缸体 overall view. The large 石材 formation on the 右侧 contains three waterfalls. The frog (not visible) likes to hide at the very top of the waterfalls. The bogwood is all natural, and was locally collected. The 背景 was created specifically to fit the shape of the pieces of 沉木. The long "snake" looking thing in front of the right piece of 沉木 is really just a 鱼类, blurred due to the long exposure time of the shot.

美国 AGA 国际造景大赛2002Paludarium

174L Paludarium Bowfront Paludarium

Chuck Gadd · United States

Maintaining the high humidity required for this 缸体 in the dry air of Denver, Colorado has been interesting. The waterfalls provide a lot of small splashing, which keeps the humidity up pretty well. I am working ono automating a cool mist humidifer, but don't have it installed yet. I initially added the green moss and spanish moss, intending for it to just be decoration, assuming there wouldn't be enough humidity for it to grow well. Imagine my suprise when both types of mosses started growing. There are new spores on the green moss, and lots of new growth of the spanish moss. "How-To" Articles completely documenting the creation of the 背景 and filtration system will be published soon on my website.

作者Chuck Gadd

国家/地区United States

赛事年份美国 AGA 国际造景大赛 · 2002

项目组别Paludarium

奖项3 / Third Place / aga_archive_award

作品编号#90

风格水陆缸

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规格

水陆缸

尺寸

231 × 117 × 117 cm

容量

174L

缸体规格

174L; 231 × 117 × 117 cm

背景

Home made 背景

Home made background

灯光

60 watts of fluorescent 灯光

60 watts of fluorescent lighting

过滤

Home made trickle 过滤, completely contained in the 背景. Submerged pump lifts water up to 过滤 box embedded behind 背景. Water exits the 过滤 box and flows down into the 缸体 behind the 背景, and water flows thru several screened portions into front main water area. Some water also flows from the 过滤 box into the waterfalls.

Home made trickle filter, completely contained in the background. Submerged pump lifts water up to filter box embedded behind background. Water exits the filter box and flows down into the tank behind the background, and water flows thru several screened portions into front main water area. Some water also flows from the filter box into the waterfalls.