4-days of "HARD" work

[bluebubbles]

Yes, this is my first hard scape for small tank
15"H by 14"L X 11"W (10 Gallon)

1) Round lava rocks
2) bogwoods
3) Cork Bark as carpet (this bark was some small leftover from previous scaping)
4) 1 stripe of yellow led light from ikea (so there won't be any plants in there), unless nana can tahan the low tech light


I haven't decide what fauna to keep in there but it won't be community fish tank since I already got one at home.

Should I keep only Giant Malayan shrimp
or Angel Fish (never try before,not sure what they eat or like)
20 pieces of Sparkling Gourami (kind of my original plan for setting up this whole thing)

Feedbacks, suggestions, sarcasm, insult are welcome. I won't send lawyer letter. I promised. The rest I leave it to moderators to decide....lol

[popimac]

Somehow the bogwood stands out awkwardly with the bottom cut edges exposed.

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[Shadow]

are you planning to add sand or soil? would it be planted? You might want to cut wood the 2 leg

[bluebubbles]

Somehow the bogwood stands out awkwardly with the bottom cut edges exposed.

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are you planning to add sand or soil? would it be planted? You might want to cut wood the 2 leg

Initially I thought so too, the legs are not standing in a manner that look natural. Than again, they are there for a purpose, because both the bogwood and cork bark floated.. The 2 legs (in fact 3, another one hidden behind can’t see in pic) pressed down the cork bark from floating. The top branches of wood was pushed down by the tank cover to prevent bogwood from moving around. Thus both floating objects look like they sank perfectly…hahah.

@Shadow

No, no intention to put any soil because I already have two planted tanks at home. I may consider non-substrate low tech plants if they could matched the design, any advice? As for the legs, I might cut them once the bogwood is able to sink on its own without support and by then, it will become softer and easier to cut the legs away.

[Shadow]

you can tie rock on it. It temporary, it should sink within 2 weeks.

[bluebubbles]

you can tie rock on it. It temporary, it should sink within 2 weeks.

I tried holding down the bogwood with stones, but the cork bark posed additional problem and it is extremely buoyant even holding it down with our hand can feel the strong pressure forcing against our hand. Really need "tones" of rocks to keep it in place. The rocks will than ended up all over the place not to my liking. By far, this is the best I could do for an impatient me to quickly see my fish swimming around... I may put a few strands of needle fern along the crevices of the bark and see if it works under low lightings.

[zhaoronglim]

Boil the wood for 1hr and it should sink.

[bluebubbles]

Boil the wood for 1hr and it should sink.

The wood is tall & broad, my boiling pan can only accomodate instant noodle.