My 3ft Rescape

[hebi]

after so long, decided to get some driftwoods and start rescaping. tell me what you guys think about the layout



the stuff in the foreground are just spiky moss tied to rocks and placed there temporary.

im planning to tie java ferns to the base of each driftwood and maybe some ugly point of the driftwood. but i think still abit empty in the midground, any suggestions for plants suitable in low tech scape or any hardscape i may add so it will look nicer on the right side too?

[Thirteen]

Try crypts or different species of Nana? The driftwood looks great...

[hebi]

any species to suggest? i know nuts about crypts but i do know they need a rich substrate right? in that case i cant use them here since its just plain white sand.

what are the more common species of nana in singapore?i seldom see those that are huge, mostly smaller than 10x10cm

[Jervis]

You can have loads and loads of fern since you are not too sure about planting on your white sand... a mix of broad leave and narrow/needle leave Java Fern can be nice

Is your water level final?

[hebi]

hmm true. but wouldnt it be abit weird to have the whole branch full of ferns? which part do you suggest i tie them to? do they spread or crawl across the wood on their own or i have to re-tie the younger plants growing at the tips?

anyway, i seldom see LFS sell narrow leave java fern, think higher chance of finding them at colourful right?

hey jervis, the water level suppose to be till the black part there, but im lazy to top-up since its still in setting up stage

[Jervis]

anyway, i seldom see LFS sell narrow leave java fern, think higher chance of finding them at colourful right?:

I bought mine from Colourful

[Shadow]

I love your wood, where did you get that? is it single piece?

[torque6]

Ya, driftwood looks good, should be multi pieced. Will make a nice corner/central aquascape.

[hebi]

thanks bros

colourful abit inconvenient for me as in stay in cck. do C328 and polyart have narrow leave java fern in stock? maybe will make a trip down to teo farm this wkend to get my ferns

shadow: its actually made up of 6 pieces, 3 from midori and 3 from biotope.

[EvolutionZ]

polyart do have them.. but price abit on the high side =)

[hebi]

yea thats the thing, although more convenient. i remember getting one huge bunch of java fern for just one green note or maybe cheaper at teo farm. haha

back to topic, any idea on how i can fill up the right side of the tank? looks abit empty, so thinking of placing some pebbles over there. what rocks will be nice with this scape? ohko rocks will clash with the colour right?

[illumnae]

can i check with you, is your sand pure white, or is it beige? and what's the grain size? i'm looking out for beige coloured sand the grain size of lapis for my next tank, but have been unable to find anywhere with stock of it

[hebi]

hi illumnae, its pure white. the sand at the foreground i think is slightly brown cause of algae. the grain size is pretty small, i will say its like those kind of fine sugar you find at supermarket.
sometimes when i disturb the sand, some actually floated up or maybe its the bubbles trapped beneath it?
im not sure about the beige coloured sand, maybe you can try NA? i bought my JBL sand from there.

[illumnae]

thanks for the feedback, Chan says he's unable to obtain this sand for me. guess i'll keep looking out for it. worst case scenario i'll use Gex dark green package with fine sand topping it. the Gex soil should be fine enough that the sand won't flow through the cracks betwen the soil and end up at the bottom

[torque6]

Hebi, think about it, if getting from polyart is bit pricy with a difference of around 2-3, i say buy at your place of convenience, the cost of transport alone to colorful would have cost the same

[hebi]

ya seems like thats the only choice. im just wondering whether they still have stock for narrow java ferns.i went down to teo farm yesterday and theres no more narrow leave ferns and only 2 bunches of java ferns left.

and tying ferns is really a headache to me. i feel its much harder to tie than moss.

anyway on the process of rescaping, more pics will be here soon

[torque6]

Ferns are easier to tie, just a few cross sections would do, no need to tie it down too much as the roots will get a hold on the branches or stones.

[hebi]

the pics are pretty bad and sorry about the breeding tank, im using that to hold down one of the driftwood. and also the block of ferns at the back is just place there temporary.





i think its a bit too messy, not what i expected.but heck, at least i dont need to dose fert.

[hebi]

comments anyone?

feel like adding some cardinal tetras now haha but i wonder if they will match with white cloud mountain minnow.

[WaterH2O]

Hebi

Rather than choosing a fish species to complement another, it would be more contrasting to choose a species of fish to complement the surrounding (your planted scape). This is stone cast rule to follow but just felt that it would bring the best out from the fish.
Yup cardinal tetras is a good choice fish and the reason why it is still so popular till now. Are you going to do some thing about the background?