Hi
This is my first real attempt at aquascaping- well, doing it with C02 and decent substrate anyway! So I have my 300litre aquarium, 7x 5kg bags Azoo plant grower bed, and my C02 unit up and running, and a few bits of Mopani wood (slightly too small but all I could find!) The Golden section layout plan has me deeply confused, and I'm sure that the wood could be arranged better but I think as I have started planting already I will leave it! Now the tricky part- the planting. I have made some progress with a few types of plant......
Micranthemum micranthemoides
Cabomba Caroliniana
Eleocharis Acicularis
Bacopa Myriophylloides
Ammania Gracilis
Myriophyllum (not sure which one)
........but I have now come to a standstill. I am unsure if I have now introduced too many varieties of plant already, if I should be trying and balance out the red of the Ammania, etc. My plan is to add more plants at this stage (like taller background plants) and then to carpet the foreground with Riccia ( I have a bagfull waiting) and blend the hairgrass into it, this is proving difficult (I'm sure there is a method to planting hairgrass but I don't know it!)
Basically, I would just love some input on this layout and planting scheme, any suggestions on good plants to use, and how to improve this. I order plants for an aquatic company I work for so I can get hold of most plants. (I would love to use Laceplant and/or Red Tiger Lotus but I'm not sure if they would work with this aquascape) All the plants in there already certainly need to do some growing before I see any results!
Any advice on the planting of Riccia would be welcome, I understand you need to use something like a soft mesh, but do you use the mesh on the whole area you want to carpet, or just in patches and then wait for the Riccia to spread?
Thanks in advance!
ps. The tuft of hairgrass in the middle of the tank is not staying, just left it there while I had a think!!!
This is my first real attempt at aquascaping- well, doing it with C02 and decent substrate anyway! So I have my 300litre aquarium, 7x 5kg bags Azoo plant grower bed, and my C02 unit up and running, and a few bits of Mopani wood (slightly too small but all I could find!) The Golden section layout plan has me deeply confused, and I'm sure that the wood could be arranged better but I think as I have started planting already I will leave it! Now the tricky part- the planting. I have made some progress with a few types of plant......
Micranthemum micranthemoides
Cabomba Caroliniana
Eleocharis Acicularis
Bacopa Myriophylloides
Ammania Gracilis
Myriophyllum (not sure which one)
........but I have now come to a standstill. I am unsure if I have now introduced too many varieties of plant already, if I should be trying and balance out the red of the Ammania, etc. My plan is to add more plants at this stage (like taller background plants) and then to carpet the foreground with Riccia ( I have a bagfull waiting) and blend the hairgrass into it, this is proving difficult (I'm sure there is a method to planting hairgrass but I don't know it!)
Basically, I would just love some input on this layout and planting scheme, any suggestions on good plants to use, and how to improve this. I order plants for an aquatic company I work for so I can get hold of most plants. (I would love to use Laceplant and/or Red Tiger Lotus but I'm not sure if they would work with this aquascape) All the plants in there already certainly need to do some growing before I see any results!
Any advice on the planting of Riccia would be welcome, I understand you need to use something like a soft mesh, but do you use the mesh on the whole area you want to carpet, or just in patches and then wait for the Riccia to spread?
Thanks in advance!
ps. The tuft of hairgrass in the middle of the tank is not staying, just left it there while I had a think!!!
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