The Valley «Update 27/04/06»

[vitlated]

Hello


Well this is my second aquarium that i made, kind of trying to inprove my aquascape, don't need to tell me that i have a long way to go, until get there....









Setup:

Name: The Valley

Date:25/03/06

Size: 70x30x30 (cm)

Iluminação : 2*20W 6500k T4 and 1*18W 18000k T8

Filtragem: Eheim Lyberty 2041

Aquecimento :termostacto 100W

Substracto:Prozac humus e Akadama

CO2: home made

Decoração: Pedras de xisto. Cartolina Azul

Flora: Glossostigma elatinoides
Rotala Rotundifolia
Mayaca vandellii
Eleocharis Acicularis
Mayaca vEndelii
Micranthemum Micranthemoides
Hemianthus callitrichoides "cuba"
Hemianthus micranthemoides
(o aqua tem plantas que eu desconheço o seu nome)

Fauna :Raposas voadoras

Invertebrados: Camarão Fantasma ( Macrobachium lar.)


Bye

[dc88]

There is great potential there ! I can see the Glosso is filling up the foreground nicely.
May be some photo trick to share :
- remove the thermometer and the fitting before you photo
- In your second photo there is a little overexposure at the center and it wash put the details in the foreground. You can try experiment the exposure control (your digital cam able to set ?) May be EV try -0.3, -0.7, -1...etc.

[|squee|]

I think you know that the rocks are too small?

[vitlated]

helllo to all...

hello Squee...

I think you know that the rocks are too small?

yes i do know that, i'm try to put little rocks to gave the impression that the tank is mutch bigger that it is, but i don't think it get a great view, but i'm not sad about the overall disposition...

Remember this is my second tank that i ever made.

hello dc88...

your right, i need to improve my photograf tecnic, i do the best i can to be better.

And now, an update of this aquarium...
Soon you will see the final stage.



hope you enjoy..
bye bye then

[michael lai]

Hi Vitlated,
The tank is looking good, wait for the crypt wendtti to grow 'out' to fill the space in between the tall plants and glosso should settle the scape. You might want to Start trimming the tall plants now before it gets messy, I think maybe after the 3rd trimming, the scape should be ready. Good attempt for a 2nd try.

[digital_ric]

looking great man.. keep it up

[kemp]

i like your glosso foreground. Nice!

[vitlated]

Hello to all...

Just an update of the tank, i really dont know why but the first fotos aren't aviable...anyway, the aquarium is good, and the soon the aquacape is on top, just whait some days...









Thanks for all..
Bye bye

[|squee|]

Very nice plant health there, but to me the Cyperus helferi/Vallisneria nana's legs seem "wrong" for some reason. I can't put my finger on it though.

[RRG]

Very nice plant health there, but to me the Cyperus helferi/Vallisneria nana's legs seem "wrong" for some reason. I can't put my finger on it though.

Perhaps the plant is too tall. I think Blyxa japonica is better suited for the tank. When the Cyperus helferi in the first/second picture was small plantlets it created depth; it seems there is a path leading to the other side of the tank. However with that plant fully grown the illusion of depth is somehow reduced.


I love this tank. It has a wonderful robust foreground. Vitlated, could you tell us how many gallons it is? And what is your secret in creating that foreground. Is the Hemianthus callitrichoides, glosso and hairgrass mixed in that foreground?

Randall

[grey_fox]

This tank looks uniquely nice. Just that the middle plants (vallisnerias?) seems a bit out of place.

Still, bottom line is that its really nice.