sweeeet tank. im loving it. the shaded areas. im loving it.
one question, what's the dimentoins of your tank.
one question, what's the dimentoins of your tank.
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Very nice and healthy-looking! I would replace the egeria in the back corner with something prettier and redder. Alternanthera or Ludwigia repens come to mind. Or Cabomba furcata (aka piauhyensis, the red one), if you can find it. Keep us updated 
your right side looks nice, but the left side needs developing. as everyone else said, do something about the darkness. maybe cut the plant back so light can get throught to the front. I would suggeset scaping about 10 different plants into the left side rather than having one mass of plants that covers 4/5 of the tank. ya know? maybe keep the portion that is above the log on the right side of the tank. add a strip of green plants that grows tall. place it so it connects with the pennywort (or whatever you have down in front) and make it curve around the log and grow taller into the back corner. add some other plants inbetween the bunch of massive plants on the right and the strip of plants. maybe add a few strips of large red leaf plants in that area. then add another one of those swords (the one on the right side of your tank) to the front left side. then add some gloss. to flow through the foreground while interspersing some dwarf hair grass. add some smaller leaved stalk plants to the left middle ground in front of the strip of green plants and place them so the flow into the green strip. maybe add some crypts on the log to dramatize the broad leaf look. add some anubias to the forground to accent it. scape in some more stalk plants so they flow from right to left throughout the tank. add some microsword in front of the log and on the left side. put a darker stalk plant behind the sword and the other plant on the right (make it cover the background behind them and make it go from tall to short starting on the left end of the bunch).
woops. didn't mean to design it for ya. if that was my tank, thats what Id be thinking tho...
so have fun touching it up. maybe you like it how it is! have fun with it tho!
gl
woops. didn't mean to design it for ya. if that was my tank, thats what Id be thinking tho...
so have fun touching it up. maybe you like it how it is! have fun with it tho!
gl
i like how you have dark and light spots in the tank it makes a striking appearance. If you get around to it post em on my forum if you could!!
marc Russo
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marc Russo
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You might consider some small branches coming out into the dark area below the sword. Sort of the "roots" of of the plant/tree.
Also some rocks or horizontal wood etc would do well there.
I thought perhaps a staircase going upwards to the back of the tank would look cool. If you trimmed/pinched a few swords leaves, it could open up some room for light for some Xmas/Java moss to cover the rocks etc.
Without radically changing the tank, these are some ideas for you.
If you like that look, Crypt crispatula var balansae in that corner has nice leaves that are narrow and block less light. A group of them would make a replacement if you ever get tried of the sword.
Regards,
Tom Barr
You might consider some small branches coming out into the dark area below the sword. Sort of the "roots" of of the plant/tree.
Also some rocks or horizontal wood etc would do well there.
I thought perhaps a staircase going upwards to the back of the tank would look cool. If you trimmed/pinched a few swords leaves, it could open up some room for light for some Xmas/Java moss to cover the rocks etc.
Without radically changing the tank, these are some ideas for you.
If you like that look, Crypt crispatula var balansae in that corner has nice leaves that are narrow and block less light. A group of them would make a replacement if you ever get tried of the sword.
Regards,
Tom Barr
