Need advice on driftwood placement

BakedStuffedHuman · 08-31-2007, 02:13 AM

Need advice on the placement of the driftwood. It is a 16 gallon bowfront. The wood will be completely covered with taiwan moss. It will be mostly swords and vals in the tank.

1.

or

2.

Please keep in mind on #2, that I will be cutting it along the blue painters tape, and that it will be centered in the tank. It will almost look like a root emerging from the substrate.

Advice?

evercl92 · 08-31-2007, 02:25 AM

I'm voting for #2, with the idea you had planned.

BakedStuffedHuman · 08-31-2007, 09:22 PM

Anyone else?

eyebeatbadgers · 08-31-2007, 09:31 PM

#2 would be pretty cool, something different from what everyone else does. I suppose you'd have to mount it on some slate or plexiglass if you chose that orientation.

Solstice · 08-31-2007, 09:38 PM

I like the reverse of #2. Stick the other end in the soil and let the end with the painters tape protrude.

BakedStuffedHuman · 08-31-2007, 09:53 PM

The problem with that is the end with the painters tape was cut from a larger root when I bought it. It wouldn't look that natural with a flat edge.

Sowilu · 08-31-2007, 11:45 PM

I vote for #2. #1 I beileve is too commonly seen.

theinjected1 · 09-01-2007, 12:23 AM

Cut ends will not be a problem (eventually). If you are going to cover it with moss, the moss will hide the cut. IMHO

08-31-2007, 02:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
BakedStuffedHuman Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 244	Need advice on driftwood placement Need advice on the placement of the driftwood. It is a 16 gallon bowfront. The wood will be completely covered with taiwan moss. It will be mostly swords and vals in the tank. 1. or 2. Please keep in mind on #2, that I will be cutting it along the blue painters tape, and that it will be centered in the tank. It will almost look like a root emerging from the substrate. Advice?

08-31-2007, 02:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
evercl92 Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14/100%) Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 509	I'm voting for #2, with the idea you had planned. __________________ Check us out: http://2slowracing.com/

08-31-2007, 09:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
eyebeatbadgers Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (61/100%) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hendersonville, TN Posts: 2,484	#2 would be pretty cool, something different from what everyone else does. I suppose you'd have to mount it on some slate or plexiglass if you chose that orientation. __________________ 10 29 NAAGC

08-31-2007, 09:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Solstice Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21/100%) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 644	I like the reverse of #2. Stick the other end in the soil and let the end with the painters tape protrude. __________________ Sol 90gal non-planted - gone - It sprung a leak and shattered 10gal planted hex - 6 neons, lots of RCS, a few CRS, 3 Ottos, oogles of snails 3gal nano - 100+ CRS, Red Ramshorn Snails Questions about dosing nano tanks? Please see this thread.

08-31-2007, 11:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sowilu Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (6/100%) Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 312	I vote for #2. #1 I beileve is too commonly seen. __________________

08-31-2007, 09:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
BakedStuffedHuman Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 244	Anyone else?

08-31-2007, 09:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
BakedStuffedHuman Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 244	The problem with that is the end with the painters tape was cut from a larger root when I bought it. It wouldn't look that natural with a flat edge.

09-01-2007, 12:23 AM	#8 (permalink)
theinjected1 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: parker, colorado Posts: 390	Cut ends will not be a problem (eventually). If you are going to cover it with moss, the moss will hide the cut. IMHO __________________

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