Worlds Largest Planted Aquascape Ever! - APE - Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts

AquaZilla · 11-09-2011, 07:49 PM

I have to say when my friend emailed me about the project I did not believe it. I thought he was pretty drunk to say the least. But, its true and here are the photo's to prove it. You will never see anything else like this on the planet. Its filtered and co2 injected.

2 million litres of water are filtered at the rate of 1.2 million litres per hour, and CO2 injection system provides the plants with the ideal conditions to thrive, prevent algae and maintain stable pH levels. Its unreal.

Big Dog · 11-09-2011, 08:02 PM

Very cool.

madness · 11-09-2011, 08:10 PM

Holy cow.

Will be awesome to see down the road as it fills in/matures.

jkan0228 · 11-09-2011, 08:10 PM

Sweet Jesus....

AquaZilla · 11-09-2011, 08:13 PM

Just imagine if you lived in that house

Heaven on earth

jkan0228 · 11-09-2011, 08:16 PM

Honestly. How big of a filter do they use?!

AquaZilla · 11-09-2011, 08:17 PM

Well,,,,,,,
1.2 million liters = 317 006.463 US gallons Per hour.

ukamikazu · 11-09-2011, 08:20 PM

In that first picture, that really is them putting down a layer of laterite, isn't it?

At what point does your private pond become a nursery?

madness · 11-09-2011, 08:20 PM

I had to edit my original post twice to remove expletives.

Not angry expletives but just shocked expletives. Hard to come up with the proper adjectives.

What kind of stocking is he going to be doing? The whole thing could really use some color, IMO.

Do you know what he did for substrate? Are there 'planting' racks or shelves like in many planted ponds or is it all substrate? I would imagine that it is topsoil atleast?

In that climate and with a 'high tech' set-up (sounds so odd in a freaking lake) he should be able to grow all sorts of cool stuff (and to sizes we aren't used to seeing).

AquaZilla · 11-09-2011, 08:23 PM

The red soil is the natural earth in Brazil. They did not use laterite, they covered it with a huge layer of thick rubber, then added substrate and stones. Mostly sand and rock.

You can see the rubber liner in the 3rd photo. Same stuff used on landfills, its heavy duty.

11-09-2011, 07:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
AquaZilla Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 6,712	Worlds Largest Planted Aquascape Ever! I have to say when my friend emailed me about the project I did not believe it. I thought he was pretty drunk to say the least. But, its true and here are the photo's to prove it. You will never see anything else like this on the planet. Its filtered and co2 injected. 2 million litres of water are filtered at the rate of 1.2 million litres per hour, and CO2 injection system provides the plants with the ideal conditions to thrive, prevent algae and maintain stable pH levels. Its unreal. __________________ The Planted Aquarium Blog " Im Americas worlds biggest planted aquarium hobbyist"

11-09-2011, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Big Dog Planted Tank Guru Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ann Arbor MI Posts: 650	Very cool. __________________ Mr. Miracle Grow" for aquarium plants.

11-09-2011, 08:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
AquaZilla Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 6,712	Just imagine if you lived in that house Heaven on earth __________________ The Planted Aquarium Blog " Im Americas worlds biggest planted aquarium hobbyist"

11-09-2011, 08:17 PM	#7 (permalink)
AquaZilla Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 6,712	Well,,,,,,, 1.2 million liters = 317 006.463 US gallons Per hour. __________________ The Planted Aquarium Blog " Im Americas worlds biggest planted aquarium hobbyist"

11-09-2011, 08:20 PM	#8 (permalink)
ukamikazu Moderator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 2,741	In that first picture, that really is them putting down a layer of laterite, isn't it? At what point does your private pond become a nursery? __________________ "You are much better off with no numbers than meaningless ones. The minute you believe numbers uncritically, that is, without understanding how they're calculated and how well they measure whatever they're supposed to measure, you will generate a breed of employee who will produce numbers and not results. Your data-processing system will then serve not to describe reality but to lie about it." -Micheal S. Montalbano

11-09-2011, 08:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
madness Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38	Holy cow. Will be awesome to see down the road as it fills in/matures.

11-09-2011, 08:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
madness Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 38	I had to edit my original post twice to remove expletives. Not angry expletives but just shocked expletives. Hard to come up with the proper adjectives. What kind of stocking is he going to be doing? The whole thing could really use some color, IMO. Do you know what he did for substrate? Are there 'planting' racks or shelves like in many planted ponds or is it all substrate? I would imagine that it is topsoil atleast? In that climate and with a 'high tech' set-up (sounds so odd in a freaking lake) he should be able to grow all sorts of cool stuff (and to sizes we aren't used to seeing).

11-09-2011, 08:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
AquaZilla Administrator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 6,712	The red soil is the natural earth in Brazil. They did not use laterite, they covered it with a huge layer of thick rubber, then added substrate and stones. Mostly sand and rock. You can see the rubber liner in the 3rd photo. Same stuff used on landfills, its heavy duty. __________________ The Planted Aquarium Blog " Im Americas worlds biggest planted aquarium hobbyist"

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