cainechow Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) So my six year old son and I were cruising the net this evening for videos of fresh water crabs and ended up watching Oliver Knott videos. That got to me and I decided to do up a new Iwagumi tank with stuff I had around. I was using an Ikea Rektangel Vase as a refugium in my sump. It already had Fluorite and a good tufft of HC growing in there and it seemed that it would be a great place to start. I also had a bucket of rocks soaking in some water that my grand father had brought to Canada from Hong Kong over 30 years ago. The vase and my chosen tools. I forgot to take a picture of my chosen rock. It was pretty much the smallest one I had sitting around. This is what I ended up with. And one more shot with a tea spoon for scale. It was a pretty fun one hour project and the result is a cute little iwagumi aquarium that fits pretty much anywhere. To maintain this thing I think I'm going to have to go get myself some new excel/metricide and dose one drop a day along with one drop of ferts. I'm just gonna let it get what ever light spills over from my 10 gallon. We'll see how this thing does in the next few weeks. Edited December 7, 2012 by cainechow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syncro Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Nice rock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggz Posted December 8, 2012 Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 Nice! That looks sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted December 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2012 I had a hitch hiker shrimp that started out not coloured but after 3 weeks looks red-brown. I might fish it out of the 10 and drop him in there. He's cherry shrimp sized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaVishVish Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 How's the mini iwagumi? Does the plant grow ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 I wonder how it would grow exposed to direct sunlight? Neat project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted February 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 I won't say that the HC was growing... probably more like surviving. I'll have to call up my aunt to see how it is doing. I gave it to her for Christmas. Last I heard, she had it in direct sunlight and it was getting some algae growth on the glass. I have another one going now at home right now. I can take a pic later when I get home. We got a hitchhiker snail last time we bought some fish and my son didn't want to toss out the snail. :P I think we've had that one going for 3 weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted February 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 This is the little snail vase I mentioned in my previous post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterGrumbles Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 This is the little snail vase I mentioned in my previous post. That's actually a really cool looking set up. Very zen. I like the rock in there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesbarr Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 ive been watching oliver knotts videos after I read your first post. I like his approach, but my favourite thing that I learned from him was the most simple thing ever. His newspaper trick upon filling the tank after scaping is spot on. I know for sure I will be doing that when I set up my next tank. He also layered his sub in one video that I watched, which is something Im looking at as well. Nice little set ups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaVishVish Posted February 14, 2013 Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 so..is that the rock your grandfather brought 30 years ago?? very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cainechow Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Yup. Both of those were from gramps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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