Help me rescape/fix this thing!

[George9]

Hmm...maybe not....

You could do rotala and just keep it trimmed short

That sounds cool. I'll pick up some extra when I go get the plants in a couple days.

 

[skywhitney]

That sounds cool. I'll pick up some extra when I go get the plants in a couple days.

That sounds like a plan.

Next project for you...pressurized CO2!! Lol

 

[George9]

That sounds like a plan.

Next project for you...pressurized CO2!! Lol

I swear, I would if I could. Budget doesn't allow right now though. Maybe for my birthday and christmas lol, but thats in a loong time. We'll see..... CO2 is still pumping out pretty good out of the diy co2 I made about 2 weeks ago. Do oyu think the diffuser should be in the middle of the tank, because right now, its only on the left side.

 

[skywhitney]

I swear, I would if I could. Budget doesn't allow right now though. Maybe for my birthday and christmas lol, but thats in a loong time. We'll see..... CO2 is still pumping out pretty good out of the diy co2 I made about 2 weeks ago. Do oyu think the diffuser should be in the middle of the tank, because right now, its only on the left side.

Lol i completely understand. The diffuser should be fine where it is.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Looking good so far. Java fern gets pretty big. Mine do anyway. About 15-20cm tall.

 

[skywhitney]

The plant just to the left of the dw that has the really long grass looking blades you could move to the wisteria, rotala, cabomba corner to give it a different leaf shape as well.

 

[Philly33]

Vals (jungle, giant or corkscrew) would look nice in the background. A bunch of Narrow Leaf Temple would look awesome in the right rear corner with Ludwigia as a midground. These a great complimenting colors.

 

[George9]

I cannot remember if I have it or not, but I dont think I have java fern. I'll see if my lfs has any larger ones.

I think I am going to move one of the long leaf plants ( I think its a val) to the cabomba, wisteria and rotala side because its just flapping all over and getting leaves sucked into the filter. Then keep the other one there. I now have some pennywort in the back by the long vals (I think they are) and I added the dwarf sag in front in the empty area. Its starting to look really nice I think. I will post another picture probably tomorrow, or later tonight because I have a fish acclimating and the lights are off.

Your tank looks amazing Philly33! I'd love for mine to look that nice soon

 

[Philly33]

Thanks. It's still work in progress. The photo only shows 2/3 of the tank. I'm finishing the left 1/3 shortly. I have 18 species of plants. It's tons of fun. Be patient and things will come together. Get a black background for the tank.

 

[George9]

Yep! Got the black background already.

I got my dwarf sag today. I really like it and it makes the left side look so much better. Check it out:




Whaddya think?

 

[skywhitney]

Yep! Got the black background already.

I got my dwarf sag today. I really like it and it makes the left side look so much better. Check it out:

Whaddya think?

Looks great man! It'll fill in really nice and lush. You were able to get a real nice concave look like you wanted.

 

[George9]

Looks great man! It'll fill in really nice and lush. You were able to get a real nice concave look like you wanted.

Oh my gosh, your right. To be honest, was in a bad mood when I was doing the plants in the morning because I was up to 1 am on AA lol. But your drawing helped a whole lot! Thanks for that

Now, hopefully I could make it look concave with the new plants too

 

[BrianBSHS]

IMO, you should get something huge that will bring height and bring a lot of depth to the tank. Like a rock formation with holes in it, or a great big piece of drift wood.

 

[skywhitney]

Oh my gosh, your right. To be honest, was in a bad mood when I was doing the plants in the morning because I was up to 1 am on AA lol. But your drawing helped a whole lot! Thanks for that

Now, hopefully I could make it look concave with the new plants too

Lol i'm glad it helped. Since i did it at midnight i was pretty sure it looked like a squarish shape with green smudges in the ends lol. Even if it isn't a true concave right now with the new plants just try to keep in mind what it'll look like as stuff grows and you can trim it to suit your needs.

 

[skywhitney]

IMO, you should get something huge that will bring height and bring a lot of depth to the tank. Like a rock formation with holes in it, or a great big piece of drift wood.

+1! If shipping wasnt so ungodly expensive i'd send some of the lace rock that i have laying around.

 

[George9]

Yeah I need something big. I tried to prop the dw up, but it did not look right.

What does lace rock look like?

Edit- I found it! It looks like live Rock kinda, right?

 

[BrianBSHS]

Live rock could be fun...
little starfish growing and stuff...

 

[skywhitney]

Yeah I need something big. I tried to prop the dw up, but it did not look right.

What does lace rock look like?

Edit- I found it! It looks like live Rock kinda, right?

Kinda, depends on the pieces you get. Here are the pieces i plan on using when i set the 10g up again.

 

[George9]

Live rock could be fun...
little starfish growing and stuff...

Haha I wish! That'd be so cool

 

[George9]

Kinda, depends on the pieces you get. Here are the pieces i plan on using when i set the 10g up again.

Ooh! That is cool rock. I'm gonna look around for it and see what kind I can find, or maybe different kinds of rocks, I dunno. I think the driftwood will stay for a while first though. I kinda hate to get rid of it. It's home to the kuhlis, one of my platy, and the new apisto lol.