afroturf
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Well I recently took delivery of my new tank, built by Aquariumsltd, which I have to say I was extremely pleased with it when it arrived. I was brought into the hobby purely because of fish but since the whole planted tank scene has taken off I've always wanted a real nice planted tank, and It will be interesting to see how I manage a tank where the plants are the main focus of the tank not the fish. The main inspiration behind the tank was one of Amanos scapes in Nature Aquarium World book 1, the tank on pg 122. But since then my plans have deviated slightly from this scape to one a little simpler and neater.
Whilst the tank was being built I brought most of the hardscape and hardware and even some fish, I couldn't pass them up when I saw them at a lfs, they are Barbus fasciolatus a fish I’ve always wanted and planned on keeping in this tank from the very start.
Anyhow here are the first hour or so of scaping only sand and rocks so far.(sorry about the poor quality my brother has robed my slr)
ADA amazonia II and gravel foreground
Mini landscape rocks
You like the light swich?
I know it my look a little unconventional but it’s far from finished and rock positioning is not set in stone yet I still have the wood to add as well, the two rocks further back are mainly just to grow moss/ferns on and shouldn’t be noticeable as rocks once the scape has done.
Whilst the tank was being built I brought most of the hardscape and hardware and even some fish, I couldn't pass them up when I saw them at a lfs, they are Barbus fasciolatus a fish I’ve always wanted and planned on keeping in this tank from the very start.
Anyhow here are the first hour or so of scaping only sand and rocks so far.(sorry about the poor quality my brother has robed my slr)
ADA amazonia II and gravel foreground
Mini landscape rocks
You like the light swich?
I know it my look a little unconventional but it’s far from finished and rock positioning is not set in stone yet I still have the wood to add as well, the two rocks further back are mainly just to grow moss/ferns on and shouldn’t be noticeable as rocks once the scape has done.