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Hi,
IMO, the first feeling is too green, some coloured plants (other than green) may help.
Hi guys,
here's my 1+ mth old 1.5ft scape. Hope to hear some comments on how to improve it as I feel something's lacking but can't quite identify exactly what.
Last edited by benny; 3rd Sep 2006 at 15:56. Reason: Fix image links
Hi,
IMO, the first feeling is too green, some coloured plants (other than green) may help.
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Crypts will do wonders to this scape. Wendtii brown.
Something about the water & the fishes that calms me down.
I think the scape is too well defined. The background is pointing upwards, the midground is a slope, and the foreground is pointing horizontally, if you know what I mean. You need to make the transition from foreground to background smoother, like what you did for the right side.
And if you want to be picky about details, the moss ball doesn't do anything good. Just my opinions!
yeah i get what you mean. i was thinking the same thingOriginally Posted by |squee|
I think the scape is too well defined. The background is pointing upwards, the midground is a slope, and the foreground is pointing horizontally, if you know what I mean. You need to make the transition from foreground to background smoother, like what you did for the right side.
And if you want to be picky about details, the moss ball doesn't do anything good. Just my opinions!
it doesnt look natural enough cause its too orderly
need some "wild" streak in the setup
having difficulty with how to "mess" the scape up without messing it up if you get my drift... =p
think the problem with this setup is the dw, i should have gotten one that was thin and branchy instead of this slope... can't generate any good ideas on how to work around it.
waiting for the java ferns on the right dw to grow out (thicker and longer) and wondering if it'll help
maybe i need to shift the vallis on the left backgrd around a bit.
was thinking get a red plant to fill in the middle backgorund to add some colour. something with big leaves? how will that look?
my original idea was to induce color via the fauna and have the flora all green, but after the plants all more or less grew out n established it somehow didn't work out the way i wanted...thus becoming overly green.
haha n squee u r darn right on the moss ball. i got it cos i found it cute and interesting.
oh, n for the lazy method of scape improvement.
what do you think if i drop some floating plants (salvinia and frogbit) in.
any improvement or change?
what the name of this plant ?
Last edited by low; 21st Nov 2006 at 18:56.
low, personal advise is that it's better for you to start off a new thread. Not too nice to hijack.
low, personal advise is that it's better for you to start off a new thread. Not too nice to hijack.
Thanks for the advice, that attachment was his plant which I cut off from his pic.
anyway, thanks point noted.
cheeer
what about some red tiger lotus?
don't worry, be happy
low, it's ok, it's a Nuphar japonica if I'm not wrong.
lee, you can try thickening the background abit. Get stemmed plants perhaps. Fill up the entire background so that the scape looks very thick and overgrown. Basically don't allow the viewer to see the back glass. More Java fern or narrow leave java fern?
Imho the vallis just doesn't cut it. Imho.
i had considered that. put some in the backgrd center
but it can grow quite big so dunno if its suitable for my relatively small tank
i will try out using more javalow, it's ok, it's a Nuphar japonica if I'm not wrong.
lee, you can try thickening the background abit. Get stemmed plants perhaps. Fill up the entire background so that the scape looks very thick and overgrown. Basically don't allow the viewer to see the back glass. More Java fern or narrow leave java fern?
Imho the vallis just doesn't cut it. Imho.
maybe with red tiger lotus as well per riccia's suggestion, though im kinda apprehensive of the size
trying to avoid stem plants so that the trimming is minimised =p
thanks for then suggestions
Lee,
Looking good indeed. Although the algae ball seems out of place.
I've linked your picture directly from your gallery instead. Shows up much bigger and more impactful.
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
okay. thanks!
was not too sure of how the attachemnt works so thats why the small pic originally
This simple tutorial will help. Courtesy of |squee|.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=17940
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
alrite. thanks again
i'll do that in future. =)
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How long it takes for you to have such flourish moss on your driftwood. Thanks
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Lee, I agree with Benny that the moss ball looks out of place. For your small tank, maybe you can try growing micranthemum micranthemoides at the background. If you want to show-case your moss as the centre piece, its better to remove the lotus plant. It makes your tank look cramped and out of focus, best replace with Blyxa japonica as midground plant.
only took me about a mth or slightly less from setup to get that lush moss
it seems to grow very well in my tank --> too well in fact.
now i have to trim abit here and there during my weekly water change so as to prevent bottom layers from rotting and giving me a huge mess in future
my tank specs & routine nothing great:
temp 26 deg (according to my cheap thermometer) using a small fan on 24hrs
lights 36w 8 hrs a day
co2 1 bps 8 hrs a day as well (in tandem with lights via timer)
weekly 40% water change with 1/3 recommended doage of equilibrium
ferts i dose flourish, potassium, nitrogen, phosporus twice a week and trace once a week, iron every week plus or 2 weeks when i remember
i feed sparsely...once a day at most
don't ask me about the chemical parameters cause i don;t test or check or whatever.
i just worked it out this way and i guess the weekly WC sort of takes care of then rest to prevent overdosing or overfeeding and keeps water clean
my guess is that the moss grows well is due to temp, clean water and maybe the filter output is blowing current directly at it
though its not in as great condition as you think cos of my cherries grazing on it --> they prefer to eat my moss rather than the hikari algae wafers or crab cuisine that i try to feed them
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