Troy McClure

It looks entirely unnatural having wood perfectly clustered on one side with a bunch of flat rocks stacked edge on the opposite side.

Do you have any real hardscape to work with?

If you're still looking for plants, check out the Marsilea genus. There's a lot of great undemanding plants in there.

schaadrak

I didn't think anyone was still interested in this.

I took the rock out and added a java fern to the driftwood. I haven't had time to do much else.

I'll post a pic when I get home.

tutquarium

Kent,

I have also tried to use Google Sketchup before setting up my last tank. However, I figured out that creating the plants would not be so easy and would take time so I gave up. Did you create the plants or use some ready templates instead?

schaadrak

Here is the latest version.



I need a couple plants to put in between the "grass" and the "crypts". I was thinking wisteria, but I've heard the drop their leaves as a way of propagation. Ant suggestions for a semi-tall plant?

Troy- water clover would be pretty interesting, and would look pretty sweet in the emerged set-up I'm planning. I'll study some pictures and make some to put in.

Anubias- The plants really aren't all that hard and I've since learned of a way to make them in less time. The leaves take the longest time for me because I like to give them curves to make them look natural. The trick is to make one leaf a component, then just attach paste several leaf components however looks natural. The "crypt", "java", and "rotala" plants all share the same leaf component, I've just stretched, skewed and painted them all different ways.