I would add some staurogyne repens in the foreground where the dark/shadow areas are created by the rocks. I would probably add a small buce like kedang plotted about randomly or towards the back to keep perspective, and maybe some moss on the rocks/creeping down.
Thank you. That sound like a very good idea! Have you grown staurogyne repens in the shade like that before?
Personally I think it grows very slow in my other tank, but it is also a low light tank. But not in the shade...
Ok sorry but the following is a lot of questions, mainly about plant care and possibility. Hope you will take your time to help me out, and thanks in advance.
Do you guys think it could work with rotala Vietnam along the back mountain chain, if I trim it to stay lowest possible, I hope it could work like another 'layer' before the back mountains. Read it can be trimmed to stay as low as 3 cm.
Then I plan to plant some stems that can grow taller behind the big LH mountain. On the left in the elevated substrate corner, and on LH mountains right side.
I am unsure about back RH side just next to the HMF. This spot is the end of the I flow... but I might try some stems here as well, because you can see the mat from the HMF if you look from the 'right' or should I say wrong angel.
Is Buce smaller than Anubias bonsai pettite?
I will buy plants from wasserflora, and among other plants buce is something I would like to try. If one who knows the different species could tell me what species that would be the smallest, I would really appreciate it. They don't have that many!
Here is a link, my own guess is the one called buce red mini, but that is just according to the name..
https://www.wasserflora.de/shop/search.php?search=buce
I am not sure about the alternanthera reineckii mini... mabe I can keep it low enough to keep perspective... Think I overplantet a bit, but unsure what groups I should pull out. Any suggestions is very welcome as well.
Allso should I expect the alternanthera reineckii mini to drop all leaves when I flood the tank?
And would it be beneficial for its transition if I prune it just before the flood, so new shot can grow out straight into submerged form?
The plant mass of MC and HC is pretty dense now...
I would like to share some of the MC with my low light tank. Would it be better to wait until plants moved into submerged state in their current environment? I would this be same same?
Is there a chance that the brown and dry christmas moss will regrow when flooded or should I just clean it off?
And ofcourse here is a 2 days old update picture:
Funny to see how the alternanthera reineckii mini is bushing from the pruning, and how the stems that I found to short for pruning a month ago now has grown really tall.
woups... another question is it ok to prune/cut the stems if there is only one node (set of leaves) below the pruning point?
Guess that is how I keep it as short as possible?
...again thanks for reading and helping me out, this forum is pure gold!