Thanks driftwoodhunter, I actually collected and prepared all the wood in the tank myself too. They are from the ramapo river. The background was purchased, I wish I could make them that well, below is a shot of my last tank, which I did build the background for. I could have made a better one the second time around, just did not want to take on such a huge project as a 90 gallon and I really liked the one I purchased. As for the "sword like plant" I am not sure which one you mean, there is a lot of wysteria in there. probably the one i cant ID eiether. where in the tank did you mean? The plants in the tank are: camboba furcata, java fern, wysteria, blyxa japonica, staurogyne repens, limnophila aromatica, orchid lily, and 1 unidentified plant. I will be adding some foreground plants and something to attatch to the driftwood.
Thanks! I actually used quikcrete for that background on top of foam board insulation that I carved and distressed with a dremel tool. It eventually grew algae and parts flaked off so it got that look. As for the plant in the driftwood itis java fern. I think it is sometimes looked down on as a "beginners plant" by the planted tank crowd, but I really like it and think it looks great when attached to hardscape. The red plant on the left in pic 3 is orchid lily, I think that is the one you mean.
I dont know about drylock bit quikcrete definitely flaked after a few months It also raised the ph constantly, I was always adding peat and chemicals to get it back down to the 7.8 range :icon_conf
