galettojm

My nephew asked my to give him a planted tank.

So I made him this tank:

Dimensions: 50 X 30 X 30.

I wanted to try different ideas, so I made 5 liters of DIY substrate with this composition:

• 30% Lateritic soil.
• 20% "Perlita" (small white balls to prevent from compacting - I don´t know the translation in english).
• Little of tennis court sand (red crushed brick).
• 10 cc of bonsai fertilizer (N: 7% - P: 1,8% - K: 3,3% - Fe: 0,10% - Mn: 0,05% - Zn: 0,05%).
• Little of small gravel.
• A little of bone meal.
• I completed the mixture with sand.

I think I put too much fertilizer.

I also added some black soil where I was going put a Echinodorus bleheri.

Over the DIY substrate I put 1 cm of sand, an on top that I put 2 to 3 cm of gravel. I left only sand where I was going to put the Glossoestigma elatinoides.

I left a path only with sand.

Plants:

• Blyxa japonica
• Echinodorus bleheri
• Echinodorus tenellus
• Glosostigma elatinodes
• Ludwigia arcuata
• Rotala macrandra
• Rotala wallichii
• Sagittaria subulata
• Vesicularia dubyana (Java moss)

Co2: yeast.

Photos:







Suggestions would be appreciated.

Bye,

Juan

galettojm

No recomendation ?

davemonkey

Maybe move the color over a couple or 3 inches to the right. Then place a small plant in front of the right side of the driftwood. That would make the focal point 'pop' more.

-Dave

galettojm

Thanks Dave

Valthenya

i think some of the darker color should show through to the front on one side its almost too symetrical

hooha

It will be difficult to get a sense of depth with the swords (bleheri and tenellus) and the Blyxa/Sags on the sides of the tank. While swords are great plants, I haven't found too many good aquascapes with plants such as bleheri in it.

Maybe try a different leaf-shape in your plant selection for at least two sections of the sides - the current plants blend in together right now....

Tex Gal

... maybe fill your water level higher too.

hedson_25

sorry i find it litle messi, but maybe a change of plants will imporve it!

galettojm

Thank you all for the advises.

I will probably do some changes to the tank the next time I see my nephew.

Bye,

Juan

galettojm

With almost none maitanance this is the tank after one month:




Bye !

Juan