Hi, Francesco,
A couple of suggestions:-
If you want low maintenance, do not plant Vallisneriaor Eleocharis. I would suggest Crypt balansae or Crypt retrospiralis. I think you should go for a black background. Blue makes a good contrast but it looks artificial. I don't know what are Seiryu stones but they may not go well with the driftwood you're going to use. The colours clash. I would suggest something brown would be a better option.
By the way, Amano don't usually tie his mosses to the whole of the branches of the driftwoods that he uses. He recommends that the mosses are tied only at the bends. This way, the mosses stand out better. I think he's right. I often tie my mosses to the whole branch and they eventually cover the driftwoods completely, thereby making it pointless having the driftwood in the first place. After all, the whole idea is to be able to see the wood with the moss growing on it and not a piece of wood hidden under a blanket of moss.
I would suggest too you think about using cosmetic sand in the foreground. This serves 2 purposes. One, you don't have to crack your head over which foreground plant to use because with cosmetic sand, it's going to be a bare foreground. Two, because cosmetic sand is so smooth, there's no dirt. Or rather, the dirt cannot stick to the sand. There will be a lot of scum and dirt in the spaces between the rocks and woods but your foreground will always be pristine.
Loh K L
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