Help Me Aquascape This

[mbsqw1d]

I have got to a point where I have absolutely no ideas on how to scape my tank. If you have a minute to check out the video you'll see how uninteresting it looks right now. ANY SUGGESTIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED

ta chaps and chap-ettes

 

[Lawrence]

looks better than my tank XD add some slate maybe... dont know how expensive it is, but here in belgium its quite a few euros

btw is that a 60 litre tank...or 80?

 

[mbsqw1d]

looks better than my tank XD add some slate maybe... dont know how expensive it is, but here in belgium its quite a few euros

btw is that a 60 litre tank...or 80?

thanks Lawrence! I have a bit of slate in there which I've tried to cover in Java Moss..

Its a 125 litre tank.

Front measures 80 cm (left to right)
Front to back is 35 cm (sides)
Height is 45 cm

 

[KittyKat]

Add Hygrophila along the back left, maybe a Lotus on the right, something short right front (chain sword?).

 

[Biddles95]

a nice big bit of bog wood would look nice
because then it would go with the other plants
+ remember if you do get bogwood .. soak it for a couple of weeks ... or for the fast way (the way i done it) Boil the bog wood for maybe 5 hours and keep changing the water
and after you have boiled it, it won't make your water cloudy :good

+ its not that boring... you have just got bored of it

 

[mbsqw1d]

cheers Kitty Kat, Biddles95.

I am looking at more plants definately. Although the crypts I have are just strewn about the place and haven't been properly thought out.. are they able to be tied to bogwood or is that not the right idea with crypts?

I like the idea of a flowering plant that would be pretty cool

If I was to get some wood I would like to get some of that branch / twiglooking stuff..

 

[Biddles95]

If I was to get some wood I would like to get some of that branch / twiglooking stuff..

yes !! that is what i want for my 50 gallon cichlid tank i am getting.. but i don't know where to get it from and what is it actually called? i guess you could grow crypt on bog wood also an advantage of bogwood is that you will never get a piece the same But also that twiggy/wood things are very nice

 

[mbsqw1d]

If I was to get some wood I would like to get some of that branch / twiglooking stuff..

yes !! that is what i want for my 50 gallon cichlid tank i am getting.. but i don't know where to get it from and what is it actually called? i guess you could grow crypt on bog wood also an advantage of bogwood is that you will never get a piece the same But also that twiggy/wood things are very nice

yep, i've not seen it in any of my lfs Just had a little look around and I think redmoor wood seems to suit the bill!!

 

[Biddles95]

ahh yes that seems like the ticket !
there is also that other kinda twigg/root thing... its like the redwood but its the other way up

like the wood in this
http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Skbp05cltA&feature=related

 

[Lawrence]

hmm...i have a piece of wood which always made my dank smell wierd... might actually chop it in half and boil it! Thanks Biddles95

 

[mbsqw1d]

ahh yes that seems like the ticket !
there is also that other kinda twigg/root thing... its like the redwood but its the other way up

somewhere to get redmoor

i'll keep looking for the other stuff... hopefully someone might just tell us though!

 

[Lawrence]

I think what youre looking for in Manzanita wood... more info about wood here http/www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/aquascaping/wood.shtml

 

[Biddles95]

hmm...i have a piece of wood which always made my dank smell wierd... might actually chop it in half and boil it! Thanks Biddles95

its okay i only found this out from my dad about 7 years ago when his tank water went brown
and i done my bog wood the other day and it was great

ahh yes that seems like the ticket !
there is also that other kinda twigg/root thing... its like the redwood but its the other way up

somewhere to get redmoor

i'll keep looking for the other stuff... hopefully someone might just tell us though!

omg brilliant site
thanks

 

[Lawrence]

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omg brilliant site
thanks
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just found it while doing a quick search for wood

 

[Biddles95]

isnt this fun
i deffinatley need to add wood to my cichlid tank