Tips needed for scaping

[chanjwm]

Hi guys, have been thinking of ways to do up this steep slope in my tank. Any tips from experts over here?

[Shadow]

From your picture, i will use rocks to create the drop. You can use plastic sheet but does not look natural

[shaohao85]

How about using rocks to hold the slope in place?

[Ingen]

just curious, is there a reason for the 70-80 degree steep slope? Like shadow said, like stone or pieces of smaller diftwoods.

[kennethc]

you can use small lava rocks in the whole set up and cover with soil or just at the slope to prevent the soil from "falling"
alternatively use egg crate but it will look ugly

[Adrain]

To hold the slope in position and having a natural look at the same time I would suggest using root plants like Monte Carlo .
Using the dry start method , Rooting plants will extend it roots down into the soil , roots of the plant hence able to grasp soil .when u add water in (must be meticulous) , soil won't move its position easily .


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[ZIr]

Just trying to help with what I did for my current scape..

I re-used a piece of driftwood from my old setup and found out it can create a cliff effect, so I tied it to a piece of egg crate as based and angled the 'cliff' to my liking like so



But then, I needed to prevent this 'cliff' from moving to the right when soil is added so I tied a few more egg crates towards the left and tied a piece of rock to the base on the left side to sort of counter any movement. I reckon you can probably do this with any other hardscape, in my case that piece of rock helped somewhat in sloping.



Here you can see the rock jutting out leftside more clearly

[14litre]

Just trying to help with what I did for my current scape..

I re-used a piece of driftwood from my old setup and found out it can create a cliff effect, so I tied it to a piece of egg crate as based and angled the 'cliff' to my liking like so



But then, I needed to prevent this 'cliff' from moving to the right when soil is added so I tied a few more egg crates towards the left and tied a piece of rock to the base on the left side to sort of counter any movement. I reckon you can probably do this with any other hardscape, in my case that piece of rock helped somewhat in sloping.



Here you can see the rock jutting out leftside more clearly

Very cool idea and scaping. Please post an update when the tank matured. I'm keened to see the result. Thank you.