Inside Nature Aquarium @wazeter-blog - Tumblr Blog

Coming back to the progress in the Mini S - with Litorella uniflora added to the carpet mix, you can notice small detail work forming in the midground.

#planted tank #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #nano aquarium #driftwood #nature aquarium #planted aquarium #aquarium plants #wabi sabi

Alternative view of the old iwagumi layout in the Mini M. With this kind of view, you can feel an entirely different perspective of the nano world.

#frank wazeter #francis wazeter #iwagumi #nano planted tank #nano aquarium #planted aquarium #aquascape #aquascaping #nature aquarium #wabi sabi

Okay. So I can't find the post but I think you said your job involved fish? How did you get that job? What kind of formal education did you get? What would you recommend I study in college? Any idea on which college?

This is a good question -

What I would say for you, in the course of study, is to study as much as you can on as wide a variety of different topics as you can. For me personally, I went to university for International Business, but the most important things out of any formal education was learning different topics - the arts, other cultures, history, et cetera.

In the fish biz, you, in most cases, could just walk in a door and get hired almost anywhere without formal education - it's not typically an arena that focuses as highly on higher education, since there is very little formal training that does you any good in the field. For example, everything I learned about Nature Aquarium was self taught from translating Japanese texts, studying art, history and Japanese gardening.

I always recommend that studying writing is a good idea, as well as history, and that the most important thing is to keep thinking outside of the normal box.

A more detailed view of the progression of planting the carpet in the Mini S driftwood layout.

#planted tank #planted aquarium #aquascape #aquascaping #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #fish tank #aquarium

Littorella uniflora, a relatively new carpet plant - creates a sparse carpet, best used as an accent plant for the midground

#planted tank #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #aquascape #aquarium #fish tank #fishtank #fish #live plants #aquarium plants #planted aquarium #Littorella uniflora

Managing a mixed carpet of plants requires diligent pruning and trimming to maintain balance.

#carpet plants #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #aquascape #aquascaping #trimming plants #nature aquarium #planted tank #plantedtank #fishtank #aquarium

View from the top of the aquarium - a thicket of stems after trimming.

#stem plants #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #aquatic plants #nature aquarium #aquascape #aquascaping #planted tank #aquarium #live plants

After trimming the 60-P, the layout begins the next phase of development, trimming inspires denser growth of the plants.

#Planted Tank #Frank Wazeter #Wabi Sabi #Aquarium Plants #Aquatic Plants #aquarium #fishtank #nature aquarium

With Elatine hydropiper (mini glosso) now placed in the foreground, the layout takes further shape. Mini glosso and C. parva create an elegant melding for texture - with similar leaf shape and colors, but yet subtle differences, it takes the attention off of the carpet and puts it on the layout as a whole.

#planted tank #nature aquarium #aquarium #wabi sabi #frank wazeter #francis wazeter #ADA #Mini S #nano planted tank #nano aquarium

Fine tipped pincettes will aid greatly in planting Elatine hydropiper into the nano planted aquarium foreground.

#elatine hydropiper #aquarium #planted tank #frank wazeter #francis wazeter

Cryptocoryne parva sets the stage for how the rest of the plants will come together in the composition.

#Frank Wazeter #Planted Tank #nature aquarium #cryptocoryne parva #cryptocoryne #aquarium #fishtank

What do you mean by "Finnex" gives you a certain assumption? Are the diodes in my fugeray not going to last very long?

No, no, nothing like that! It's just the best scape I've seen so far in a finnex tank. I probably worded that poorly. for example, I would've been equally shocked had it been a fluval edge, since the lights are usually underpowered - so your results were very, very pleasantly surprising to me and you seem to have a good instinct for placement, which is somewhat a rarity in the still very young aquascaping hobby here!

Hi. Who are you? Are you just one person? Your posts seem so professional, like a company's.

Hello! I am just one person, yes. All the photos I post, with the exception of submissions are my personal stuff!