375L green scape

brams · 06-18-2008, 06:30 PM

I have had about the same hardscape for a while and I really want it to work. But I have trouble with the right side, it don´t come out the way I wish.
After my ADA entrie this year I decided to give it a last shot! (don´t worry, the ADA scape was different so I don´t think there will be trouble publishing this photo).
The left side is newplanted and need a couple of weeks to catch up whit the rest. And im also planning on some red plants, problably Arcuata but im not sure...
I need feedback so please AW, pimp my tank! =)

Visit my blog for more pics.

brams · 06-18-2008, 06:36 PM

damn that pic is small...
look here instead.
Brams: Uppdateringar från 375:an

fishman9809 · 06-18-2008, 11:40 PM

thats incredible!!!!!!!!

John N. · 06-19-2008, 01:33 AM

I like it. The towering rocks are very dominate and natural looking with the moss hanging all over it. Best part of the scape for me is the center rock formation. At that location, there are a number of fine details such as the subtle position of the flat rocks raising out from the white sand bed and the dense planting against the rocks. Excellent work.

-John N.

Mark1 · 06-19-2008, 01:55 AM

Wow! That rockwork is amasing! Great job, creates something dramatic!

How did you fix the plants to the rocks?

Regards,
Mark.

brams · 06-19-2008, 12:37 PM

Tnx all!

Mark1
- The microsorium is from the beginning attached to small rocks or mangroove but they have overgrown it by now and has some steady roots to the mainstones.
The fern is from the beginning stucked at something called "Epiweb" that is a kind of plasticsponge that´s orignally used for orchidflower.
There are some pictures here if you want to look.
Brams: Ännu en "re-scape"

Mark1 · 06-19-2008, 04:05 PM

Hey Brams,

that is really incredible, thanks a lot for the link!

What I think...I find three islands in your tank which are not yet connected. Maybe you could try to build a bridge between the two islands on the right side by using Anubias petite? Just a guess, what I´d try?

Are you using Metal Halide lighting?

Regards,
Mark.

Guillermo · 06-19-2008, 07:32 PM

Now, that's a green aquarium ! I like your rockwork, it's unique.

Can you share the specs, fish and plant list please ?

Best Regards

P.S. Off-Topic ... looks like besides great Goth-Doom Metal bands, there are great aquascapers in Sweden.

Blue_dolphin · 06-19-2008, 08:52 PM

The way you locate rock layout is unique! I love the spaces through two main rock on the left, that make a very deep feelings...

brams · 06-23-2008, 06:30 PM

Specs:

Size
150cmx50cmx50cm, 375L

Light
2x150w HQI 10 000K 6h/day.

Ferts
Kno3, Kh2po4, Micro+ 2 times a week. K2so4, Mgso4 and cacl2 after 50-60% waterchange once a week. Pressurized (6kg) co2 with Tunze pH-controller, DIY reactor.

Plants
Blyxa japonica, Elantine triandra, Anbias nana "petite", Microsorium narrow and philipine, H. Maritima and verticillata, Ferrei and xmas-fern and Hygrophilia difformis.

Fish
5 Altum angelfish, a couple Ottocinclus affinis and some Amano-shrimps.

There is a sump (160L) with 300w heater, 9w UVC, dosage pumps and a 3200L/h pump that both supply the main tank and the reactor. You also find the other tecs here.

Ubaca · 06-25-2008, 01:11 AM

Very nice. more photos

Pat7676 · 06-25-2008, 10:49 AM

I like your tank it looks really good. Love the rock work. Keep updating us.

Jdinh04 · 06-25-2008, 01:10 PM

Tank looks awesome, the rock towers are pretty sweet. Growth of the plants look pretty amazing as well. Keep it up!

brams · 07-05-2008, 05:46 AM

A new picture. Some small changes but nothing main. I planted some Staurogyne sp. and throw the Hygrophilia difformis in the trash...
big2.jpg (image)

Mark1 · 07-05-2008, 01:01 PM

You should only do small changes, because that tank makes breathless! It looks great, though I think it looked even better when Microsorium was not so big on the left rock!
Still I think you could try to combine the middle and the far right rocks with a plant...try to create a bridge between them, I mean but maybe it´s just another opinion

.

Regards,
Mark.

Roy Deki · 07-05-2008, 04:25 PM

I love it....It has a very ominous feel too it but yet pleasing to my eyes. The balance is well done with the size of rocks you have used. Great job!!

brams · 07-05-2008, 06:35 PM

Thanks for all your comments.
Ive tryed different plants for the space between the right and the middle island but I think it looks best whitout. I still have a feeling that something is missing there, there should be something, not to big or high byt yet something. Ill try whit some Anubias that suggested and take a picture...
Its very hard to take a photo, the bright areas are really bright and the dark very dark. I dont have a flashbox, only use the light from the MH. Ive tryed to put some extra light in the front of the stones but whituot any big difference. Any suggestion?
All my shots seemes to get flat, to bright or to dark.

Maciek · 07-06-2008, 03:29 AM

Very unique, and I would say... monumental? But this aquascape just needs a good photo!

brams · 07-29-2008, 02:24 PM

Some pictures after waterchange today!
Brams: Update inför semester...

Farizal · 08-01-2008, 10:19 PM

Hail to you brams!! Its so peaceful there and I think that angel fish will fight for domain

06-18-2008, 06:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	damn that pic is small... look here instead. Brams: Uppdateringar från 375:an __________________ /C.Brams

06-19-2008, 01:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
John N. Administrator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 1,214	I like it. The towering rocks are very dominate and natural looking with the moss hanging all over it. Best part of the scape for me is the center rock formation. At that location, there are a number of fine details such as the subtle position of the flat rocks raising out from the white sand bed and the dense planting against the rocks. Excellent work. -John N. __________________ Welcome to AquaScaping World!

06-19-2008, 12:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	Tnx all! Mark1 - The microsorium is from the beginning attached to small rocks or mangroove but they have overgrown it by now and has some steady roots to the mainstones. The fern is from the beginning stucked at something called "Epiweb" that is a kind of plasticsponge that´s orignally used for orchidflower. There are some pictures here if you want to look. Brams: Ännu en "re-scape" __________________ /C.Brams

06-19-2008, 07:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Guillermo Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Mexico City Posts: 212	Now, that's a green aquarium ! I like your rockwork, it's unique. Can you share the specs, fish and plant list please ? Best Regards P.S. Off-Topic ... looks like besides great Goth-Doom Metal bands, there are great aquascapers in Sweden. __________________ Green thumbs up !!

06-23-2008, 06:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	Specs: Size 150cmx50cmx50cm, 375L Light 2x150w HQI 10 000K 6h/day. Ferts Kno3, Kh2po4, Micro+ 2 times a week. K2so4, Mgso4 and cacl2 after 50-60% waterchange once a week. Pressurized (6kg) co2 with Tunze pH-controller, DIY reactor. Plants Blyxa japonica, Elantine triandra, Anbias nana "petite", Microsorium narrow and philipine, H. Maritima and verticillata, Ferrei and xmas-fern and Hygrophilia difformis. Fish 5 Altum angelfish, a couple Ottocinclus affinis and some Amano-shrimps. There is a sump (160L) with 300w heater, 9w UVC, dosage pumps and a 3200L/h pump that both supply the main tank and the reactor. You also find the other tecs here. __________________ /C.Brams

06-18-2008, 11:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
fishman9809 Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 246	thats incredible!!!!!!!!

06-19-2008, 01:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
Mark1 Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Germany 35792 Löhnberg Posts: 20	Wow! That rockwork is amasing! Great job, creates something dramatic! How did you fix the plants to the rocks? Regards, Mark.

06-19-2008, 04:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mark1 Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Germany 35792 Löhnberg Posts: 20	Hey Brams, that is really incredible, thanks a lot for the link! What I think...I find three islands in your tank which are not yet connected. Maybe you could try to build a bridge between the two islands on the right side by using Anubias petite? Just a guess, what I´d try? Are you using Metal Halide lighting? Regards, Mark.

06-19-2008, 08:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
Blue_dolphin Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Vietnam Posts: 27	The way you locate rock layout is unique! I love the spaces through two main rock on the left, that make a very deep feelings...

06-25-2008, 01:11 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ubaca Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: México Posts: 26	Very nice. more photos

06-25-2008, 10:49 AM	#12 (permalink)
Pat7676 Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jackson, Mississippi Posts: 753	I like your tank it looks really good. Love the rock work. Keep updating us.

06-25-2008, 01:10 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jdinh04 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 285	Tank looks awesome, the rock towers are pretty sweet. Growth of the plants look pretty amazing as well. Keep it up! __________________

07-05-2008, 05:46 AM	#14 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	A new picture. Some small changes but nothing main. I planted some Staurogyne sp. and throw the Hygrophilia difformis in the trash... big2.jpg (image) __________________ /C.Brams

07-05-2008, 01:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
Mark1 Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Germany 35792 Löhnberg Posts: 20	You should only do small changes, because that tank makes breathless! It looks great, though I think it looked even better when Microsorium was not so big on the left rock! Still I think you could try to combine the middle and the far right rocks with a plant...try to create a bridge between them, I mean but maybe it´s just another opinion . Regards, Mark.

07-05-2008, 04:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
Roy Deki Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Chandler AZ Posts: 481	I love it....It has a very ominous feel too it but yet pleasing to my eyes. The balance is well done with the size of rocks you have used. Great job!! __________________ www.aape.naturalaquariums.com

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07-05-2008, 06:35 PM	#17 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	Thanks for all your comments. Ive tryed different plants for the space between the right and the middle island but I think it looks best whitout. I still have a feeling that something is missing there, there should be something, not to big or high byt yet something. Ill try whit some Anubias that suggested and take a picture... Its very hard to take a photo, the bright areas are really bright and the dark very dark. I dont have a flashbox, only use the light from the MH. Ive tryed to put some extra light in the front of the stones but whituot any big difference. Any suggestion? All my shots seemes to get flat, to bright or to dark. __________________ /C.Brams

07-06-2008, 03:29 AM	#18 (permalink)
Maciek Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cracow, Poland Posts: 46	Very unique, and I would say... monumental? But this aquascape just needs a good photo! __________________

07-29-2008, 02:24 PM	#19 (permalink)
brams Junior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 32	Some pictures after waterchange today! Brams: Update inför semester... __________________ /C.Brams

08-01-2008, 10:19 PM	#20 (permalink)
Farizal Junior Aquascaper Join Date: May 2008 Location: Kedah,Malaysia Posts: 19	Hail to you brams!! Its so peaceful there and I think that angel fish will fight for domain

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