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From sketch
to ecosystem.

Eight stages, every one in-house. No subcontractors handed your build mid-way, no hand-off where things break.

How we work — start to handover.

Most aquariums and ponds fail because somebody designed the look and somebody else built the life-support — and the two never spoke. We collapse that gap. Same studio designs the scape, engineers the filtration, runs the electrical, plants it, cycles it, stocks it, and stays around for the first year of maintenance.

Typical timeline: 6–14 weeks for aquariums, 8–20 weeks for ponds and pools, depending on civil work. We give a real Gantt chart in week one — no vague "few months" answers.

01

Discovery call

30-minute call or a site visit if you're in Kerala. We listen — what room, what species, what budget envelope, what existing constraints (kids, pets, structural load, plumbing access). No quote yet, no commitment.

Free · Day 1
02

Concept & feasibility

Within 5 days you get a written brief: proposed scope, rough render, species shortlist, and a feasibility verdict on civil/structural work. We flag what won't work before we propose what will.

Day 1–7
03

Design & engineering

Detailed plans — glass spec, filtration schematic, electrical load, plumbing routes, lighting layout, planting plan, livestock list. Three rounds of revisions included; signed-off drawings drive the build.

Week 1–3
04

Sourcing & pre-build

Glass cut, cabinetry built, hardscape sourced, plants imported, koi reserved with breeders. We schedule arrivals so nothing sits in a holding tank longer than it should.

Week 2–6
05

Civil & mechanical

The week the floor gets opened up. Plumbing, electrical, drains, sumps, structural reinforcements. We protect the rest of the home — drop sheets, dust barriers, daily clean-down.

Week 3–8
06

Aquascape & planting

The fun part. Hardscape goes in, substrate is layered, plants are placed, lighting is dialled in. We photograph each layout iteration so you can compare before final commit.

Week 6–10
07

Cycling & stocking

Water chemistry is brought into spec — ammonia, nitrite, KH, GH, pH all logged daily. Once the system is stable for 14 consecutive days, fish are introduced in waves, never all at once.

Week 8–14
08

Handover & care

Walkthrough, written care manual, filter cleaning schedule, emergency contacts. First three months of weekly check-ins included free; ongoing maintenance plans available month-to-month.

Week 14 onwards

What a build
actually looks like.

Real photos from FOSCAPE projects across Kerala — foundation to finish. The watermarks are ours; so is every weld, drain and pebble.

01 · Site & civil — pond outline takes shape
02 · Concrete shell & waterproofing
03 · Indoor pond framed under the staircase
04 · Finished — stocked, planted, living

Trust the
handover.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

They didn't disappear after install. The team came back at week 2 and again at week 6 — caught a parameter drift before we ever noticed.

A
Arjun M.
Koi pond · Kannur
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The render they sent in week two was almost identical to the finished aquarium. Rare to see that kind of follow-through.

P
Priya R.
Living-room reef · Kochi
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Three years on, the koi are show-grade. Worth every paisa of the import. Shibin still WhatsApps me with care tips.

S
Shaheen K.
Backyard pond · Calicut
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