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i like config 1's layout, can see lots of potential for your tank with that wood in it. personally, i would prefer to have a single fauna for foreground, it's neater in this way. HC is a great choice.
maybe have mini pelia on the wood?
Hi,
Been in planning for a major overhaul of my 1.5 feet tank.
Have all the equipment ready, now am just planning the hardscape and from there on the flora. Hope to get some comments and advise from all the folks here before my projected planting on the coming weekend.
Here's some details of my tank first:
Tank Specifications
Tank: 50cm x 30cm x 30cm glass (5mm thick)
Lighting: 1 x 36W 8000K PL Light with E-ballast
Filtration: Eden 501 with ceramic rings, biohome plus and sponge
CO2: 2L CO2 canister, JBJ solenoid regulator, ceramic plate diffusor
Cooling: 8cm x 8cm Profantec AC cooling fan
Substrate: ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia
Below are some pics of the few different driftwood configurations I am looking at:
Config 1:
Attachment 4069
Config 2:
Attachment 4070
Config 3:
Attachment 4071
Config 4:
Attachment 4072
Config 5:
Attachment 4073
Would appreciate any comments and advise on the best config to use and the kind of plants suitable for my setup and config.
Currently my preference is for Config 1.
Thinking to tie narrow leave java ferns in the center, and lay some willow moss on the 2 "legs".
Will then have some crypts - probably C. parva, C. Wendtii 'Tropica' (any other recommendations?) and E. Tenellus around and behind the driftwood for the back- and mid-ground.
Foreground will be HC with sprinklings of Hairgrass.
How will that look? Good?
Please comment!
Last edited by oblivion; 7th Aug 2007 at 01:00.
i like config 1's layout, can see lots of potential for your tank with that wood in it. personally, i would prefer to have a single fauna for foreground, it's neater in this way. HC is a great choice.
maybe have mini pelia on the wood?
Maybe you want to add in your substrate, slope it as you like and then arrange the wood... Somehow, the substrate, colour and what not will change your perspective alot...
Thinking of adding a couple pieces of rocks?
you mean single flora for foreground right?Originally Posted by kemp
yupz i'm planning on HC for foreground.
just thinking if a few wisps of hairgrass between the dw and foreground will smoothen the look so that it looks like a "flow" from taller to shorter areas rather than an abrupt drop in height.
am undecided as to which crypts though as I don't have experience with them and not sure of which ones are suitable (both in demands and size) for my small tank
any ideas?
mini pellia i'm not so sure. in fact i may not even tie moss to the wood.
depends on how it looks after i tie the narrow leave java onto it.
cos i want the brown of the wood to show.
so if after tying narrow leave java n it will look quite overcrowded already then maybe i won't attach any more plants to it.
anyway how does my tentative plan sound?
esp the ET at sides and back of tank?
yea true
but had just finished cleaning and setting up equipment last nite so kinda lazy to go and pour and shape the gravel
how do you guys plan the hardscape?
i was thinking to pour in the aquasoil and make a flat plain about 4 cm in height 1st, cos thats the height i want my foreground to be at.
then place in the wood. position nicely etc.
after that i will put in more soil to the sides and back to create the slope
you all slope everything 1st and dw goes in last?
yupz, will be adding a few small granite pieces.
dunno if they should place in bare or attached with some plant tho...
now everyday walking head down looking for dark granite pieces
I like the first... Here's my take, a island-off centre layout, bright and colourful...a mixture of stems plants at the around and behind the wood; R. Indica with some nice strong reds stems;L. arcuata and H. polyserpma "Rosanervig"/sunset) Mid-ground with rocks, crypts and fore-ground bare with some moss anf HG as a break between the mid and bare forground
...I love rubies too ...
Ken
haha thanks for the suggestionsI like the first... Here's my take, a island-off centre layout, bright and colourful...a mixture of stems plants at the around and behind the wood; R. Indica with some nice strong reds stems;L. arcuata and H. polyserpma "Rosanervig"/sunset) Mid-ground with rocks, crypts and fore-ground bare with some moss anf HG as a break between the mid and bare forground
appreciate the comments
although i was visualising a dark layout for this
and was hoping not to have stem plants
i dislike trimming stem plants, probably because i suck at it =p
everytime i trim stem plants they all grow out darn ugly subsequently
my personal history with stem plants is that they look good for the 1st couple weeks, the moment i start trimming it all goes haywire
the mid- and fore- ground idea is not bad though.
hmm... i'm at a dilemna now as to (1) HC foreground, or (2) rocks, moss and bare ground
Hi All,
added in some substrate for comparison today
this is not the complete substrate, just added some for color contrast and viewing to plan the design
have not fully added and created the slopes yet
any suggestions on how to slope and slant the substrate?
amazonia color seems to go quite well with dw imo
what do you think?
Attachment 4081
any suggestions for plants - i.e crypts and echinodorus types? for mid- and back- ground
also suggestions for scape design?
Last edited by oblivion; 7th Aug 2007 at 01:00.
Okay!
Have ordered a list of plants that I hope (meaning visualised in my mind
1) Hemianthus callitrichoides
2) Echinodorus tenellus
3) Eleocharis acicularis
4) Cryptocoryne wendtii "Tropica"
5) Cryptocoryne parva
6) Cryptocoryne beckettii "petchii"
7) Pogostemon helferi
Cryptocoryne pygmaea
Will also tie some existing Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow' that I have to the main dw.
Any comments?
Just finished arranging the gravel and shaped the slope
heres how it looks:
Attachment 4106
any planting ideas to share
my list of plants as follows:
1) Hemianthus callitrichoides
2) Echinodorus tenellus
3) Eleocharis acicularis
4) Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'
5) Cryptocoryne parva
6) Cryptocoryne beckettii 'petchii'
7) Cryptocoryne pygmaea
9) Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow'
Last edited by oblivion; 7th Aug 2007 at 01:00.
The wood looks too small for the tank imho, so maybe you have to plant very thickly to compensate. Omit parva, it'll be a waste of your money.. it'll just be overrun by your tennellus or hairgrass.
AGree on the C. parva... If you mix your E. tennellus with hairgrass, the inital planting will look good... But after that your E. tennellus will overrun the tank if the trimming is not kept up... Then you wouldn;t see both HG and C. parva.
yeah i agree myself.
although i quite deliberately left a big open area so that i could create an open lawn effect using HC n HG
hmm... i quite like the look of parva tho..
maybe i will need to rethink on the ET and use HC n HG only
main idea is to have a thickly planted off centre area island-like around the dw with ferns n crypts.
then the open areas will be with HC (in front) and HG (sides and slope on left) to give the tank a "bigger" look
will this work?
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