Bon Sai
Mame
Hi guys!
Well last summer I started with bonsais, or rather projects, and I was looking at a seed seller's website, and they had bald cypress seeds and this gave me an idea: I could try to grow them in an aquarium. I had some glasses at home and so I've been building an aquarium. Today I've finished it after months of hard work
This is it. It's flat and broad (24"x24"x5") as I want it to ressemble a swamp. Anyway, the glass is to thin for a normal aquarium. It is dark, which I like because it looks more "swampy". Also, it has a waterfall.
Ok, now the technical thing.
The bonsais will be in these trays.
As you can see, there is a mesh inside. This will suck the water.
This is the pump.
I have filled the trays with a mix of zeolite and volcanic earth. As you can see, I can adjust the height of the trays thanks to the bolts, so I can choose if the tree has the trunk inside or not. Ok, my idea is: I will feed the fish, the fish will produce faeces, the pump will suck water through the soil of the bonsais, which will cause the faeces and whatnot to be trapped there and feed the trees, then the water will fall through the waterfall which will add oxigen to it. And it is cute, too.
I want to plant a bald cypress, a red maple and a tupelo. I'd like to plant something on the waterfall stone, too, but no idea what (suggestions accepted). I'm still waiting for the seeds to germinate, so for now there will be just fish. I want them to be of very little species, so they look more proportionate to the trees. They have to be cold water fish. Any suggestions?
I wanted to add a video of it working but it says file too big
Well last summer I started with bonsais, or rather projects, and I was looking at a seed seller's website, and they had bald cypress seeds and this gave me an idea: I could try to grow them in an aquarium. I had some glasses at home and so I've been building an aquarium. Today I've finished it after months of hard work
This is it. It's flat and broad (24"x24"x5") as I want it to ressemble a swamp. Anyway, the glass is to thin for a normal aquarium. It is dark, which I like because it looks more "swampy". Also, it has a waterfall.
Ok, now the technical thing.
The bonsais will be in these trays.
As you can see, there is a mesh inside. This will suck the water.
This is the pump.
I have filled the trays with a mix of zeolite and volcanic earth. As you can see, I can adjust the height of the trays thanks to the bolts, so I can choose if the tree has the trunk inside or not. Ok, my idea is: I will feed the fish, the fish will produce faeces, the pump will suck water through the soil of the bonsais, which will cause the faeces and whatnot to be trapped there and feed the trees, then the water will fall through the waterfall which will add oxigen to it. And it is cute, too.
I want to plant a bald cypress, a red maple and a tupelo. I'd like to plant something on the waterfall stone, too, but no idea what (suggestions accepted). I'm still waiting for the seeds to germinate, so for now there will be just fish. I want them to be of very little species, so they look more proportionate to the trees. They have to be cold water fish. Any suggestions?
I wanted to add a video of it working but it says file too big
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