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George, have you ever considdered doing a paludariums ?....to me, that would be a superb biotope where land meets water, epiphytic terrestrial plants overhanging the water, some of the aquatics beconing marginals or bog plants, little waterfalls etc etc I did a small, aqua-one open topped...

Anyone used coal as aquarium decor ? ...i read years ago that it is safe to use and makes a superb display. Discuss :)

Thanks guys.....i see the guy in that last link used clear. thin plastic as a "retainer"....interesting. I like the idea of the larger "slate chippings" being siliconed together. I would then possibly add a thin strip of plastic behind the wall to prevent plants from spreading too much. This...

Again, taking inspiration from James' 200 L tank where he used some rocks from AE to create a retaining wall so to speak, i was wondering if any materials have been used other than those rocks eg would slate look right if i got some thick lumps and cut it to size etc (size needs to be various...

I have a large red spatterdock and i've now got it so the leaves are opening underwater. So...if it hasn't got too big (the leaves are around 6" across at the moment in my 30" tank !!!) i was thinking of giving the lilly a "bed" of its own What do you think

Plant species obviously not finalised yet but it will be clumps/blocks of plants close together ....rotala indica, bacopa, hygrophylla 'roservig', heteranthera, crypt pontederifolia, sagittaria nantans and other small crypts. Anubias nana on bogwood would also be used.... That kind of thing...

Blyxa might not be the final plant....pogostemon or one of the smaller swords may be added. I'm open to suggestions

I was very inspired by James 800 ltr tank in the below link. I'm not usually into the AGA effect type stuff but this tank really nice and would like to do my new tank on a similar theme. The new tank will be roughly 48 x 16 (w) x 24" (h), have pressurise CO2 and 3wpg lighting...