Zen Aquascaping?

[James D]

I've been toying with the idea of trying to come up with an aquascape kind of in the style of a Japanese Zen garden, complete with raked gravel. Something like this........

It would have to be meticulous in it's execution though and I'd be concerned it might look a bit twee (or boring), I'm no fan of 'diorama' scapes - normally I'd prefer something more natural looking.

Are there any examples of anything like this?

Cheers

James

 

[TOO]

The same has occurred to me. I imagine you will need very little flow to maintain the pattern under water.

Thomas

 

[Martin in Holland]

The lines in the gravel represents the flow of water around the stones....do you still need this when you already have flowing water?