Tips on improvement of existing tank

[unknown]

Any recommendations on how to improve it?? Thanks

[Simon]

u shld spread yr APP all over the foreground?

[unknown]

thanks simon,

trying to do that now, spreading them to the right side of tank.... reserving the left side for 4 color lotus. There's a plantlet there now but think cannot be seen cos of my poor photo-taking skill... heh heh

[Allen_1971]

2 things...

firstly your tank looks very 2 dimensional... in other words, it lacks depth.

secondly it looks far too symettrical... if you draw a line down the middle where your APP is, the right side could be a mirror of the left...

both these thing are to be avoided in most aquascapes

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 2:02:55 PM

2 things...

firstly your tank looks very 2 dimensional... in other words, it lacks depth.

secondly it looks far too symettrical... if you draw a line down the middle where your APP is, the right side could be a mirror of the left...

both these thing are to be avoided in most aquascapes
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hi allen,

how do i go abt creating depth???

and how to make it less symetrical?? do i need to rescape the whole tank?? major ops then

[Allen_1971]

try reading this link

[unknown]

thanks allen... hope to have a nice tank more to the ones u all have one day...

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 2:09:30 PM

try reading this link
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does it help if i shift all my tall plants to one side or if i shift the space in the middle to the left or right to create more depth??

[joe]

try to have a combination of foreground plants (your APP will do fine), middle ground and background plants ... this way u will have a contour from low to medium to high and that can create some depth ... moving all the tall plants to one side might not help

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 2:27:31 PM

try to have a combination of foreground plants (your APP will do fine), middle ground and background plants ... this way u will have a contour from low to medium to high and that can create some depth ... moving all the tall plants to one side might not help
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ic... it seems that my plants are either tall tall one or short short one, so i should go get some middle height plants to balance out the look??

[Simon]

unknown, yup.. using different height plants and create layering to give a feel of depth... imagine it on the plan.. oso, dark area too

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 2:55:00 PM

unknown, yup.. using different height plants and create layering to give a feel of depth... imagine it on the plan.. oso, dark area too
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any plants to recommend??? how do i go abt creating dark areas?? plant densely?

[Simon]

u can use driftwood, stack one on top another.. using plants like fern, anubias since they require low light... if u have seen some of Amano's books... he use it quite often in big tanks

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 3:12:36 PM

u can use driftwood, stack one on top another.. using plants like fern, anubias since they require low light... if u have seen some of Amano's books... he use it quite often in big tanks
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think driftwood will be fine since i got loads of it... looking forward to the planted tank workshop so that can learn more..

[sherchoo]

More plants would definately help improve the look. Also some red colour would give some contrast. I you can, take a ride to Teo's. Walk around and just grab what you want.

[unknown]

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On 2/28/2003 3:55:48 PM

More plants would definately help improve the look. Also some red colour would give some contrast. I you can, take a ride to Teo's. Walk around and just grab what you want.
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actually i have some red plants in the tank... just did some major trimming so they are hidden from view.. ALso waiting for the 4 color lotus to grow.. Actually i'm at teo's every other week

just don't know what type of plants to get to enhance the look...