Monto Rompo

[BZ1977]

Hi. My name is Zoltan Balazs and I live in Hungary. I started again aquarism approx. a year ago.
Last when i had aquarium, i was a kid. But now, i'm infected.
My first planted aquarium was launched in March.

I would like to share with you that.

Thanks, that you watch it, and sorry for my english.

My technique:

Tank: 60x30x36 64 l
Light: Quad T5 2*24 watts

Tropica substrate+aqua soil amazonia+aqua soil powder amazonia+ penac p, w, bacter 100, clear super
Filter: tetratec ex 700 (szivacs, siporax, perlon, purigen)
decoration: seiryu stones ( 15 kg )
CO2: co2 system

Furniture: i did it with my friend of mine like an ada style

The name Monto Rompo means mountain break

 

[Crossocheilus]

Great scape, really nice rock placement. Welcome to ukaps, I look forward to seeing many more great 'scapes from you in the future. And your English is fine

 

[Lindy]

Well I can't speak Hungarian never mind write it so I think you are doing extremely well! Nice scape..

 

[kirk]

Welcome zoltan, that's a very nice scape.

 

[BZ1977]

Thanks,

If i have a little time i write down the preparations, and i upload some photo too

 

[BZ1977]

So, I started thinking at 17 march. I want to make a minimal iwagumi aquarium, with a lots of grass.

I had many stones, but not enough, so a bought more. Than i started to rotate the stones.

there was a lot of trials,

and than came it, that i need a terrace

that scape was began to resemble my idea.

Meanwhile the furniture is finished. I had no choice the color, because the other furniture has a color.

but at least I made it myself with my friend.

After that i started the building.

some bacterial cultures

and finished:

Than I looked a day and than I changed it a little bit more

Then I replaced the two top extreme stones, and the final one:

The ammunition:

 

[BZ1977]

and finally at 16. april, I planted the plants

at 20 april plant some tenellus

Such was two weeks old

than i went to holiday for a week, and when i go to work ez a látvány fogadott :

tenellus and blyxa grow to big, and some brown algee

so I cut and clean, blyxa and tenellus came out, parvula mini planted

and now it looks like that:

thanks to read it, 'll be in touch

 

[REDSTEVEO]

Hi Great scape and lovely photo at the end..how did you get that beautiful sky blue colour in the background?

And what does "ez a látvány fogadott" mean

 

[BZ1977]

Oups.

Its means: adopted this view

The blue sky is one of a lightroom tool. I don't remember which one is.

 

[BZ1977]

Hi.

What do you think? Is there any opportunities with this scape in a contest? My goal is that do not be the last one.

Because i entered the first photo to the aga contest.

So?

 

[Crossocheilus]

I have no experience of competitions but I think it should do fine. The judges may criticise the algae on the rocks, however I personally feel the algae looks very natural. I think the reason it works is that it is the same colour as the plants and so blends in.
Good luck in aga!

 

[BZ1977]

Thanks

I cant pick up the rocks to clean it, so i dont do
And the other i like it that the rocks are green

 

[Crossocheilus]

I think you can use an electric tooth brush (are they fully submersible?) to scrub the rocks. But I agree, the algae adds a sense of age and harmony

 

[Dantrasy]

Very nice scape. Hard to believe this is your first planted tank.

Battery powered electric toothbrushes are fully submersible (at least some of them are), I've seen a guy use one like this in a u tube video.


[video=youtube_share;npCITFjHiWo]

 

[BZ1977]

Thanks to the video, i will try it

When i was a kid, i were some aquariums, but that there were more fish.
Than i looked some really beauty scapes, and i decided that i need one.

At home i try it, but it was a practicing aquarium. I tryed many plants, tryed the co2 (diy from eb@y).

At the end (27 febr) it looks like this:

its seems to a little chaos in it, but the plants were healty.

That time i decide to build at my work place another.

Thats Monto Rompo, my first real planted tank, which were designed.

Since then was rebuilt my home aquarium. Its 12 days old, and its looks like this when it were done:

thanks

 

[Alexander Belchenko]

Have anybody tried to clean the rocks with H2O2?

 

[BZ1977]

Hello everyone. Monto Rompo is finished. I built at my office another one, it hasn't a journal yet. Its a ryoboku style, its 6 days old and look like this. What is your opinion?

 

[RynoParsons]

Looks good. Just dont like the vallis at the righthand side of the scape. It breaks the flow of the scape for me

 

[Vinkenoog1977]

Love it, but I agree with Ryno about the Vallis, I understand you did it to hide the filter inlet (I assume), but maybe a nice solitary plant would do better just in the corner around the inlet. Perhaps some Cyperus Helferi for a similar look to the Vallis (don't like Vallis, period, but that's personal), or an Echinodorus.

 

[tim]

Agree with ^^ above, I would loose the Vallis and leave that side with a low grower/carpet plant to enhance the flow of the scape.