Feel like I've stalled

ony · 06-21-2012, 04:05 PM

Excuse the bad photo quality.

The left hand side is still a mess, the java moss is there until I find something to do with it. I want to have something bushy and fairly low in that corner so that I can trim the background into a V with the lowest part on the border of the left third. Plant suggestions welcome.

The ludwigia has taken two months just to root and I'm not sure whether to replace it or not. The bacopa that thrived in my old tank is not doing much better than the ludwigia.

Apart from waiting for the plants to perk up and grow in. What do I need to change to make this scape work?

JasonG75 · 06-21-2012, 05:05 PM

Your left side NEEDS a massive piece of DW

BigCountry · 06-21-2012, 05:09 PM

+1 on the driftwood. My tank is definitely a work in progress, but I love my large driftwood I have on the left side of my tank. (this is a terrible photo, I need to get an better panoramic shot)

ony · 06-22-2012, 06:35 PM

How big are we talking? Anything over 1 ft seems to be mega expensive. The tank is 4ft long just for scale.

BigCountry · 06-22-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ony

How big are we talking? Anything over 1 ft seems to be mega expensive. The tank is 4ft long just for scale.

My tank is 4 feet long. In the horrible picture above you can sort of make out how big the driftwood is. I picked it up at the LFS for about 30 or 40 bucks, can't remember which. It's maybe a fott and a half long and maybe a foot tall on a good day... :-)

**TexasCichlid** · 06-22-2012, 06:54 PM

Talk to Tom Barr. He has plenty of very nice pieces of driftwood and is reasonable.

ony · 06-22-2012, 08:10 PM

Not sure what customs would have to say about importing 'organic material'.

I'll keep looking closer to home for the time being. There are some amazing bits of spiky bog oak on ebay but all either expensive or difficult to collect.

Edit: Just looked at the powerseller forum. Wow! May have to talk to customs.

06-21-2012, 04:05 PM	#1
ony Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271	Feel like I've stalled Excuse the bad photo quality. The left hand side is still a mess, the java moss is there until I find something to do with it. I want to have something bushy and fairly low in that corner so that I can trim the background into a V with the lowest part on the border of the left third. Plant suggestions welcome. The ludwigia has taken two months just to root and I'm not sure whether to replace it or not. The bacopa that thrived in my old tank is not doing much better than the ludwigia. Apart from waiting for the plants to perk up and grow in. What do I need to change to make this scape work?

06-21-2012, 05:05 PM	#2
JasonG75 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,498	Your left side NEEDS a massive piece of DW __________________ *The Fraternity of Dirt #26* *Just because its dirt doesn't make it low Tech*** 75 Dirted http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...d-upgrade.html

06-21-2012, 05:09 PM	#3
BigCountry Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Louis Area Posts: 202	+1 on the driftwood. My tank is definitely a work in progress, but I love my large driftwood I have on the left side of my tank. (this is a terrible photo, I need to get an better panoramic shot) __________________ "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." -- Albert Einstein

06-22-2012, 06:54 PM	#6
TexasCichlid Surrounded by Blyxa (View User Tanks) PTrader: (19/100%) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 1,326	Talk to Tom Barr. He has plenty of very nice pieces of driftwood and is reasonable. __________________ ADA 60P Iwagumi JBJ 3G Picotope - PFR Factory

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06-22-2012, 06:35 PM	#4
ony Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271	How big are we talking? Anything over 1 ft seems to be mega expensive. The tank is 4ft long just for scale.

06-22-2012, 08:10 PM	#7
ony Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 271	Not sure what customs would have to say about importing 'organic material'. I'll keep looking closer to home for the time being. There are some amazing bits of spiky bog oak on ebay but all either expensive or difficult to collect. Edit: Just looked at the powerseller forum. Wow! May have to talk to customs.