first aquascape: 55g

[zooking12]

Any ideas on a foreground plant? Or a background plant? All of these seem like midground plants.

 

[HalfMoon B]

anubias barteri or anubias nana is great on driftwood or porous rocks, or in the foreground with java moss as a carpet (java moss does well on driftwood and rocks as well.)
Java fern is a good midground plant, and anacharis and hornwort are perfect for the background.

 

[zooking12]

Thanks. I think I'll try that.

 

[zooking12]

Are there any low light plants that arent green?

 

[HalfMoon B]

Try scrolling through plantgeek.net
I can't think of any of the top of my head.
That website rocks, btw.

 

[zooking12]

Ok. Thank you very much.

 

[zooking12]

Sketch of my aquascape ideas. I'm thinking of moving the bogwood a little to the left along with the tiger lotus. Tell me what you think. Thanks.

 

[zooking12]

This is it. Feedback?

 

[xwesx1978]

that looks good to me , the left side needs a little something

 

[zooking12]

Yea. I thought that, too. But what could I put there?

 

[xwesx1978]

id move the drift wood over to the left more and fill it in with more plants

 

[zooking12]

Yeah, but wht kind of plants. So far I'm gonna have: peace lily, anacharis, hornwort, java fern, java moss, guppy grass, brazilian pennywort, anubias nana, and red tiger lotus

 

[HalfMoon B]

Personally I Iike the negative space concept if done well, just get a nice triangle from top right to lower left.

 

[zooking12]

Thanks, thats what i was going for. What could i do to further acheive that goal? And i think i might drop the pennywort. After looking over it again and again it just doesnt seem to fit.

 

[redsea]

The plan looks great... Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[zooking12]

Thanks. It took hours to draw, and will probably take months to perfect!

 

[redsea]

Good luck!

 

[zooking12]

Thanks. I'll need it

 

[zooking12]

Is there any way I could possibly fit the artificial root system into my scape? My cories love it and I don't want to take that away.

 

[zooking12]

Ok. So I took into account everyone's ideas on further bettering my scape and made yet another plan. Thoughts?