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very nice.. i'm am going to try to achieve something like that after my exams... but isnt the soil layer too thin... any fertiliser? equipment spoil a bit lah.. haha... black background is pretty cool i think... like nite life
Please comment on my humble tank!
HC didn't work for me, so I'm going for glosso now. Crypts should grow thicker over time. Should I remove the black background for a better effect? I know, I know, should have removed equipment too.
very nice.. i'm am going to try to achieve something like that after my exams... but isnt the soil layer too thin... any fertiliser? equipment spoil a bit lah.. haha... black background is pretty cool i think... like nite life
hey its looking great! black blackground gives the scape a nice feel to it, i think there is no need to remove it
Thanks guys
Sidious, the soil layer got cropped off when I took the pic. It's actually about 5 cm in the front, extending all the way back to about 10 cm, in the back left corner 15cm to create the mound the Anubias Nanas are standing on. Fertilisers are loose ferts(KNO3, KH2PO4, Seachem Equlibrium, Traces) with JBL Aquabasis as base fert.
seagul, but what if a white background gives it a better feel?But anyway, thanks
Hi squee! Great-looking tank! IMHO the black background looks fine, allows the plants and scape to stand out better. Is it oyama paper? Messy to remove? (never tried before)
Keep us posted! When your glosso grows in it should look fantastic.
[Afternote: hmm - maybe a white background will work well too - did a quick search and saw this Amano tank - looks like a meadow on a sunny day.]
Where are the crypts that you bought?
Sorry Terence, can't comment on scape as I have much to learn on how to analyse.
I still prefer White background (Oyama paper)
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Izzat
I'll let the Glosso spread and see if the Oyama can be removed for a better effect; it's a pain to paste Oyama paper
Izzat, the crypts are in another tank, a non-CO2 one that I'm trying out (not going so well).
This is a beautiful tank, love the scape!Originally Posted by |squee|
HC didn't work for me, so I'm going for glosso now. Crypts should grow thicker over time. Should I remove the black background for a better effect? I know, I know, should have removed equipment too.
I can't wait to see the foreground grow in. IMO the black background works well with this scape
squee, its beginning to look alot like a West African biotope tank (minus the crypts of course). Looking good so far.
The black background works with this scape so don't remove it. Are you using ADA Africana as the gravel?
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Thanks Fei Miao and Jian Yang.
Yes I'm using ADA Africana, but rather old already. Most of it is mashed up
Just my opinion, I kinda dislike the colour of ADA Africana. In fact I prefer Amazonia. Makes some plants look nicer since its a dark greyish black in colour.
I have Africana in some tanks and I don't quite like the colour. Taking pictures becomes a problem because of the light brown colour of the gravel. And it comes out a little ugly when I edit the images.
It doesn't seem to go well with a dark driftwood. Probably the lighter brown bogwood works with Africana's colour.
That said, I found something peculiar. The 3 Aquasoil products are supposedly made of compressed clay pellets right? But I found some pretty big bits of normal gravel coated with the light brown colour of the gravel. The coat just washed away after some time. I'm wondering if these pieces of normal gravel were deliberately or accidentally added in during manufacturing.
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Stormhawk, I believe it's accidentally introduced into the soil. It's quite hard to look for it during the process of making the soil into what it is. I am sure they have steps to remove as much as possible but there will be some that refuse to be moved until you used the bag of ADA soil.
|squee|, I too find out that HC is very hard to keep. I am using ADA Amazonia and with chiller too to keep temp low. The ones I bought from Aquarama 2005 has been nearly decimated by the yamato in my mom's shrimp tank.
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Hi Terence,
I love your black background.
May I know what you used to create that background? And how you did it? Very new to aquascaping, and not sure how to to it.
HC didn't work for me, so I'm going for glosso now. Crypts should grow thicker over time. Should I remove the black background for a better effect? I know, I know, should have removed equipment too.
Jian Yang, yea the colour screws up my camera sometimes I think. It's a point and shoot, so not that desirable. I'd definately go with Amazonia too.
valice, welcome to AQ
I used something called Oyama paper, it's a sticker-like thing that is pasted at the back of the tank. You can go to any well-stocked LFS and ask the owner for it, he/she should know.
Terence, same sentiment exactly. I'd go with Amazonia anytime too. But unfortunately, most of what the LFS has is usually Africana in stock. I don't see Amazonia that often and Malayana?.. that's even more harder to find.
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Malayan... I've only seen it in NA once.
Maylan is a worse looking colour imho
Did some checks online and yes, its another light brown type. Not very nice either.
My all-time favourite is still Amazonia. The texture and colour comes out nicely in pictures. Africana tends to look alot like orange-brown when flashed.
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Stormhawk, if you need ADA amazonia let me know. I might have source for itDid some checks online and yes, its another light brown type. Not very nice either.
My all-time favourite is still Amazonia. The texture and colour comes out nicely in pictures. Africana tends to look alot like orange-brown when flashed.
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Terence,
What your plants specification for this tank
Nicholas
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Hey nic,
There's Anubias barteri var Nana all over, Cyperus helferi at the back, Taiwan moss on pebbles at the bases of the wood (those fuzzy looking areas), there's C.Wendtii/Beckitii on the right of the Cyperus, and finally there's Glossostigma as the foreground.
The wood colour is supposed to be more brownish, I have to work on getting the algae off =/
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