A while back, I bought a giant wine glass online and posted a short asking viewers whether they wanted me to use it for an aquascape inspired by red or white wine. The vote said ‘red’ and, although it’s taken a while, here’s the video I made.
It covers entire process of setting up a nanoscape in a giant wine glass. I use a dirted tank method with wild mud capped with sand providing nutrients for the aquatic plants. There’s a little bit of hardscaping, and the plant selection is based around a red wine theme. Basically, I’ve chosen red species as viewers voted that we take inspiration from red wine for this project.
The project covers the first two weeks and includes includes a little bit of maintenance and tweaking that goes on after the initial build, including water changes and the introduction of a special inhabitant – a red racer nerite snail!
I think it looks beautiful and I hope you do too.
Here are some of the materials with links. Some of these are associate links and using them will help provide support for our projects here at aquaSplainer.
Giant wine glass (3.2 litres / 0.85 US gal)
UK https://amzn.to/4nLK9Dn
US https://amzn.to/4mHk7jT
Yuymika 48-LED Grow Light
UK https://amzn.to/4nntYwg
US https://amzn.to/42MKNZl
Play sand
UK https://amzn.to/4lVp9co
US https://amzn.to/4m1GPTM
Plants – UK links only
Red root floater – https://amzn.to/4nnugDm
Rotala rotundifolia blood red – https://amzn.to/4gE9Ljc
Ludwigia palustris super red mini – https://amzn.to/46DIKI3
Lobelia cardinalis – https://amzn.to/4mGy9lV