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post some picture of your hardscape and intended scape, easier to imagine that way. IMO iwagumi and mountain scape are different animal, you may not be able to implement iwagumi theory into mountain scape.
Hi Bros,
I've recently decommed my scape tank and am trying to setup a more successful tank which can capture the majesty of mountains and need some input.
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to use various rocks in combination to create the image of a single peak mountain. My greatest difficulty comes because I have no idea how to hold the rocks in place. Do you start laying out the rocks you plan for the base first? Or prop up the peak and then work your way down?
Right now I'm using lava rocks and lava chips to prop up the 'peak' rock, and working on re-arranging the supporting rocks around it. For some reason it still doesn't give me a very 'right' feeling.
Any advice, dear forum brothers?
post some picture of your hardscape and intended scape, easier to imagine that way
Ok Shadow will do that tonight? I think there might be some challenges since I don't know how to take pictures of the rocks from enough angles to give the readers enough of an idea how the rocks look.
I don't think lava rock can give you the mountain effect. You might need to source for a more suitable rock that comes in different height.
Place the tallest rock in the center and place shorter rock around the tallest center rock to get the broader and layered effect.
Get rocks with similar color and texture. Dig a recess in the substrate and push the rock into the substrate and the weight of
the rock will hold themselves in place. I am no expert but just sharing my opinion.
I was thinking to take front picture of the tank with your rock arrangement on it. Good thing about lava rock is you can easily shape them using chisel
Oh. wait. Sorry. I think I might have given the wrong impression. The lava rocks are just there to help with weight distribution and to act as support for the actual scaping rocks. They hopefully won't look be visible once I've finished with the scaping and added the substrate one top.
Bro, you can alway use the method alvinkoh used in his scape tank. Using egg crates as supporting base to prop up the main rocks.
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In my case I think getting them to hold position and propping the rocks up is less of an issue than the getting the rocks in the right position to convey the image of a mountain-scape. :-p
that always the case
Sorry guys, can you access the photo album in my facebook profile from here?
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...4&l=289859e181
help u to attach.
not bad wor
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
- Alan Phang -
You can't explain it simply, you don't understand it (well enough )..." - Albert Einstein
Thanks bro. what website do you use to host the picture? Not sure how to attach the picture from facebook.
So does anyone have any suggestions how I can use that large rock in the top left in the picture to optimum effect to create a mountain-scape? It really has a very limited 'face' of character.
You have to right click on the image. Select copy image location. Then click on the insert photo, select the second tab and uncheck the box. Finally right ckick to paste the image location you previously copied.
As for your scape. Its all depend on how sharp your mountain you wants. Theres quite a few mountain scape to take reference from in google.
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
- Alan Phang -
You can't explain it simply, you don't understand it (well enough )..." - Albert Einstein
Here is my revised layout. What do you think?
Project Soil to help bring the PH down. with the rocks I have in there I suspect the overall net effect will be PH neutrality.
Heres the tank with one bag of 8-9kg soil. Not sure if the substrate is thick enough to have plants. it's only about 2-3 cm deep in the front and maybe 4-5 in the back.
Any recommendations on foreground plants?
Bro. You need around 4 cm thick in the front. Just get a bag of ada 2 fine soil to cover the rest of the subtract. Easier to plant like hc to take roots too. You going for rooted plants this time round?
CRS - CRazy about Shrimps
- Alan Phang -
You can't explain it simply, you don't understand it (well enough )..." - Albert Einstein
I actually have a second bag of 8kg project soil, but wasn't sure if it was going to be really necessary. Not really going for HC this time, but looking for maybe jap hairgrass or similar? Looking for suggestions for a corydora/RCS shrimp tank?
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