Quick Aquascape - Vik 10 Gallon Aquarium - Complete Build in Description 123 4

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This aquascape gets it's inspiration from a trip to Iceland one of our team members back in March. One of the regions he visited was Vik, Iceland, famous for it's basalt formations on their black sand beaches. Although we chose to forego the use of black sand, the natural formations of the Seiryu stone do a good job in mimicking the details of the basalt formations. We chose to use easier plants for this scape. Riccia Fluitans mats on stainless steel is an easy plant that you can just plop on substrate. Note that this plant does grow rather quickly, so stay on top of your trim game! We decided to fill the crevices with bucephalandra and moss. Once it's grown out it will give it an aged look. Dwarf hairgrass is a great accent plant if not used as foreground cover. Flora: Riccia Fluitans mats on Stainless Steel - https://goo.gl/j0S2AT Christmas Moss - https://goo.gl/pB56ux Bucephalandra Peacock -https://goo.gl/iui391 Dwarf Hairgrass - https://goo.gl/NNGk7R Mini Pellia - https://goo.gl/p8Jd9f Fauna: TBA Fertilization: UNS Plant Food 3x per week -https://goo.gl/fgBzi0 Substrate and Hardscape: Controsoil Black Regular - https://goo.gl/S4FM2U Seiryu Stone - https://goo.gl/YshSVD Lava Rock White Sand Equipment: UNS 45U -https://goo.gl/MYw8sh Twinstar 450ES RGB-W Lighting -https://goo.gl/IisMa9

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boricua19yandel - 7 years ago

Were can i get a rock like that

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

This is the stone we used:
https://buceplant.com/products/scapers-choice-seiryu-stone

freshwater aquatics - 7 years ago

wow just wow

rdrdghd - 7 years ago

Hello, I'm currently debating getting your UNS 45U tank, but the site says it's a 9.3 gallon? Your video says it's a 10 gallon. Is this true? The dimensions of an aqueon 10 gallon is 20x10.5x12.5, where this one is 17.7x11x11

Looking forward to your response as I'm stuck between 4 tanks that have to be the max size of 20x12 at least. Thank you. ( No smaller than 10 gallons and no bigger than possibly 12 )

Mel - 7 years ago

Am I the only one who has had the most awful experience with a sand and dirt setup? No... Just me? Ok...

Mel - 7 years ago

That does make sense... for sure.
I'm ok with the upkeep of plants (trimming, co2, dosing fertilizers, etc...) However for whatever reason keeping dirt and sand separate is where my boundary end.

I did, however, find out that if you have larger dirt granules ( I have regular ADA Amazonia aquasoil) You can sift it out using a mesh colander.

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

It takes some effort. We usually just siphon the sand and replace with more sand, if that makes sense. It's the easiest way of keeping it separate.

john adams - 7 years ago

update lol

Steelwater 13 - 7 years ago

What type of filter and heater do you use for your tanks? Thinking of buying

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

For this particular setup we are using an Azoo Mignon 150. We live in Southern California, so we don't have much issues with being too cold. But if I were going to use a heater, I'd probably choose an all metal type heater.

Aquatic Haus - 7 years ago

Beautiful!

Rickard Rocks - 7 years ago

i like it looks very clean!

Adrian's Aquatics - 7 years ago

nice video guys, keep it coming!

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Kyle's Fish room - 7 years ago

nice video, beautiful scape

Boosted98gsx - 7 years ago

Pretty poorly done Iwagumi. Not enough contrast between the large stones. Not enough usage of the rule of thirds. Too much stacked to the center/rear/right.

Fish Fan - 7 years ago

Hey Team Bruce Plant! I was wondering how many liters of substrate I would need to get for my 10 gallon tank (20.25" x 10.5" x 12.6") to grow plants such as Anubias Nana and where to get it cheaply.
Thanks in advance

Nick John - 7 years ago

Boosted98gsx Not every scape nees to adhere the rules.

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

Hi thanks for the comment! I agree, this is a terrible Iwagumi scape. Much like how every bonsai scape is a terrible nature style tank. However, this is not supposed to be an Iwagumi. It is inspired by a trip to Iceland, like I said in the description.

June V - 7 years ago

Yay love your videos!! Can't wait to order some plants & shrimp from you!

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

Thank you June!

Gregory Marrero - 7 years ago

The plants I got from you guys were amazing. Really great job, I'm only ordering from buceplant from now on.

Team Buce Plant - 7 years ago

Thank you Gregory! Let us know if you ever have any questions.

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