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When I saw the ADA 45F I just knew it is a perfect “indoor pond” setup tank.  But it would be hard for me since I’ve never done it before. I had so many ideas for it, but the first one was 侘び草 (Wabi-Kusa) style, which stands for “lonely grass” or basicly just a ”pedunculated grass mix on a ball.”  Here I used Wabi-Kusa as the base and put our design twist on it.

Here is how I started the build. Most of the design ideas are cretided to the future owner of this tank – my GF Ginny!  We decided to have a front beach look, so we laid it out normally as a regular design: with silica sand up front and the ADA Aqua Soil in the back.  The only thing we did differently was to reduce the thickness of soil and sand because of the shallow depth of the tank.  (It would be very tough to plant plants later on).  Ginny loves the driftwood which give that Zen feel.  As shown in the pictures, two small ADA Old Black wood were used to achieve the effect.

ADA 45F Tank

• 45cm x 26cm x 16cm high clarity glass – containing less iron
• Lighting : 27w / 10000k
• CO2 : None
• Substrate: Aqua Soil Amazonia
• Temp : 25C

A close up look of Echinodorus aflame, aka the Purple Knight in Asia, because it turn black or deep purple.  A very rare, hard to get  Sword plant.

Plants:

• Echinodorus aflame “Purple Knight”
• Chrismas moss
• Anubias petite nana
• Hydrocotyle verticillata
• Micranthemum umbrosum
• Lysimachia nummularia

Cost for set up as shown:

• 45F tank $75
• Clip on 27 watt Power Compact light $60
• GEX Japan/Ultra slim filter $45
• ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia $12
• Some silica sand $5
• ADA Old Black Wood $40
• Rocks $20
• Plants $30

For those interested, I can set up the tank as a whole or customize something similar for you.  I’m in the Seattle area.