Driftwood Arrangement for nano tank

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I went down to c328 today and rather hurriedly and hastily got a peice of wood for my nano that has been sitting around for some time now.

Comment on the arrangements please? I've a feeling this wood can't make it though. ( Or maybe it's just my lousy skill )

Arrangement 1


Arrangement 2


Arrangement 3


Arrangement 4


Arrangement 5


Yea, lousy skill at camera too.

[crandf]

1)Looks like a tree thats feeling very cramped
2)Looks too smooth, not showing off the shape of the wood very well
3,4)I like, got cave some more, but overall may look too symmetrically tetrahedral
5) Is it just a tilted version of 1) ?

Are you planning a paludarium?

[lorba]

the wood is 3 times too big.

Unless u want something full and crampy, get a small, thin one. Maybe just pick up some twigs on the ground might be good?

Otherwise, the 1st 2 and last position seems good.

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Yes I think you guys are right. The cramped feeling is there. Shouldn't have been so hasty. :bangwall:

Thanks! Twigs on ground... hmmm...

[lorba]

twig on the grounds are small and sometimes branchy enough for such a small tank. I doubt you can buy anything that size from LFS.

maybe sawing a part of a bigger branchy mangroove roots could do the job as well.

[coryfav]

If you've to use this, I like the first one best.

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Is there any type of tree I should aim for?

Also, what do you guys think about aquascaping for Nano tanks? I know coryfav has some pointers from a certain workshop

The first one has a weird part sticking straight out lah.

[lorba]

any branches that is dry enough should do.

Aquascaping for nano tank is tricky. Select the rock or wood carefully as they should help to make the nano tank look big, instead of overwhelming it.

1. Whats the relation of that wood to the scape? A Part of a tree trunk root? or?
2. How much planting space do you have left with that wood?
3. Are you going to put moss on it and elsewhere?
4. What other plants can you put in after that to create whatever design you wish?

[coryfav]

I know coryfav has some pointers from a certain workshop

The first one has a weird part sticking straight out lah.

I didn't manage to make it for that certain workshop.

Yeah, the side sticking out. You sure need a new piece of wood then.

[vinz]

I say go for the challenge... use this wood and make what up can of it. Either arrangement 1 or 5.

You are right though... for arrangement 1, the wood is too straight. So, play with arrangement 5.

If you feel the shape isn't interesting enough, then use the wood as support and cover it with plants. One species of tall, small leave, stem plants (Rotala indica, DD, HM, MM) behind that overflow over the wood. Java fern in the middle of the wood. Moss the rest of the wood. Hair grass, E. tennelus or Elatine triandra foreground. Stick a few Anubias "nana" in the shaded areas.

[tonyhow]

I like arrangement 5, stretch from front to back.

[hii]

maybe you can try on vivarium project with this big DW. hehe...

If I will you I go for vinz advise, make the DW 80% in water 20% in the air, it create a natural look of lake ....

[Star-flog]

any branches that is dry enough should do.

Aquascaping for nano tank is tricky. Select the rock or wood carefully as they should help to make the nano tank look big, instead of overwhelming it.

1. Whats the relation of that wood to the scape? A Part of a tree trunk root? or?
2. How much planting space do you have left with that wood?
3. Are you going to put moss on it and elsewhere?
4. What other plants can you put in after that to create whatever design you wish?

Squee, this wood is too big and you've got no space already for the plants. Also, the wood block all the light...

Lorba, agree that nano aquascaping needs carefully planning and soon I would have 3 nano-tank (8" cube). Any further suggestions as this is my project for my kids holiday!!

[brianclaw]

maybe you can try on vivarium project with this big DW. hehe...

If I will you I go for vinz advise, make the DW 80% in water 20% in the air, it create a natural look of lake ....

I like this idea with the first arrangement. Also, if you were to push the wood down into the gravel instead of resting it on top... Maybe it wouldn't stick out over the glass as much and it'll look like some tree root emerging from the ground?

[vinz]

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Do it man... show them you can pull it off.

[cutenk]

1st and 5th the best, i thin k

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Thank you guys for the numerous comments!

vinz, pull it off with the present wood I have?

lorba, those tips were great. I'm thinking of modelling after a section of a tree trunk now.

brainclaw and coryfav, I tried looking at the 1st arrangement for a long time. I decided that it wasn't that great

However, cutenk, vinz, tonyhow, and hii and anyone else I've not mentioned, arrangement 5 also looks weird to me

I sawed off a little bit of the wood, and I've got another position that I think is quite feasible, but doesn't give a lot of depth. I don't have my cam with me now, so I'll post a pic up later tonight.

This tank is a 17cm cube by the way.

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Ok, 6th one.



If it's good, next I need suggestions on what plants to have

I want it to resemble a part of a tree trunk. I don't want depth and all that, I just want a sort of... living picture of nature's small things up close? A way to put it

[cjloong]

The 6th one looks nice. A wood so big also you manage to make it look right. I salute.

Just a small suggestion, perhaps can tilt it a bit to left or right it seems that the middle branch slightly pokes at the viewer. Alternatively, maybe can plant something there to soften the effect.

Plants? How about petite nana. Some moss would look nice too, can make a christmas tree look alike.

Good work squee.

[Fei Miao]

Sorry to throw a spanner into the works but I like the 1st arrangement with part of the wood abover water... I think that layout works for the wood.

I would imagine this tank with just taiwan moss and maybe nanas petite and small rasboras, keep the forground bare.