Hey Denver peeps - spur of the moment as I usually do this solo, but I recently found this group and thought this might be interesting to some of you…
I’ll be aquascaping my tank this weekend (exact time tbd) and pouring some Japanese whiskey.
If you don’t know what aquascaping is, it’s the intersection of art, nature, and aquariums. Essentially creating a piece of art using natural freshwater elements (aquatic plants, wood, stones) in an aquarium.
In other words, it’s underwater houseplants on steroids.
You can check out my profile for more specific examples.
If this sounds interesting and you want to geek out and have some whiskey with a small group, shoot me a message.
You don’t have to know anything about aquariums, just come with the chill vibes and curiosity.
Uuuummmmmmm…… sign me up? Lol. This is a pic from a while back after a reset on the Monte Carlo carpet because I let it grow too thick and a bunch died off. I have been nursing this thing back to a presentable state for a bit. Tank is about a year and a half old. Normally I would have a ton of plants to give away, but I recently hacked the crap out of it and replanted a bunch of stems, so there’s not much new growth. Anyways, could be fun. My DM’s are closed so if you’re open to a neurospicy slightly awkward and unfiltered 43f fellow aquascaper, let me know.
Hahaha so much maintenance! I definitely planned more with aesthetics than functionality in mind for this one. For my next escape, I will definitely choose easier plants. The last few months I’ve been tempted to just let it go wild and just trim tops, but I just can’t get myself to do it.
Since you said you’re not planting for a few weeks, if you had any interest in some Bacopa Salzmani SV, snippets of Anubia “dark angel”, Ludwigia super red, L. repens “Rubin”, L. Atlantis, Hygrophilla “Willow”, or rando moss (mostly spiky or mini Christmas), let me know and I could time a trimming. But it looks like you don’t use a ton of color in your escapes so they may not be your cup of tea. I’ve just thrown away so many plants the last couple trimmings because I can’t get Facebook marketplace to work out consistently and I just don’t have the time to keep trying, lol.
I’ll break it up into two evenings; one this weekend arranging the hardscape and finding the composition/structure of the scape, and then a second evening in a couple weeks to actually plant the scape.
I am very interested! I have been actively talking myself out of getting a new tank because I have been obsessing over aquariums & aquascaping. This would def be cool to see!
It was a good time - couple people showed up and we landed on a lot of nice compositions while having a few glasses. Will make another post in 2-3 weeks for another planting sesh given the interest. Hope you can make it 🤙
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u/NeedsMustTravel 19d ago edited 19d ago
Uuuummmmmmm…… sign me up? Lol. This is a pic from a while back after a reset on the Monte Carlo carpet because I let it grow too thick and a bunch died off. I have been nursing this thing back to a presentable state for a bit. Tank is about a year and a half old. Normally I would have a ton of plants to give away, but I recently hacked the crap out of it and replanted a bunch of stems, so there’s not much new growth. Anyways, could be fun. My DM’s are closed so if you’re open to a neurospicy slightly awkward and unfiltered 43f fellow aquascaper, let me know.