werner

Does anyone know of any sites where can I find more info (and pictures!) on the Dutch aquascaping style?

I've found some brief (but very helpful) information in the "Weekly Topic Archive" here and I have several older aquarium books with pictures, but I want more!

Thanks!

frozenoak

I am also interested in this. About the only site I have found to be of any use is http://www.aquabotanic.com/dutchsecrets.htm and the article http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/library/12064-dutch-aquascaping-basics-overview.htm posted in the Library here on APC.

I hope someone has more info than this. It seems like a project you have to have a firm grasp on before you start.
dale

xcooperx

yeah, i also want to know more about aquascape, im aquascaping my tank and until now i not satisfied with the outcome, i dont know where to put the plants i have.

frozenoak

I just purchased a thin book called Aquarium Beautiful by Arend van den Niewenhuizen. It details the Dutch Aquarium. It covers the support (stand), planning a scape (using the golden intersection), the commonly used plants, and common fish. It is a quick read and definitely worth picking up. It is an old book (judging from the pictures). I would definatly recomend it werner.

I am fiddling around with some of the ideas I have been collecting. One thing I am beginning to wonder about it the terracing. It seems to me the more I delve in to it that the terracing is more of a look than actual terraces of substrate. I think making an "artificial" terrace with driftwood or cork to more or less corral the plants seems to be what I am seeing. I could be wrong.

I will, someday, build a tank 24X24X96 and turn it into my Dutch style tank. This will probably be a year or better before I have it all together but I will post my journey when I am done.

If anybody has more info or book recommendations I would be interested in getting every thing I can.

dale

Salt

I recommend you purchase the AGA 2001 DVD, which includes a full presentation by Wim Van Drongelen on "Dutch" style aquascaping, and how it's modeled after concepts used by various Dutch painters. (You can buy the full 5 year DVD set for $120.)