Everyone thanks for taking the time to post in the thread sorry for not getting back a bit sooner today.
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Originally Posted by FazTeAoMar  Hello.
I must say that this is one of the most skilful and well done layouts I have ever seen! It is trully a work of art, made in such a small tank. I like the way how you managed your space in there to build the layout with so many rocks. The substrate sloaps, the placement of the rocks, the sand pathway following the golden rule, the choice of plants and fish... As I said before, very skilful.
The photography is also good and helps us enjoy even more the aquascape.
I must " reward" this layout with 5 stars as it is one of my favourites.
Congratulations!
Regards,
André |
FazTeAoMar coming from the guy who created the aquascape "um pedaco de sintra" I take this as a great compliment from you, I can't find the link with a search I know the pictures are on here somewhere, but I have the pictures on file, when I saw that scape for the first time I was blown away, it is a great piece of work, so thank you Andre thats quite something , I have a lot of respect for your scaping ability so that is really nice to hear
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Originally Posted by bijoon How did you get the aquasoil to slope so steeply? From the picture it looks finer than the finest type of aquasoil. That is a great tank, I love the HC and the slopes. |
Hey bijoon, the aquasoil is used aquasoil, it has been used in a few rock scapes already that I have done and it is pretty beaten up at this stage, I mixed it with a gritty type sand to give it more volume, I would say about a third is sand and the rest is aquasoil. It worked really well for this because I realised I would need to pack the mud/soil around the rocks very tightly to make them stay in position, I doubt I could have gotten the hardscape to stay so tight over time (and high) without ruining good aquasoil so I went with this instead. It was only a hassle when I filled the tank from empty and it would cloud up, but I only did that once or twice, the rest of the time I never emptied the tank and just did 50% water changes so it wasn't really a major problem, when i did rock changes/moves I would just do a 50% water change afterwards and the water would clear by morning. There were no fish in this tank which made it easy to play around.
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Originally Posted by aquaquang Your last picture taken is very impressive. Your HC grow really well, still having problem to grow mine.
how do you create flow effect in water surface? |
aquaguang, the ripple on the water effect is done with a hairdryer.
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Originally Posted by Jumbo Great job !!! I like it very much and i think i will copy you 
Can we see some closer shots ? |
Jumbo, the light that Im using for the photos has packed in so there is a technical problem as they say, so I need to get another one, I have an external flash but Im having a problem with that as well, so I need to fix up both to get some more photos, sorry man, I have some fishy shots I might post up later in the week.
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Originally Posted by gf225 5 stars mate. |
Hey thanks George
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Originally Posted by houseofcards That's a really nice scape. Shows that when you use great rocks and positioning there is plenty of interest even without many plants. I love that mist effect. It seems so fitting for the scape. Now if you can keep that muddy mist low and the rest of the tank clear and think your really on to something. |
Houseofcards, thank you, bottles of smoke eh, or mist in this case, I could sell them on the forum!! Irish mist, has a familiar ring to it!!! The mist was pretty cool actually, just keep the filter switched off and it hung low like that for ages without dissipating. You could then get some airline hosing and suck it out of the tank like a hoover and then the water would be clear again except for a little clouding. You could be right though
@Andy, I hadn't even thought of that, thanks for the kind words
Thanks everyone.
Re: Mountainscape 
GREAT tank by the way!
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