FOF Iwagumi Challenge - POLL

[Dan Crawford]

At this years festival we had an empty tank full of gravel and and a selction of Mini Landscape Rock and tried to encourage the public to have a go at rock arranging. Here are the efforts, please vote on which one you think is the nicest....
Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option4

 

[Superman]

Number 2 for me, #1 and #3 have too high a foreground with me no liking #4's angled towards another stones.

 

[Garuf]

If only the foreground was flat on number one otherwise that would have gotten my vote.

 

[JamesC]

A toss up between 2 and 4. Went with 4 but would have gone with 2 if the rocks were higher and more pronounced.

James

 

[Tony Swinney]

#4 for me, though I'd be tweaking the main stone a few degrees clockwise 😉 😀

 

[Steve Smith]

I went with 2, though I suspect it'd get overgrown pretty quick. I reckon a nice compact lawn of HC and nothing more 🙂

 

[Stu Worrall]

#2 for me with a low carpet but if #3 had a flat subrate at the front then I would have gone for that instead. were they actually "public" or other ukaps people as some nice scapes there!

 

[Dave Spencer]

Number 2 by a mile, with the right planting as Steve suggests.

Dave.

 

[Mark Evans]

NO2, is brilliant. number 3 would of got it, but way too much substrate

 

[samc]

i like no2 too.

it has the most detail in it

 

[chilled84]

2, its just seams more natural.

 

[John Starkey]

4 for me,if the scape was planted correctly your eye would be draw through the middle giving a lovely sense of depth,
regards john.

 

[Voo]

2 for me, i can't image the others looking good once planted.

I like this idea of encouraging the public to take part - did many give it a go? Nice to see the different ideas people have using the same equipment too!

 

[aaronnorth]

I chose number 2

it is the most natural looking and the rocks look a though they have been sunken naturally into the substrate.

#1 the far right rock distracts from the main stone.
#3 the substrate is too high at the front
#4 would be better f the 2 main rocks werent the same height,

Thanks, Aaron

 

[jimbo]

What substrate is that?
I like option 1 myself as I really like some of the Iwagumi tanks ive seen which have a slight hill or mound effect in the substrate. Like this scape called Pinheiro Manso it's amazing.
http://www.aquascapingworld.com/forum/a ... manso.html

 

[aaronnorth]

What substrate is that?
I like option 1 myself as I really like some of the Iwagumi tanks ive seen which have a slight hill or mound effect in the substrate. Like this one by a guy called Pinheiro Manso it's amazing.
http://www.aquascapingworld.com/forum/a ... manso.html

His name is Felipe Oliveira The scape is called Pinheiro Manso

 

[jimbo]

What substrate is that?
I like option 1 myself as I really like some of the Iwagumi tanks ive seen which have a slight hill or mound effect in the substrate. Like this one by a guy called Pinheiro Manso it's amazing.
http://www.aquascapingworld.com/forum/a ... manso.html

His name is Felipe Oliveira The scape is called Pinheiro Manso

doh! still it's an awesome scape whatever the guys name is.

 

[Themuleous]

Great idea for the FoF George really allow people to get hands on which you cant usually do with displays. Inspire a few more people.

A toss up between 2 and 4. Went with 4 but would have gone with 2 if the rocks were higher and more pronounced.

Have to agree with James here, went with No4 also.

Sam

 

[Lisa_Perry75]

Seemed to go down well with children. Did many more people have a go on the Sunday guys?

 

[Dan Crawford]

Seemed to go down well with children. Did many more people have a go on the Sunday guys?

Yeah it did, had quite a few adults having a go too in the end.