How to make a Wabi-Kusa substrate ball

I now recommend version 2, this can be found here

This is my version of a wabi kusa substrate ball.

Shopping list:
Wifes stockings
Cable ties
Old eco complete substrate from my old tank
Root tab fertiliser
Pebbles
Spag moss
Aquatic moss
fishing line or thread

Im now off to make some and will take some pictures of the process.

 

I started with the stocking and added a cable tie to one end



then i used a pint glass and placed the stocking into the glass, im going to call this size the one pint



and then i did the same with a half pint glass.



using some old eco complete ( you could use whatever you have this was what i had from a old tank.



I added some to the stocking along with some pebbles for the weight and some root tabs for fertilising.





Then i added some more eco complete on top of the pebbles and root tab to finish it off



I then added another cable tie making sure the contents was nice and tight.



once this was done i ended up with this




One pint and half pint. using smaller glasses you could make whatever size you require


I will be back later with more photos and how to cover the ball with moss..

 

hehe yes i have to be up early in the morning because of children lol, but soon after he falls a sleep and by this time im awake but means early nights lol

 

big wabi yay

cheers Monika

 

Take some fishing line and spag moss ( i would use all aquatic moss but i dont have £100s of pounds worth lol)



and start tying, wrapping around and around and around and around.. lots of times until you get this.





then i added some aquatic mosses, christmas, flame and java



until i got this



then i got carried away as this was not planned for today but hey . Out came the tools.



and glassware



and plants



until i ended up with this WABI-KUSA





I will update the photos as this grows over the next few months

Enjoy

 

Thank you both

Greenfinger was it from the range shop? i paid £4.99 lol and they had a few different ones available including the open dish style (my next one).

forgot to add here is the plant list for whoever wants to know:

Vesicularia dubyana 'Christmas'
Taxiphyllum sp. 'Flame'
Taxiphyllum barbieri 'java'
Lindernia rotundifolia
Ammania sp. 'Bonsai'
Alternanthera reineckii 'Mini'
Clinopodium brownei
Hygrophila corymbosa thailands
Staurogyne repens
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis sp. 'mini'
Hydrocotyle verticillata

 

Once and if the emersed tank grows in ill send you some trimming remind me in the future.

 

update time for this wabi

i added a few more plants and trimmed some a few weeks back but lost one or two at the same time.

this last week this has started to come alive





p.s i still need to learn photography

 

Cheers keith I think my problem it time at the moment I need to stop rushing

 

Thanks both and keith no swearing on the forums please