Rate My Scape! Suggestions too!

As a fish tank, it's not offensive and shows off the fish. 5/10

As an aquascape, it's poor. 3/10
There is a large open space on the left side between the two pieces that should be filled in with something that has height, either plants or a large rock. The right side wood should be angled, the tip close to the right front corner. This creates a larger open space in the middle and helps add depth. Substrate line needs to be perfectly straight.

I was trying to make it hilly. Any suggestions on plants. I was going to move the ludwigia to the middle of the rock and let the jungle Val take over the back

I would suggest a lot more plants of various species, including stem plants. It looks underplanted to me.

That's a lot better! Why don't you put a black background on it? That would help a lot too.

I would switch the red plant on the left with the yellow plant in the middle.

Something feels wrong about the yellowish plant on the far right. There may be something wrong with the far left green one as well.

the yellowing and green plant on the right are the same plant actually. I just got them and that is how it came. I think that one was not getting a lot of light.

As far as a black background would you suggest paint or paper. I would prefer paper as that is not permanant.

I meant switch the red with the yellow Ludwigia.

Paper, never paint. You can experiment with different colors this way.

I would split the red plant and put some on the right side.

If the green plant in the middle stays short and compact like that, I would place it in front of the red plant.

My wife has me move new furniture around like this.

randpost said:

My wife has me move new furniture around like this.

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Hahaha.

I need a co2 regulator. This fluval crap isn't cutting it!

Thanks for the help everyone!

randpost said:

My wife has me move new furniture around like this.

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:hihi:
That's why they keep us around. That and to kill spiders.

is that flake food in the last photo? i don't know you're stock, but it'll be safer to crumble the flakes and add them slower to avoid food being missed and decomposing in the tank. other than that i like the new scape! letting it grow out is part of the fun of tanks

colaudrey said:

is that flake food in the last photo? i don't know you're stock, but it'll be safer to crumble the flakes and add them slower to avoid food being missed and decomposing in the tank. other than that i like the new scape! letting it grow out is part of the fun of tanks

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I was originally doing that but my other fish would eat most/all of it before it got to the bottom. So my cory's were not getting any thing.

That's much better! But that left side ludwigia looks out of place with it's brighter, yellow color. It would look much better next to the red stem plant so that the colorful stuff is in the middle.