4 feet rescape sneak peek

[nightscent]

Just a quick photo of the upcoming rescape Don't mind the dirty glass and hanging equipment! Comments and suggestions are welcome!

[Eilsel89]

Any plants?

[nightscent]

Don't really have a concrete list yet but foreground would probably be hc branches would also most likely be tied with weeping moss.

[yiongcs]

hi where you get that wood from?

[nightscent]

hi it's actually 2 pieces of wood with one behind the other I got these 2 pieces for a hefty price back when green chapter was still at clementi. It's some kind of hardwood that doesn't need soaking and didn't really leach much tannin - don't know the name though!

[deric79k]

so wat plants u decide to add?

[nightscent]

I just went down to seaview today to get some supplies and bought some plants as well However I don't think I have enough plant mass for my tank yet. I will take a picture of the plants in a while and post them here so stay tuned!

[tongyang]

Wondering if the position of the driftwood is too centralised? The longer branch sticking out on the right horizontally seems awkward. Can consider bringing the tip all the way down or let it stick out of the tank.

[nightscent]

hi tongyang that was exactly what I thought as well about the central position but due to the way the wood is shaped (the heavy trunk part is totally flat at the bottom) and weight (can't carry with one hand properly), balancing the wood in some position wouldn't be too safe The other thing is actually my staircase is on the right so the tank would only be viewed from the left and front which is why I wanted to align it towards the right (but failed).

So I guess I can only try to place more stems towards the right side of the tank to help to shift the focus to the right a bit?

Here are some shots taken with my phone of the plants I got today













Some nice looking platys that the gf picked out



Planted the HC and Staurogyne today and will place the rest of the plants tomorrow before flooding.

[nightscent]

hi tongyang that was exactly what I thought as well about the central position but due to the way the wood is shaped (the heavy trunk part is totally flat at the bottom) and weight (can't carry with one hand properly), balancing the wood in some position wouldn't be too safe The other thing is actually my staircase is on the right so the tank would only be viewed from the left and front which is why I wanted to align it towards the right (but failed).

So I guess I can only try to place more stems towards the right side of the tank to help to shift the focus to the right a bit?

Here are some shots taken with my phone of the plants I got today













Some nice looking platys that the gf picked out



Planted the HC and Staurogyne today and will place the rest of the plants tomorrow before flooding.

[kachang90]

Looks good bro. Any plans to tie moss to the wood? Those branches look really inviting.

[nightscent]

Thanks for the encouragement Yup! I had already tied some in this shot below yesterday:



and here is the messy tank immediately after filling:



it has since cleared up nicely but I haven't managed to get a shot of it yet. Will get one tomorrow