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BHS Aquascaping

Aquascaping is the ultimate intersection of science, art, and natural beauty.

Brooklyn Hardscape began as a dedicated aquascape competition group and is now a small business dedicated to aquascaping, retail aquarium supplies, and installations. Our mission is to promote the art and craft of aquascaping and design in planted tanks. Kevin Kelly — aka Rossfett — is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer and illustrator who has designed and built planted tanks since 2003. A former s

katepunk turned mad scientist, Kevin’s dual curiosities of both left and right brain led to him to pursue formal education in both science and art. He has spent 10 years providing creative and engaging visual design solutions for clients from non-profit to high fashion. Aquascape design and installation represents the ultimate mix of Kevin’s obsessions – the perfect balance of art and science.

01/10/2024

Even though this scape needs a serious clean, we decided to post it anyway. For this scape the dark stones had a mechanical purpose. We knew we were going to move this scape cross country. It's easier to remove stones than add them. So we added support stones to stabilize the main stone. We liked them in the end and left them in. There are two kinds of "Natural" that aquascaping uses from Art Theory; observation and replication or subject idealization. Much of what we get from the legacy of Takashi Amano is "subject idealization", which can be a great guide to creating beautiful work, but also a trap, putting an Aquascaper in a spiral mediocracy. We're more observe and replicate type of artists. Having walked through rivers and streams on 5 continents, from experience, it takes very special circumstances to have a body of water with only one type of stone. So mix those stones up! Size, color, and shape should dictate what stones you use, don't let foolish rules dictate how you scape.

Aquarium: ADA 45P

Substrate: ADA Aquasoil Version 2, Sera Ochre Sand

Filtration: ADA Super Jet ES 600

Hardscape: Frodo Stone, River Stone, Black Hill Stone, crushed Seiryu Stone

Light: ADA Aquasky Moon

01/09/2024

Kevin took this picture hanging from a ladder, over the shoulder, right after unloading the shop from the truck. It was a solo 2329m (3748km) drive, done in 3 days. (Never again will we take a truck full of scaped aquariums over the Rockies.) He then unloaded the shop himself. All the scapes were intact and safe of course. We're hoping to offer delivery of fully scaped tanks again in the spring. Contact us if you're interested. Unfortunately, unlike NYC, this service did not take off in Seattle, as potential customers could not imagine such a thing was possible. Which is not surprising, when we left, Seattle was in the midst of an epidemic of Dunning-Kruger syndrome.

01/04/2024

If you have a room full of aquascapes, sometimes you get a plant lump. This is our plant lump. And we're fond of her. She'll turn 1 in a week or so. If you went to the shop in Seattle, or watched some of our reels, this sturdy gal was in the back of the studio. Like our UNS 60U, she has been through a lot and will eventually be replaced by a 90S. While the 60U was brutalized by algae because of neglect, the 75P did fairly well. This tank has lived in four states. Each time she traveled, she has been fully scaped. She also managed to survive a hefty kick during a forceful removal of an unwanted guest in our Seattle studio with only minor scratches and a small chip. Truly amazing. We're going to pull the Aponogeton crispus red, and blyxa soon and replace them with stem plants. Making her even more of a lump. We love you lumpy.
UNS Titan I and UNS 75P were provided by . Soil is UNS controsoil.

01/03/2024

Nannostomus marginatus dart out from behind Samolus parvifolis and Hyptis Laciniata. Our 60U Ryoboku is almost a year old. Its had a rough go at it over the past year. Kevin wasn't able to keep up with maintenance for a few months and a severe algae outbreak took its toll on some of the plants. Even though it's almost back in fighting shape we've already started planing the hardscape and plants for its replacement. A careless customer put deep gouges in the front panel of the aquarium with her ring. So our 60U will be retired within the next month.
Light, soil, and aquarium are UNS products.
Light and Aquarium were provided by UNS.

01/02/2024

"Rabbit On The Rock" In July 2022, what started off in our kitchen in Seattle as a fun little wabi kusa(?) riparium(?) in a UNS 25S has evolved a few times in the past year and a half. From the UNS 25S it moved to a UNS 25C, which we added a second stone for height. It's now in its final (maybe) home in an 45S. As the plants grew, we guided the growth of the furry roots of the Davallia Fejeensis and the Begonia glabra to fully integrate into the hardscape.The main stone is a piece of black lava that was given to us from that has water gently flowing through it. Unlike the other aqauriums in our studio which will be replaced or rescaped, We're going to keep this one going for as long as possible.

01/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Em and Kevin! Kevin is enjoying the last stogie of the year in the new studio. In mid 2023 we moved the aquascape studio 2329 miles (3748km) across the country, whole. Unfortunately life and health got in the way of breaking down those old Seattle aquascapes and creating something new. But the New Year brings new motivation. While we plan some new scapes, we'll do some updates of what we brought with us, (hint; we only broke down one scape) and how they're doing a year+ in.

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Seattle, WA

Opening Hours

Tuesday	1pm - 6pm
Wednesday	1pm - 6pm
Thursday	1pm - 6pm

Telephone

(718) 455-5595

Website

http://Brooklynhardscape.com/

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