lildark185

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

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.

ianmoede

Dutch has its place i guess. I'm not a super fan of it stylistically, but i definitely like the dutch-amano fusion tanks.

DonaldmBoyer

Can't argue with health of the plants in there! I like it a ton! The only thing that keeps me from loving it: Like Guiac Boy said earlier....the Cyperus looks too much like a monument; I would move it back a bit, and the java fern does look out of place. Maybe if you made a large patch of it, like a wall covering, that would look better.

But, I couldn't do much better than that. You have a very clean tank, great thriving plants, and nice lines Excellent! My critiques are only from a subjective standpoint, and don't really count for anything. As long as you love it, that's all that matters!

Jessie

I think the unique and highly organized feel of the Dutch-style is just fascinating. It takes a lot more discipline that I admit to having.

Marlène, your tank is knock-down stunning!

Marlène

Thank you for the compliments.

Highly organised thats true. I know a lot of people who do so. We influence eachother with nice ideas. I saw a lot of pictures on forums. And I took notice of reactions of people on my photo's. In our aquariumclub Paluzee, people told a lot about how to keep and breed plants. And how nice it looks if plants of one sort are kept together. And to make good contrast if the same forms en colours of plants are not placed next to eachother.

But in Holland there are also a lot of people with completley different styles. I think the most important thing is to scape your aquarium just the way you enoy it.

O, and a little addit to the post above: I did buy the cladaphora.

Gracie

Marlene, your tank is beautiful. My tank resembles a weed patch next to yours.