Over the horizon (updates)

[tcy81]

Oh dear... you need a lot more cleaning crew

It was part of my mismanagement of the feeding habit for my apistogramma.
I have now transfer them to another tank.

small set back bro, no worries , looking forward to your upate again.

well i will do a rescape real soon. hopefully within this 2 weeks.

[tcy81]

I did a rescape yesterday, water is clearing up. Would this be better ?

[4 Season]

I did a rescape yesterday, water is clearing up. Would this be better ?

Hi Chee Yong,

The left hand side of the rescape looks ok, but the right hand side of the big piece of wood is pointing too straight up. If you can try to adjust more angle of the wood, maybe it will look better right? Hmm.. try to add on 2 to 3 more smaller rocks on the right hand side.

Cheers!

[fireblade]

wonder if removing all the wood totally will be a good idea?
the wood looks abit big for the tank..

[tcy81]

Hi Chee Yong,

The left hand side of the rescape looks ok, but the right hand side of the big piece of wood is pointing too straight up. If you can try to adjust more angle of the wood, maybe it will look better right? Hmm.. try to add on 2 to 3 more smaller rocks on the right hand side.

Cheers!

I will see if can adjust the driftwood more. maybe will add 2 more smaller rocks on the right too. Thanks.

wonder if removing all the wood totally will be a good idea?
the wood looks abit big for the tank..

Well, i dont think i wll remove the wood now, as i like to see a wood&rock scape. But maybe will do an rock scape setup after this one.
Ya the wood is slightly taller than my tank.

[blue33]

If you can tilt the wood somemore in anticlockwise would look nicer, currently the wood is in straight direction, lack of depth.

[tcy81]

Well, due to some problems, some of the plants melted.
So i did a 2nd rescape

[wks]

Hi Chee Yong, your latest aquascape looks promising. Any info on the flora used?

[tcy81]

The list of plants used:

Vesicularia dubyana "christmas"
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Hygrophila sp. 'Pantanal Wavy'
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green Gecko'
Micranthemum umbrosum
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala rotundifolia "Green"
Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Cuba'
Ludwigia arcuata

[Verminator]

How does your E.Parvula do? I struggle with mine. Doesnt spread at all, just forms clusters where i plant them with no growth inbetween.

[tcy81]

i have just planted them so they are just beginning to take root.
I think the usual practice is to trimm them after they are stablished in the tank and have taken root. This will induce them to spread.
Maybe someone can confirm this ?

[Verminator]

Yer, on the second week i trimmed mine to half height. Inwich they've shown some signs of growth. New shoots have appeared, but literally around the base of the current plant, and no spreading. Little dissapointing to be honest. Keep us updated on how yours grows.

[tcy81]

1st week updates





will be adding fishes in a couple of weeks time. Any recommendations that can suit this scape ?

[illumnae]

Apistogramma of course

[tcy81]

nah....... i already transfer my apistosgramma in another tank.
want to keep something smaller.

[oblivion]

actually i think it looks more suitable for a small school of paler colored fish
the background stems when they grow out show add a nice bit of color to the tank, so paler fish would contrast nicely

maybe some kind of cyprinids - i haven't thought of which

[illumnae]

Danio choprai!

Edit: actually, scratch that. With a white background, I think something more boldly coloured would stand out better. Perhaps consider a small school of Trig. espei? the bronze and black would stand out well against the white background and sandy foreground

[fireblade]

hehe can see that your lily pipes are "nicely camouflage".. looks like a piece of stick.. :P
initially I thought it is the tank silicon ..

[tcy81]

haha abit lazy to clean it.
will try to post one without the equipments at a later date

[ballsmyberries]

very clean and nice.....