I would like to ask some help :help: on how to organized my plants in my tank. My tank looks messy...I cannot find more plants here in cebu philippines.Only few types of aquarium plants are available...
my 20G messy tank
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well to each his own.... but.... i really do think a natural gravel with bubbles removed would be a start. are those red plants in back fake?
BettaFishMommy
finkids make me happy :-)
i'd trim down the taller plants, use the cuttings for more plants more spread out and closer to the foreground of the tank, take out the fake castle thing and the other decorations, replant some of the shorter plants a lil closer to the front of the tank, switch out the black n white gravel with something more natural looking (a dark grey or black substrate <gravel> would look nice!). hard to tell what kind of fish you have in there other than the big tetra, but you might even do sand if the plants and the fish are all a-ok with that as a substrate.
and we want photos of the 'after'!!!!! lol.
and we want photos of the 'after'!!!!! lol.
Looks to me like most of the plants are artificial with just a few live plants. Natural looking tanks are great, but I think fake decor and plants can also be layed out in ways that are very beautiful too. From a design standpoint, it doesn't matter whether you're working with a big piece of driftwood/rock and live plants or a big fish tank decor item with artificial plants. For the best presentation, follow the same kind of composition techniques that nature photographers would use when cropping a photo.
Looking at this photo, I would say it looks "messy" because everything is arranged symmetrically. You have a large decor item sitting right in the middle with practically a mirror-image arrangement of plants on both sides. Using the exact same material, a better layout would be to move that castle over to the left or right side. Then "balance" the visual accent and heaviness it has by grouping taller plants on the other side. Low and heavy on one side, with tall and stately on the other. Everything else kind of falls into place after that.
Looking at this photo, I would say it looks "messy" because everything is arranged symmetrically. You have a large decor item sitting right in the middle with practically a mirror-image arrangement of plants on both sides. Using the exact same material, a better layout would be to move that castle over to the left or right side. Then "balance" the visual accent and heaviness it has by grouping taller plants on the other side. Low and heavy on one side, with tall and stately on the other. Everything else kind of falls into place after that.