Claire
Member
Hi all!
I was recently motivated to do something with my vision 180 after seeing Ian's journal "Back to my Roots", and decided like him to do something very simplistic and nice to look after. No fancy aquascaping, just bung some plants in and see how we go.
The tank had previously been a bit abandoned and looked like this:
On friday though, I got a few bunches of different plants and threw them in. There are a couple of pots sitting in the tank which are for another small tank which I will be setting up at the weekend, so please excuse those!
The end result was this - a bit mad!
I'm happy with the layout of the left hand side, but on the middle I am looking to try and sell the big aponogeton and put some more stems in it's place, and get some stems to put in the back right corner where the pot of stellata is just now. Otherwise, I think it just needs a few weeks for all the rear stems to grow in and fill out. I may move the echinodorus compacta around a bit too once the back is filling out a bit and I can see better what it is turning out like...
The left hand side which I'm fairly happy with:
I tried to get a picture of my menace snowball pleco (LDA33) but he's not playing ball right now and is trying to hide under a rock. I will persevere!
And thoughts/critique welcome! I know this isn't a proper scape, but I am planning a very prim and proper manicured little tank to set up and the weekend and just wanted something that I could let grow a little wild!
I was recently motivated to do something with my vision 180 after seeing Ian's journal "Back to my Roots", and decided like him to do something very simplistic and nice to look after. No fancy aquascaping, just bung some plants in and see how we go.
The tank had previously been a bit abandoned and looked like this:
On friday though, I got a few bunches of different plants and threw them in. There are a couple of pots sitting in the tank which are for another small tank which I will be setting up at the weekend, so please excuse those!
The end result was this - a bit mad!
I'm happy with the layout of the left hand side, but on the middle I am looking to try and sell the big aponogeton and put some more stems in it's place, and get some stems to put in the back right corner where the pot of stellata is just now. Otherwise, I think it just needs a few weeks for all the rear stems to grow in and fill out. I may move the echinodorus compacta around a bit too once the back is filling out a bit and I can see better what it is turning out like...
The left hand side which I'm fairly happy with:
I tried to get a picture of my menace snowball pleco (LDA33) but he's not playing ball right now and is trying to hide under a rock. I will persevere!
And thoughts/critique welcome! I know this isn't a proper scape, but I am planning a very prim and proper manicured little tank to set up and the weekend and just wanted something that I could let grow a little wild!