New tank I just set up---ADA 60H - Aquascaping

chiahead · 04-14-2007, 10:16 PM

Just set it up like 10 minutes before this shot. Dont mind the bubbles on the glass. What do you all think? BTW there is a ton of giant hairgrass in the back that will fill in but you cant see it right now.

eklikewhoa · 04-14-2007, 10:54 PM

Cool looking...more info?

I think the the scape would look good with some narrow leaf flooding inbetween the crevice of the two rocks...just my opinion.

**turtlehead** · 04-14-2007, 11:26 PM

The gap between the rocks needs something because the eye concentrates there. They are too bold right now.

gacp · 04-15-2007, 12:43 AM

Too symmetric for my taste. Why not try a golden ratio? Move the rocks to one side, about 1/3. And/or try one rock vertical, one horizontal; one driftwood vertical, one horizontal.

dennis · 04-15-2007, 09:06 AM

I see and agree with what others have said. However, I personally would wait and see how it looks as it starts to fill in. Trying something new is always fun, you don't always succeed but you always learn something. I think that using symmetry can work though the junction between the two rocks, especially with the little rock right at the apex, may be a little strong.

chiahead · 04-15-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by dennis

I see and agree with what others have said. However, I personally would wait and see how it looks as it starts to fill in. Trying something new is always fun, you don't always succeed but you always learn something. I think that using symmetry can work though the junction between the two rocks, especially with the little rock right at the apex, may be a little strong.

Ya that gap between the rocks is bugging me. Prob is I dont really know what to do with that spot. I was thinking maybe a plant right there to soften it. Dont really have a whole lot of room for another rock there. Oh well, I will let it fill in and see.

Ajax · 04-15-2007, 03:23 PM

Narrow leaf java & Anubias nana (petite might be better) are always a good combo. Maybe tie one to the small rock in the center, and add a few others around the scape to balance it.

MrSanders · 04-15-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ajax

Narrow leaf java & Anubias nana (petite might be better) are always a good combo. Maybe tie one to the small rock in the center, and add a few others around the scape to balance it.

I was thinking the exact same thing, maybe just a few nice clumps of nana petite placed in the center of the two large rocks. And then a few smaller accents placed low on the wood, and where the wood and rock meet to just sort of soften it all...

chiahead · 04-15-2007, 08:41 PM

OK I have tons of nana petite so I will try that out.

BrkD · 04-16-2007, 12:09 AM

looks good. are those tree branches picked up locally?