Aquascaping

[Esfa]

I'm about to rescape my tank.

but EVERY time i try to do a scape, it looks bad.

Any tips?

 

[aaronnorth]

post a pic

 

[DevUK]

Check out past AGA and ADA contest entrants. Lots of photos to get inspiration from

http/showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2006...e=view-showcase

 

[Esfa]

aaronnorth - well... its a glass box.

Check out past AGA and ADA contest entrants. Lots of photos to get inspiration from

[URL="http/showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2006...e=view-showcase"]http/showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2006...e=view-showcase[/URL]

cheers

 

[aaronnorth]

So you want hardscape tips, well the golden rule is when you divide your tank lenght by 3, then place your main attraction this measurement from either end of the tank whether it be the largest stone, unusual wood or a very distinctive plant.

Does that help any?

 

[Esfa]

So you want hardscape tips, well the golden rule is when you divide your tank lenght by 3, then place your main attraction this measurement from either end of the tank whether it be the largest stone, unusual wood or a very distinctive plant.

Does that help any?

Yes ta

my wood'll go there then.

i think im going to do a concave thingy... dipping down to the wood then shooting up to vallis... should look good i hope.....

 

[lljdma06]

A simple, but pretty scape is a right triangle scape, where the 90 degree portion of the right triange rests on the bottom of the tank. Place your tallest plants at the right or left back corner. Your primary focal point, 1/3 into the length of the triangle opposite the right angle (the longest side), will be at roughly 1/3 from that end of the tank where your tallest plants are. This conforms to the golden rule tat aaronnorth mentioned. In front of the base of the triangle can go your foreground plants. They can also go at the opposite end of the tank. The hardscape usually radiates from the focal point towards the end of the triangle with the smalles angle (the angle that faces the shortest side) and ends just before the end of the tank opposite of your tallest plants.

Below is a lousy example in Paint, but you get my idea. The triangle is outlined in blue.



llj

 

[Esfa]

A simple, but pretty scape is a right triangle scape, where the 90 degree portion of the right triange rests on the bottom of the tank. Place your tallest plants at the right or left back corner. Your primary focal point, 1/3 into the length of the triangle opposite the right angle (the longest side), will be at roughly 1/3 from that end of the tank where your tallest plants are. This conforms to the golden rule tat aaronnorth mentioned. In front of the base of the triangle can go your foreground plants. They can also go at the opposite end of the tank. The hardscape usually radiates from the focal point towards the end of the triangle with the smalles angle (the angle that faces the shortest side) and ends just before the end of the tank opposite of your tallest plants.

Below is a lousy example in Paint, but you get my idea. The triangle is outlined in blue.

View attachment 52470

llj

I would do sonething like that, but my the wood is a "chunk", not a branch.

if i ever get hold of a branchy type, i'll do the triangle, it looks awesome!

 

[lljdma06]

You can still do it with a chunk of wood. My 2.5g is scaped like this, except I only have bare substrate where the little foreground plants should be.

 

[Esfa]

You can still do it with a chunk of wood. My 2.5g is scaped like this, except I only have bare substrate where the little foreground plants should be.

might give it a go, then!
cheers

 

[aaronnorth]

you could do an island scape, same principal, tallest plants at back, and in the middle, then slowly slpoes down but the edges are left unplanted.