It looks very nice, can you post information on your equipment, tank size, photo period and what you use to fertilize your tank. How long has it been set up?
I like this scape a lot-- it's got a lot of innovation and spirit!
Color balances, texture contrasts, and fish choices are good.
Just a few things on execution . . . if the egerias could be grown more densely, I think it would help. I know it's not really a plant that bushes, so that's difficult. I do think it works well here.
The moss on the right side wood could be trained a little more neatly.
Also, I think you'll get an even nicer contrast if you could get a lighter colored sand for the front right foreground though I realize how difficult switching up substrates is.
Your title does make me feel like I'm looking at a forest floor. Large blades of grass growing next to a moss covered stump. The various shades of thickness and color of the grasses actually create a sense of depth. Without the use of red plants, your choice of red finned fish adds to the contrast. The Egeria Densa does look a little funny, but I think you were going for a "pine tree" effect here. They do sort of look like a thicket of pine trees, that would go with the theme, like the title suggests. They still seem a little distracting though. perhaps a jaged rock behind those egeria's might look like a mountain range? and would pull them back, creating more sence of depth. Perhaps textured slate, this would serve to look like a mountain but, wouldnt take up as much room as a regular rock. I know I shouldn't try and tell you what to do but I think it serves a purpose here, you don't have to take my opinion.
Overall the varrying shades of green make a great sense of depth. The title is very well executed with the plant choices.
PS I'm not sure if you did it on purpose. But I believe the title should be "Edge of The forest. I see that your native language is not english? I'm sorry to correct your grammer, I just wanted to point that out. If you did this on purpose just ignore me
Nice triangular composition. However, would you like to substitute the Egeria Densa for another shorter (rosette) plant - perhaps replace it with the Sagittaria subulata. For the foreground, I would recommend Dwarf Hairgrass or Echinodorus tenellus. This would make the slope more obvious
Animals: Colisa laila Crossocheilus siamensis Otocinclus sp. Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Hyphessobrycon flammeus Hemigrammus caudovittatus Neritina natalensis
and shrimps: Amano, Mini Amano and Red Cherry
Thank you guys for all the comments. I am finished with this scape and probably I won't change anything more in the tank. I know that Egeria is not the best choice, but i had to choose not demanding plants because of poor lighting and no CO2 fertilization. T-bone, unfortunately I cannot put anything behind Egeria, because normaly the filter is there. And I wrote the title without "the" on purpose but I could be wrong, as English is not my native language. Here are some close ups:
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