I’ve had this idea in my head for a couple of years now and it’s finally taken shape. The inspiration came from a local conservation area/regional park. I wanted a tall nano scape with stone/wood hardscape with a pump/filter in the rear plumbed so the outflows exited at the top and trickled down the face of the scape. Primarily a moss scape dotted with some native accent plants.
Tank: 15cm x 15cm x 25cm ultra clea low iron nano tall with floating bottom.
Light: random plant light from local store.
Substrate: random top fin black pebble gravel that came in a bag with a marketplace tank setup.
Pump: random pump from my dad’s garage from one of my brothers super old tanks.
Plumbing: extra black RO 1/4” tubing and quick connect fittings from a reptile mist kit (for another project).
I started by building the frame with divider panels. There are two ledges that propped up the hardscape, and the whole frame was draped and buffered with 3d spacer mesh (Epiweb) to retain moisture and humidity near the top of the scape without needing a lid. The mesh also helps keep the wood in contact with water, and aids establishing moss.
3d spacer mesh:
Back filter installed:
And the dry fitment test. Had to file down the rock on both sides so it fit without being forced in there. I constructed it this way so the whole scape could be pulled out at once if I needed to reset it, or just the pump if it needed to be serviced. More 3d spacer mesh was wedged in all the crevices for additional wicking.
Topped up and testing:
Additional hardscape up top to help hide all the outflows, and provide space for the finishing flora (maybe some air plants and/or orchids).
Tank: 15cm x 15cm x 25cm ultra clea low iron nano tall with floating bottom.
Light: random plant light from local store.
Substrate: random top fin black pebble gravel that came in a bag with a marketplace tank setup.
Pump: random pump from my dad’s garage from one of my brothers super old tanks.
Plumbing: extra black RO 1/4” tubing and quick connect fittings from a reptile mist kit (for another project).
I started by building the frame with divider panels. There are two ledges that propped up the hardscape, and the whole frame was draped and buffered with 3d spacer mesh (Epiweb) to retain moisture and humidity near the top of the scape without needing a lid. The mesh also helps keep the wood in contact with water, and aids establishing moss.
3d spacer mesh:
Back filter installed:
And the dry fitment test. Had to file down the rock on both sides so it fit without being forced in there. I constructed it this way so the whole scape could be pulled out at once if I needed to reset it, or just the pump if it needed to be serviced. More 3d spacer mesh was wedged in all the crevices for additional wicking.
Topped up and testing:
Additional hardscape up top to help hide all the outflows, and provide space for the finishing flora (maybe some air plants and/or orchids).
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