EvolutionZ's Rescaped 2ft tank.

[EvolutionZ]

hi guys, this tank was rescaped 1 week ago.. took quite a long time to find a suitable wood.

Tank specs :
60x30x36cm tank
36watt PL lighting
ADA amazonia II
no co2, no ferts, only daily dose 1.5ml of excel.
Flora(not 100% sure about the ID, please correct me if i got it wrong.)
Crinum aquatica
Us fissiden
spiky moss
Rotala sp "green"
didiplis diandra
Blxya aubertii
Sagittaria subulata
C.parva
Dwarf hair grass
japanese hair grass
Needle leaf java fern.
Fauna(currently) : 6 otos, some taiwan shrimps, 1 boraras, 2 Corydoras Panda and 1 male endler.

Full tank shot.

angled shot, see that red spot there? what plant should i place there? was thinking of either Nana petite or bolbitis heudelotii.

C.parva lawn.. a pity those C.parva i got(from forumners) are slightly infested with BBA and have thin and long leaves... was acctually tempted for a parva lawn after see benny's picture, but well, i will stick to this now.. C.parva from lfs are simply too expensive for me if i want to cover that patch(used around 10 - 15pots worth of C.parva)


Rotala sp. Green, can see good growth from the thicker leaves to the thin leaves.. will get more to thicken the bunch.


was wondering what other plants can i use for this area?
currently having jap hg.. any recommandation?
(was thinking of using C.parva)



please comment on how should i improve my ulgy scape.
thanks for viewing.

[Jervis]

Refreshing look... especially the 'masculine' looking wood... very powerful

Perhaps you have too many plant species... starting to look a bit messy. I think the Jap HG patch will look nicer if covered with another 10 to 15 pots of C. parva

[EvolutionZ]

hmm.. true.. will play around..
and yes, i still have 10 - 15pots left over C.parva.. maybe just simply cover it with that..

[Burnz]

Refreshing look... especially the 'masculine' looking wood... very powerful

Perhaps you have too many plant species... starting to look a bit messy. I think the Jap HG patch will look nicer if covered with another 10 to 15 pots of C. parva

I feel it too 'masculine' lol. I feel maybe some smaller branches (3-4 sticks) of different scale around the feature wood can soften the look and balance the layout? Cheers.

[EvolutionZ]

i acctually find it okay.. love the way the wood "soar" to the top.. have tried alot of other wood(bought like 4 - 6 piece) ended up with this.. finding the correct wood is not easy at all!

[Burnz]

i acctually find it okay.. love the way the wood "soar" to the top.. have tried alot of other wood(bought like 4 - 6 piece) ended up with this.. finding the correct wood is not easy at all!

It just seems to me that the wood is taking attention away from all the greens around, so its hard for me to see the tank as a whole. Just my opinion to the layout. cheers.

[insider]

i acctually find it okay.. love the way the wood "soar" to the top.. have tried alot of other wood(bought like 4 - 6 piece) ended up with this.. finding the correct wood is not easy at all!

Yes i can agree with you that finding a suitable wood for the tank is difficult.

[EvolutionZ]

thanks burnz, will try to play around with bigger plants.

insider, yea, before i come across this wood, i bought a monster wood which have quite alot sticks.. scape was ulgy after putting in tank, so continue to search for another wood..

[the_r0ck]

Why not you take away the mesh that is the back-left? This is so that there will be a more nice curve rather than a distinct break. Otherwise if you let this scape grow it might be have a very sudden break of plant mix.

[EvolutionZ]

thanks for your advice rock, i was acctually waiting for the spiky moss on those lavarocks to grow and soften the part there..i'll see how..

[insider]

EVO can i ask where you get your white mesh with so small holes?

[blue33]

I would move the wood more to the right as the Rotala sp green can grown pretty massive grow after few trimmed and it need space for that. Those trimmed you can replant it and you need space for that also. As stem plant can get pretty leggy effect if there's not much space to cover the leg.

[EvolutionZ]

yea true blue, im thinking of moving the wood slightily to the right as well..

[blue33]

Notice your output hose is tilted upwards, if can tilted slightly lower you will get the flow evenly distribute to the plants, you will get better grow of the plant.

[EvolutionZ]

update :
removed the cirum aquatica to allow more growth for the Rotala sp. will be getting more to thicken that area.


some are melting.. keeping my fingers cross.


close up rotala..

[EvolutionZ]

a simple update!

did some planting and changes.. not big changes though..
ususally i start off with FTS(full tank shot) but now i'll start off with plants pictures

E.tenellus,Eriocaluon Cinerium and C.wendtti tropical!

tropical planted in.. its starting to melt..

rotala growing at a amazing speed... theres some didipis diandra below..
any idea how should i trim the rotala?

took out the 4 meshes with us fissiden as i find them too un-natural.
added more spiky moss on lava rocks.

and now for the FTS!(i planted the eriocaulon at the right side just to test if this plant will grow well in a 2 - 2.5wpg tank with excel)


another view.

[illumnae]

how's the eriocaulon doing without co2?

[EvolutionZ]

day 3 in tank. doing very good, no melting or what so ever.. but my timer is spoilt. need to get a new one.

[torque6]

i thought rotala sp green dont have needle like leaves, its thin but not needle like. Are those nanjashen ? By the way, have observed you have blood star grass didiplis diandra, they are known as high tech plants. Let me know how well they do in your low tech set up.

[ct13]

Hi bro Evo, where did you get the Sagittaria subulata from?

Regards,
Ct