My Simple 4ft

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Hi everyone,
I setup this tank about 3 months ago. It serves as a divider to my dinning and living area. It was a challenge to scape it for 3-sided viewing.

Details of tank:
4ft Kotobuki tank that I had for a few years
ADA substrate - Amazonia II, Power Sand Special
Plants - Various Crypts, Tenellus, Hairgrass, Narrow-leaf Fern, E "oriental"
Hardscape - 4 pieces of wood to form a diagonal view



Appreciate comments so that I can improve on my next tank.
Thanks

[taikiat]

one pic is not enough, show us all 3 sides! looks good from this view. interested to find out the other views...

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This is the view from the "shorter" side of the tank - the width.

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This is the view from the living room

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The last view from the dining room.

[the_r0ck]

Very good scaping to allow all round visuals.

The E. oriental (I am poor with plant names but I am talking about the big green leafy one) is an interesting touch and I guess that you put it there so that it can be seen on both of the long sides, but it seems to be sticking out a little too far away from the main base at the side.

Other than that this is a pretty soothing tank. Nice.

[taikiat]

ah, pardon me but if u take the fish away, it has a very wind swept field feeling. overall its a great job done. the middle view looks quite symmterical, thought the higher feature would be at a corner, but this position gives a different feel to it. are u a crypt lover? i think more variety would be very possible.

[sslow]

Very good scaping to allow all round visuals.

The E. oriental (I am poor with plant names but I am talking about the big green leafy one) is an interesting touch and I guess that you put it there so that it can be seen on both of the long sides, but it seems to be sticking out a little too far away from the main base at the side.

Other than that this is a pretty soothing tank. Nice.

Thanks for the kind words. I wanted the main plant (focus) of the tank to be the E. Oriental but might have planted it too close to the centre.

I always like the E. Oriental because of the colour. I planted other types of Echinodorus previously and my family liked to flowers. I was hoping to see flowers too but somehow, I got "baby" E. Oriental without the flowers.

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ah, pardon me but if u take the fish away, it has a very wind swept field feeling. overall its a great job done. the middle view looks quite symmterical, thought the higher feature would be at a corner, but this position gives a different feel to it. are u a crypt lover? i think more variety would be very possible.

I liked crypts - bought several varieties from the initial planting. Cannot remember the names already. Like the colours and the easy maintenance.

I tried placing the feature at a corner but it doesn't look at good from the other side. Hence, no choice but to placed it between the walls.
Frankly speaking, easier to clean the glass too.

[Verminator]

stunning tank. Oh how i envy your skills to form such a coherent tank that flows beautifully from one side to the other - not to mention on 3 sides! I can't even do 1 side The only thing i would say is the big clump in the corner of whatever plant looks a out of place, or messy. Thats the only weak point to the tank, otherwise its simply fantastic! Well done.

Question. I may be just seeing something which isnt there. But what is that on your water surface? At first i thought it was water movement, but it looks oily.

[argonmt]

It just looks stunning ..

[sslow]

stunning tank. Oh how i envy your skills to form such a coherent tank that flows beautifully from one side to the other - not to mention on 3 sides! I can't even do 1 side The only thing i would say is the big clump in the corner of whatever plant looks a out of place, or messy. Thats the only weak point to the tank, otherwise its simply fantastic! Well done.

Question. I may be just seeing something which isnt there. But what is that on your water surface? At first i thought it was water movement, but it looks oily.

Is the "big clump in the corner" high up in the tank? It is the additional moss that I have from my other tank. Planning to sell them this weekend. Should have been a little bit more "professional" and pay attention to details.

Verminator you have good eyes and thanks for the comments.

[raceface]

Good Job! More pictures please!

[blue33]

Good Job! More pictures please!

How's your tank going on? No update?

[weeyang19]

Nice scaping there,...

[Verminator]

Is the "big clump in the corner" high up in the tank? It is the additional moss that I have from my other tank. Planning to sell them this weekend. Should have been a little bit more "professional" and pay attention to details.

Verminator you have good eyes and thanks for the comments.

Haha i just look at every inch of a scape. To the extent to seeing how leaves of plants overlap surrounding plants ect.

Any ideas what you'll do once the 'clump' is gone? Perhaps a bigger focal point plant. One that has the potential to fill out quite a bit and reach a higher? Such as Ecinodorus Rubin (perhaps) just on the left of the current Echinodorus, and then more into the corner (further left) place a bigger Echinodorus such as E. Uruguayensis? Blended in with the same technique as your exisiting one with the use of Crypts at the sides and so on so forth. Done appropriately would look stunning and not make the current Echinodorus look quite so out of place.

Just my two cents Do tell us your plans if you have any?

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Haha i just look at every inch of a scape. To the extent to seeing how leaves of plants overlap surrounding plants ect.

Any ideas what you'll do once the 'clump' is gone? Perhaps a bigger focal point plant. One that has the potential to fill out quite a bit and reach a higher? Such as Ecinodorus Rubin (perhaps) just on the left of the current Echinodorus, and then more into the corner (further left) place a bigger Echinodorus such as E. Uruguayensis? Blended in with the same technique as your exisiting one with the use of Crypts at the sides and so on so forth. Done appropriately would look stunning and not make the current Echinodorus look quite so out of place.

Just my two cents Do tell us your plans if you have any?

I have narrow-leaf ferns in that location already. Just waiting for them to grow.
As for another Echinodrus, it shows tempting. May remove the woodscape and place a plant there instead.

Thanks for suggestion.

[Verminator]

Echinodorus speciments in general grow naturally well around wood structures i have found. They seem to naturally hug hardscapes and still enable great viewing for either. If your ferns continue to grow they would add aesthetically to your tank and form a dense plan mass in the corner like what you have now, only it would look far less unsightlier that it is currently Even for 3-side viewing, it could look good. Depends what you wish to achieve in that space Glad i could atleast offer a suggestion.

[Flowerhfanatic]

nice and sweet looking tank!

[AnA]

I like the style of your aquarium scape. The plants are nicely placed. I am consider to re-scape mine to something like yours one day. Thanks for sharing.