Learn exactly how I made this Wabi Kusa, from start to finish!
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In this video:
- Timelapse of the entire build process of the Wabi Kusa Dish Garden.
- Includes note overlays to explain steps and materials.
Used in video:
Tools and Equipment
- Work Gloves
- Safety Goggles
- Nitrile Gloves
- Power Drill and Drill Bit
Container
- Glass dish found at hobby and craft store
Construction
- Malaysian Driftwood – Shop hardscape wood on Buceplant
- Premium-coated outdoor screw
- Plastic bag for masking the container (prevents adhesive and other things from blemishing the glass during construction)
- Sharpie Marker for marking approximate contact points (so I know where to apply epoxy)
- 60-second epoxy (this is mixed in a condiment cup with the handle end of a plastic spoon)
- Foam blocks for bracing wood in position during various stages of the build
- Touch ‘n Foam Black Landscape Foam
- 100% Aquarium-Safe Silicone
- Sand – washed and dried
- EpiWeb panel (cut with sturdy scissors) – Shop EpiWeb on Glass Box Tropicals
- Distilled water
- Aquarium gravel
- Rocks
- Pea Gravel (washed)
- Fluval Stratum (Nutrient-rich aquarium substrate)
- Various tweezers for planting, and positioning gravel – Shop scaping tools on Buceplant
- DIY flex-funnel made out of a deli container
- Distilled water
- Spray bottle
- Osmocote Plus fertilizer
Plants
- Eleocharis radicans – Shop Eleocharis on Buceplant
- Hydrocotyle tripartita – Shop on Buceplant
- Sagittaria subulata (“Dwarf Sagittaria”) – Shop on Buceplant
- Hemianthus callitrichoides – Shop on Buceplant
- Moss
- Lemna minor (“Duckweed”)
Where to buy aquatic plants
For hobbyists in the USA, I use and highly recommend Buceplant.com.
They carry a huge selection of Bucephalandra, as well as tons of other amphibious and aquatic plants which can be grown emersed for terraria and wabi kusa.
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