Veloth

Healthy looking plants and a great layout.

saintly

thanks veloth.

it may be boring but at least it's healthy.

i still have time in my favour so hopefully in a few weeks it should take on a more fluid look.

armedbiggiet

Good looking layout, is that an ADA tank?

Veloth

I wasn't implying that it was boring . I liked the tank before you trimmed it. Personally I like the tanks that have more of a jungle look, healthy and a tad overgrown. I'm lookinf forward to more updates as the tanks progresses.

saintly

veloth, this comment wasn't from you dont worry my friend.

i think Chester found it boring, not you

the tank is not ADA but from same factory as ADA i think.

hydrophyte

Hey that's looking great. I also miss the Alternathera, but perhaps it was a little bit too much red. I am sure that this will grow into an even more effective scape.

saintly

thanks devin,

actually, the Alternathera is making a come back as is the rotala. you see, before i trimmed them i tried to take them out by up rooting them, they wouldn't budge. so I cut them down to about 2/3 cm thinking they would die off....but no, they all had at least 1 set of nodes on and there ALL growing back. so if i get the timing right, the red shouldn't be too empowering.

I'm quite brutal with stems, but this shows me how brutal you can be. there indestructible!

jaidexl

Looks really nice, I liked the red focal point too but it also looks good opened up into a valley. I'm sure it'll work better in a few weeks.

When I used to grow rosefolia I liked to use it as a midground accent sometimes, you don't see that too often. Maybe you can let it peek out a bit without overpowering the negative space you created.

saintly

thanks jaidexl. the red is making a return.

here's a couple more shots.





i'm holding off full tanks shots due to the AGA.

jaidexl

Geez, nice depth of field, you really nailed those pencils, everything looks very 3D. Are you just using a wide aperture or did you have to doctor them up in PS to get them that nice?