430L Paludarium Creeperland

Armands Končus · Latvia

Please, watch the video at http://zooistaba.id.lv/en/video DESCRIPTION People, especially those living in a city, want to bring some part of nature also in their homes. Some grow flowers, others set up terrariums and aquariums, but there are also people, to whom it’s not enough. I wanted a river with banks and a waterfall as well, so I came to the creation of a new ecosystem called paludarium. I selected a definite place in the room and according to its size ordered a custom made 缸体 and table, under which we placed the belongings of Susurs (our rabbit). In order this corner of nature looked as natural as possible, I took all decorative materials from nature and hided the equipment or left it outside. As the equipping, collecting of decorative materials, acquisition of 植物 and multiple alteration took a lot of time, it took about 10 months until this system could be concidered as finished. The paludarium is set up in a 430 升鱼类缸体 (163 x 66 x 40 cm). There is a natural cork bark 背景 attached inside and above the rear and the 右侧 of the 缸体. The Paludarium has two land parts - one on the 右侧 and one on the left rear corner. The land part consists of several layers. The lowest layer is gravel, which covers the whole bottom of the 缸体 and the heating cable, then come the large stones and clay blocks, which are completely under water. The next one is the partly immersed clay ball layer. The top layer consists of house plant soil. Thanks to this kind of layer building technology, the soil is always moist, but not too wet. The water and the land parts aren’t hermetically separated. On the 左侧 a piece of cork bark is used as a separator that doesn’t cover the whole boundary area, but on the 右侧 there is a 石材 heap. There are a lot of small gaps between the stones, through which the water flows to the rear right paludarium corner going to external 过滤’s inflow pipe. The ending of the 过滤 outflow pipe is located at the land part on the 左侧 of the paludarium. An additional water flow comes from a water pump hidden on the 右侧 of the water part and used for water pumping up to the dry land, where a small pond is created and decorated with stones, behind which an ultrasonic fogger is hidden. Through a riverbed the water flows in the main water part making a waterfall. There are also PH controller electrodes and a heating cable thermostat hidden near the water pump. Other equipment (external 过滤, external heater, CO2 system, misting system pump) is placed under the table. A lot of hiding places are available for inhabitants – there are many pieces of driftwood in the water, various 植物 and about 15 cm deep cave in the 石材 heap. The water part is also decorated with stones of different sizes. All these hideouts are used by the main owners of the paludarium: four dwarf puffers (Carinotetraodon travancoricus) - two males and two females, who have already managed to spawn here once. Puffers live well with shrimps, who carefully clean up all the remnants (remains of snails and bloodworms) after puffer mealtime. There are 无 inhabitants on the land part, excluding earthworms, snails and other small creatures brought from forest together with mosses. Sometimes I let my canary bird come here on a visit, he enjoys the water moisture and the warmth coming from the lamps, as well as dabbling in the river. The main part of the dry land cover creepers, which have climbed over the whole territory of the paludarium – dry land, cork bark walls, branches and all the other places they can reach. For example, Ficus pumila has crept out of the paludarium and climbed about one meter up the room wall. There are also 植物 growing in soil and those, which grow in a place containing only clay balls and pine bark layer with a poor mix of soil (dendrobium, vanilla orchid), and epiphytes, which I keep attached to the cork bark or fixed between the stones (tillandsies, mini phaelonopsis). Aquarium 植物, which are growing on a dry land or immersed, for example, Hydrocotile leucocephala, Hydrocotile verticillata, Christmas moss, riccia, anubiases are also interesting. All the 植物 are lightened from the top for nine 小时 a 天 by JBL Solar 4 Star 4x80W 灯光 system hanging between willow branches and modified for use with two timers. At first, there are shining two lamps, then four and before the light turns off again - two. The strong 灯光 allows to grow not only terrestrial 植物, but also demanding aquarium 植物, for example, Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba", Pogostemon helferi etc. Of course, due to the strong 灯光, a proper fertilizing and a CO2 injection is necessary. I am using a pressurized CO2 with external reactor. The CO2 injection is controlled by a PH controller (Dennerle Evolution DeLuxe), keeping PH level at 6,90. I am fertilizing my 植物 daily with micronutrient 肥料 F1, EasyLife Ferro, KNO3 and H2PO4. 每 weekend before the 换水 (about 40% per 周) I am taking tests (Fe, NO3, PO4) and, depending on the results, I am planning a dosage for the next 周. There are also fertilizers in the gravel - Tetra Initial Sticks and JBL Balls. For water changes I am using tap water mixed with reverse osmosis water in a 1:1 ratio.

作者Armands Končus

国家/地区Latvia

赛事年份美国 AGA 国际造景大赛 · 2011

项目组别Paludarium

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作品编号#332

风格水陆缸

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规格

水陆缸

尺寸

163 × 66 × 40 cm

容量

430L

缸体规格

430L; 163 × 66 × 40 cm

背景

Cork bark

灯光

2x80W 6500K, 2x80W 4000K T5HO (JBL Solar 4 Star pendant 灯光 system with added 2nd power cable), 1h 2x80W + 6h 4x80W + 1,5h 2x80W

2x80W 6500K, 2x80W 4000K T5HO (JBL Solar 4 Star pendant lighting system with added 2nd power cable), 1h 2x80W + 6h 4x80W + 1,5h 2x80W

过滤

JBL CristalProfi e900 (900l/h)

Resun Aquarium Water Pump King-2 1000l/h for waterfall