Aquascaping regrets?

[Jack B]

I wish I'd known to use a compost mix under my sand, John Innes, clay, zeolite, etc. I have it in my small tank and the plants seem much happier. I've learnt to see aquarium keeping as more like gardening, and it feels more natural to have soil.

. The sand on top I love, but better earth below.

Yes I wish I'd put much more aquasoil under my JBL mandano substrate. At least two inches over the whole base for me next time.

 

[LondonDragon]

Tearing down my "First planted tank - Never ending Journal" should have still be running today!!
Then leaving my new A900 empty in my living room for years before I decided to get back to scaping it!

 

[Tim Harrison]

A hiatus from the hobby of 20 or so years during which planted tanks and aquascaping moved on and changed dramatically. It would have been nice to be part of that.

 

[_Maq_]

(1) Too many people involved in 'making an art' of whom large majority have no clue of aesthetics.
(2) Distracting attention from fish, plants and biology towards unnatural creations - landscape emulations, underwater gardens, etc.

 

[Wookii]

(1) Too many people involved in 'making an art' of whom large majority have no clue of aesthetics.
(2) Distracting attention from fish, plants and biology towards unnatural creations - landscape emulations, underwater gardens, etc.

I think the thread is supposed to be for posting things you personally regret having done or not done in the hobby @_Maq_ , rather than a list of things you don’t like about it 😂

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

(1) Too many people involved in 'making an art' of whom large majority have no clue of aesthetics.

Even nature has a sense of humour about aesthetics. Just look at some of its current evolutionarily fittest species:

I think the thread is supposed to be for posting things you personally regret having done