Rescaping my planted tank

[AQMS]

Nice...good job..

[ciaossu]

nice scape, definitely going to be very nice once it matured. do update the progress . erm i feel that the cardinal is too big for this scape, you might wanna change to smaller fishes like green neon tetra or boraras

[Shadow]

very well done . If you go for competition, then my suggestion put some brown sand on top of your white sand, its too white to my like. Try trim you moss shorter, very very short, otherwise it look messy. Lastly, the fish too big, make the overall scape look small.

[hiisoka]

thanks for the comments and compliments!


i topped up slightly yellowish/brown sand on top of the white sand already, maybe stil not brown enough
have just trimmed the moss after taking the picture too

yeah i feel the cardinal tetras look abit too big for the scape too.
but will keep them there till for the time being

thanks for all the comments and advice

[hiisoka]

an update:



managed to bring down the gh considerably and its stabilised at 12
(still a tad high though)
kh: 3
ph: 6.8

fauna:
2 x crs
2 x otos

going to add 10 corydoras hastatus
and maybe a few more shrimps

[trafalgar law]

wow lots of growth what light you using

[hiisoka]

Im using 2 x 24W T5

[wongce]

A lot of growth... even your rocks looks bigger? haha...nice scape...

[hiisoka]

Yes, i changed the rocks as well.
bigger rocks flanking the "path"
makes it look nicer i feel
( learn this trick after i got inspired by Shadow's gorge scape )

This is a brand new setup from the one shown earlier in this thread.
Same tank was used, but changed the entire substrate and added new
bigger rocks, change of plants as well.

Went through the cycling process too.
Even changed the top layer sand again recently to what it looks like now.
(used coral sand by mistake, too happy to find sand of that color
in the end got to remove due to it causing high gh/ph )

sort of stabilized now, but gh is stil on the high side (10-12)

[bluebubbles]

Yes, i changed the rocks as well.
bigger rocks flanking the "path"
makes it look nicer i feel

Look exactly like your plan drawings from the start. Lots of work I believe. 2 CRS enough? in case got algae to clear. Go for the ADA competition.

[mukyo]

This thread good a good v-cycle. Love it much.
I think you made a good composition of rocks and woods bro.
Welldone..!!
Is there anything special to make them secure when you put the wood to rock?

Two crs is barely visible no?
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[hiisoka]

Thank you for the compliments

ADA competition? im still a beginner
maybe join for fun. How do i join?



nothing special about how the wood and rocks.
i partially bury the rocks into soil/sand.
the bigger pieces of wood are also partially buried deep enough
and supported by smaller rocks which has fissidens on them.

smaller pieces of wood and rock chips are loosely slotted in place.
Alot of cris-crossing all over the place. Sort of like a "chaotic order"


Unfortunately the gh in the tank is still a tad too high for CRS
1 dead and another one went missing.

any other kind of shrimps i can keep that are more tolerant
of water parameters than CRS? How about rili shrimps?

[mukyo]

Suggestion is buy green or cherries as commando.
If want to speculate rillis are good
I call rillis as crs wannabes hahaha
They are same strength. Just price different only.

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[bluebubbles]

Thank you for the compliments

smaller pieces of wood and rock chips are loosely slotted in place.
Alot of cris-crossing all over the place. Sort of like a "chaotic order"

any other kind of shrimps i can keep that are more tolerant
of water parameters than CRS? How about rili shrimps?

Naturescapes are formed thru various invisible gravities like shifting of land, winds and rivers. Your hands are those invisible gravities to create similar looking scape. I love chaos and wild scape. I love lord of the ring and hobbit landscape scenes.

I think juvenile amano shrimps might fit those ambience well. I bought a few from NA for my new tank too.

[deric79k]

waiting all the plants grow than will have a nice view of tank , well done

[hiisoka]

a video update

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIxoJPoTI3w

[hiisoka]

a pictorial update



fauna:
10 corydoras hastatus
6 fire red shrimps
2 crystal red shrimps
2 otocinclus affinis

flora:
on rocks:
mini pellia
mini fissiden

on driftwood:
spiky moss
taiwan moss
us fissiden

slotted in between gaps:
anubias nana "petite"
some unamed plant i got from GC, the ones u find in most
all the tanks there. got 1 small cutting

planted
hemianthus micranthemoides?
hydrocotyle tripartita?
staurogyne repens (completely covered )