here's an updated shot with at least the new direction of the tank visible.. a simple triangle with l. cuba, l. brevipes, driftwood, ammania bonsai, and l. cardinalis making the outline. other plants include glosso (filling in), hottonia palustris, and some ferns on coconut shells on far left (for krib breeding, will be removed eventually as they totally ruin the flow of the scape). this pic WAS retouched using photoshop to remove glare from lights, edges of tank, and equipment, but all aspects of the scape are as they appear. a school of 25 neons now inhabit the tank, which is a vast improvement over the mish-mash of schooling tetras that were in the first lineup for this tank. the goal is for the lobelia cardinalis to fill in around the driftwood on the left, glosso to cover all visible substrate, the l. brevipes to fill in better on the left side of the big dw, and the ammania bonsai to go nuts. we'll see how it all works out. oh, if you look closely, you can see the edge of a brick used to anchor the big driftwood. once the bonsai and brevipes get full, that should no longer be visible. i know this scape isn't anything new or dramatic, but I thought it was worth an update.
Oqsy