Noob with white sand...

[MumuPipet]

Hi ya sifu's
need advice on my first planted tank..

2x1x1 ft tank,
HOB filter (Supposedly110 gallons/400litre per hour)
DIY CO2
ADA Aquasoil Amazonia II
with gravel and white sand.
The DW turned out to be floating!!
hence the two awkward looking stone on the right side to anchor it down.
July reskep de 4.JPG
Plant:
E.Tennelus...
Valisneria Nana (?) at the background
Baby tears (?) at the left and Anubias Barteri (?)
on DW at the right side is not permanent,

comment and suggestion please

[reddragon343]

Actually looks very good...but then again...I'm no expert. Looks like a small island by a lakeside or something.

[MumuPipet]

reddragon343,

yup, i imagined it like that in the first sketch,
even thought of making a small tree using moss.

Photo of first sketch
100703+P1p3t+Skep.JPG


but as i thought it wouldnt be that natural,
so i changed it to a scene where a root
of a tree growing wild into a nearby river...

turns out the DW is not that obvious.. hahah

[shyta]

wow that's a neat sketch. I like your idea and scape but the different colored rocks kinda make the whole scape too "tropical". I would have preferred rocks of varying sizes but the same color/shading. but hey, this is just my opinion. your scape still looks good.

[MumuPipet]

shyta,

same stone.. got it,
its a noob mistake,
when i was buying the stone,
i didnt thought i would be needing more.
(Its the blue with white layer stone)

but as the scaping goes,
i needed more stone!!
and so i went to a nearby stream
and pick some up hahahah

next time, buy extra stone...
just in case need to anchor down a floating DW