Hi Dave, Fantastic Island Scape The planting is Superb Nice pics to
Lovely jubbly
looks fantastic
Agree with all the above comments dave. Very healthy and colourful
Love the embers in there mate, they really suit the scape. Looking good Dave!
If I had to point out any area for improvement it would be the relatively large texture of the Staurogyne in the foreground. Because it's a really bright green, and quite uniform in comparison to the other plants, it makes it look a little distracting - to me, anyway. The plants behind it look great - a really nice blend of colours and textures with the variety of crypts, Anubias, and fern. I think a lot of the Staurogyne leaves look like they're still in emersed form, so will get slightly smaller, and maybe darker, so it won't be so noticeable.
Have you consider adding another finer textured foreground plant in front or even amongst the Staurogyne to soften it a little - or are you happy with it? If so I'll shut up right now.
Regardless, it's a lovely example of an island composition the the plant health is testament to its owner's skill.
Now you're talking.do you think some hair grass between the Staurogyne would look better?
I had an idea today of completely surrounding the island with S Repens and 'mini' hairgrass. Just wondering what everyone's thought on this? I think it would still retain it's island look, it would just be surrounded by s repends and hairgrass instead of substrate
Tank is coming a long nicely Dave well done
Could work, definitely, if kept very low. On the other hand, the contrast between green and dark substrate would be lost. Not easy...