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60 cm opti-white - Update

Re: 60 cm opti-white - Hardscape time!

Mark Evans said:
It could be an interesting ascape jek... Not the norm for the 'Iwagumi' look, but good all the same. :thumbup:

I'm guessing your not wanting a classic iwagumi arrangement?
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Thanks for your comment, Mark
I haven't decided anything yet. I'm just playing. :D I'm not even sure if it's going to be an iwagumi, I also got some wood.
 
Re: 60 cm opti-white - Hardscape time!

Phwoar! That looks fantastic Jek! :) Certainly inspires me to rescape!
 
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Thank you, Brendan!
 
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It won't be an iwagumi... Still needs some adjustments, but you get the idea.
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that looks better than just the rock. Nice wood!
 
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Thanks!
 
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I'm think the planting will be very simple. E. acicularis in the background, E. parvula in the foreground, the wood partially covered with moss and either ferns growing on the wood or crypts at the base of it...
 
Re: 60 cm opti-white - Hardscape time!

Thank you, Tom. The substrate will be deeper, but I don't bother to much with it before I'm finished moving around the hardscape. :D
 
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I much prefer scape one.
 
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Garuf said:
I much prefer scape one.
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The iwagumi or the first one with driftwood?
 
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The first driftwood one, I dunno, it just has something more about it, I can see it as very low plant wise with the wood doing all the talking.
 
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What's your opinion on this one?
 
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Hardscape is finished!
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Any suggestions on planting?
 
Re: 60 cm opti-white - Choosing plants

Nice! I'm just wondering if it might look even better shifted an inch or two to the left?

Plant wise, you need some moss! Then if it was shifted left a bit, I'd have some tenellus up the sides and round the back, and some Glosso in the foreground

Tom
 
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Thanks, Tom. You might be right about that...
There will definitely be moss. I was thinking about UG, bolbitis and crypts... What do you think about that?
 
Re: 60 cm opti-white - Choosing plants

Can you please tell where do you get the 60cm opti white aquarium?
 
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The tank has been running a week now. However, it wasn't fully planted until today.

My brother is abroad with the camera so this is a very, very, very crappy picture taken with my mobile.
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Well, at least the pics can only get better from now. :lol: My brother is having a DSLR with him home, so maybe I'll be able to take some decent pics soon.

So if you can ignore the bad picture quality, what do you think of the layout?
The rock on the wood is only the to keep it from floating btw. It's not some new innovative style. :D

Plant list:

Foreground:
Eleocharis parvula

Midground:
Cryptocoryne wendtii "green"
Cryptocoryne becketii var. petchii
Christmas moss (tied to small stones around the base of the wood)

On the wood:
Bolbitis heudelotii
Weeping moss
Microsurum pteropus "narrow"

Background:
Rotala indica
Rotala wallichii
Micranthemum umbrosum
Elocharis acicularis (which probably will be removed)

Other:
Riccia fluitans (which will be removed)
 
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