My 6 days old tank: "skeleton of a bush"

[Raven]

Hi everybody ! This is my new 300 lit tank. There is much to be done as I need to find some stones to complete the scape. I also have a big collection of aquatic plants in there and I ll have to decide sooner or later wich to keep and wich not.
Some informations : open tank Rio 300. L 121xD 51xH 62cm
Lighting: Solarmax dimmable 4x54watt
PH 7,KH 6, DH 9
Temperature: 26*C
Heating 300W titanium heater. Elliwell controller.
Filtering: Eheim 2236 and Eheim 2215
Plants : Crinum calamistratum, Myriophyllum mattogrossenses, Rotala rotundifolia, Hygrophila difformis, Valisneria nana, Hygrophila siamensis, Alternanthera lilacina, Ceratopteris thallictroides, Hygrophila rosanervig, Ludwigia repens, Micrantherum umbrosum, Blyxa japonica, Rotala nanjenshan, Anubias coffeafolia, Pogostemon helferi, Bacopa caroliniana, Echinodorus tenellus,Glossostigma elatinoides, Versicularia dubyiana,Cratoneuron filicinum,Lomariopsis lineata, Riccardia chamedryfolia.
Fish: 10 Rasbora heteromorpha, 2 neon tetras, 1 harlequin tetra.
Driftwood: the skeleton of a bush and some more woods I found at the sea shore.
CO2: yes
Photos:

[dkk08]

awesome looking tank! Looks like a I'm staring at a island resort!

[Cpark188]

Very impressive setup, I like the way you display your branches and so natural view. Thanks sharing with us and cheers to you.

[weeyang19]

Nice set up there, i like the river look at center of the tank

[Verminator]

That is a lovely red cabomba lookalike, Myriophyllum Tuberculatum (red) if i'm not mistaken?. I hear there physically impossible to keep (so to say). Good look with it

[Raven]

Thank you all for your comments.I think the white area is too much so I am planning to make an island at the center of the sand, something like a river delta or so.What do you think ?
Still missing something to blend the two sides together as they look like 2 different aquascapes.

That is a lovely red cabomba lookalike, Myriophyllum Tuberculatum (red) if i'm not mistaken?. I hear there physically impossible to keep (so to say). Good look with it

The Myriophyllum mattogrossenses is very difficult to keep alive and when I bought it I had that in mind. But I did my homework reading about this plant and by day #6 after I planted it into the tank I had to trim it since It was reaching surface !! Now it has an impressive growth of about 5cm every day !

[Mizu World]

The white sand area is a little too wide, creating an impression that the overall scape is very empty.

Is there a fertilization regime for this tank?

[Cacatuoides]

Very nice tank you've got there!
I like the combination of having a wild and dense corner, coupled with a relaxing open ground...it'll be fun for the inhabitants of the tank!

[Flowerhfanatic]

nice looking tank.... reminds me of a nice resort....

[richardesc]

very nice tank. i like the bunch of Pogostemon helferi on the rocks/gravel.

[Raven]

Update after 3 Months ,and this is how my tank looks now. A lot of things have changed mainly on the left side. The big java fern is now at the right corner hiding most of the equipment in there.
Many plant species are replaced with other more suitable for this aquascape.
Livestock is: 20 Harlequin rasboras- 10 Iriatherina werneri-5 Celestial pearl danios (+9 baby CPDs)- 8 amano shrimp and ~40 Red cherry shrimps.
I have had some minor algae problems over this time but this happened mainly as a result of optimum CO2 levels into the tank and some ups+downs in Macro elements.
Still I cant say I found the perfect balance and I think that it is time for me to try the Estimative Index method of fertilization.

[JadeIceGreen]

You got a very good eye for scaping. This tank is turning out to be very impressive. The arrangement to create depth and contrast is excellent, I am looking forward to seeing how this scape matures further!

[Loopy]

My jaw hit the floor. It is really gorgeous. I am starting to incorporate wood now and this is awe inspiring.

[the_r0ck]

I like the right side of the tank. Very good hardscape. Perhaps you want to put something in the midground? There's patches of black.

[Raven]

I like the right side of the tank. Very good hardscape. Perhaps you want to put something in the midground? There's patches of black.

The left side is still under construction and almost all plants are there no more than 2 weeks. There was a thick lush carpet of E.tenellus in the left side but it wasnt blending in scape so I took it out.
I saw the black patches in the right corner ! In close the human eye is much more light-sensitive and it doesnt bother but in the photos there is clearly a dark area under the fern. I will wait 4 the M.umbrosum to fill that space.
Thank you for your comments !! Happy new year my friends !!

[Eyal]

beautiful tank
Revan , I sent you email

[Viper007]

Very beautiful tank you've got!!

[Raven]

Month #6
A small update as this tank matures futher..
Thank you all for taking a look and for your comments.
The photo was taken just before trimming. I kinda like the "jungle style"

[shrimp999]

Nice natural scape there!!
Notice there are some BBA forming. Better to get rid of it before it spread through the whole setup.

[Raven]

Thank you for your comments.
I already did get rid of it ..this algae appeared in just 8 days , when I was on a trip and mainly on the rocks and driftwood. The reason was fluctuating CO2 levels because CO2 diffusor was not working properly.
It is very difficult to go on a trip and leave the tank to a friends care...except if your friend is mr.Amano he,hehe