var. nana (or 'Petite') Bucephalandra sp. Microsorum pteropus (Java Fern) Bolbitis heudelotii
Fertilization
Masterline Red diluted into a spray mist system
Khemraj Ganesh
Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Quick Stats
- Style
- Paludarium
- Size
- 90x45x45 cm
- Volume
- 182 L (48.1 gal.)
- Plant Species
- 58
- Fish Species
- 4
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