krazypara3165
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This is going to be a long one, so where do i begin?
Basically, to cut a long story short on wednesday i came in the top three of a competition ran by All Pond Solutions.
The challenge was to tell them how you would scape a 10l nano tank and the top three ideas win the tank, but we have to create our design to get a chance to win a £100 APS voucher.
Although ive done a scape in my discus tank there was not much thought or planning that went into it so this will be my first proper scape!
so...... heres the tank!
(mine will be in black)
My Idea.......
The idea i pitched was a british woodland landscape. A few trees made with moss with a dark substrate and a few celestial pearl danios.
In Reality.......
i only have until the third of april before they want to see the finished article!!!!! to make things worse im away in leeds this weekend and ill be in tenerife between the 28th and the 2nd.... this only gives me a few days next week and a day when i get home to sort this! thankfully, they are not expecting too much. however i still want to give it my all!
So what to do........
My revised theme is to scape it as a spring woodland scene. the tank is long and narrow so i want to make full use of this. i want to have a brown substrate with maybe a black (or another colour-any ideas?) pathway running the length of the tank e.g left to right, as it would be too short if it was a front to back path. i would like to find two to three pieces of wood that look like trees and put a few bits of christmass tree moss coming of the branches to make it look as if it is just entering spring. i also want to have a fallen tree and a couple of rocks covered in moss. i would like to know if i could finely chop the moss up and glue it to one edge of the fallen tree and rocks? (but what glue do i need) i then either want a small clearing with dwarf hairgrass or would i be better off plantin it at either side of the path?
Problems........
As you can see the intake for the filter is quite low so i cannot use too much substrate. also, how on eath would i anchor the trees in such a shallow substrate? finally, anything i do will not have time to grow in (well if i get it set up in time ill have 6 days whilst im away......) so it will have to look good from the start.
I realise i am way over my head but i love a challenge? is this a realistic idea or do i need to lower my standards..... how would i do it if needed?
Any help or criticism would be appreciated.
cheers, Craig.
Basically, to cut a long story short on wednesday i came in the top three of a competition ran by All Pond Solutions.
The challenge was to tell them how you would scape a 10l nano tank and the top three ideas win the tank, but we have to create our design to get a chance to win a £100 APS voucher.
Although ive done a scape in my discus tank there was not much thought or planning that went into it so this will be my first proper scape!
so...... heres the tank!
(mine will be in black)
My Idea.......
The idea i pitched was a british woodland landscape. A few trees made with moss with a dark substrate and a few celestial pearl danios.
In Reality.......
i only have until the third of april before they want to see the finished article!!!!! to make things worse im away in leeds this weekend and ill be in tenerife between the 28th and the 2nd.... this only gives me a few days next week and a day when i get home to sort this! thankfully, they are not expecting too much. however i still want to give it my all!
So what to do........
My revised theme is to scape it as a spring woodland scene. the tank is long and narrow so i want to make full use of this. i want to have a brown substrate with maybe a black (or another colour-any ideas?) pathway running the length of the tank e.g left to right, as it would be too short if it was a front to back path. i would like to find two to three pieces of wood that look like trees and put a few bits of christmass tree moss coming of the branches to make it look as if it is just entering spring. i also want to have a fallen tree and a couple of rocks covered in moss. i would like to know if i could finely chop the moss up and glue it to one edge of the fallen tree and rocks? (but what glue do i need) i then either want a small clearing with dwarf hairgrass or would i be better off plantin it at either side of the path?
Problems........
As you can see the intake for the filter is quite low so i cannot use too much substrate. also, how on eath would i anchor the trees in such a shallow substrate? finally, anything i do will not have time to grow in (well if i get it set up in time ill have 6 days whilst im away......) so it will have to look good from the start.
I realise i am way over my head but i love a challenge? is this a realistic idea or do i need to lower my standards..... how would i do it if needed?
Any help or criticism would be appreciated.
cheers, Craig.