Thank you and my I also ask where you get your potters clay and what color it isIt looks grey to me and I would so prefer grey over reddish brown.
May sound silly but my Wife asked me to ask you what kind if fish that is in the picture of the Bald Cypress you posted on this site
The majority of my clay came from an elementary art teacher that changed her curriculum and no longer used clay. Most of what I have is the dark reddish stuff...but that changes a little after mixing with the peat. Color of the clay is really of no consequence because it all needs to be covered by moss on the planting or you will have no clay or substrate after watering several times...so its probably silly to worry about clay color.
The fish is a Betta and that picture does not do him any justice
...he is one of the dragon scale varieties that are very metallic in sheen...he matched so well with the container that I couldn't resist using him in the show setup.Unfortunately the show was in October and the building was just too cold to keep the water in the container warm enough for him...so I removed him from the display after just one day. It was really fun to watch from a distance and see folks discover him as the looked closely at the planting...many people asked the next day about where he was.
In the garden, I try to keep a betta or a few mosquito fish in all my containers where mosquitoes could be an issue. The first betta did great for a month or two outside but then, I suspect, was discovered by a bird...a couple weeks later I tried another and he didnt make it 24 hours so I have stopped using Bettas outside but still have "Bonsai"...he lives happily in my wife's nano tank.
John
