65L island lay-out - Aquascaping

uttoshii · 06-05-2009, 06:58 PM

Hi everybody ,

here is a new 60cm tank , it is 6 weeks old and not quite finished yet , it's a very classic lay-out type , not so much original but i wanted to try the "island" lay-out type so ....

anyways here is the tank , i'll put some more pictures soon

tank specs:60*30*36cm , 65L
lights:2*18W
co2

ressurized 1bp2s non stop
filter:eheim 2213
soil:Aquasoil , power sand etc...
ferts:brighty K , step 1

plants : glossostigma elatinoides
eleocharis parvula
moss (2 species)
green rotala
Micranthemum umbrosum
myriophyllum matogrossense
ludwigia arcuata "needle leaf"
rotala indica
cryptocoryne wendtii green
microsorum "narrow"

fishes: puntius gelius

hyphessobrycon pulchrinnis

tanichty.

Hope you like

nokturnalkid · 06-05-2009, 07:48 PM

Even if you say its not original, it still looks great.

GrandePippo · 06-05-2009, 10:35 PM

Very beautiful tank! I like very much the middle part with the moss and the fern. Very nice!

Sincere congratulations!

nicolai vandhul · 06-06-2009, 07:56 AM

Nice tank!

A good selection of plants, and some really fine fish you found there.
I really think, you made a good work with the driftwood and the stones. It really looks "nature" like, despite that it´s scapet - of course! That can be quit defficult to achive.

Good work. I think i will keep this tank in my mind, when I start scaping my own island scape soon.

Best regards from Nicolai. Denmark.

JL15219 · 06-06-2009, 10:42 AM

Very nice tank I wish mine was that nice.

Bunbuku · 06-06-2009, 05:20 PM

Once again great work! I am intrigued by the substrate arrangement. Looks like you have a slope the AS really steep toward the back, then covered the lower part with sand. Won't different layers getting mixed up with time?

uttoshii · 06-07-2009, 03:34 AM

thank you for your comments

Bunbuku , there is no Aquasoil under the sand , all of the AS is in the background after the stones delimitation

as i wasn't stisfied with the hardscape , i did some major changes in the higher part of the hardscape today , it's going to look better , i'll post some new pictures soon

uttoshii · 06-08-2009, 05:45 AM

water is still a bit cloudy but here is how it looks after a few scape modifications , i think that it looks better this way , hope you like it

uttoshii · 06-09-2009, 08:05 AM

here is the hardscape after modifications , i think it has a better balance like that , water is still cloudy , i'll put some better pictures later this week

Fabac · 06-09-2009, 10:10 PM

It looks great. Are you planing to have a carpet?