Jargonchipmunk's first "scape" pics 04/21

[jargonchipmunk]

The next scape is now planned. Seems to take me forever to make changes these days. We're in the process of buying a new house, I've got the bearded dragon enclosure project going on, there's work, etc etc etc. I have time enough to maintain and trim this tank, but the extra time spent planning a new scape seems to have eluded me until now. I have a bunch of Manzanita on the way, and (contrary to popular opinion) I think I'm going to incorporate a bit of the zebra rock, a bunch of the manzanita, into a double "mound" type layout with a much lower-trimmed plant base. I ditched the UG (just too patchy for my likings) and I've been propegating my downoi for the past couple months to try and do a full on Downoi foreground in the new scape.

Should be interesting at the very least lol.

*oh and thank you all for your comments. Hopefully I can take a step up with the next scape instead of down :-)

[hydrophyte]

That sounds like a great concept. I'll be interested to hear more and see it as you put it together. I am working on a new 56 and also considering a combination of zebra stone and manzanita because I liked the look of that rock in your last aquascape so much.

[jargonchipmunk]

okay. last night I did the big reset on this tank. It looks funky right now because the driftwood still wants to float. It's still stuck down where I put it, but it's all at a horrible upwards angle until it sinks enough to lay back down where I originally set it when empty. It's Manzanita so it shouldn't take too long.

This will be the first time I've ever done a scape with only THREE plants lol. My favorite three, but still!

Plants:

Downoi (will be the entire foreground unless I catch a bug and plant some HC)
Blyxa Jap. (who can have a tank without this stuff anymore? lol)
L. Aromatica (no clue why, but this is definitely in my top three. love this stuff)
*EDIT* I forgot I have a few sprigs of L. Glandulosa in the tank to see how it'll look as well, so 4 plants technically)
Hardscape.

Manzanita
Zebra Rock

Fauna.

Fauna? lol
So far it's 5 Otos and 1 lonely Snowball shrimp.
I'm not adding any more fish until I move in late October.

I'll get some pics of the current awkwardness of the tank up soon and I hope I can get some scaping advices or critiques from the masses here. I'm no pro, but I like for it to look nice.

Thanks for looking. and look back later, I'll have pics I promise lol.

[jinsei888]

looks great! You're lucky those bloodfin don't do the out-of-water suicide jump like all of mine did.

Any updated pics with the moonlight on? I'd love to see what the evening scape looks like!

[jazzlvr123]

good scape, pruning etc! way to go

[jargonchipmunk]

ok... I'm being lazy with this tank since I'm about to move in a month anyway, so I'm kind of just letting things grow out and whatever, but I did do the rescape I mentioned, so here is the one teaser shot I've got for ya.

enjoy.

[Tex Gal]

This is very similar to KimCadmus's tank.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/?p=vB61949

[jargonchipmunk]

Originally Posted by Tex Gal

This is very similar to KimCadmus's tank.
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/?p=vB61949

haha wow. I followed your link and checked the tank you're talking about. It really is fairly similar to that tank! It's odd how many millions of combinations we can put together in these tanks, and yet you realise how finite the number actually is when you stumble on two tanks that aren't the "norm" iwagumi or anything, but are pretty close in "style" and plant choice. Is she using HM or something in the forground? I can't see it all that well. That one pic of mine was taken from below obviously, and the whole tank isn't in there, but it'll have an entire Downoi foreground when I'm done. I'm definitely well on my way. This stuff grows like a weed for me.

I was messing around with some stuff apparently and broke some of the downoi leaves... Result? Yup. I found two different ones like this. A single leaf broken off and shoved into the mineralized soil (well, into the 3M sand on top of it) had sprouted roots and were taking off on their own. I think I might just experiment with this method of propegation with this plant and see if it'll have me my Downoi carpet that much faster.



The tank is just a collection of my favorite three plants. There are a few sprigs of Lud. Glandulosa in there growing out, but aside from that, it's just Downoi, Blyxa J., and Lim. Aromatica. When I move, I'll probably add flame moss to the wood, and some nana petite to the rocks. Oh.... and maybe some fish haha.

[j66213b]

neet! i haven't seen that in my tank thats cool.... im about to mow down my downoi i think im too impatient about trimming them. but i counted 40 stems lol but all 1/2 your size.. yours are bigger and prettier.. cant wait to see it after the move!

[jargonchipmunk]

I mowed all mine down last week. my downoi carpet will be complete next trim :-D

[malaybiswas]

Your dog is a bigger hit than your tank. You need to post some more tank pics to shift focus

The tank is gorgeous.

[jargonchipmunk]

thanks lol the tank is dead. I'm selling off all the plants for my move. I hate it but the tank'll have to be dry for a couple months while we deal with the basement.