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nice wood you've got there!
things will change here and there when you add in gravels/soil
the 2 lava rocks might be too big or out of place to go with the wood if you put it like the way you want it now..
Starting a new 2 feet tank shortly. In fact, already procured all items except plants and soil, just waiting for arrival of the cabinet.
Before i start, i must admit, i probably have 0 creativity and constantly just marvel at other aquascapes, particularly Muar_chee, Urban Aquaria, Shadow etc to name a few. This time round, was hoping to properly plan for a tank.
Equipment will be as follows:
Tank: Low Iron Crystal Glass, 60x30x36
Filtration: Eheim 2215 with CR & Seachem Matrix + Purigen
Lights: Chihiros 601, 72 x 0.5W LED
Lighting Period: 8 Hours (11am to 7pm)
Co2: Pressurized CO2, likely at 1BPS (10am to 6pm)
Co2 Delivery Method: Up Aqua Inline Atomizer
Fertilisers: Seachem Phosphorus, Seachem Iron, Seachem Flourish, Potassium Sulphate (Dry)
Fauna:
German Blue Rams
Otocinlus
Amano Shrimps
Flora: (Subjected to change)
Monte Carlo
Downoi
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Limnophila Aromatica
Anubias Nana Mini (Superglued to pebbles)
Rotala Sp Green
Rotala Sp Red
Here comes the dilemma, i basically have settled on the driftwood placement in the tank.
However, i also picked up two pieces of lava rock earlier today which i like. Unfortunately, no matter where and how i place them, they look really out of place. However, i like them enough to want to try and fit them into the scape. Besides, they come with small crevices, which i intended to plant hydrocotyle tripartita.
Would love to hear all your suggestions if you can somehow visualize it fitting together, or if its generally better to just dump the stones totally from the scape. Do note that the stones are wet as well as they have been soaking in dechlorinated water, hence this will be their actual colour in the tank. Thanks in advance for all your suggestions!
nice wood you've got there!
things will change here and there when you add in gravels/soil
the 2 lava rocks might be too big or out of place to go with the wood if you put it like the way you want it now..
Thank you for your suggestion.Originally Posted by fireblade
Yeah I fell in love with the wood when I saw it too. It's actually 2 pieces which give me various different configurations.
Here's how they look when placed apart.Attachment 47484Attachment 47485
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It will look good if you plant in some hairgrass or anubias petite in the holes (lava rock), maybe java moss also will look good
Those holes were actually meant for hydrocotyle tripartite, there was an aqua scape earlier utilizing unzan stones and hydrocotyle and I thought it looked amazing.
Still wondering how to incorporate the lava stones into the scape though.
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setup 2 tanks...
Not possible now... in fact to set up this 2 feet, my old 1.5 feet is gonna get decommissioned, as per CO's orders :Psetup 2 tanks...
Played around a bit with the scaping and dropped the idea of using the 2 lava rocks.
What i will do moving ahead is, retain the original driftwood placement and go ahead and find a few pieces of grey rocks with white veins and place them around the driftwood.
The foreground carpet will be Monte Carlo, and around the driftwood base, Downoi will be planted. Alternanthera reineckii "Mini" will be planted around this area too. At lower light areas shaded by the driftwood, i will be placing small pebbles with Anubias Nana petite stuck on them. On the left and right of the tank around the midground section, Hydrocotyle tripartita will be planted. Background plants will consist of rotala sp green, sp red as well as limnophila aromatica.
Have not yet decided what to do with the driftwood though, but basic ideas will be to tie some form of fissidens on them. However, this tank will be running without a chiller, with temperatures of around 28-30 degrees. Not sure if they are suitable for growth. Alternatively, might leave them bare as well.
Sounds like it's shaping up to be a nice aquascape!
Btw, when shopping for hardscape materials, try to buy more pieces than you need (especially for rocks), so that you have more options to mix and match their layouts. Its not necessary to have to use all the hardscape you find, just use those that fit the aquascape and look right, the rest can keep for future scapes.
Need to have at least 50% of your aquascaping skills, UA!Sounds like it's shaping up to be a nice aquascape!
Btw, when shopping for hardscape materials, try to buy more pieces than you need (especially for rocks), so that you have more options to mix and match their layouts. Its not necessary to have to use all the hardscape you find, just use those that fit the aquascape and look right, the rest can keep for future scapes.
Hope the scape turns out fine. Now deciding if i should stick white oyama at the back or leave it bare. Tank is gonna be placed against a peach coloured wall...
I would personally give up the wood for the 2 lava rocks with hydrocotyle. But I believe both can co-exist.
Place the 2 lava rocks at a corner, with the wood sticking out in between. Probably with the branches pointed down to create some fallen tree / overhanging effects. Branches of the ideal shape and sizes are easier to find than lava rocks with pockets. You can also tie 2 smaller branches together to get the shape you want and cut off any access unwanted branch.
With the 2 lava rocks at a corner, you can consider filling the gap behind the rocks with aqua soil and plant some hairgrass on top to have a layer cliff effect.
Scatter some small size lava rocks with same color to smoothen the transition. You can use nana petite under the branch as they don't require high lights.
Use large color cards as background so you can swap the colors easily.
That's a great idea bro!
Unfortunately I spent the best part of the afternoon trying to scape what you proposed, but my fat fingers and limited creativity just can't get it right.
Hence arranged a simple scape since it's my first aquascape.
What do you think? Still contemplating if I should slope the soil towards the left rear corner.Attachment 47514
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Looks pretty standard. Does not have the wow factor.
Remember when scaping, take into consideration how it will look after the plants have grown in, and work from there.
You might want to get some loose lava rocks (cheap) and try with your 2 big pieces. Maybe will get something out of it.
Thank you for your suggestion Zeonic!
Still haven't got anything with the rocks, will probably leave it for the 1.5ft when I scape it once the fishes are transferred over when this one is ready.
After fiddling with the scape and adding more stones and wood, came up with something I'm happier with. While scaping then realize a 2 ft is too darn small. Attachment 47528
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Just to share how the tank has been after close to 3 months.
Noticing some deficiencies.. Looks like potassium and nitrate causing the nana and MC to be slightly yellow.
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This is very Nice
Very nice indeed.
I liked the background plants most.
It gave me the feel that it's in a garden.
Great stuff.
Subscribed to your thread, looking forward to future updates.
from 14L to 8L tank.
Thanks for the compliments! The background plants are mainly growing fast, I have to trim them every 2 weeks or so.
Except the middle red plant (rotala macrandra?), that's growing really slowly and I'm getting some GSA on it. My challenge is now to make it and the AR mini red... Should be a lack of nitrates since I dose 2ml of seachem iron every 2 days.
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