Hi guys!
Feeling mildly intimidated by all your beautiful scapes, but wanted to share my first attempt at a larger (or at least larger for me) set up with you. Excuse my not so fabulous photography skills.
Been watching the aquascaper aquariums here and think they’re so pretty and clean looking, so decided would take the leap and upgrade from my 20 litre. Settled on the 600 due to space and time limits, and a thousand other reasons. Ordered it… and then waited and waited and waited, until it finally arrived last week! Not sure who was more excited during the unboxing, me or my doggo.
I had a two-island kind of design in my head, and was going to keep it simple, until Aquarium Gardens sent me this amazing wood and rock selection, and all that went out the window and I constructed the double arch… (also known as the stupid arch).
Maybe it’s not the most natural looking thing ever, I know, but it felt great in theory, and even now, when I’m not trying to touch it, I am very happy with it. BUT…stupidly, I didn’t think to glue the wood before soaking it, and now, any effort to join the two wet wooden surfaces has met with, let’s say limited success. After a lot of knocking it over, uprooting grass and cursing… I finally wrapped some wire around it, which has created some degree of, at least temporary, stability. Any suggestions on how this could be fixed, or better approached in future endeavours, would be awesome.
I really enjoyed planting this big a tank, very zen feeling, and it’s amazing how many portions can split those little 1-2 grow pots into.
Quite happy with the result one week in, but feel like lost some of the depth I had in mind, maybe because the path between the islands seems rather narrow or because the size difference between the two isn’t very large, or maybe it will look better when grown in. Time will tell. Hopefully… Can’t wait to see how it grows and add residents over the next few weeks/months.
Any tips and thoughts are super welcome, thanks for taking the time to look and read my ramblings
Feeling mildly intimidated by all your beautiful scapes, but wanted to share my first attempt at a larger (or at least larger for me) set up with you. Excuse my not so fabulous photography skills.
Been watching the aquascaper aquariums here and think they’re so pretty and clean looking, so decided would take the leap and upgrade from my 20 litre. Settled on the 600 due to space and time limits, and a thousand other reasons. Ordered it… and then waited and waited and waited, until it finally arrived last week! Not sure who was more excited during the unboxing, me or my doggo.
I had a two-island kind of design in my head, and was going to keep it simple, until Aquarium Gardens sent me this amazing wood and rock selection, and all that went out the window and I constructed the double arch… (also known as the stupid arch).
Maybe it’s not the most natural looking thing ever, I know, but it felt great in theory, and even now, when I’m not trying to touch it, I am very happy with it. BUT…stupidly, I didn’t think to glue the wood before soaking it, and now, any effort to join the two wet wooden surfaces has met with, let’s say limited success. After a lot of knocking it over, uprooting grass and cursing… I finally wrapped some wire around it, which has created some degree of, at least temporary, stability. Any suggestions on how this could be fixed, or better approached in future endeavours, would be awesome.
I really enjoyed planting this big a tank, very zen feeling, and it’s amazing how many portions can split those little 1-2 grow pots into.
Quite happy with the result one week in, but feel like lost some of the depth I had in mind, maybe because the path between the islands seems rather narrow or because the size difference between the two isn’t very large, or maybe it will look better when grown in. Time will tell. Hopefully… Can’t wait to see how it grows and add residents over the next few weeks/months.
Any tips and thoughts are super welcome, thanks for taking the time to look and read my ramblings