How about this dutch aquascape? - Page 4 - Aquascaping

Robert Hudson · 02-22-2007, 08:29 PM

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The father of Willem van Wezel was famous for being the first one to have this plant in his aquarium in The Netherlands.

So there is three generations in that family that have done aquariums like that? Now thats impressive! Got any more pictures?

lljdma06 · 02-24-2007, 06:35 AM

Beautiful scapes, makes me feel really bad about my little Dutch, but it's certainly something to aspire too. It's amazing how they can get every leaf to look perfectly in place. But I find myself doing that too.

llj

edlut67 · 02-27-2007, 06:33 AM

Hi there,

Check out the webpage of the NBAT:
http://www.nbat.nl/

On the homepage, double click 'keuringen'. (on the left). Here you can view some years of this competition, so how the Dutch prefer to scape..

Intros · 02-27-2007, 10:39 AM

In the NBAT 2006 edition contest under the title "Gezelschapsaquaria" (I don't know what it means) there is a table with the water parameters from the top 10 tanks. I was surprised to see that most of the tanks had quite low levels of CO2 , NO3, PO4 despite some very good plants condition. Do you have any opinions regarding this fact?

Riba · 02-28-2007, 12:08 AM

Guess a bit less light than what you're used to

Tankman · 02-28-2007, 02:47 AM

Your tank's absolutely breathtaking! Very quintessentially dutch indeed

edlut67 · 03-01-2007, 12:54 AM

Hi Intros,

Perhaps these tanks proove that plants do not need high levels of nutritients for growing.

Robert Hudson · 03-03-2007, 09:27 AM

Here is another bold Dutch aquascape, how would you rate this one?

lildark185 · 03-03-2007, 09:37 AM

The tank looks very healthy but everything is just too sectioned off and rectangular. There's no overlapping of plants to create the feel of depth. Reminds me of a fruits and vegetable stand; there's a wide variety of selection but everything's kept in their own separate boxes. Just my two cents.

treesmcdonald · 03-03-2007, 06:26 PM

The right side is really nice. But I think the mid ground on the left side is weak. Especially on the middle red plant. Is that ammannia? Its kind of hard to tell. Also, I find the gap on the right a little distracting I can't stop looking at it. All the plants look great and the color is awesome.