Andrew Butler
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I'm on a journey of simplifying things for myself and would like to keep a planted aquarium with fish but find a balance where the hardscape can do most of the talking and just adding in a few slow growers is my aim. I'd prefer for it to be sand and stone only and as it happens I really like the look when I have seen it done right, however I've also seen some very bad attempts at it. I'm not of a naturally artistic mind which is quite a stumbling point and neither does Aquascaping come naturally to me so without pointing me in the direction of the more obvious ones is anyone able to offer any suggestion, with instruction/demonstration even better!
I've a good stack of Frodo stone but it's mainly large pieces which if I were just to smash would break the wrong way if you understand what I mean? - they are tall and if I were to smash them I would end up with narrow/tall pieces instead of wider/shorter pieces which is what I would want.
I've an aquarium 900 x 500 x 450mm (LxWxH) which will be viewed from the front/left and have a built in filtration section added on the right end with the weir/overflow at the front and the return at the back of this section.
Just a few photos to give you an idea of what I have and comparison in a mock tank with above measurements.
I've a good stack of Frodo stone but it's mainly large pieces which if I were just to smash would break the wrong way if you understand what I mean? - they are tall and if I were to smash them I would end up with narrow/tall pieces instead of wider/shorter pieces which is what I would want.
I've an aquarium 900 x 500 x 450mm (LxWxH) which will be viewed from the front/left and have a built in filtration section added on the right end with the weir/overflow at the front and the return at the back of this section.
Just a few photos to give you an idea of what I have and comparison in a mock tank with above measurements.