an other awesome scape is coming !
Sweet hardscape man! Hope you keep us updated
Following this one. Gonna be a beauty!
Thanks everyone! Will do! I'm pretty excited about this one because I haven't used these high quality materials before. Also someone else is depending on me to deliver a high quality tank with their money and space so the bar is set high. This tank will be low tech/low maintenance with the Sat+, filter, and heater. No fert dosing and no CO2 dosing/injection. Weekly 50% WC and once a month filter cleaning. We'll be plant shopping this Sunday at the Aquarium Co-Op so a picture update will be coming soon. We are doing the DSM for this tank so we'll have a jungle established when we fill. Stay tunedReally nice scape! Following.
I know this is a planted tank forum but that hardscape would look amazing with no plants. Very nice job on the setup.
Thanks Tony and CoryLooking good, can't wait to see the outcome.
It's UP Aqua Sand Earth. I really like how dark brown it is. This was my first legit hardscape and I think it turned out pretty good. Thanks Hybridwhats the substrate? I love it when people go low tech with high quality hardscape
I gotta get on the hardscape game soon
We purchased 5 pots of Crypt parva for $5.99 ea, 4 pots of Anubias nana petite for $12.99 ea, and 3 pots of Crypt lucens for free ($7.99 ea) because of the quantity we bought. Buy six plants get one free, awesome deal. I also purchased wood, fish, and plants for my other tanks. I was able to separate a lot of trimmings from those pots. We are very privileged to have such nice plants locally.How much $ did you spend on all the plants? lucky you having such a nice selection of live plans you can get locally!!
loving the hardscape arrangement.
Thank you Albert and DayOlder. I really wanted something dynamic and different. Most of my inspiration come from this beautiful scape:Love the way you put the rock and the wood together instead of separating them. It gives it a completely new look from what you usually see.
After the dry start and the tank has cycled we'll be stocking this tank with a large school of small tetras, ottos, bushy nose plecos, and shrimp. We're still deciding on the exact species of tetras and shrimp. Thanks HaytchStone and root combo looks really natural - are you putting and creatures in apart from the plants ?
Thanks lamiskool. We can't wait either. Starting a new tank is always the ultimate test of patience. What carpet plant were you thinking of? I think the parva will look lush once it grows in. We needed to go with very minimal maintenance on this build. Just weekly water changes and fert dosing.loven the tank! Cant wait to see it fill up. IMO I would have gone with a different carpet plant but still Im excited to see how the parva will carpet